I know a lot of yall have already, or know about Kodi. For those that don't TIFWIW this April 2016 update.
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Cutting the Cable.
- Thread starter Clive Gollings
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Live sports and the ability to negotiate is why I stick with satellite. But sometimes you have to actually explain the free **** in the first 2 minutes or I'm done.
I don't really care about Kodi, but on the subject of cutting cable I wanted to let folks know this: On the proper hardware (PS4, Amazon Fire TV) with the proper Internet connection (20 Mb or better -and consistent) Playstation Vue + HBONow is all we needed to get rid of $119 worth of DirectTV for a total of $45. Add ESPN/SEC for $10 more once FB/BBall seasons start. We already had Netflix/Amazon Prime so I'm not counting that in the math. Yes, it has DVR recording. Check it out.
Your Internet speed will need to be excellent. When we first got it we were pretty meh...slow, picture quality glitches. Then we got pissed and called Windstream every night until they got our Internet consistently fast. Now it is legit.
With Sling TV you get ESPN/SEC Network, AMC, CNN, TNT, Disney, Cartoon Network, bla bla bla for $24.99. Add the Tablo DVR for recording your local channels and *profit*
So don't need to negotiate that whopping $24.99
Its the package you get when you threaten to leave for DirecTV on the phone every May.
3 DVR/receivers, HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, and Encore. The att internet for 30/month covers all the internet needs.
Kodi for sure then get some of those apps like Exodus and you can watch basically every movie and tv show you would ever want to watch. The app Phoenix usually has streaming sports on it.
I have wanted to cord cut. Can someone explain the local channel situation? I live in bum f virginia and I looked at those antennas that are paper thin that have a 50 Mile radius but that might be cutting it close. Is there another option?
Hulu may be jumping into live streaming.
http://www.cnet.com/news/hulu-might-launch-its-own-internet-tv-service/
http://www.cnet.com/news/hulu-might-launch-its-own-internet-tv-service/
I have DirecTV Genie with a terabit hard drive, three extra receivers (one wireless), it can record 5 programs at a time. I get all the movie channels and sport channels so I don't have to worry about all the other crap. If it is on the guide I basically get it.
Once ever two years I call and negotiate a lower rate for a few months and then it goes back up. I pay $192 a month and think it is a bargain.
Once ever two years I call and negotiate a lower rate for a few months and then it goes back up. I pay $192 a month and think it is a bargain.
Specto and 1channel/primewire is my go to channels. I've yet to find a tv show/movie they don't have.
DNA TV Pro, ccloudtv and pear and I can watch any game live. Most of the time in HD.
The ratio of having enough free time to justify spending $200 a month ($2400 a year) to watch TV to making enough money to justify spending $200 a month to watch TV is fascinating to me. Where are all of these jobs where yo do nothing and make bank? I spend $20 a month for Sling and still struggle with "am I getting my money's worth?"
Agree, crazy. I spend about $150/mo on cable/phone/internet package plus Netflix and I'm considering cutting the cord to save about $50/mo. Truly the only reason I haven't done it thus far is live sports. There is nothing on any other station that I can't get through other means. Spending almost $200/mo and considering it a bargain? Wow, someone must watch a LOT of TV. Not me.
(1) My wife and I enjoy movies and sports. $200 a month is cheap entertainment. I have 5 large TV's, so we and our guests can watch what they want to watch at five different locations. I guess that is bad also, but that is what I like.
(2) I am retired. But I did work hard and made a little money.
(3) I suggest you either don't like TV or are too cheap to own one. [winking]
I can understand 1 and 2. Number 3 rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not going to lash out but inform you that there are way better and cheaper ways to get way more than you get. I pay zero a month for tv (outside 100M internet cost(€50/mo)), and have basically every season of every show ever made at my fingertips, plus basically every movie made plus tv channels from around the world. The fact you bring up a 1TB dvr that can "record" makes me chuckle.
1) yea. I guess that depends on income and what else you do for entertainment.
2) I guess I could see watching some tv if retired. I hope to be active outside the house when/if I'm retired.
3) I don't like much on tv. I watch maybe 8-12 hours per week and 90% is live sports. 99% of everything elseon tv is pure, worthless, mindless crap or something I could get on netflix for the $8 a month I pay (and don't have to bum off my parents). We have 2 tvs.
Chuckle on Clive, chuckle on. Hell you are welcomed to lash out Clive. I don't care, we are friends.
My DVR has a terabit hard drive. So why do you chuckle? Do you have a DVR with more? If you do what good would it be having a DVR with more space? It would serve little purpose unless you wanted to keep every movie or show you watch in storage.
I also have access to many different sources, but I don't get turned on by having to go through hoops to watch a show and I don't use them. I have one source for my programming. I don't have to worry about where I can find something and the quality is excellent.
I love the folks that patronize the people that spend 200 bucks per month on cable yet justify their alternative options...just let it go already!
So justifying my $20 sling subscription when I haven't missed a UK game, ncaat game, or bengals game and can watch all the nba games I want is weird to you vis-a-vis a $200 subscription? In addition, I could rent a movie a night from redbox and still come out $150 ahead. Heaven forbid someone find it strange to save money. By all means, keep on wasting your money so maybe the economy will start humming again.
Then we agree, you are not a TV/movie guy and I am.
Contrary to what you allude to in (2); I also work in some golf, reading, eating out, visiting friends, an annual vacation to Cape Cod, worked in 10 years of public service.
I did not understand that you still live with your parents. That explains some things.
I don't live with my parents. It was a shot at the guy that splits his netflix bill with his dad.
I think of dvrs the same way as vcr. Everything I watch is streamed. There's zero reason to record anything.
With streaming I can still rewind, pause, etc. I can't imagine watching a tv show with commercials. Even if I can fast forward through them. Again all for free and not downloading anything.
With that said, I'm not debating either is right or wrong. Preferences are what they are. I'm glad people still pay for it.
Nobody cares how little you pay...what's your point again?
You're defending paying $200 a month for ******* tv. I don't care how much you pay. The fact that you're in a thread telling people that nobody cares that they pay $20 either means you are bizarrely ignorant, work for dish or you are locked into a contract at 45% more than you can afford and you want to take out your frustrations on somebody that isn't dumb enough to pay $2,400 a year to watch formulaic ********, filler, reality shows and commercials.