Recruiting Forum Football Talk [RIP 9.3.2019]

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bignewt said:
Yep I get to watch Braves games whenever I want and my wife gets to dvr all the different Snapped shows she wants it will be the same for football. I do think 6 months is the time limit on the youtubetv dvr though but I may be mistaken.
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Why is your wife watching Snapped? I forbid my wife to watch that show....she may get ideas. But she watches it anyway.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I’m all for sticking it to the cable companies. **** those guys and the bad options they’ve given us for years just because of the lack of competition. However, I’ve noticed the live-streaming services crossed a line at some point and now they’re price gauging just as badly as the cable companies.
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yeah, you do have to be careful. it's still cheaper overall if you're doing it right. but you could definitley $10 dollar yourself to death if you're not careful.
 
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chavisut said:
Channel options? Local channels?
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I don't even know what channels they're talking about losing. The only thing I lost when I was on Vue was the 500 infomercial religion and satellite music channels.
All of the real channels were there, I was just paying $70 a month less before Att tried to force me back in direct.
 
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I will say this, having used a few different services over various internet speeds.

Xfinity has the best on-demand, period and it's not even close.

I felt picture quality was best with DirecTV, and would still lean that way. Dish honestly has so many small annoyances that have legit been frustrating us the longer we have it. They tried to copy the voice remote from Xfinity, but now they want you to log-in with a Google account to use it? Kind of tired of everything tried to be so "connected" like my TV service wanting to access my Google account which is also tied to my YouTube now which is also tied to Android seems shady.
 
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Kingston Vol said:
I’m all for sticking it to the cable companies. **** those guys and the bad options they’ve given us for years just because of the lack of competition. However, I’ve noticed the live-streaming services crossed a line at some point and now they’re price gauging just as badly as the cable companies.
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Not really, they have cancel anytime policies and competition. Youtube rasied their rates once and added 10 channels when they did. I can always go over to PS vue or even back to sling if I want anytime I want.
 
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The only thing I don't like about streaming is some of the channels (ex. CBS/ESPN) during live games they aren't as good through the streaming service. So I have the Aps )CBS Sports/ESPN) and stream directly from the app vs through the streaming service.
 
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jakez4ut said:
yeah, but most people are paying for their interent anyway, so i don't see the point in including it in your streaming costs. you're paying for the internet AND your cable/satellite.

and that introductory price is just that...introductory.

the flexibility streaming provides is so much nicer than what you cand do with cable/satellite. you can spend as much or as little as you want.

so, me for example, i do internet home phone and internet together, it's like $60. by doing that i eliminated my previous $70 bill for internet only AND my $30/mo phone bill. so that's $40 saved just by doing that.

i was spending just north of $200 for direct TV...so for internet, phone and directtv, it was approaching $300/month.

got rid of that and now do PSVue, netflix, Hulu for $70ish a month. i have HBONow and Showtime, but i only have those as long as i need/want them for whatever shows they have...cancel at anytime.

so where i was,just 2 years ago spending $300/mo on phone, interenet and satellite, i'm now spending $130.

$150-$160/mo when i have HBO/Showtime.
I also have Amazon Prime Video, but it comes with a prime membership, and we use that for more than the streaming, so i don't really count that in that spending since it's a dual use thing....but throw another $9/month on top of that if you want to.

either way, i'm still saving around $120/month over what i was spending.
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I recently purchased a Amazon Fire Stick 4K ($49.99), which I jailbreaked by turning on Developer Mode and Allowing Apps from Unknown Sources. This allowed me to follow a few "verified safe" instructions online to install a few apps that give me free TV streaming, free sports, and free movies. I have 300mbps cable internet with an Orbi Mesh network, so my Firestick gets pretty fast internet speeds. I only have a 1080p TV for now but paid the extra $10 for the 4K Firestick for when I do get a 4K TV. I already have Amazon Prime and Netflix (which I might cancel). So far, there isn't anything I haven't been able to watch without breaking the bank. Any Android (Roku, etc...) device should be able to do the same. So far my Internet provider hasn't sent me any "DCMA" notices, but if they do I can route everything through my AWS OpenVPN VPN.
 
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wuwh_08 said:
The only thing I don't like about streaming is some of the channels (ex. CBS/ESPN) during live games they aren't as good through the streaming service. So I have the Aps )CBS Sports/ESPN) and stream directly from the app vs through the streaming service.
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This is what I’ve always experienced as well. When the traffic goes up for big games, the stream is less stable.
 
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tomq_123 said:
I recently purchased a Amazon Fire Stick 4K ($49.99), which I jailbreaked by turning on Developer Mode and Allowing Apps from Unknown Sources. This allowed me to follow a few "verified safe" instructions online to install a few apps that give me free TV streaming, free sports, and free movies. I have 300mbps cable internet with an Obri Mesh network, so my Firestick gets pretty fast internet speeds. I only have a 1080p TV for now but paid the extra $10 for the 4K Firestick for when I do get a 4K TV. I already have Amazon Prime and Netflix (which I might cancel). So far, there isn't anything I haven't been able to watch without breaking the bank. Any Android (Roku, etc...) device should be able to do the same. So far my Internet provider hasn't sent me any "DCMA" notices, but if they do I can route everything through my AWS OpenVPN VPN.
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This guy gets it.
 
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tomq_123 said:
I recently purchased a Amazon Fire Stick 4K ($49.99), which I jailbreaked by turning on Developer Mode and Allowing Apps from Unknown Sources. This allowed me to follow a few "verified safe" instructions online to install a few apps that give me free TV streaming, free sports, and free movies. I have 300mbps cable internet with an Obri Mesh network, so my Firestick gets pretty fast internet speeds. I only have a 1080p TV for now but paid the extra $10 for the 4K Firestick for when I do get a 4K TV. I already have Amazon Prime and Netflix (which I might cancel). So far, there isn't anything I haven't been able to watch without breaking the bank. Any Android (Roku, etc...) device should be able to do the same. So far my Internet provider hasn't sent me any "DCMA" notices, but if they do I can route everything through my AWS OpenVPN VPN.
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Jack Burton said:
The Jennings info isn’t surprising. I said I doubted he’d be 100% by kickoff and was quickly accosted here. VQ and now Brad Shepard are indicating he wont be 100% this season. I’ll accept any gracious apologies in this thread today.
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I would not hold my breath if I were you. You might also want to have that arm you strained patting yourself on the back, looked at.
 
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For the cord cutters or those thinking about cutting the cord, I'll share what I do and it is a large savings per month.

Before I cut the cord, I had slow internet, all that was available in my area at the time, and was paying $70 a month for phone and internet (had to have the basic phone to get internet because was living in the sticks). Even with the introductory pricing on DirectTV, my DirectTV bill was $90 a month, because of multiple boxes, having to pay extra for DVR and HD. Not too bad, but you have to sign up for 2 years to get that pricing, and it goes up a lot after the introductory pricing, but you can't negotiate pricing until your contract it up. After the 2 years the equipment is dated, and needs to be upgraded, well then you sign up for another 2 years, so you are locked in again. Long story short, even after negotiating on the price after my contract expired, the best I could get was around $135 a month to get enough sports channels to watch the games I wanted, along with other shows that I enjoy. It ended up averaging around $205 per month for TV and internet.

Once I cut the cord, and moved, I can now get high speed internet for $60 a month, Philo for $17 a month, and Playstation Vue for $55 a month during football, basketball, and hockey seasons. I drop Playstation Vue through the Summer months until football starts back, so I pay around $80 a month for TV and internet in the summer, and $135 the rest of the time. The monthly service of the streaming services allows me to do this, which is nice. I'm saving $70 a month now, and have all the channels I watch. I have checked, and even with introductory pricing, I would have a hard time finding TV and internet for less than $135, and even then wouldn't have the luxury of cancelling at any time.
 
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We just cancelled dish yesterday. We are trying out Sling TV right now. May switch to YouTube TV since you can only have Sling on one device at a time.....but we have a HD Antenna for local channels so we went from paying $90 bucks a month for dish to now $45 a month with sling.
 
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VFL23 said:
For the cord cutters or those thinking about cutting the cord, I'll share what I do and it is a large savings per month.

Before I cut the cord, I had slow internet, all that was available in my area at the time, and was paying $70 a month for phone and internet (had to have the basic phone to get internet because was living in the sticks). Even with the introductory pricing on DirectTV, my DirectTV bill was $90 a month, because of multiple boxes, having to pay extra for DVR and HD. Not too bad, but you have to sign up for 2 years to get that pricing, and it goes up a lot after the introductory pricing, but you can't negotiate pricing until your contract it up. After the 2 years the equipment is dated, and needs to be upgraded, well then you sign up for another 2 years, so you are locked in again. Long story short, even after negotiating on the price after my contract expired, the best I could get was around $135 a month to get enough sports channels to watch the games I wanted, along with other shows that I enjoy. It ended up averaging around $205 per month for TV and internet.

Once I cut the cord, and moved, I can now get high speed internet for $60 a month, Philo for $17 a month, and Playstation Vue for $55 a month during football, basketball, and hockey seasons. I drop Playstation Vue through the Summer months until football starts back, so I pay around $80 a month for TV and internet in the summer, and $135 the rest of the time. The monthly service of the streaming services allows me to do this, which is nice. I'm saving $70 a month now, and have all the channels I watch. I have checked, and even with introductory pricing, I would have a hard time finding TV and internet for less than $135, and even then wouldn't have the luxury of cancelling at any time.
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Cut the cord about 7-8 years ago. Rolled with internet only the whole time. $59.99 with Charter, now $64.99 with Comcast.

I now work for the cable company. We get most or all channels via streaming app. Noggin, NF, etc for kiddos. NF is $12.99 extra.

Will entertain the Hulu/Disney deal when it comes, but will ditch NF.

My viewing habits ebb and flow based on what is free. HBO is still free, so, i usually watch that content - as HBO seems to bring a wonderfully refreshing viewpoint that others appear incapable of.

If i have to start paying a .01 for TV, ill cancel it all.

We had rabbit ears growing up. So, i think we can make do. Worst case, ill have to start reading again.
 
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