HBO NOW
Jul 14th 2015, 1:56 am
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Re: HBO NOW
Confused by your use of 'it' above ... you don't have HBO (first 'IT' I think), so are you saying you watch GOT and John Oliver on Netflix or Amazon Prime? If so, what's the delay before they show up on one or the other? While GOT is just 'drama' and can be watched anytime, John Oliver is somewhat timely. I thought those shows did not show up on other outlets, or at least, not for a while ...
The second "it" also referred to HBO. The 2 programs mentioned are 2 more than we watch.....I've heard of Game of Thrones, but never watched it (on HBO or anything else) and I had to google who John Oliver was, at which point I realized I had indeed watched him, but only on YouTube.
Jul 14th 2015, 4:46 am
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Re: HBO NOW
There is an awful lot of dated or straight-to-dvd cr@p on Netflix. They have some good stuff (House of Cards was fantastic), but if it wasn't for the kids I'd have unsubscribed by now.
Jul 14th 2015, 6:07 am
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Re: HBO NOW
Your using VPN or something? I am still trying to figure out how folks get all the good stuff in Canada...
What bell fibe? Just the name of their internet? (We don't have Bell internet out this way, we are Shaw and Telus land....)
What bell fibe? Just the name of their internet? (We don't have Bell internet out this way, we are Shaw and Telus land....)
Jul 14th 2015, 11:09 am
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Re: HBO NOW
Yeah, I struggled with Roku before I got my TV too.....just couldn't find anywhere to plug the darn thing in 
Once I got a TV though - Whole. New. World - it was so easy I could do it without asking for help from either Nutek or the kids!!
Actually, I love the Roku - we've tried a few other similars, but none quit us as well as the Roku.
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Once I got a TV though - Whole. New. World - it was so easy I could do it without asking for help from either Nutek or the kids!!
Actually, I love the Roku - we've tried a few other similars, but none quit us as well as the Roku.
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Roku is the best bit of electronics I ever bought I think.
We have HBO / Showtime / Encore / Starz, (we got a movie bundle package when we moved into the new house) but we hardly ever watch any of them and will drop them all at the end of the 12 months we signed up for.
80% of our TV comes from Netflix / Prime and the other 20% is mostly iPlayer.
Commercial TV is just complete shit.
Jul 14th 2015, 12:51 pm
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Re: HBO NOW
Bell is similar to Shaw and Telus. They are our phone/TV/internet provider. We subscribe to HBO as part of our cable TV package.
Jul 14th 2015, 5:18 pm
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Re: HBO NOW
Again, I must be me f the few people that doesn't like ROKU. I fire it up in the morning to find out what is happening back home via Sky News, but other than that, I never use it. My step daughter does use it quite a bit for Netflix though.
Jul 14th 2015, 5:26 pm
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Re: HBO NOW
I am not sure of this, there seems so little on it (Netflix), I dont know if they have let lots of contracts expire, or if my expectations are higher, but the choice seems limited, they never seem to have what I look for.
Jul 16th 2015, 10:46 pm
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Re: HBO NOW
First "it" correct...HBO
The second "it" also referred to HBO. The 2 programs mentioned are 2 more than we watch.....I've heard of Game of Thrones, but never watched it (on HBO or anything else) and I had to google who John Oliver was, at which point I realized I had indeed watched him, but only on YouTube.
The second "it" also referred to HBO. The 2 programs mentioned are 2 more than we watch.....I've heard of Game of Thrones, but never watched it (on HBO or anything else) and I had to google who John Oliver was, at which point I realized I had indeed watched him, but only on YouTube.
Our local library has a lot of TV shows that are available to check out - Game of Thrones is one of them. We don't mind waiting to watch a popular show....
We also watch Hulu.com (online TV) - currently use the free version which usually has enough to entertain us, although with summer here there is less choice. There are also a LOT of old UK TV shows, old as is from the 1990s and 2000s.
