We've cut the cable (4 Viewers)

[culdeus]

MLB.tv works pretty well... it lags once in a while and goes out of HD a little, but I haven't had many problems with it. I have an above average internet connection (30 down / 5 up) though because I work out of my house so I don't know how it would do on a standard internet package.

The only issue with it is you can't watch your local team's games on it, but that's not an issue for me. They also don't show the TV stream's commercials in breaks, so sometimes it just goes silent. I work in marketing so I find out of area commercials interesting, but most people probably won't care.

I haven't tried NHL or NBA packages but I assume they work in a similar way.

Cubd8 - On a Roku (or AppleTV or Chromecast) you just add the MLB.tv "channel" and you go online to get a code to enter to prove you have a subscription... it's really pretty easy. Netflix/Hulu/Amazon etc are separate services on their own channels so they're not involved.

Uruk-Hai - Sounds like HBO Go might soon be available without a cable subscription so Game of Thrones might not be an issue, but at the moment it's not available.

So is it currently unavailable by using someone else's cable account?

Sorry I should have been more clear. I meant the stand alone subscription to HBO Go (without a cable sub) is not currently available.

As far as I know you can still use HBO Go with someone else's password, but I haven't done it in a while so I cant say if they cut it off or not. I don't see how they could cut it off unless two people are logged in simultaneously.

Depends on what cable service you use for internet.

Just out of curiosity... which companies won't let you do it?

Att and comcast so far that i know

I have comcast and have a friend logged in to his HBOGo account when visiting just the other day

apologize, charter not comcast.

 

[igbomb]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

 

[culdeus]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

nope, still have to use an unblocker

 

[igbomb]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

Well that sucks. Just went to mlb's website and it says that live games can only be viewed in international markets.

 

[igbomb]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

nope, still have to use an unblocker

Soooooooo, any clue how one goes about watching some live baseball for the next month or so?

 

[culdeus]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

nope, still have to use an unblocker

Soooooooo, any clue how one goes about watching some live baseball for the next month or so?

Same options as normal I would think.

cheap option with few drawbacks = unblock.us

slightly more expensive option VPN like hidemyazz (z=s)

Run a whole house VPN then every thing on your home network can view the games.

Unblockers always run better on individual devices.

Just depends on your needs and how many devices you plan on watching it from, and where.

 

[Bucks]

Anyone know if I can watch my local teams in the playoffs on the MLB package? Now that the regular season is over and all of the games are on national broadcasts, thought maybe I could spring for a short-term package and get the games.

nope, still have to use an unblocker

Soooooooo, any clue how one goes about watching some live baseball for the next month or so?

I've had success this season with adfreetime for $2/month.

 

[Zasada]

My go-to site for shows (TVTorrents) has been down for weeks now. Anyone have a bitmetv.org invite they could PM me? Need to find a good private site to pick up the slack.

 

[Drifter]

2 weeks with the cable cut. Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus and a Netflix DVD subscription (to avoid Pay Per View). Haven't missed it very much as I was a channel surfer previously, now I just watch things I want to watch. Overall not a seamless experience but my sacrifice is made up for by the $100/mo I'm saving so far.

 

[KiddLattimer]

Has anyone tried using Tablo for a DVR? Really looks like a pretty good alternative to Tivo. You record local stations on the device (using an external hard drive) and it streams to your Roku/AppleTV/Chromecast etc through your wireless network.

I was going to give Tivo a shot but I don't like the $15 a month fee. Tablo has a guide like the cable services provide that they charge $5 a month for but it's not required. Without it you just set DVR to record at a specific time like VCR's used to.

 

[NutterButter]

Has anyone tried using Tablo for a DVR? Really looks like a pretty good alternative to Tivo. You record local stations on the device (using an external hard drive) and it streams to your Roku/AppleTV/Chromecast etc through your wireless network.

I was going to give Tivo a shot but I don't like the $15 a month fee. Tablo has a guide like the cable services provide that they charge $5 a month for but it's not required. Without it you just set DVR to record at a specific time like VCR's used to.

Does this or Tivo allow to just specify the show you want to record instead of the time? I'd think that would be a lot easier to just have a list of shows and when they finally air, it will just start recording them.

 

[KiddLattimer]

Has anyone tried using Tablo for a DVR? Really looks like a pretty good alternative to Tivo. You record local stations on the device (using an external hard drive) and it streams to your Roku/AppleTV/Chromecast etc through your wireless network.

I was going to give Tivo a shot but I don't like the $15 a month fee. Tablo has a guide like the cable services provide that they charge $5 a month for but it's not required. Without it you just set DVR to record at a specific time like VCR's used to.

Does this or Tivo allow to just specify the show you want to record instead of the time? I'd think that would be a lot easier to just have a list of shows and when they finally air, it will just start recording them.

From what I understand if you pay for their $5 a month service you can specify it to record by the show (using a guide), but if you don't pay for it then you have to just set it to record from a specific start time to end time.

Tivo I don't think you get the choice, you pay $15 and you get the guide and it records for you.

I don't have either service at the moment, but thats what it sounds like anyway.

 

[KiddLattimer]

Also, does anyone know if there's a way to record shows from a Directv DVR to an iPad or a hard drive?

Looking to save some shows for my kids before we cut our service. Mickey is apparently not very accessible via streaming.

 

[CBusAlex]

Also, does anyone know if there's a way to record shows from a Directv DVR to an iPad or a hard drive?

Looking to save some shows for my kids before we cut our service. Mickey is apparently not very accessible via streaming.

If you're willing to spend $60-100 on a USB video capture box, you can record them to your hard drive with that. There are cheaper options if you don't care about recording them in HD.

 

[KiddLattimer]

Has anyone tried the NHL or NBA streaming packages?

I like MLB.tv quite a bit, but I've heard very mixed reviews on NHL's version. Haven't heard much about the NBA version at all.

 

[Balco]

Has anyone tried the NHL or NBA streaming packages?

I like MLB.tv quite a bit, but I've heard very mixed reviews on NHL's version. Haven't heard much about the NBA version at all.

I had NBA streaming about two to three years ago. No complaints,

 

[Al Czervik]

HBO to Offer Standalone Streaming Service Next Year.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Question. I have a Samsung bluray player that is able to play Netflix, Amazon prime, and various other apps. I thought HBOgo was available on Samsung devices now too, but when I search the App Store I get no results. What's up with that?

 

[East Coast Bias]

Netflix announces 3 new original series:

F is for Family (2015) Starring Bill Burr, Justin Long, and Laura Dern. This animated series will follow the Murphy family in the 1970s. It brings us back to a time where you could smack your kid, smoke inside, and bring a weapon to an airport.

Bloodline (2015) Starring Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini, Ben Mendelsohn, and Sissy Spacek. This series follows four Florida siblings whose dark secrets are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home.

Between (2015) Starring Jennette McCurdy from Nickelodeons iCarly and Sam & Cat. The series features a town thats under siege from a mysterious disease that has killed everybody except for those 21 years old and younger.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Netflix announces 3 new original series:

F is for Family (2015) Starring Bill Burr, Justin Long, and Laura Dern. This animated series will follow the Murphy family in the 1970s. It brings us back to a time where you could smack your kid, smoke inside, and bring a weapon to an airport.

Bloodline (2015) Starring Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini, Ben Mendelsohn, and Sissy Spacek. This series follows four Florida siblings whose dark secrets are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home.

Between (2015) Starring Jennette McCurdy from Nickelodeons iCarly and Sam & Cat. The series features a town thats under siege from a mysterious disease that has killed everybody except for those 21 years old and younger.

Also Love in 2016 from Judd Apatow: http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/09/16/judd-apatow-paul-rust-lesley-arfin-team-up-for-netflix-series-love/

The streaming provider has ordered two seasons of the half-hour comedy, which will premiere in 2016 with 10 episodes and return with 12 the following year. Produced by Apatow Productions and Legendary Television, Love centers Gus (Rust) and Mickey (Gillian Jacobs), a couple who attempt to sustain a modern relationship while running into the pitfalls of, well, love.

 

[KiddLattimer]

Amazon's Chromecast competitor, Fire TV, $20 until Wednesday for Prime members: http://gizmodo.com/amazons-chomecast-competitor-is-just-20-until-wednesda-1651206235

I'll be checking this out. I like the regular Fire TV... its a really solid box if you're a prime member and you don't want HBO Go. Roku is still the best though IMO

 

[East Coast Bias]

http://bgr.com/2014/10/28/cable-vs-netflix-fcc/

Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable company FCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday proposed a new rule-making process in which the FCC would consider revising its rules to ensure that over-the-top Internet streaming services are given the same treatment as cable companies and satellite television companies. This means that broadcasters would be barred from stopping online video providers from carrying their content and that online video providers would be empowered to negotiate fair licensing deals with content providers.

“In 1992 Congress realized that the then-nascent satellite industry would have a hard time competing because much cable programming was owned by cable companies who frequently kept it from competitors,” Wheeler writes. “Congress mandated access to cable channels for satellite services, and competition flourished. Today I am proposing to extend the same concept to the providers of linear, Internet-based services; to encourage new video alternatives by opening up access to content previously locked on cable channels.”

If Wheeler’s proposal is approved, this could pave the way for tech companies that have clear ambitions in television — such as Apple, Amazon and Google — to effectively compete with cable and satellite TV providers by being classified as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

Or as Wheeler writes, the proposed rule changes would “give MVPDs that use the Internet (or any other method of transmission) the same access to programming owned by cable operators and the same ability to negotiate to carry broadcast TV stations that Congress gave to satellite systems in order to ensure competitive video markets.”

It goes without saying that this would be a sea change for the American TV landscape and it will likely be bitterly fought by pay TV providers that for years have been insulated from competition. At the same time, though, it looks like a very promising proposal that could finally bring TV into the 21st century.

This was hard to do on my phone. Hope it looks right.

 

[mquinnjr]

Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable companyFCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday proposed a new rule-making process in which the FCC would consider revising its rules to ensure that over-the-top Internet streaming services are given the same treatment as cable companies and satellite television companies. This means that broadcasters would be barred from stopping online video providers from carrying their content and that online video providers would be empowered to negotiate fair licensing deals with content providers.

“In 1992 Congress realized that the then-nascent satellite industry would have a hard time competing because much cable programming was owned by cable companies who frequently kept it from competitors,” Wheeler writes. “Congress mandated access to cable channels for satellite services, and competition flourished. Today I am proposing to extend the same concept to the providers of linear, Internet-based services; to encourage new video alternatives by opening up access to content previously locked on cable channels.”

If Wheeler’s proposal is approved, this could pave the way for tech companies that have clear ambitions in television — such as Apple, Amazon and Google — to effectively compete with cable and satellite TV providers by being classified as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

Or as Wheeler writes, the proposed rule changes would “give MVPDs that use the Internet (or any other method of transmission) the same access to programming owned by cable operators and the same ability to negotiate to carry broadcast TV stations that Congress gave to satellite systems in order to ensure competitive video markets.”

It goes without saying that this would be a sea change for the American TV landscape and it will likely be bitterly fought by pay TV providers that for years have been insulated from competition. At the same time, though, it looks like a very promising proposal that could finally bring TV into the 21st century.

This was hard to do on my phone. Hope it looks right.

My first thought here is that data caps/traffic shaping will be the first line of defense on this. I am very interested to see if the FCC takes a stance on that.

 

[Johnnymac]

Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable companyFCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday proposed a new rule-making process in which the FCC would consider revising its rules to ensure that over-the-top Internet streaming services are given the same treatment as cable companies and satellite television companies. This means that broadcasters would be barred from stopping online video providers from carrying their content and that online video providers would be empowered to negotiate fair licensing deals with content providers.

“In 1992 Congress realized that the then-nascent satellite industry would have a hard time competing because much cable programming was owned by cable companies who frequently kept it from competitors,” Wheeler writes. “Congress mandated access to cable channels for satellite services, and competition flourished. Today I am proposing to extend the same concept to the providers of linear, Internet-based services; to encourage new video alternatives by opening up access to content previously locked on cable channels.”

If Wheeler’s proposal is approved, this could pave the way for tech companies that have clear ambitions in television — such as Apple, Amazon and Google — to effectively compete with cable and satellite TV providers by being classified as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

Or as Wheeler writes, the proposed rule changes would “give MVPDs that use the Internet (or any other method of transmission) the same access to programming owned by cable operators and the same ability to negotiate to carry broadcast TV stations that Congress gave to satellite systems in order to ensure competitive video markets.”

It goes without saying that this would be a sea change for the American TV landscape and it will likely be bitterly fought by pay TV providers that for years have been insulated from competition. At the same time, though, it looks like a very promising proposal that could finally bring TV into the 21st century.

This was hard to do on my phone. Hope it looks right.

My first thought here is that data caps/traffic shaping will be the first line of defense on this. I am very interested to see if the FCC takes a stance on that.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say whatever is decided, the consumer will be the loser.

 

[meatwad1]

Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable companyFCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday proposed a new rule-making process in which the FCC would consider revising its rules to ensure that over-the-top Internet streaming services are given the same treatment as cable companies and satellite television companies. This means that broadcasters would be barred from stopping online video providers from carrying their content and that online video providers would be empowered to negotiate fair licensing deals with content providers.

“In 1992 Congress realized that the then-nascent satellite industry would have a hard time competing because much cable programming was owned by cable companies who frequently kept it from competitors,” Wheeler writes. “Congress mandated access to cable channels for satellite services, and competition flourished. Today I am proposing to extend the same concept to the providers of linear, Internet-based services; to encourage new video alternatives by opening up access to content previously locked on cable channels.”

If Wheeler’s proposal is approved, this could pave the way for tech companies that have clear ambitions in television — such as Apple, Amazon and Google — to effectively compete with cable and satellite TV providers by being classified as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

Or as Wheeler writes, the proposed rule changes would “give MVPDs that use the Internet (or any other method of transmission) the same access to programming owned by cable operators and the same ability to negotiate to carry broadcast TV stations that Congress gave to satellite systems in order to ensure competitive video markets.”

It goes without saying that this would be a sea change for the American TV landscape and it will likely be bitterly fought by pay TV providers that for years have been insulated from competition. At the same time, though, it looks like a very promising proposal that could finally bring TV into the 21st century.

This was hard to do on my phone. Hope it looks right.

My first thought here is that data caps/traffic shaping will be the first line of defense on this. I am very interested to see if the FCC takes a stance on that.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say whatever is decided, the consumer will be the loser.

How can the consumer be the loser when everything is already available for free?

 

[KiddLattimer]

Huge potential FCC ruling sets the stage for Apple and Amazon to replace your cable companyFCC chairman Tom Wheeler on Tuesday proposed a new rule-making process in which the FCC would consider revising its rules to ensure that over-the-top Internet streaming services are given the same treatment as cable companies and satellite television companies. This means that broadcasters would be barred from stopping online video providers from carrying their content and that online video providers would be empowered to negotiate fair licensing deals with content providers.

“In 1992 Congress realized that the then-nascent satellite industry would have a hard time competing because much cable programming was owned by cable companies who frequently kept it from competitors,” Wheeler writes. “Congress mandated access to cable channels for satellite services, and competition flourished. Today I am proposing to extend the same concept to the providers of linear, Internet-based services; to encourage new video alternatives by opening up access to content previously locked on cable channels.”

If Wheeler’s proposal is approved, this could pave the way for tech companies that have clear ambitions in television — such as Apple, Amazon and Google — to effectively compete with cable and satellite TV providers by being classified as multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).

Or as Wheeler writes, the proposed rule changes would “give MVPDs that use the Internet (or any other method of transmission) the same access to programming owned by cable operators and the same ability to negotiate to carry broadcast TV stations that Congress gave to satellite systems in order to ensure competitive video markets.”

It goes without saying that this would be a sea change for the American TV landscape and it will likely be bitterly fought by pay TV providers that for years have been insulated from competition. At the same time, though, it looks like a very promising proposal that could finally bring TV into the 21st century.

This was hard to do on my phone. Hope it looks right.

My first thought here is that data caps/traffic shaping will be the first line of defense on this. I am very interested to see if the FCC takes a stance on that.

I'm going to take a stab in the dark and say whatever is decided, the consumer will be the loser.

How can the consumer be the loser when everything is already available for free?

I'm just hoping this doesn't turn in to the same deal as cable, only delivered via the internet.

 

[sbonomo]

quick question (please don't kill me if it has been addressed before) - I recent have moved and cannot get Directtv due to the signal (moved into an apartment that is being blocked by the mountains). Will an indoor antena be affected in the same way?

 

[Dragons]

quick question (please don't kill me if it has been addressed before) - I recent have moved and cannot get Directtv due to the signal (moved into an apartment that is being blocked by the mountains). Will an indoor antena be affected in the same way?

It could, but the OTA signals you're after are not necessarily in the same direction as the DTV satellites. Do you know where your closest OTA signals originate?

 

[NutterButter]

quick question (please don't kill me if it has been addressed before) - I recent have moved and cannot get Directtv due to the signal (moved into an apartment that is being blocked by the mountains). Will an indoor antena be affected in the same way?

Just buy one and return it if you can't get reception.

 

[mquinnjr]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

 

[MattFancy]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

 

[culdeus]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

 

[MattFancy]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

Believe Xbox One is one of the options for this to work on

 

[mquinnjr]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

Unless it's one of those deals where they block ESPN from showing MNF games online across the country to force you to watch it via landline cable.

 

[culdeus]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

Unless it's one of those deals where they block ESPN from showing MNF games online across the country to force you to watch it via landline cable.

Well, I'm in no hurry. The relative value of these things tends to end up on the internet roughly 10 minutes after they launch.

 

[culdeus]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

Believe Xbox One is one of the options for this to work on

Perfect.

 

[MattFancy]

I think a tough selling point for some will be that it doesn't include your Network channels ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. Though, an antenna will allow you to watch those, but it's just another step.

 

[Kev4029]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Definitely something to monitor to see how it works. Getting ESPN is huge for them.

Yeah, based just on the ESPN I'd be in at least for the football season. If they put it on XBox I'd probably do it year round. I'm already pretty satisfied with my STB configuration and don't want to have Roku be a part of it if I can avoid it.

Believe Xbox One is one of the options for this to work on

Here are the supported devices:

• Amazon Fire TV
• Amazon Fire TV Stick
• Google Nexus Player
• LG Smart TVs
• Mac / OS X
• Roku set-top boxes
• Roku Streaming Stick
• Roku TV
• Windows PC
• Xbox One

 

[culdeus]

I think a tough selling point for some will be that it doesn't include your Network channels ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox. Though, an antenna will allow you to watch those, but it's just another step.

Probably so. I also want to know what sort of on demand/dvr type thing will happen. I mean the wife will want to watch some of these spare food network shows on demand. For the moment we have been buying 20 buck season passes to these on amazon. Take that out of the mix and it drops the effective price for me.

 

[17seconds]

I cut the cable and went internet only. Plugged the coax into the back of my TV and I still get 100 channels. The major networks are in HD, the rest of it in SD. I don't think it is going away because they told me they already turned it off and the box I had stopped working.

Should have done this years ago. It's not worth $90/mo to get ESPN in HD.

 

[Worm]

Wow, game changer imo.

 

[17seconds]

Wow, game changer imo.

Apparently they are unable to keep from giving you channels when you have the internet signal in there.

Has this been discussed before? (big thread)

 

[MattFancy]

Another issue with Sling TV is that it looks like you only get 1 stream at a time. So I guess that means if you're using it on 1 TV, you can't use it on any others, which is a pain if say I want to watch ESPN in the basement, but the wife wants to watch HGTV in the family room.

 

[Worm]

Wow, game changer imo.

Apparently they are unable to keep from giving you channels when you have the internet signal in there.

Has this been discussed before? (big thread)

I'm not sure what you are asking.

 

[Ned]

Wow, game changer imo.

Apparently they are unable to keep from giving you channels when you have the internet signal in there.

Has this been discussed before? (big thread)

I'm not sure what you are asking.

He thinks you responded to his post, but I think you were responding about the Sling TV.

 

[PatriotJohn]

An option that I was thinking about to go along with the SlingTV is the Tablo https://www.tablotv.com/ which is a Tivo clone of sorts. Would love to have the channel availability of OTA and the Sling along with the recording ability of the Tablo. I would think the both would work in concert.

 

[culdeus]

An option that I was thinking about to go along with the SlingTV is the Tablo https://www.tablotv.com/ which is a Tivo clone of sorts. Would love to have the channel availability of OTA and the Sling along with the recording ability of the Tablo. I would think the both would work in concert.

this is cool as hell

wait, why not hard cable option? I don't like the idea of my wifi bandwidth being sucked down by a stream box. I hardwire all my stream boxes for this very reason.

 

[TommyKramer]

Dish's new "Sling TV" service will offer ESPN, CNN, Food Network, Travel Channel, and a few others, online streaming, for $20/month.

Worthy of a new thread...this is a game changer - a truly competitive package.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Awesome if ESPN/TBS/TNT are all options.

Definitely in so long as it doesn't include huge 'service fees' etc...

 

[Random]

Fantastic. This + OTA antenna + Netflix/Amazon Prime should completely replace a $200+ cable bill for about $75.