Monday, December 2, 2024

Never heard of Britbox.... do tell! streaming service? cable channel?

Yes! Britbox and Acorn are two of the big British streaming apps. Acorn also has a lot of Australian and New Zealand shows in addition to all the British ones. I like them both and watch them more than Netflix. Britbox is affiliated with the BBC. Interestingly, AMC owns Acorn and they also do original programming.

I'll have to check it out. I'm working towards hanging it up with cable and going strictly to streaming subscriptions. I think I will save quite a bit of money monthly. I have to hunt around for an internet provider. I may be able to go with my current company, but we'll see. They may not be happy that I'm wanting to reduce services and put up road blocks.

I haven't had cable in years. I think the trick is to cycle your streaming apps. Maybe you keep 2 or 3 at a time. And at least one of those is a rotating app. You might get Hulu for a month or two and watch all the things you want to watch, then cancel and swap it out for HBOmax or Britbox etc. Rinse and Repeat.

I have YouTube TV because my folks do and my TVs are signed into theirs. I don'****ch it, but they watch football and golf and some news when they're here. I watched election coverage, but otherwise haven't turned it on in several months.

We would NEED YouTubeTV. Ron would DIE without network access.

It's so jarring when I do watch regular tv - so many ads!!

Greetings all

Another sunny one. Works for me. I want to the gym and did my ritual waddling while watching the surf channel. Yeah one of these days I might get organized enough to find where the tv remotes are and watch what I want. They are probably locked in the upstairs office so I will have to inquire. Before the election one of the tv's had MSNBC on it but not anymore. Too radical I guess.

So after my slightly increased walking I went to the studio and made some more stuff. All this stuff will likely be finished just before christmas which is good. I am hoping to get ahead so I don't feel pushed. Talked to one of our co directors about various plans for the place. It's always something.

Ann thanks for the tip on Geek Girl. Sounds good. DH might like it too. He likes Emily in Paris. Another show we started last night is Murder Mindfully. It's a dark comedy about a lawyer who discovers mindfulness and uses it in dealing with his nasty criminal clients. Off beat and weird. I think it's German but is dubbed. We also like Acorn tv and thats where we get the Brokenwood murders. New Zealand show. Also George Gently, a British cop show set in the 60's. All good stuff.

GRRRR Paula you cann't gain a pound from 200 extra calories. We all know this. Why does the scale mess with us so much? I hope your doggie Emma does ok is is comfortable.

Yeah we got rid of cable tv a month or so ago. You tube tv now. I miss flipping through the channels and find all the menus annoying but I am getting used to it. How did tv get so complicated?

Ann hope you feel better soon. It's the time of year for colds I guess. No fun. You need a tv binge day.

We managed to get Poppys nails trimmed yesterday. Tesla has to be outsourced for that, she is so obnoxious.

Hamburgers tonight likely unless I can find something easier.

Diane S

IMHO, YouTubeTv is the right choice. Cable and satellite TV subscriptions are such a ripoff! I think of them as entertainment landlines.

Working on getting my tree up. It's in a different place this year because of the new furniture. Looks nice! I was worried. This is not a small tree as my ceilings are 12 and 16' in here and a small tree was going to look dwarfed. But it has its drawbacks. It's heavy and stores in 2 giant baga that I had to haul down the hall. And it has a lean given its height and weight. That would have been good to remember when I was putting on the first sections. But it doesn't start to lean until the 6th and final layer goes on. Oh well. Can't fix it. Can't worry about it.

I then remembered I started making crocheted "popcorn" tree garland last year and then Kirby came and all projects were abandoned. I am finishing it up now. Looks so cute.

That's it from here! Hope all are well!

Picture on FB maybe? 6 layers is a BIG tree. Mine has 3 for a 7 foot tree. Big enough for me though I am always in awe of really tall ones.