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well and the antenna and that's provided he gets a good signal. people should just embrace the everything the on demand approach and then your cost is nothing outside of internet and whatever device you choose ie firestick, roku, pi
Oh contraire, this is a hot market with every top tech company coming in to compete for a share of the market place. That only means better prices for the consumer.
I started with a Fire Stick, used it for a year or so, then moved to a Fire TV. I was happy with the stick, happier with the Fire TV. You don't have to upgrade, but it has less buffering than a stick.
Point a VPN to someplace outside of north America and you can get full NFL ticket (no black outs, no restrictions) all the way through the playoffs for $130 from nfl.com. That includes red zone and nfl network.JaxBill said:
If I were a company I would bill based on bank location, not IP address. Way harder to "VPN" your banking info.
If you were a company that likes to make money you might keep the easy version in your terms of agreement you have with directv.
Separately they are about $160 or you can buy them as a package for $129. Is that the same modem?
Yes, I was stupid and ordered seperately to make sure the wifi router worked before getting the modem and returning to TW.
If your router has a USB port, you just need to make sure your router supports USB drive sharing and then all on the network should be able to see the hard drive.
Kodi app as well for NFL Gamepass International. Had it this season, it's flawless with the VPN turned on. Only annoyance is that it blacks out games shown nationally in the UK on Sky Sports (where my VPN was pointed), but small potatoes. Worth every penny, and I was too lazy to look into using another country as the VPN option, I'm sure this works.
This is where I am. Lots of time and some potential complexity up front, plus a few hundred dollars. In order to save $25-30 a month, and not have access to literally everything that airs. Not really seeing the value proposition here yet.
NYC has Fox and I'm in the NY market based on my zip code. Does anyone know if Sling uses billing zip code to set your market, or do they use IP address? Vue puts me in the Boston market based on IP address (couldn't find a way to reliably hack it, even with a VPN. It would work for a day or two and then they'd close my account because my ip address changed too many times)
this is me exactly as well. The price to availability ratio is just not there for me yet. It is getting close. If I was single I would probably cut.
Yes, you can do that but it does not buy you anything.
personally I always choose to torrent over stream. It is more work but I am guaranteed the quality I want when I want it, with out worrying about internet issues I can't control when streaming. I do acknowledge it is a little more work but it is worth it to me.
That's what I've been doing so far. I guess I'm just thinking that I'll get to a point (eventually) where I need to create more space and an external HDD could help, so maybe putting it on the router rather than the computer could help. I dunno, was kind of spitballing. I assume that with Plex, the computer would need to be "on" anyway, even if the files were connected to the router, right?
most people use Kodi. There is a whole thread on it if you are interested. You would need to decide for yourself if would work for your family. I tried it and my wife gave up after the first few shows she tried to access were not available. Some people have no patience for this stuff, others love the free nature of getting anything they want.
yes, the plex computer would always have to be on no matter where you store the data. I use an external HDD connected to my computer to store all plex data. External HDD's are very cheap these days.
This is not technically true.
I think in Europe they went to court to block these type of boxes. I am sure this is a precursor of what will happen in the US eventually.
yes the results of that case will be huge. who knows how long it will take though
exodus on kodi is all you need. almost all tv shows and movies you can ask for. couldn't be easier once you get kodi installed.
i really don't know what quality you're looking for. everything i watch on exodus is more than i need on my 55" tv. i also don't know your internet speed but you'll never have a problem if you've got 30mb/s or greater. that speed is pretty much a must have for me especially when it comes to watching live sports. with those two factors out of the way, i can't see any benefit to torrents.
I got hooked on them years ago when I lived in a rural area with a really flaky ISP whose internet seemed to go on the fritz a couple times a week, so having an offline copy of the show I wanted to see was clutch. Plus, I also worked in a place where I could take my laptop to work and watch movies to kill the time, and I wouldn't want to be caught streaming on the company's internet.NutterButter said:
