That's why my wife will never move over to streaming. She has a few channels she likes to watch, and knows when her favorite shows are on. She just wants to sit down at that time, switch to the right channel, and watch her show. None of the streamers offer this, from what I can tell.
My wife and I have started traveling again, and when we visit AirBNBs, we've noticed that fewer and fewer offer basic cable with their homes anymore, so we played around with streaming and hate it. Instead of "turn on HGTV at 8PM" it's now:
1. Do some research on the Internet about which streaming service offers HGTV.
2. Sign up for it.
3. Figure out how to log into that streaming service in the AirBNB.
4. Scroll through the streaming's terrible UI to find the name of the show.
5. Decide which episode to watch ("I don't care--I just want to watch whatever is on right now!")
In some AirBNBs you can skip 2 and 3 if the host left the previous occupants logged in. But either way, it's a terrible user experience compared to "sit down and turn on the TV". So, cable still wins in our household even though it's expensive.
Youtube TV and the Hulu TV option both offer exactly that. You go to the Live tab and scroll down to your channel. You can also use an internet-only DVR if you want.
Interesting. Didn't know that. Looked it up and both Youtube's and Hulu's "Live TV" plans cost more than the incremental cost of Cable TV, so we're still back where we started.
My wife and I have started traveling again, and when we visit AirBNBs, we've noticed that fewer and fewer offer basic cable with their homes anymore, so we played around with streaming and hate it. Instead of "turn on HGTV at 8PM" it's now:
1. Do some research on the Internet about which streaming service offers HGTV.
2. Sign up for it.
3. Figure out how to log into that streaming service in the AirBNB.
4. Scroll through the streaming's terrible UI to find the name of the show.
5. Decide which episode to watch ("I don't care--I just want to watch whatever is on right now!")
In some AirBNBs you can skip 2 and 3 if the host left the previous occupants logged in. But either way, it's a terrible user experience compared to "sit down and turn on the TV". So, cable still wins in our household even though it's expensive.