Warning: wasted $60 on that 'premium' streaming bundle

I signed up for that fancy streaming add-on pack last month because it promised 200+ channels of old shows. Turned out half the stuff was grainy recordings from the 80s and the other half was just shows I could get for free on regular cable. I spent 3 hours scrolling through their menu and only found two episodes of something I actually wanted to watch. Anyone else fall for these inflated bundle deals that sound way better than they are?

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michael_craig20d ago

Yeah I saw some article about how these bundles are just full of filler content they couldn't sell anywhere else. The grainy recordings thing is a big red flag too, sounds like they're just digitizing old tapes nobody wanted.

evan29520d agoMost Upvoted

That 1984 show at the Hollywood Palladium they included has actual audio from Kurt's last interview before the Rome OD, bootleg collectors have been trying to track that specific tape down for years. Call me crazy but I'd rather have a grainy recording of a real historical moment than a polished reissue of the same 15 songs everybody already owns.

bettywilson20d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, is this true? Are they really using audio from his last interview before Rome for a live show recording from 1984? I've been into Nirvana since the Bleach days and I never heard about that specific tape being out there. That seems like a massive oversight if true, or maybe it's a detail they're hoping collectors would just gloss over. Bootlegs are one thing, but mixing an interview into a concert recording feels different, like they're stitching together pieces of history that don't belong. I wonder if that tape is even from the same year or if they're just grabbing anything with Kurt's voice to pad the tracklist. If I'm paying for a live album, I want it to be just that - a live show, not some cobbled-together archive of scraps.