dirtbiker
Full time employment: Posting here.
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2019
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I'm not sure what the difference is. I've read that many sites stream at 30 frames per second, which comes out choppy for anything with fast motion such as running, throwing a ball, shooting a puck, etc. 60 FPS is a lot better. Maybe some of it is consumer hardware. Even if it is, I'd say that's still a case for trying it out before committing. And maybe plan on upgrading your sticks.
This is the biggest frustration I have with the cord-cutting story. It's so easy, everyone says, just make sure your internet is at least 2MB, or 5MB--changes through the years with HD, then 4K. But then you try it, and it doesn't work well, and somebody says, oh, you really need 25K. BS like that, it's all so easy, but the requirements keep changing, always a little bit higher than what you have when you find out it just doesn't work that well.
There's a lot more than just getting X vs Y number of channels, or more specifically the channels you want, for $Q or $Z/month. There's also DVR, specifically how long you can keep those recordings; whether you can skip commercials; whether you can watch things live or close to live, and so on.
Yeah, like anything, what seems great usually has some catches. I'd like to decrease some of my monthly expenditures, and the cable I don't use is just low hanging fruit. My cable/internet monthly bill is $230/month. If I drop the cable, it's down to $100/month. Fortunately internet is very good where I live. I currently have 500 mb/s service, and the lowest I can even opt for is I think 40 mb/s.
It's funny how between internet and phone I'm spending close to $400 per month, when it wasn't that long ago those bills didn't even exist for me, and I could care less!