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lurkeraspect84

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How long did it take for you to become comfortable with your new "service"? We've been talking about it but the big questions are; are our shows going to be available, how many streaming services are we going to need to get all of our shows, and live tv for when we don't want to chance spoilers. I'm aware of the pirate sites that stream games, but what about other channels?

It's just us two and we have 3 tv's. Living room, Bedroom, and Kitchen (My wife loves cooking along with shows on Food Network.). I have a labtop in my bathroom, but it's mostly for reading, youtube, and porn.

I've played with torrents, but I once received a notice so I gave it up and don't know a great deal about VPNs and if they're trust worthy to subscribe to. My friend has apps on his xbox and firetv. Don't have either.

Off the top of my head, there's Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO Go, Vue, Sling, Roku, and Youtube TV. I don't want all of them as it would/might add up close to our 120 a month cable bill. I also read that Disney is about to pull their content from Netflix and going to start their own streaming service.

Also what about Indoor antennas? Distance etc. Does anyone have any experience with those?

TIA

One more thing. I've read some streaming services have ads even though you pay. Is that true?
 
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That's what I'm wondering. If it's worth it?
I don’t know, man. I can’t imagine not having access to my sports, like I do now. I’m not willing to give that up. My brother in law “cut the cord,” and has Hulu/YouTube tv/amazon prime/etc. I imagine he pays about the same as I do, and he gets shit for sports.
 
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I use DTV NOW on Roku. It's like $37 a month and gets me the channels I actually watch without too much extra channels I don't watch. I add CBS during football season and college basketball season or premium channels if I want to watch specifically for a certain show. But just for the time the new season airs. Also they are in beta phase of a cloud based DVR for it as well. It's still developing some but it's getting better every 30 days as they roll out more features for it. Wife uses Hulu and Amazon primarily for her watching because it fits what she watches better.
 
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Between all my family and friends we share Netflix, DirecTV Now, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I pay for Directv Now and basically never use it other than to watch sports. My sister and girlfriend use it.

The biggest thing to get used to is the 3-4 second lag between changing stations with internet TV. Otherwise, basically no difference.

If it's just you two, definitely cut the cord IMO. No doubt.
 
Been using sling and a digital antenna for about 3 years now. It's good enough for me and the price can't be beat. I pretty much can see any game I want with those two, unless it's on FS1 or Big 10 network. About $25 during football and basketball season gets me the network channels in HD plus ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SEC network, all the PAC channels, ACC extra, and ESPN3.

We also have Amazon prime (have it for the shipping, so the TV is a bonus) and Netflix.
 
I don’t know, man. I can’t imagine not having access to my sports, like I do now. I’m not willing to give that up. My brother in law “cut the cord,” and has Hulu/YouTube tv/amazon prime/etc. I imagine he pays about the same as I do, and he gets shit for sports.

Why wouldn't you have access to sports?
 
Switched to PS Vue on Roku about a month ago. Outside of having to be better organized on stuff we DVR and the few second lag, I've got no concerns. My bill dropped from $170 with DTV to $45 with PS Vue. We already had Netflix and my daughter got a Hulu account for $5 as a college student.

It will be interesting when I get into college sports viewing season but I have BTN thru Vue which is the biggest need.
 
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Because that’s the #1 complaint of people who have “cut he cord,” they don’t get sports like they used to.

I haven’t had an issue with that. Digital antenna gets you abc/nbc/cbs/fox all in pristine HD. The ESPNs and what not are in Sling and others.

I think a lot of times people just don’t know what they are doing/talking about.
 
Because that’s the #1 complaint of people who have “cut he cord,” they don’t get sports like they used to.

YouTube TV has pretty much every sports channel you could want / need, unless I'm missing some?

ESPN / ESPN2 / ESPNU / ESPN News
BTN
Fox Sports / FS1 / FS2
CBS Sports Network
NBC Sports
Golf Channel
MLB Network
NBA TV
NBC SN
TBS / TNT / Tru
Olympic Channel


I really enjoy YouTube TV. $35/mo for ~60 channels. Cloud DVR. Quality is same as cable (almost everything is filmed in 720p anyway). Can watch on up to 5 devices at the same time. Cool guide/layout (IMO).

Only negative is that you still have to buy internet from someone. In my area, you either get Comcast (which is expensive and you always have to keep calling back to get better deals) or CenturyLink (which blows, DSL).
 
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Between all my family and friends we share Netflix, DirecTV Now, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I pay for Directv Now and basically never use it other than to watch sports. My sister and girlfriend use it.

The biggest thing to get used to is the 3-4 second lag between changing stations with internet TV. Otherwise, basically no difference.

If it's just you two, definitely cut the cord IMO. No doubt.
And heavily watched events in HD. I am gonna try something different on my next home next year . I am gonna try to do something where I can hardwire everything. To see if it helps out , since I always have a TV on my outdoor living area.
 
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I been on SET TV for about 3 months and I like it. It doesn't cater to college sports but it has all the fox and ESPN channels. Overall 500 channels and it's 20.00 a month. A co worker turned me on to it.
 
We were paying north of $250/month for DirecTV.

Now:
3 Fire Sticks w/ Prime Video.
Netflix
Hulu
SlingTV
HBOGo
Showtime

For around $110/month.

Have everything we need. Sling gives us a login for basically every network package available that isn't on the main premium packages we subscribe to.

Watched every UK game in fb (I'm a glutton for punishment) and basketball this last season.
 
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We did PSVue last season, loved the price, hated that I didn't get the World Series, some NBA games and most of the NFL games (sports package my ass).
In October we'll try YouTubeTV to go with our Netflix and Hulu.

Still, when the boys (+ hubs) game and I'm trying to watch sports.. the lag is real.
 
What internet speed do you have? Most TV streaming only requires 10mb/s, but if you have 3+ people gaming - it might be too much for a lower speed

I am unsure, my husband had his (our) nephew hook everything up/out/in/on..
Totally would have been worth the $$ to have a techy come look everything over.
It was only for 6 months, but it was a pain in my ass mostly.

I'm sure the boys agreed.
 
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I am unsure, my husband had his (our) nephew hook everything up/out/in/on..
Totally would have been worth the $$ to have a techy come look everything over.
It was only for 6 months, but it was a pain in my ass mostly.

I'm sure the boys agreed.

If you're at home, you can go to speedtest.net and run a test to see what your numbers are. Takes about a minute.
 
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How long did it take for you to become comfortable with your new "service"? We've been talking about it but the big questions are; are our shows going to be available, how many streaming services are we going to need to get all of our shows, and live tv for when we don't want to chance spoilers. I'm aware of the pirate sites that stream games, but what about other channels?

It's just us two and we have 3 tv's. Living room, Bedroom, and Kitchen (My wife loves cooking along with shows on Food Network.). I have a labtop in my bathroom, but it's mostly for reading, youtube, and porn.

I've played with torrents, but I once received a notice so I gave it up and don't know a great deal about VPNs and if they're trust worthy to subscribe to. My friend has apps on his xbox and firetv. Don't have either.

Off the top of my head, there's Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO Go, Vue, Sling, Roku, and Youtube TV. I don't want all of them as it would/might add up close to our 120 a month cable bill. I also read that Disney is about to pull their content from Netflix and going to start their own streaming service.

Also what about Indoor antennas? Distance etc. Does anyone have any experience with those?

TIA

One more thing. I've read some streaming services have ads even though you pay. Is that true?
I am an old rich man.

I, at one time three years ago, had TWC, Dish and DirecTV so I could be assured of not missing a Kentucky ball game. I started to add up the bills and found out that I was paying over $500 a months for crap that I would never watch.

Now I have Spectrum cable. $214 a month. I have all of their movie channels, sports channels along with phone and 300 Mbps internet. No more DirecTV or Dish.

On off air antenna; it is okay if you like commercials. I get about 40 channels off air, but outside of the NFL and College basketball games there is nothing on that I am interested in.

I am an old bastard that is very hard to please. I often prefer a good book to TV................... now my wife is another deal.Winking
 
I been on SET TV for about 3 months and I like it. It doesn't cater to college sports but it has all the fox and ESPN channels. Overall 500 channels and it's 20.00 a month. A co worker turned me on to it.
That sounds interesting. Care to share more about pros/cons?
 
Fast internet definitely makes a huge difference
I should be good.

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Here's an easy alley-oop for whomever needs it: That's the year I was born!
No one took it Datt and neither will I.

My second child was born that year also, so I got fixed to make sure we had no accidents.

1972 was a good year for me. I bought a new Olds 98, just in time for the gas shortage; got my basement finished and a new twin lens reflex camera to take large format pictures of my kids. I still have it but I don't even know if you can buy the film for it now.
 
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I cut the cord a few years ago. I now only use Sling TV and Netflix. I get all the basketball games I need. $24 month with the sports package. Espn channels, Sec, Acc, Pac-12 sports. Other sports are included as well. When the NCAA tourney is on, its free on NCAA.org via your internet provider. My total bill with 100 mps is around $65 mo.
 
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