Probably, most of us here grew up in an era when we only had three TV channels at the most to choose from.  We had to look in the newspaper to see what was coming on and choosing was pretty simple.  The fact is that nowadays we have too much programming available and it can be all consuming.  I admit that I watch too danged much of it of any type (3 or 4 hours per day).

Sometimes, I long for the days before the internet and non-stop TV.  Seems like I spent more time interacting with others and enjoying simpler things.  Air conditioning and technology has ruined the world, or not.  Oh well, you can never go back they say.

  On 8/20/2019 at 11:25 AM, SWharton said:

We don't channel surf, we just like an eclectic selection of programs and aren't stuck in a rut looking at the same program week after week. We have some series we like but generally like the variety that is available.

We signed up for CBS All Access via Amazon Prime not realizing we couldn't record the programs to our PC. It had a couple of programs we were interested in but needed the internet. Cancelled it.

YouTube TV provides essentially unlimited DVR capability.  You don't record programs to your PC; they are stored in a Cloud DVR.  You can retrieve them whenever you wish.

  On 8/20/2019 at 9:30 AM, SWharton said:

but we couldn't figure out how to download the program and look at it later when we didn't have internet.

  On 8/20/2019 at 10:16 PM, docj said:

You can retrieve them whenever you wish.

You can't retrieve them if you don't have internet.

  On 8/20/2019 at 11:25 AM, SWharton said:

 have Directv but wanted to stream when it wasn't available when we were in Alaska. There is no OTA either. This is where we discovered streaming shortcomings. Everyone is touting streaming so we thought we would try it.

 

Streaming is definitely a learning curve.. it's new so there's just too many providers and plans and confusion.  Jumping through all these hoops to save a few dollars a month is not of interest to me,  so I'm sticking with DTV.

Your main problem, right now, is being in Alaska.  

Edited August 21 by hemsteadc

Howdy!

We’ve been streaming everything for over a year now. We started last year on our trip to Alaska knowing full well our satellite wouldn’t work in Canada or Alaska. We have unlimited data accounts with Verizon and AT&T. We use DirecTV Now,  Netflix and Amazon Prime for viewing. We don’t watch much standard TV ABC, CBS, NBC etc... other than local and national news. We like to pick out TV series and binges watch them. We did so on our trip to Alaska last year. When did not have a data connection we watched movies or TV series we would download for just this occasion. We had very good luck with AT&T data during our trip even traveling through Canada.

” Happy Trails “

Chiefneon

  On 8/20/2019 at 10:16 PM, docj said:

YouTube TV provides essentially unlimited DVR capability.  You don't record programs to your PC; they are stored in a Cloud DVR.  You can retrieve them whenever you wish.

But it sounds like he does not reliable WiFi, cellular signal.

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Edited August 21 by rynosback