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Sportsdevil app. Look for the btsports streams. YMMV with live tv, Kodi really excels with recorded tv and shows.
Smooth Streams TV streaming the UFC PPV card in 1080 with 0 buffer. Just
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Thanks I'll check it out again later. I had it as one of my favorites and it's always 1/2/3 on recent apps but wasn't on there this morning.
Mine hasn't been showing up in recents for a long time. Settings>Applications>Manage All Installed Applications>Kodi>Launch
They can't get out of their own way. 
I have the roof -mounted OTA antenna but use it pretty much exclusively for watching NFL games on the basement TV. I could watch Jeopardy down there but really want to watch it on the main family room TV.
Is your signal good enough to split it to the family room TV? Or if you don't want to fool with that, is your signal good enough to get away with an indoor antenna in the family room?
50 can give you 3 or 4 HD streams simultaneously. If you stream 4K it will give you at two, maybe three.
Four new services to launch next year
Hulu Live
Fubo
Youtube
Vidgo
Sling and Vue keep adding new channels.
DirectvNow keeps blacking out NFL, dropping channels, having technical issues and rumored to be raising prices.
Yeah, probably best to let your receiver handle the switching then your sound should always match your video being displayed. You probably will want a receiver which can handle 4K video.
Most TVs have a sound out port, so whatever source the TV is getting sound from it sends it out through that port. Just plug that into the receiver.
Great call. It's dark back there but there was an optical out from the TV which was being used was by the DVD player that we haven't used for years so just snagged that cable. Prolly time to ditch the DVD
Man I'm rusty..used to know all this stuff.
Don't buy a smart TV - it does nothing that the Fire TV doesn't do, and generally has a worse interface.Great call. It's dark back there but there was an optical out from the TV which was being used was by the DVD player that we haven't used for years so just snagged that cable. Prolly time to ditch the DVD
Now I don't even have a Smart TV
More stuff to buy.
Fair enough conclusion. In my opinion, only watching what you specifically know you want to watch is a positive change in our household.
Oh absolutely but I still love plunking down on the couch and just scrolling through the menu for random stuff.
I can not disagree with you. I believe we are coming up on one year of cutting the cable. I will say it has become easier because it is becoming the only thing I know. My decision was based on economics only. I am saving a nice chunk of change going this route. I would say if economics were not a concern I would go back to direct tv tomorrow.
I think we were around $75.00
Keeping track of all the great shows out there, mainly because we aren't reminded by commercials anymore, we are never caught up with everything we want to see. Have zero reason to channel surf.
So devils advocate here you are basically netting $45 and losing all of the convenience. I am sure it will get better but right now that doesnt really warrant it for me. Congrats on figuring all of this stuff out
Yeah it is what it is. That $45.00 means something to our family. I realize it may not to many.No man I get it totally. I just dont have the patience or technical skills to completely cut the cable. I would end up throwing the remote through the TV when I couldnt find what I was looking for.
Outside of Amazon, netflix, hula etc what are you referring to here? Or is that what you meant? Is there a pay app where I can watch any sport?
I like vue more than cable. If they were the same price (vue is way, way cheaper for me at least) I would still use vue. I get to use the devices I already own and I like the I interface a lot more. Those of you who have cut the cord and miss channel surfing should look at vue or sling, it's the exact same thing.
The middle package for Vue gets you NFL Network, NBAtv, all the ESPN and Fox stuff, NBCSN, and Bein for 35 bucks. You can also purchase redzone if you want. I watch an embarrassing amount of sports and haven't missed a thing.
Slingtv
The best thing to do is get abc/cbs/nbc with a over the air antenna for free and then you will be able to get a small package from either vue or sling for $20-$35 plus hbo for $15. If not you'll have to get the big package for all the channels, the best probably being vue for $55 that includes hbo and Showtime.The locals may or may not be available in your area yet though, you'll have to check. Just go to their websites and check out the different packages.Payne said:
Here again and not to beat a dead horse but is the savings in this scenario really worth the convenience of a single provider? Because what you posted above seems like a lot of back and forth and you still are having to pay monthly for various things and they are in no doubt going to increase as time goes on.The best thing to do is get abc/cbs/nbc with a over the air antenna for free and then you will be able to get a small package from either vue or sling for $20-$35 plus hbo for $15. If not you'll have to get the big package for all the channels, the best probably being vue for $55 that includes hbo and Showtime.The locals may or may not be available in your area yet though, you'll have to check. Just go to their websites and check out the different packages.
Either way you should be able to get cable only from Comcast for around $60, plus your package and cut your bill at least in half!!
I think hulu prime has stars if you must. Otherwise hulu/Netflix/amazon are only needed if you want their original series and/or movie library. Although hulu live tv launches sometime in 2017.
$60 for internet and $20-55 for either Sling or Vue. That's it. Where is this back and forth you speak of?
~$60 for 50Mbps of internet.
