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We've cut the cable (4 Viewers)
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Mr.Pack
Footballguy
I have Ting as well. If you've had Sprint in the past, you won't notice a difference at all.
I love Ting. 3 smartphones and average <>$70/mo
sbonomo
Footballguy
Don't worry...you and Em will have a place of your own someday so that you can get out of the parents basement....Use someones login to stream it. We currently use my parents
youtube on fire (for both - I can't speak to everything on fx, but I can generally find any show I want there).
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BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Balco
Footballguy
Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones were my biggest issues. I jumped back on cable bandwagon (no contract thankfully) to watch both this year. Such a waste of money. My hope, and there has been talk of this from HBO, that HBOgo will become a streaming option in 2015. What better time to launch it then before the next season of Game of Thrones (I can dream). Even if they don't, I am not going back. I just have to avoid spoilers from people. I can buy episodes of Walking Dead from amazon and they are available next day. And I will probably do MLB package again.
Bucks
Footballguy
Anyone have any experience with Simple.TV? I searched this thread and saw a couple of inquiries but no owner experiences. Reviews looked mixed. I just ordered one from Woot for $105 shipped to give it a try. They are including the lifetime service subscription for no additional cost.
I already own one of Silicon Dusts dual tuners which I use to stream live tv to PC's and tablets in the house as well as provide the OTA signal source for recording tv shows with my HTPC NextPVR service. But it's not an ideal situation for several reasons. I like that the Simple.tv looks to integrate nicely as a Roku channel and also as a Plex channel. I'm hoping this will provide more simplified whole house access to OTA recorded programming and eliminate the annual fee I pay for a Schedules Direct Tv Guide subscription.
I already own one of Silicon Dusts dual tuners which I use to stream live tv to PC's and tablets in the house as well as provide the OTA signal source for recording tv shows with my HTPC NextPVR service. But it's not an ideal situation for several reasons. I like that the Simple.tv looks to integrate nicely as a Roku channel and also as a Plex channel. I'm hoping this will provide more simplified whole house access to OTA recorded programming and eliminate the annual fee I pay for a Schedules Direct Tv Guide subscription.
matttyl
Footballguy
Do you know of any way to get the two bolded items above to talk to each other? If I could do that, lots of issues at my house could be resolved.
Bucks
Footballguy
The problem is that the Hdhomerun passes through very large uncompressed HD stream that I don't think the Roku can handle. The Simple.tv adds in transcoding of the stream to make it easier to be handled downstream.
Do you have a Plex Media server running in the house? If so, then that integrates nicely as a Roku Channel. Then on Plex there's a 3rd party plugin called HDsurfer that will direct connect to the tuners. But setup wasn't for the faint of heart. I haven't messed with it in near a year so maybe installation is more streamlined now. Read more here: https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/83233-hdsurfer-plug-in-for-hdhomerun/
matttyl
Footballguy
Man that looks cumbersome.Bucks said:
I would think there would be a huge market for something simply "plug and play" like this. That way it wouldn't matter where and how coax lines are run in your house or where you wanted to put a TV. You have your main coax running in the house (possibly split to handle cable based broadband internet and for TV) - and you connect it to a networked tuner that's attached to the home's wireless network. Then at each TV location you have something like a roku or a chromecast or something similar that could easily "talk" to the network tuner and stream anything from it without too many moving parts.
It would eliminate the need to purchase or rent equipment from your cable provider on a "per TV basis".
Dippa
Footballguy
I recently got done fixing some things on my setup, so I thought I'd share some screenshots. I've got 3 boxes that run XBMC (now Kodi), and this is an addon called PseudoTV Live that really brings the whole thing together. The other components are a Silicondust HDHomerun Tuner, an OTA antenna, a media server with a ton of shows/movies, and a subscription to Schedules direct. This allows me to have my live channels and other custom channels from local and online media all in one program guide.
Live Channels
Custom Channels
It took a lot of work to configure all of it, but it really "feels" like having cable back, except with mostly stuff I actually want to watch.
Live Channels
Custom Channels
It took a lot of work to configure all of it, but it really "feels" like having cable back, except with mostly stuff I actually want to watch.
Instinctive
Footballguy
Is there a reason that simply streaming the WatchESPN website through your laptop doesn't work? Hook it up to TV with an HDMI cord?
Seems to work for me so far.
Seems to work for me so far.
rustycolts
Footballguy
I had never tried to use an outside antenna because I thought we were to far away to receive the signal.We are about 40 miles north of Orlando.However my neighbor installed one the last time he was down he invited me over to see and he gets about 40 channels including all the networks crystal clear.He is a snowbird and is only down about 4 months out of the year and only has one tv hooked up to the antenna.My question is could I disconnect the coaxial cable from the satelitte dish and then connect it to the outside digital antenna and get all my TVs to work without having to rewire?Man I so want to get rid of Direct TV.With Netflix and Hulu I very rarely use it.Thanks guys for the info.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Instinctive
Footballguy
I must have some old "remember me" setting then. Because it works fine for me every time and I have no cable or anything. Can't recall logging in.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
If I pay to get the MLB channel on the Roku3, will it black out my local team?
Overall, I'm trying to understand the benefit of the Roku3. Is it just to have all these things in one place? Doesn't seem like that much of a benefit, unless I'm missing something.
Overall, I'm trying to understand the benefit of the Roku3. Is it just to have all these things in one place? Doesn't seem like that much of a benefit, unless I'm missing something.
MattFancy
Footballguy
Brady Marino
Footballguy
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Right. I was just wondering if you could avoid that for some reason by using a Roku. Guess not. Bummer.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
culdeus
Footballguy
roku is a little hard to setup for unblockus from what I understand, however I've posted this comment in the past and users of roku say this is no issue.
mlb tv is such a great product. It takes out all the commercials. That's well worth the price to me. You miss the nookie girls and some of the other bits, but you get over it.
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
So did I read that you can watch "recorded" versions of your local games? So just on a delay of some length?
culdeus
Footballguy
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Would just using the Tor browser also accomplish this? Or will simply hiding your IP address not work? Do you actually need to have an IP address that originates from a different location?
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Officially cut my cable today.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Got Sling invite and trying it out now. Pretty nice.
As a big NBA fan, the available channels (ESPN1/2/TBS/TNT) is the big draw & worth the cost to me. I can see some thinking there needs to be more for $20 (if not a sports fan)
As a big NBA fan, the available channels (ESPN1/2/TBS/TNT) is the big draw & worth the cost to me. I can see some thinking there needs to be more for $20 (if not a sports fan)
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
Yep, I didn't realize that at first. Saw the episodes and assumed anyone could watch, like on a lot of the channels' websites.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
RBM
Footballguy
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Brady Marino
Footballguy
RBM
Footballguy
Brady Marino
Footballguy
Cliff Clavin
Footballguy
Just get league pass. For near the same price you get every single game regardless of channel (with a proxy service of course). The condensed recaps (15 min or 5 min highlight pack) are fantastic as well. I'm home for lunch each day and can get 3 games in before heading back to work.
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Had it last year, decided against it this year because it lacked playoffs. I kinda prefer the variety of ESPN (NBA + college BBall.) Between TNT, ESPN, & ABC get 7-10 NBA games/week + NBA playoffs,. I don't think Sling will be for everyone but it's a start assuming good quality.
Read Playstation is having their own streaming TV service coming out (with a much bigger collection of channels) but I'm assuming it will come with a greater price tag.
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culdeus
Footballguy
Worm
slimy ninja
http://deadline.com/2015/02/sling-tv-adds-amc-sports-1201369355/
AMC added to the base package
Additional sports package added for $5 a month
AMC added to the base package
Additional sports package added for $5 a month
Bogart
Footballguy
I have my internet with AT&T U-Verse. They sent me a request to add cable back for only an additional $19.99 a month. If I order online, I get $250 in Visa gift cards back. Adding in the taxes, subtracting the Visa gift cards, this gets me cable back for less than 10 bucks a month.
Poke holes in this theory please.
Poke holes in this theory please.
culdeus
Footballguy
I did this. It's a solid deal but you have to hold the service for some period of time. This period can vary. You need to also make damn sure you get an email from them or something in writing that your cancel period is somewhere in the range you can live with.
With uverse though they make you pay for HD at $10/month and DVR rental at $10/month. They absolutely won't come off these fees no matter what.
I did the same "scam" for college football 2 seasons back. It worked well, but it took some time to get the cancel processed after the agreed period. They claimed I was on a 1 year contract, but I had all the docs saying that I just had to hold service for 6 weeks. I had it for about 4 months. Even after all the stupid fees I still came out ahead about $40 on the deal they had at that time. You also get the free skinemax and stuff like that during this period as well.
lumpy19
Footballguy
It took a while but I think I've finally found the best solution for me.
Cancelled Directv after 10 years and signed up with Time warner cable(ugh). I already had my internet thru that at $64.99/month for the ultimate(50/10) service. I moved to the triple play $89.99, knocked $100 off my monthly "media" bill and added home phone which we wanted so we can lower our cell phone bills and teach our kids how to use the phone(911 and all that)
Instead of using the TWC boxes and getting hit up for $10/box I bought a Tivo Roamio Plus and a few tivo minis. Initial setup is expensive but I pay $2.50/month to TWC for a cablecard that goes in the Tivo and thats it. I get all my channels at every TV I have a tivo mini. This setup is ideal for me because I have a bunch of TV's and a box at each TV gets expensive. I have a simple whole home DVR setup that works flawlessly. Initial up front cost sucks but the longterm savings are nice AND there's no easier user interface for wife/babysitter/in laws than Tivo, it's so easy to use.
When my 89.99 price expires in a year, i'll cancel for a day and then sign back up at the 89.99 price. I did this with my internet service every year so should be no problem with the triple play service.
Cancelled Directv after 10 years and signed up with Time warner cable(ugh). I already had my internet thru that at $64.99/month for the ultimate(50/10) service. I moved to the triple play $89.99, knocked $100 off my monthly "media" bill and added home phone which we wanted so we can lower our cell phone bills and teach our kids how to use the phone(911 and all that)
Instead of using the TWC boxes and getting hit up for $10/box I bought a Tivo Roamio Plus and a few tivo minis. Initial setup is expensive but I pay $2.50/month to TWC for a cablecard that goes in the Tivo and thats it. I get all my channels at every TV I have a tivo mini. This setup is ideal for me because I have a bunch of TV's and a box at each TV gets expensive. I have a simple whole home DVR setup that works flawlessly. Initial up front cost sucks but the longterm savings are nice AND there's no easier user interface for wife/babysitter/in laws than Tivo, it's so easy to use.
When my 89.99 price expires in a year, i'll cancel for a day and then sign back up at the 89.99 price. I did this with my internet service every year so should be no problem with the triple play service.
RBM
Footballguy
Can other Sling users comment on picture quality? If this is the norm I won't even look into it.
RUSF18
Footballguy
PatriotJohn
Footballguy
I have heard that the quality is directly tied to bandwidth. Could that have been an issue with Mr.Ham?RBM said:
