I had the chance to check out The Disney+ channel last
night. There were no problems considering, the initial rollout caused problems
earlier on in the east coast, but I digress. It just occurred to me that I have
the expensive, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Comcast/Xfinity and a few other sites that
I rent movies from, if I want.
I was not totally impressed with the new channel only
because, I have Plex, hoping to get Plex plus later when my Comcast/Xfinity
contract runs out, next year.
Why am I not impressed, as I mentioned, above, I have over
400 movies on my Plex and almost, but not all, are from the Marvel Universe,
and I have all of the Star Wars movies. Science Fiction is a main stay for me. In
addition, I have about a hundred movies on Vudu.com.
I usually purchase a
movie, once a month on that site. I also buy a “free” movie, every other
month on Google Play, (taking surveys on their site gets you a small amount of
“cash”, usually as small as ten cents and as large as seventy cents.).
I would like to cut out a lot of these services, just to
save money, if and when, I cut the cord to Comcast. I have figured out how to
add movies to my Plex collection and that works for me. If anything, I wish I
could add my VHS collection to Plex, also. I have approximately 300 VSH movies,
all the oldies, but goodies!
Is Disney+ worth it, for me to watch just one show, The Mandalorian?
The same with Netflix, there are only three shows I watch, weekly. In addition,
now that I think about it, I subscribe to HBO and, there are only three shows,
I watch, weekly. Are they all worth the price, of course not? However, sitting
around, day after day, doing nothing but sipping coffee, by day, and beer, by
night, I have to have an outlet and stay entertained.
Will I get Disney+? That remands to be seen. The future, of
course, can never be promised.
