DCDeac
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To the wireless question - answer is no. I have a pretty strong home network, media server, etc. Anything media/streaming is wired. It's easier to auto-schedule most network shows via torrent than the cloud-based DVR services in most cases. I'm a big Plex fan and run most things through an Xbox One. I've read that the Sling app is worse on the Xbox than over other mediums, but I have a new Roku stick that's not much better.
And don't get me wrong, it's often very good. But I don't rate streaming TV services as great when they're 90% great. 10% of the time there's pixelation, delays, glitches, hiccups, excessive buffering, etc - despite a very solid 250Mbit internet connection. Simply not good enough. Plus, we caved and got an X1 DVR from Comcast with the upgraded internet... Total bill is around $100. So as a baseline dropping TV but keeping internet is still around $60, so a streaming service needs to be under $40 and at least as good as the basic Comcast lineup to make sense. I just don't think it's all that close.
And don't get me wrong, it's often very good. But I don't rate streaming TV services as great when they're 90% great. 10% of the time there's pixelation, delays, glitches, hiccups, excessive buffering, etc - despite a very solid 250Mbit internet connection. Simply not good enough. Plus, we caved and got an X1 DVR from Comcast with the upgraded internet... Total bill is around $100. So as a baseline dropping TV but keeping internet is still around $60, so a streaming service needs to be under $40 and at least as good as the basic Comcast lineup to make sense. I just don't think it's all that close.