With this change I am not pleased but I have now gone back to using my bell streamer for primary tv watching.
The feature sets are identical with the new 60 day limit.
I have been using a bell streamer since it was released and after the few bugs were cleaned out I have found it to have none of the issues of the bell 7802 box. Freezing black screens bugs related to resetting remotes frequent reboots lagging responses out of synch voice and or closed captions and many others.
I have never called for support on my bell streamer and never replaced one.
So the only loss to me is the option of having preferred movies available for a year or even better over a year. I will buy them. Did that for years.
The wisdom of being able to adapt to change and move on that comes from life experience.
And it has been said before let's leave the generalizations of ageism out of the discussion. We are all individuals and approach life in our own unique ways.
As for comparison with Rogers they are beholden to Comcast in the states and have their own limited feature sets like limited in the access to installing a range of streaming apps and the ability to install on smart tv and android Roku or fire stick and others. No integration with google home. I can even manage my home automation system (non bell) integration with the streamer voice remotes on both boxes with Bell. If you want app streaming from Rogers you have to get their seperate ignite streaming service and seperate box free for two years then 4.99 afterwards, with only app choices decided by Rogers/Shaw. With the purchase of Shaw they did get the ability to cast from an android device to Chromecast only not on an android box Roku etc and you cannot cast any apps other than their proprietary viewing app which means it is merely an alternative to a remote and they say the benefit is you can keep watching while searching other shows. No ability to run directly installed on smart tv or other devices. No google tv play store or any choice of apps.
Limited options on apps beyond their subscribed services and the big ones like Spotify. No Sirius Amazon music fubo or the full range of games from Google Play or Amazon app store.
So pros and cons for all companies. Research thoroughly the full product options between companies and make your choice.
So I am moving on from this with my own solution. I have to have the one box but I can get all I need for recording with the new limitations on my preferred boxes in my home.
As a final note I have recommended bell fibre tv since I started using it and was very happy with support ease of use and the expansive options available technologically. Given this and other business decisions by bell I still recommend the service with a maybe response after advising the limitations changing customer support channels and shutting down large swathes of media options to customers.
Bruce
