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Well yea, if you watch a ton of TV then it's worth paying. My parents watch a lot of TV and my dad likes watching a lot of specialty car shows so they could never cut the cable without changing what they do.
I'm very impressed with this antenna. I already have a nice whole house attic antenna. I was helping MIL with a new installation and found this same winegard for a good price and decided to buy another for myself at the same time as quick solution for a tv MIL was giving us as she was downsizing to a new home. I thought it was a quick way to start using it instead of waiting to pull a new cable run from the whole house distribution splitter. Positioned in the best spots it picks up two VHF stations well. Including one about 25 miles away. What I found interesting is that the best installation position is furthest away from the window and actually perpendicular to the tower locations rather than parallel. I'm not sure why. Maybe the strongest stations are too strong when parallel and the signal is saturated? Whatever, i'm very impressed.
Sling has been a little choppy at times, but it is perfect for me. I also utilize amazon prime and buy individual episodes of vikings and walking dead. throw in mlb.tv and I don't miss cable at all. Big money saver. now if HBO would offer hbogo as a stand alone, it would be even better. I was really hoping they would announce that before next season of Game of Thrones.
Thanks. DirecTV has been absent from ESPN's list for so long I had given up. Appreciate the heads-up.
Last I heard they're going stand alone in April (unless they hit a snag... it's been a few mos) so you should have it in time for season 5Balco said:
Fire TV has a faster processor and works well but it really steers you toward Amazon. For example... Roku has all of the apps on the home screen and you choose what you want to watch, whereas FireTV's interface starts off with all the shows Prime Instant Video has and if you want to watch Netflix or something you have to go to the apps section and install it.
Same here, saving nearly $2k per year and not missing anything really. Sure i'd like to see me some new Deadliest Catch and a handful of other shows. But it really doesnt affect my life if I don't watch them. I just find something else to do
Probably 15 to 20 I would guess. It is worth it for me just to watch Game of Thrones. Cancel after season.
It's really a great antenna.Craig_MiamiFL said:
You're on the right track with your assessment.
Go to sling.com to sign up for Sling. If you pre-pay 3 months, you can get a free Fire or Roku stick (or 50% off either a Fire TV or Roku3) which is a pretty good deal if you desire any of those devices. Otherwise, you can just go month-2-month with no contract. I don't know anything about AT&T Uverse, but all you need for Sling is an internet connection. (Then install the Sling app on your device)
Does Amazon still have $50 off Fire TV? I wasn't sure about getting it since I was happy with the Fire Stick but the voice search along is worth the $37 it cost.
I had Epix with Dish for a few years. It was something I scrolled through alongside Starz, HBO, Showtime. I think we used it quite a bit.
Believe you have to watch live. You can't 'rewind' live shows on AMC via sling. If AMC has an app, maybe you can watch it on demand when they add the episode there.
I'm an idiot with computers. TiVo can't accept sling. So I'd have to have three devices. I guess I could use TiVo for those services. What benefit would roku add or any?
Hmm, that's moving backwards for me. Watching live and recording are old school, IMO. I was hoping for an Amazon style interface for Sling. I'll keep an eye out for the AMC app (and other channels) instead.
If you ran Plex or some similar server type, you could a Roku to access that media in another room. For example, I have my htpc/front end in one unit (until I build a dedicated server) in my main TV room and then run Plex server to my other rooms. In fact, my parents/brothers also use their Roku to access my media. They love it and it's free.
Tivo is really easy and you can get them fairly cheaply on ebay. I've never bothered with it. I really wish xbox would support this somehow.
I didn't know amazon fire stick could use sling, so that eliminates a device. Tivo for OTA. Fire stick for Netflix, prime, hulu, and sling tv
How? I thought it was just a faster processor and my Roku 2 has never been slow (it crashes occasionally though)
If u get the tivo you can use the code plsr and get lifetime for 399 thru the website. Also u can access all amazon content thru the tivo
