Netfilx, Hulu plus or Roku?

[Wylie's Mom]

We have cable. But I also use our Roku sometimes to use my Amazon Prime account, where some stuff is free. I never use Hulu etc even though it's there. Canceled my netflix a couple years ago.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Britster

I do, i only had to install the silverlight plug in once. BUT I tend to watch my streaming in Google Chrome browser. I also have Chromecast, so what I do is just have the streaming videos play directly onto my tv from my ipad, iphone or computer.

What is chromecast? Is your tv a smart tv that has WiFi/internet? Or do u plug your device into the tv?

Normally I use the chrome browser but for some reason it wouldn't work for Netflix.
I do have an older Mac.book but it's not THAT old. It's running OS 10.6.5

[Britster]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

What is chromecast? Is your tv a smart tv that has WiFi/internet? Or do u plug your device into the tv?

Normally I use the chrome browser but for some reason it wouldn't work for Netflix.
I do have an older Mac.book but it's not THAT old. It's running OS 10.6.5

Chromecast is a little device that gets plugged into the HDMI in the back of your TV. Then you download the app on your ipad, or your google chrome browser, or iphone, etc, and connect it. Then when you go into netflix, or hulu, or whatever, there is a little button you press when you want ti view on the tv screen. I set it up in less than 5 mins.

[ChibiLuv]

Netflix is cool but it takes a long time to get shows. You can watch tv shows on Hulu the day after they air. They have been getting worse with commercials though Still if I had to choose one I would choose Hulu. We got apple tv, it has apps for tv channels and you can rent movies, it's kind of cool. I recently found the anime channel on Hulu and I'm loving it

[capt_noonie]

so far we are doing the one month free on Netflix. Still haven't check out Hulu. I will check out chromecast. We are thinking about getting a new tv soon. My laptop is so old that an hdmi cable wouldn't work.

[Lilah Charm]

Amazon is so wonderful. We have amazon prime which cost I think 80$ for the whole year and with their video streaming we have access to tons of free shows and movies (admittedly my reference point is primarily childrens shows) and can purchase or rent movies usually for a nominal fee which then stay forever available in our library- no scratches or skipping (again with the kids- big deeal at our house). Love it. More variety available than Netflix, foreign film and subtitles are available. Can't say enough.

[Christinee]

Netflix

[Christinee]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

We have cable. But I also use our Roku sometimes to use my Amazon Prime account, where some stuff is free. I never use Hulu etc even though it's there. Canceled my netflix a couple years ago.

Haha we have cable too, but I can't take the patience to learn all the options on the damn remote, so I stick to netflix.

[capt_noonie]

Ok people who have Amazon Prime. I just joined for the 30 day free trial. ALL the shows I'm interested you still have to buy the episodes. I think that just sucks and was too good to be true for the $99/year and free two day shipping.
I'll try Hulu Plus too but so far not liking Prime.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

so far we are doing the one month free on Netflix. Still haven't check out Hulu. I will check out chromecast. We are thinking about getting a new tv soon. My laptop is so old that an hdmi cable wouldn't work.

You don't need to plug the HDMI into your laptop - just your TV. It's wireless.

[Britster]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Ok people who have Amazon Prime. I just joined for the 30 day free trial. ALL the shows I'm interested you still have to buy the episodes. I think that just sucks and was too good to be true for the $99/year and free two day shipping.
I'll try Hulu Plus too but so far not liking Prime.

Yeah that does suck. I mostly have it for the free 2 day shipping but because I'm a student I got it for $49/year.

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Britster

Yeah that does suck. I mostly have it for the free 2 day shipping but because I'm a student I got it for $49/year.

Ok so far I'm hating the tv portion of Prime. Tried out Hulu plus yesterday too and bf found an anime he likes. There is a whole anime network. But don't like how the free trial is only one week. Ha! And too many commercials!!

Still liking Netflix the best so far.

We did end up getting a new smart tv. Pretty cool how you can do all the Netflix, etc without hooking up the Xbox or whatever, but bf doesn't like the picture quality. It's an LG. May return for a Samsung.