[godzillabrennus]

I basically have this with Hulu. I pay for the live tv package and cloud dvr. It lets me access a back catalogue of streamable content for each “channel” in my package.

I have hbo/starz/and the big name cable channels for about $140/month with 200gb of cloud dvr.

My only real complaint is that I can’t download content to my phone for flights.

It’s not $12.99/month but when I’m traveling in Asia I can VPN back to my house and watch whatever I want off the cloud DVR.

[01100011]

Oh, only $140/month? What a deal...</s>

Bring it down to $60-$80 and I'd consider it.

[gambiting]

All of these values are insane to me. People really spend that much to effectively watch TV?

[jasonlotito]

No.

With "effectively TV" you had to sit down at a certain time and watch it at that time. You had a selection of shows you could watch on a number of channels.

What the person here is talking about is $140 for something that is not "effectively TV." They can watch it pretty much where ever they want. They can watch it without commercials. They aren't limited to the shows or channels available on their provider. They get instant access to movies they want to watch, when they want to watch it, without need of special, single use hardware.

> All of these values are insane to me.

It's a special kind of hubris to to assume that everyone else is insane and you are not when you admittedly don't understand the topic at hand.