My family is into cord-cutting in a big way. I have never thoroughly investigated this, so I'm in the dark about it. They already shut off cable TV, tried DirecTV (satellite) and shut that off, too. Their previous-generation AppleTV has interesting free content, but you have to navigate and experiment to find it. (pre-voice control). They also have a BluRay player with streaming service ability.
I was thinking about streaming services, like Netflix and Hulu. I do not know any of the others.
I know they would like to see a variety of movies, some very old, some new. Everything from old Westerns to documentaries. I would also like to see a lot of TV shows, from today clear back to 50 years ago. I'd like to review Carl Sagan's Cosmos series from 1980, as well as Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos (never saw the later). There are other shows that I'm wondering about, to see if they are available on any of these services:
Jaques Cousteau used to do deep-sea nature documentaries
60 Minutes and Frontline (can you watch any episode of these, from the last 40 years?)
NASA TV
Austin City Limits reruns
Midnight Special (late-nite TV variety show, lots of concerts, from the 1970s)
All Star Wars movies & spin-offs
All Carol Burnett Shows
All Emergency! shows & movies
All of the Battlestar Galactica shows
All Star Trek shows & movies
All the Stargate shows + Movie
Auto Racing reruns (especially Word of Outlaws and NASCAR)
Personality / Historical Documentaries and Biographies
VH-1 Behind the Music / MTV Rockumentaries
Also: what kind of pricing plans should my family expect? What is the best way to become an "educated
consumer"?
TIA
I was thinking about streaming services, like Netflix and Hulu. I do not know any of the others.
I know they would like to see a variety of movies, some very old, some new. Everything from old Westerns to documentaries. I would also like to see a lot of TV shows, from today clear back to 50 years ago. I'd like to review Carl Sagan's Cosmos series from 1980, as well as Neil deGrasse Tyson's Cosmos (never saw the later). There are other shows that I'm wondering about, to see if they are available on any of these services:
Jaques Cousteau used to do deep-sea nature documentaries
60 Minutes and Frontline (can you watch any episode of these, from the last 40 years?)
NASA TV
Austin City Limits reruns
Midnight Special (late-nite TV variety show, lots of concerts, from the 1970s)
All Star Wars movies & spin-offs
All Carol Burnett Shows
All Emergency! shows & movies
All of the Battlestar Galactica shows
All Star Trek shows & movies
All the Stargate shows + Movie
Auto Racing reruns (especially Word of Outlaws and NASCAR)
Personality / Historical Documentaries and Biographies
VH-1 Behind the Music / MTV Rockumentaries
Also: what kind of pricing plans should my family expect? What is the best way to become an "educated
consumer"?
TIA