As I just noted, many popular streaming services are available on newer TiVo boxes. So it’s a one-device solution to those who want (sort of limited) streaming and a DVR. That may suit some people, but clearly not you.
TiVo’s image and business model problems have haunted the company since day one. If it wasn’t for some patents (many of them quite obvious, IMHO), they’d be long dead.
As I’ve said before: I was talking to the head of US research for a top Japanese consumer electronics company a bit after DVRs came out. He was upset and then some at how TiVo messed up the market for everyone. They wanted to sell their DVRs for a reasonable cost and provide the EPG for free. But they knew that no one would buy their more expensive boxes when cheaper TiVos were on the shelf next to them. So they and other similar companies didn’t go into the DVR business.
If they had, the mass production and competition would have driven the price down and they would have been as commonly owned as VCRs. Now most are rented from cable/sat/etc. companies. Another lousy for consumers business model.
I’m not sure how relevant this is to your audience, but someone who is new to streaming might not realize they can use non-TV devices like phones, tablets, and laptops. They may assume they can only watch on an actual TV. It might be worth mentioning that just in case someone has been a cable-only watcher and this would be their first time using streaming services.
Also, if the audience is unfamiliar with streaming, they may not be aware what “binge watching” means; that when some of these streaming services release a new show, all the episodes are available for watching immediately, so that you can watch the whole season at once.
Yes and also you can “cast” (or connect) what you are watching on your cell phone to your TV - but the TV and cell phone both need to be on your home WiFi network.
Basically all these modern gizmos can connect to each other.
You can also control your TV with your cell phone. Many TVs have trouble with this. LG brand TV Android apps work good. You can also connect a keyboard or mouse to an LG TV and the new Samsung 4k Blu-Ray player says you can do this too.
So you should be able to “cast” a DVD player to a TV too. (If new and “smart”.)
And as I mentioned above, there are “Android TV boxes” which are designed to connect to a TV along with a remote which has a keyboard. And they have USB connections, are 4k UHD, have microphone connection, optical sound connection, yadda, yadda, yadda… The MINIX U1 is one of these and only $120. (There are many other Android TV boxes.)
I think SONY makes Android TV’s? (If Android, you can download apps from Google Play. (With many “smart” TV’s, you can’t do this!)