Trying to understand On Demand TV

9 years ago

All the talk about The Americans has put it on our "to binge watch" soon. I thought that I could get seasons 1-4 on demand but no. Only season 5. I have a smart tv but can't figure out how/where/whether I can go that route. If you know, how can I get early seasons. I don't remember having access problems with other shows like Sopranos, house of C.

or, does it mean I need to buy set @ WM?

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9 years ago

Bossy, do you have a roku? They aren't very expensive and have a lot of free streaming options as well as subscription including Netflix, hulu, Amazon, local channel stuff is available too if you have paid tv. Once you buy the devise the only time you pay is if you purchase something. We don't use anything else upstairs in our bedroom. It just plugs into your tv, so not difficult to hook up either.

https://www.roku.com/index

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User
9 years ago
Your library might have the DVD.
cooper8828
9 years ago
It's included free with Amazon Prime.
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I find it to be confusing too. Sometimes you are only able to watch the current season 'on demand'....you have to pay to watch previous seasons. Sometimes even the older episodes of the current season are unavailable. And some shows are simply not available 'on demand' at all! It all appears to be very random.

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9 years ago
I checked Netflix and The Americans is only available on DVD rental. That's why I suggested checking the library. We watched a couple series (Grace & Frankie and House of Cards) on borrowed DVDs from the library before signing up for Netflix a few months ago.
bossyvossy
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9 years ago
Thanks everybody, I'll ck the library. I dont have amazon prime (did the 90 day trial and never found a reason to use it). Have cable Netflix but the complete Americans n/a.
maddielee
9 years ago
Check to see if all episodes are available on FXnow. They might be.
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9 years ago
On Demand TV is mostly for current television shows. I use it to watch tv shows my husband doesn't watch. He's more into the cop shows like NCIS and The Blacklist, and I like family comedies. For binge watching many seasons of tv shows, you'll need CraveTV (Canadian, I think), Netflix or Amazon Prime. There are also "cable boxes" that you can hook up to your tv. My son has one and can watch Y&R from the beginning if he wants. He doesn't want.... ;) But he said everything he looked up was on there from season 1. And it's free. I may look into it for myself and get rid of cable tv.
bossyvossy
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9 years ago
N/a on FXnow
mamapinky0
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
My daughter says On Demand always does this, never starts at season 1 ...probably so people will buy the first seasons. The boys wanted to watch Homebound recently, OD had part 2 free, but had to pay 3.99 to get part 1.
bossyvossy
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9 years ago
I knew there had to be some trickery somewhere. I check Walmart and they wanted $40 for seasons 1-4
Hareball
9 years ago
I have Amazon Prime and I've only been able to find one show that I like that is available. All the other ones you have to pay for. :\
bossyvossy
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9 years ago
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This is embarrassing, I went to the library and they had dropped me due to inactivity. Then I learned there are all kinds of digital services available--not the library I used to know. They did not have The Americans but I did put a request for them to get it.
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9 years ago
Yeah, the library is a treasure chest! Dh used to buy books, now he gets all of them at the library. Online you can see which branch has what you're looking for and even reserve books/videos.
chisue
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We are bad citizens, not contributing to the US economy by buying books or DVD's. We do contribute annually to Friends of the Library!

Many of the movies and TV series I read about here -- newly 'discovered' by KT folks -- are ones we saw years ago, from our library. Recently we watch mostly via Amazon Prime. We tried Netflix a year ago and couldn't find anything we would watch that we had not already seen -- from our library. We'll watch early episodes of "Billions" when our library has them available. We've watched all of "Bosch" via Amazon; now watching Series 3. Watched "The Americans" and "Sneaky Pete" and others via Amazon too.

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