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Mar. 9th, 2015
Time to make the leap
Mar. 9th, 2015 12:25 pmEvery year or so Toby and I run the numbers to compare the costs of legitimately obtaining the TV shows we're watching to cable. So far, it's come up just about the same, until this year, which had some sort of tipping point with enough shows being available via various streaming methods. We ran the numbers at the end of last week, and realized that while we were paying right about $100/month for 200 channels of cable (and two boxes, and HD upcharge and whatnot], we could replace everything* except Game of Thrones on air dates with our $8/month Netflix by adding an $8/month Hulu subscription.
And, as Toby had expected since he keeps his eye on Apple rumors, HBO and Apple have just announced HBO Now, a standalone service for $15/month, starting in April which just so happens to be when Game of Thrones starts airing entirely coincidentally I am sure.
Even if we have to commit to a year, instead of being able to get it for the three months of GoT, about $30/month for TV down from about $100, with the occasional TV series like Star Wars: Rebels that we'll have to buy via iTunes.
I can deal.
ETA: I think the real tipping point was discovering that QI, which had FINALLY started on BBC America, was also available on Hulu. :)
*That we cared about. I watch some HGTV shows that I can easily give up. Netflix also just started adding some DIY and HGTV shows, so I can get my fix there.
And, as Toby had expected since he keeps his eye on Apple rumors, HBO and Apple have just announced HBO Now, a standalone service for $15/month, starting in April which just so happens to be when Game of Thrones starts airing entirely coincidentally I am sure.
Even if we have to commit to a year, instead of being able to get it for the three months of GoT, about $30/month for TV down from about $100, with the occasional TV series like Star Wars: Rebels that we'll have to buy via iTunes.
I can deal.
ETA: I think the real tipping point was discovering that QI, which had FINALLY started on BBC America, was also available on Hulu. :)
*That we cared about. I watch some HGTV shows that I can easily give up. Netflix also just started adding some DIY and HGTV shows, so I can get my fix there.
Spycam again
Mar. 9th, 2015 02:00 pmWe've set up the kitty spycam in the laundry room again, this time pointing directly at the litterboxes. It's not because of the Poop Bandit, who we've IDed as Sora, and who seems to be getting more and more finicky about the state of the litterboxes. It's because someone has managed to pee over the barrier at the back of the box and get it all over the floor and wall there! This is the point where we're almost saying "I'm not even mad. I'm just impressed." I mean... look at the boxes. Someone, by whom I mean "probably Sora,"* is somehow hitching themselves up high enough to pee over that barrier in the back.
So the camera is in place, and we shall see.
* Probably Sora, because while Nefer likes to perch on the front edge of the box and her aim isn't that good (hence the puppy pads on the floor in front of the boxes), lately she's been showing signs of arthritis or something** that leads her to use her claws to pull herself up on objects instead of jumping, so I don't see how she has the dexterity to make it over the edge of the box.
** Vet appointment in the works--I'm waiting on them to get back to me after requesting one. She's not limping and is behaving perfectly normally otherwise.
So the camera is in place, and we shall see.
* Probably Sora, because while Nefer likes to perch on the front edge of the box and her aim isn't that good (hence the puppy pads on the floor in front of the boxes), lately she's been showing signs of arthritis or something** that leads her to use her claws to pull herself up on objects instead of jumping, so I don't see how she has the dexterity to make it over the edge of the box.
** Vet appointment in the works--I'm waiting on them to get back to me after requesting one. She's not limping and is behaving perfectly normally otherwise.