AnandTech needs to add a new discussion section..... MEDIA STREAMING SERVICES

[sportage]

So we have Hulu, Vudu, Netflix, Amazon, Roku, SlingTV, DirecTv Now, HBO Go, Youtube, etc etc.
I'm probably forgetting a couple zillion.
It would be interesting to discuss these services, their dependability, features, pluses and minuses, costs, reliability, content offered, downfalls and pitfalls.
Online streaming being the future of TV minus the TV, and with adding such a discussion section to the forum would be quite useful and informative I would think.
So many services out there now, and so many more coming on the horizon.
Online streaming is the future and the game changer in news and entertainment. So why not discuss it? In one place? Like here?
With what I've learned with just comparing SlingTV to others like DirecTv Now, that could fill a book.
And if we haven't noticed, entertainment providers have been moving away from hardware.
That is, if they hope to survive. That in itself is quite a game changer.
Satellite TV minus the satellite dish. Scores of movies and shows available on demand.
Will here be a time sooner than we expect when anything live will be absolute?
Online streaming services could be the achilles heel for broadcast tv, tv towers, and ota everything.

Hardware is out. Apps and steams are in, or soon will be the case.
I think people would enjoy the discussion so why not do that here, on AnandTech?
(my 2 cents as it were)

Thread moved from Off Topic, ironically, as some of the subsequent discussion will make clear.

Perknose
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[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

AT doesn't need another barely used subforum drawing what few posts could be made in OT.

 

[LikeLinus]

Don't see the need for it. It can probably all go under "Audio/Video & Home Theater". To be honest, your best bet is to go to avsforum.com or someone who's primary focus is on this type of thing. They even have a streaming content section of the forums. I wouldn't say hardware is out because you can't stream/receive/view content without a piece of hardware.

 

[RossMAN]

I have ideas for 20 other subforums.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

And they're all sex related, right, Ross?

 

[Anubis]

AT doesn't need another barely used subforum drawing what few posts could be made in OT.

this

we need to consolidate a lot of forums, we have needed to do this for the better part of a decade

 

[sdifox]

Just put everything non technical back to atot.

 

[sdifox]

I have ideas for 20 other subforums.

I don't think we need yet another twenty subforums for you to flood with human studding service.

 

[olds]

I have ideas for 20 other subforums.

I've always thought that we should have a toe nail clipping forum.

 

[sdifox]

I've always thought that we should have a toe nail clipping forum.

You don't use an angle grinder?

 

[stargazr]

SlingTV sucks. Kept crashing almost every time I tried to watch it, both on TV and PC.

 

[olds]

I tried Kodi. What a FUM that thing is. Not worth the effort.

 

[RossMAN]

I've always thought that we should have a toe nail clipping forum.

yep that's what this place is missing and a potpourri DIY forum.

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't think you should use toenail clippings in potpourri, but maybe I'm just a traditionalist.

 

[RossMAN]

I don't think you should use toenail clippings in potpourri, but maybe I'm just a traditionalist.

Free range, organic, hand crafted and artisanal toenail clippings in potpourri is where it's at.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I have ideas for 20 other subforums.

And they're all sex related, right, Ross?

Is that how many different genders they recognize on California driver's licenses now?