Amazon vs. Hulu+ vs. Netflix

[LeeAndra]

Which do you find yourself watching more? Why? Is there another streaming option I missed? Link me up if there is.

We have Netflix & Hulu but I'm always curious if I'm 'missing out' on something spectacular by not having Amazon or whatever other streaming services are out there.

[lovely1m]

We have cable, Netflix and Amazon. I go back and forth between them all depending on what I feel like watching.

[MamaBee]

We don't have cable... but we have netflix, hulu+, amazon prime, and sling and watch through our Roku device.

Netlfix - I watch the most... binge on whole seasons
hulu+ - I watch the shows that aired the previous day and to watch previous seasons of my guilty pleasure - Real Housewives.
amazon prime - I don't use much...
Sling - to get my cable fix - HGTV, Food, etc... I wish they had Bravo.

I also have jelly telly and right now media for some of J's shows...

[clucaswvu04]

I'm so curious about Roku...mostly because I miss HGTV, foodnetwork etc. Wondering if it may be worth adding (we only have one streaming box now so eventually may be nice to have something for the other tv for streaming other than the bluray player). Now I'm really thinking I should look into it more


Cheryl

[clucaswvu04]

But we have Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon prime. We rarely watch anything on Amazon really. Have it more for shipping, and photo storage [emoji4]


Cheryl

[DawnMarch]

We have cable, Netflix and Amazon. We tape a lot of stuff for watching on our DVR from cable. Next is Netflix. Amazon we use the least (by far). Amazon is very duplicative of Netflix and I find Netflix more user friendly. If you were a prime member, it might be worth just sticking with Amazon though since you get it included with prime. I did just yesterday go to Amazon to watch one of their original shows (The Man in the High Tower) but have never done that before.

[MamaBee]

I'm so curious about Roku...mostly because I miss HGTV, foodnetwork etc. Wondering if it may be worth adding (we only have one streaming box now so eventually may be nice to have something for the other tv for streaming other than the bluray player). Now I'm really thinking I should look into it more


Cheryl

Sling has a deal where if you pay for like 3 months, you get the Roku box for free. We just did that to replace one of our boxes.

We have been using Roku for 5 years, I think... I don't remember when we got rid of Cable - I think it was the summer of 2009. Sling still has it's bugs... like buffering, can be slow in operating, and at times lock up... but it is getting better. We have had Sling since the summer. I like that you can go back on some channels and watch the shows up to 24 hours... so I can go watch yesterday's House Hunters. :)

[Becca Bonneville]

We have Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon. We mainly use Hulu and Netflix. Hulu for current shows and Netflix to binge watch others. We do watch some things on Amazon but mainly use the Prime service for shipping etc. I stream everything via our xbox.

[mariewilcox]

We have cable for now - we can't get local channels without it (horrible reception with a digital antenna) and I need local channels for my shows and for the news. We also have Netflix and Cheyanne uses that the most in her room since we only have cable in the living room. We have Amazon Prime for shipping (we have limited local resources so Amazon shopping is awesome and it's well worth the yearly fee for free shipping) but we rarely use it for TV/movies. We tried Sling last year but it was horrible here; might try it again eventually.

[nesser1981]

Amazon we really only use for the exclusive shows. Like Justified, I think that's the full series we've watched on prime, but I use all of the other prime benefits like crazy.

I don't care for Hulu, but we have cable still.

I watch Netflix a lot, in the summer.

[DreamBig]

We have Hulu Plus, Amazon and Netflix.
I use Hulu for all my current shows.
Amazon for all my kids shows (Shawn the sheep, Bubble Guppies, Blues Clues)
And Netflix for most of my shows/movies. We also have the 2DVD option and we watch those on weekends for date night.

[icindi]

We have Hulu Plus, Amazon and Netflix.
I use Hulu for all my current shows.
Amazon for all my kids shows (Shawn the sheep, Bubble Guppies, Blues Clues)
And Netflix for most of my shows/movies. We also have the 2DVD option and we watch those on weekends for date night.

Who is the DVD option through?
We have cable and Netflix. My husband watches sports ALL THE TIME on cable and I watch Big Bang. My kids only watch Netflix. We had to upgrade to being able to stream from 4 devices at once!
I wanted to try sling, they have most things we watch, but my husband won't go for it. Not having a DVD is a problem, and not being able to watch the new shows, though we only watch a couple, is a problem. I really want to ditch cable though!! So watching this thread with curiosity!