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Cutting the Cable Cord: a Practical Guide for Many Years, If You Wanted Tv You Had This: Now However, You Can Have This: Which Leads to This: ...A Practical Guide Cutting the Cable Cord: a Practical Guide For many years, if you wanted tv you had this: Now however, you can have this: Which leads to this: ...a Practical Guide By 2021, 30% of Americans will not have traditional cable. Cord-cutting is accelerating faster than anticipated An individual choice Not for everyone! This class: ● How cutting the cord works ● How to make the choice: a walkthrough and a case study of two geeks ● Review of common streaming channel choices What is it? 1. Stopping TV service through a cable company 2. BUT continuing Internet service 3. All TV will be delivered to your house via the internet or an antenna Does not mean that you...: ● ...will pay nothing ● ...will ditch your tv What do you need? ● FAST Internet ○ If you can’t stream youtube videos, forget it ○ The more people using it, the faster you will need ● A local home Wi-fi network (a Router that is wi-fi enabled) ● TV ○ Either a streaming device ○ Or an Internet enabled TV ● Lots and lots of lots of Digital Channels-which you pay for ● Optional: a Digital Antenna ● Optional: A streaming device to make it easier Antenna ● Digital Antennas are much more powerful ● More channels available too ● Channels broadcast at different strengths ● ABC-Philadelphia only ● http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/philadelphia ● May have to set-up your tv to “see” Digital channels How do you start? The three questions: Who? What? How? ● How many people do you have watching? (Who) ● What do they watch? (What) ● Do they have to watch immediately after it broadcasts? (What) ● Are their shows available in streaming channels? (How) A Tale of Two Geeks Who? Kay: ● Watches sci fi & fantasy shows ● Addicted to BBC Detective Shows (Netflix & Acorn) ● Watches less than five shows live Bryan: ● Watches sci fi & fantasy shows, but different ones than Kay ● Addicted to Anime (Japanese animation for adults- Crunchyroll, Funimation, Anime Network) ● Rarely watches live tv except for football, which he turns off halfway through in disgust Notes on Who ● It’s harder to cut the tv cord when ○ More people watching tv ○ People watching different things ○ You watch a lot of tv live ○ You watch things that are expensive to replace (sports) ● Tale of two geeks ○ Only two people who watch tv=Good ○ They don’t watch a lot of live tv=Good ○ Their shows can be sourced from the internet=Good ○ They watch completely different things=Bad What? You need to do a usage survey Exactly what shows do you watch? How much do you care about them? A Tale of Two Geeks 2017: 2018: Notes on What ● Get down everything you watch and would miss-even if it’s “I turn on the Baseball Channel for background every evening” ● The goal of this is to replace what you actually watch, not suffer ● More than one page? Too many shows... How (and how much?) How much, updated How (and How Much?) Notes ● Can you replace everything that’s a 5 easily? ● Can you eventually find the shows that are lower “rated”? ● Research ○ Is it on one of the common streaming channels? ○ https://www.justwatch.com/ ○ Canistreamit does not work ● Alternatively… ○ If the channel is not common: sign up for a trial ○ Ask around with your friends ○ Or call me at work The final tally Equipment to make it Easier ● Roku ● Chromecast: No Netflix! Can also mirror your computer’s Chrome browser ● Apple TV Streaming Sources Roundup Streaming Channels: ● Netflix ● Amazon Prime ● Hulu Reproducing the Cable Experience ● Sling TV ● DirectTV Now ● Playstation Vue ● Hulu TV (Brand new) Antenna Things to consider-streaming channels ● Not programming-just shows ● How often do they change their content? ● Do they have original programming? ● How many people can stream at one time (or sign up at one time)? ● Is it a monthly or yearly fee? ● Does my device support their channel? Netflix ● Pricing ○ $7.99 a month: 1 stream at a time, Standard Definition ○ $10.99 a month: 2 streams at a time, High Definition ○ $14.99: 4 streams at a time, HD & Ultra HD ● A ton of new original programming to drive sign-ups ● Current non-Netflix shows a year behind Amazon Prime ● $119 a year/$9.92 a month (Or $12.99 if you pay monthly) ● 2 devices at a time ● Specializes more in movies ● Backlist items ● Adding new original programming ● Counts by Show, not by episode Hulu ● 7.99 a month (without specials) or add Showtime for $8.99/month more ● $11.99 for an “ad-free experience” ○ The same ads air again and again and again…. ● New shows a day after they air ● Works with most major channels ● 1 stream at a time ● No CBS shows Replacing Cable with OnlineTV (sort of) ● Replay is hit or miss ○ some channels allow and some don’t ● Don’t get too far behind ○ many channels only replay up to 3 days ● On demand not universally available ● Some channels don’t give you all rights to programs ● Commercials included ● Options: Sling TV, Hulu TV, DirectTV Now ● Changing all the time Sports ● Most sports have their own channel ○ There may be a delay on showing the game ● Once again, it depends on what you care about ● A Cable replacement may work best here (Hulu live better than Sling) ○ Hulu does not have access to NFL network games ● Antenna (1 or 2… NBC vs. Fox) ● https://www.howtowatch.com/sports/ ● NFL game pass (delayed in the US) Putting it All Together ● Complete your Usage Survey ● Try out a few services and see if they work for you before cutting the cord ● Do a “stress test”: Have everyone bring up something and try to stream at once ● Compare the services: https://www.cnet.com/news/playstation-vue-vs-sling-tv-streaming-live-tv-comp ared ● You don’t have to do it immediately... Thank you! Kay Klocko Head of Reference & Digital Literacy Upper Dublin Public Library [email protected] 215-628-8744 x3344.
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