InfiniteVol
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One thing I do not like about DirectTV Now is the two stream limit. I will drop it as soon as Hulu Live TV works on Amazon Fire. I may go the Vue route, but no History channel is a big turn off for me.
I tried cutting the cord a few years back and the one thing that got me is flipping channels. If I was watching a UT night game on the ESPN app and tried to flip over to the LSU the time it would take to buffer was extreme. It was difficult swapping channels when there was a commercial on the game I was tuned in to.
Does the Kodi app allow for quick switching between programming?
How does sling TV work with Xbox one? im thinking about going to sling and thats what i would stream it on.Also do they have a DVR system with it? My biggest worry is live football,does it lag a lot or is it just like watching on cable?
What about DVR? Does any of these cord cutter outfits enable you to record and watch later? Serious question. Thanks.
We had this discussion the other thread :birgits_giggle:
it's a lot cheaper to spend the $100-$200 on the devices and antennas (depending on how many tv's you have), and scrap cable/satellite.....1 time expense...
$8/month for Netflix
$9/month for Amazon prime
$15/Month for HBO NOW
$25/month for Sling w/SEC network
for roughly $60-$70/month you can have access to just about anything you'd want, and you never pay lease fees again for rented/leased equipment. no more weather outages...
and depending on your internet/phone provider, another $60/month...a lot of people go from spending $300 plus, to less than $150 by cutting the cord.
i know for me, i switched to ATT fiber from Spectrum/TWC cabel internet....put my pone on the internet, and went from spending $70/month on interent, $60 on phone, $180 on direct TV....($310/month) to less than $190/month when it was all said and done.
and that's only because i chose to keep some other features. i could probably save another $40 or so a month if i was so inclined....
you can spend as much or as little as you want...but for $60 month on content alone, it just doesn't get much better than doing the a la carte route...
It's all relative to your current satellite packages and ISP speeds. And where you live. We have Dish Top 120 plus with free HBO at $85/mo. My phone and internet combined is $75/mo. I'm only spending $160 for everything i want/need as is. The only draw back at my prices is that my internet speed is the lowest at 4 mb/s. ( I think that is right, but that never really is a factor cause the only time that is an issue is the two or three times a year my son downloads a game on xbox. If i cut the cord, i would have to get the higher transfer speeds, then subscribe to all the services to get the other stuff. My offsets would be equal or more expensive. Plus being in Cookeville we are not close enough to Nashville or Knoxville to make use of the HD over the air for network channels. Unfortunately, cutting the cord, as much as I'd like to, isn't viable for me, and ultimately would cost me more. The jailbroke firestick would be cool though.
oh, i totally agree with you there.It's all relative to your current satellite packages and ISP speeds. And where you live. We have Dish Top 120 plus with free HBO at $85/mo. My phone and internet combined is $75/mo. I'm only spending $160 for everything i want/need as is. The only draw back at my prices is that my internet speed is the lowest at 4 mb/s. ( I think that is right, but that never really is a factor cause the only time that is an issue is the two or three times a year my son downloads a game on xbox. If i cut the cord, i would have to get the higher transfer speeds, then subscribe to all the services to get the other stuff. My offsets would be equal or more expensive. Plus being in Cookeville we are not close enough to Nashville or Knoxville to make use of the HD over the air for network channels. Unfortunately, cutting the cord, as much as I'd like to, isn't viable for me, and ultimately would cost me more. The jailbroke firestick would be cool though.
revisiting this
Earlier this month Directv Now offered me to come back with a month free. Thought why not and tried it again. Had the same issues with buffering and freezes using firestick (no issues with any other streaming service) and I googled again because I was just making sure I wasn't missing something. Well found one place that suggested taking off automatic setting with the sound on the firestick (cant remember but think it was DTS or some crap) which was a stock setting. After I moved it over to just regular sound, the picture was excellent and no buffering. I will say that the picture is clearer and true 1080P with Directtv Now, while its not with Vue. I will subscribe with DTN going forward, especially since I can get the MLB Network with it now.
It's all relative to your current satellite packages and ISP speeds. And where you live. We have Dish Top 120 plus with free HBO at $85/mo. My phone and internet combined is $75/mo. I'm only spending $160 for everything i want/need as is. The only draw back at my prices is that my internet speed is the lowest at 4 mb/s. ( I think that is right, but that never really is a factor cause the only time that is an issue is the two or three times a year my son downloads a game on xbox. If i cut the cord, i would have to get the higher transfer speeds, then subscribe to all the services to get the other stuff. My offsets would be equal or more expensive. Plus being in Cookeville we are not close enough to Nashville or Knoxville to make use of the HD over the air for network channels. Unfortunately, cutting the cord, as much as I'd like to, isn't viable for me, and ultimately would cost me more. The jailbroke firestick would be cool though.