I've signed up for Aereo when it comes to Tampa. We currently have Netflix, HuluPlus, and often buy movies on Amazon Instant. $8 Aereo + $8 Netflix + $8 Hulu = $24. Add in $4/movie on Amazon for one/two movies a weekend and you can spend less than $50/mo and have access to near infinite amount of good content and live content when you want.
Cable companies didn't have to offer à la carte packages because the market, despite tremendous barriers, made that possible. Instead of picking channels, we pick the medium - Aereo (live local), Netflix (vast archived library and hopefully premium new content like House of Cards), Hulu (latest TV shows), and Amazon Instant (relatively new movies). This is very different from deciding if you want Discovery, HGTV, or HBO. Instead of picking genres, we're joining libraries. And I'm perfectly happy with that. In fact, I think this is a much better outcome than relying on cable companies to provide a good selection of TV channels.
My Roku and AppleTV can stream from many different libraries and I can turn the subscriptions on and off easily.
Why not just use an antenna? I'm missing something here. Aereo sounds nice for people who want to stay connected to their hometowns when living away, but if you're in Tampa why stream Tampa OTA TV when it's free over the air?
I tried. I spent $100+ dollars on various digital antennas but because of my location/trees/neighborhood, I barely get one or two channels, none of them clearly.
Cable companies didn't have to offer à la carte packages because the market, despite tremendous barriers, made that possible. Instead of picking channels, we pick the medium - Aereo (live local), Netflix (vast archived library and hopefully premium new content like House of Cards), Hulu (latest TV shows), and Amazon Instant (relatively new movies). This is very different from deciding if you want Discovery, HGTV, or HBO. Instead of picking genres, we're joining libraries. And I'm perfectly happy with that. In fact, I think this is a much better outcome than relying on cable companies to provide a good selection of TV channels.
My Roku and AppleTV can stream from many different libraries and I can turn the subscriptions on and off easily.