nelsonmuntz
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1) Netflix - clean, thin feed, automatically turns to next episode. Can pause easily and is easy to find where you want to watch within an episode or movie. This almost makes up for the crappy content.
2) DisneyPlus - basically Netflix quality streaming, although I don't watch it that often.
3) HBOMax - Does most of what Netflix does, but occasionally glitches and requires a refresh.
4) Paramount+ - don't watch it much but no complaints so far.
5) Hulu - Some weird glitches, like when you are re-watching a series you have seen before, and are binge watching, Hulu will occasionally jump to the spot in the next episode where you left off months ago. I was rewatching The Great while working late recently, and episode 5 finished and it jumped to the middle of episode 6. I haven't watched the show in over a year, but that must have been where I had left off that episode before. Also, the episodes are not always in order for broadcast television shows.
6) AppleTV - stable feed but the menu and navigation is annoying because Apple is always trying to sell me something.
7) Starz - usually fine, but it will sometimes just hang and cycle. Thick feed so it can periodically buffer on wifi and doesn't work on weak signals like vacation houses.
8) ESPNPlus - the login is messed up and keeps logging me out or not recognizing that I am logged in during the same visit. It also doesn't automatically rollover to the next episode every time. I have a lot of problems with the login which pisses me off since I pay for this. Anything below ESPN in the rankings is really bad technologically.
9) AMCPlus - great content, but there is a bare bones feel to it, and the menu is impossible to get through. There is no search function so you have to browse even to find a show like Mad Men, which should be on the front page of this service since that show is probably why most people initially pay for AMCPlus. Also, when binge watching, it doesn't automatically rollover to the next episode, so I have to go all the way out to the main menu, browse to find the show, and then pick the next episode.
10) ShowtimeAnytime - this technology looks like it was developed by a high school AV department. Sometimes a show or movie just won't let me rewind, and when I try, the site will just hang so bad that I can't even pick another show or stop it. This forces me to exit the browser and re-login over and over until it finally works, which doesn't always happen. Sometimes I just give up and come back later.
Don't have: Peacock
2) DisneyPlus - basically Netflix quality streaming, although I don't watch it that often.
3) HBOMax - Does most of what Netflix does, but occasionally glitches and requires a refresh.
4) Paramount+ - don't watch it much but no complaints so far.
5) Hulu - Some weird glitches, like when you are re-watching a series you have seen before, and are binge watching, Hulu will occasionally jump to the spot in the next episode where you left off months ago. I was rewatching The Great while working late recently, and episode 5 finished and it jumped to the middle of episode 6. I haven't watched the show in over a year, but that must have been where I had left off that episode before. Also, the episodes are not always in order for broadcast television shows.
6) AppleTV - stable feed but the menu and navigation is annoying because Apple is always trying to sell me something.
7) Starz - usually fine, but it will sometimes just hang and cycle. Thick feed so it can periodically buffer on wifi and doesn't work on weak signals like vacation houses.
8) ESPNPlus - the login is messed up and keeps logging me out or not recognizing that I am logged in during the same visit. It also doesn't automatically rollover to the next episode every time. I have a lot of problems with the login which pisses me off since I pay for this. Anything below ESPN in the rankings is really bad technologically.
9) AMCPlus - great content, but there is a bare bones feel to it, and the menu is impossible to get through. There is no search function so you have to browse even to find a show like Mad Men, which should be on the front page of this service since that show is probably why most people initially pay for AMCPlus. Also, when binge watching, it doesn't automatically rollover to the next episode, so I have to go all the way out to the main menu, browse to find the show, and then pick the next episode.
10) ShowtimeAnytime - this technology looks like it was developed by a high school AV department. Sometimes a show or movie just won't let me rewind, and when I try, the site will just hang so bad that I can't even pick another show or stop it. This forces me to exit the browser and re-login over and over until it finally works, which doesn't always happen. Sometimes I just give up and come back later.
Don't have: Peacock