Originally Posted By: BrocLuno
Yup, it's all about the cost of a fast I'Net hook up ... Enough megabits to make streaming work while another person does "net work, will cost enough that you may be a wash ...
We have more speed than we need and only pay for what we want to watch.
Internet is $61
Netflix: we pay for this every month, since its kid-show selection is great and they allow downloading for offline watching, which we use for long trips.
Amazon: we subscribe to Prime, so we utilize this for what it's worth. There aren't actually many shows that we have liked very much, but they've had a few (The Man in The High Castle being one I liked).
HuluPlus (no commercials): we usually pay for 4-8 months (depending on how many shows interest us or how slow we are to watch them), then cancel when we've finished for the season.
HBO: At $15/month, we only paid for one month (after the free trial) last month, so we could bing-watch Game of Thrones and a few other shows, as well as some decent movies I hadn't seen available elsewhere or that I hadn't see in a while. Most of the others were just as [censored] as every other service's offerings. I was actually really disappointed with how quickly we got through the few things we really wanted to see on HBO. I guess that's good, because $15/month is a lot!
Others: we haven't tried many others, but we're open to the suggestions here.