Best streaming service for documentaries?

Dinarius

We are on the point of leaving Sky, which will mean we will have only Netflix and (when I get round to tuning/streaming them) Saorview channels.

Netflix is very so-so for documentaries, particularly of the arts variety.

What is the best source of arts and culture documentaries?

We are using a Google Chromecast to receive out tv now.

Thanks.

D.

dubrov

You can use your existing Sky satellite dish to receive all the UK channels for free.

Here is the full list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28%C2%B0E


Saorview is received via an aerial.
You could just connect both feeds (satellite and aerial) to a combo box which costs about €90.
This will give you all the Irish and UK channels without requiring a subscription.
You'd still be losing all Sky's documentary channels though.


For streaming services, there isn't a lot out there. Maybe have a look at Amazon Prime video to see if their documentaries are any better.

Dinarius

Thanks.

Odd that in 2018 a service needs an aerial.

Why can’t Saorview be set up like Netflix and Amazon and be cast via Chromecast or similar?

D.

Gerry Wicklow

Because there are many parts of this island that cannot use Netflix, Amazon etc due to lack of broadband in 2018

Dinarius

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

Because there are many parts of this island that cannot use Netflix, Amazon etc due to lack of broadband in 2018

Totally agree.

But, there’s no reason Saorview can’t offer aerial *and* streaming connectivity surely?

D.

Tigerandahalf

Dinarius wrote: »

Totally agree.

But, there’s no reason Saorview can’t offer aerial *and* streaming connectivity surely?

D.

Would you be happy to enter your tv licence number if it was a streaming service?
That could be a future possibility of ensuring people pay up.

There are lots of apps out there these days. Have a look in the google playstore and you may get a service like Netflix and can cast it.

Henry Ford III

Loads of web options. Some are free.

Dinarius

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Would you be happy to enter your tv licence number if it was a streaming service?
That could be a future possibility of ensuring people pay up.

There are lots of apps out there these days. Have a look in the google playstore and you may get a service like Netflix and can cast it.

I already have Netflix.

It’s recovering a few terrestrial stations after my Sky subscription ends, in the easiest way possible, that I’m looking into.

I currently view Netflix, YouTube and a few other things thro Chromecast.

Just wish I could view Saorview channels too. Would save money and having an aerial in a room in 2018!

Many thanks.

D.

colm_mcm

You can get an external antenna. No more bizzare than using a dish.

RangeR

AerTV has a few channels over the interwebs.

Dinarius

colm_mcm wrote: »

You can get an external antenna. No more bizzare than using a dish.

Totally agree with you re the dish. They are a plague.

Hence my desire to reduce all my reception to my coin-sized Chromecast dongle!

Thanks.

D.

dxhound2005

This is a Satellite forum. Streaming services are IPTV and there is another forum for that.

STB.

Dinarius wrote: »

Totally agree with you re the dish. They are a plague.

Hence my desire to reduce all my reception to my coin-sized Chromecast dongle!

Thanks.

D.

All very well if you can get the stations in a logical reecptable format complete with EPG and recording.

Tell me what happens when your broadband goes ?