Cord Cutters Unit

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed March 25, 2015 11:58 am

tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.

This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.

Post by **Bammer** » Wed March 25, 2015 1:26 pm

spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.

So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed March 25, 2015 4:47 pm

Bammer wrote:
spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.
So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.

i mean, yeah, it does limit what you can watch sports wise, but who has time to watch that much sport these days anyway?

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Wed March 25, 2015 4:48 pm

spike wrote:
Bammer wrote:
spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.
So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.
i mean, yeah, it does limit what you can watch sports wise, but who has time to watch that much sport these days anyway?

i do but choose not to. what do you think about that?

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed March 25, 2015 4:48 pm

I was able to stream most Vikings football games on the internet no problem. Now I have a new mac that i can just send it to directly to my apple tv.

Also, guess who's internet isn't working? lol . Comcast is the fucking worst. They will be out sometime tomorrow between 2 and 4.

Unbelievable.

spike · Post by **spike** » Wed March 25, 2015 4:51 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:
spike wrote:
Bammer wrote:
spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.
So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.
i mean, yeah, it does limit what you can watch sports wise, but who has time to watch that much sport these days anyway?
i do but choose not to. what do you think about that?

i'm the same way. i either need to really be in the mood to watch sports, or the sporting event needs to have significant implications, to hold my interest.

tommymtcom · Post by **tommymtcom** » Wed March 25, 2015 5:05 pm

spike wrote:
Bammer wrote:
spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.
So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.
i mean, yeah, it does limit what you can watch sports wise, but who has time to watch that much sport these days anyway?

The network TV channels you could get for free with an HD receiver. NBC Sports, ESPN and Fox Sports all offer apps to watch online (as long as you have someone elses cable login)

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Wed March 25, 2015 5:59 pm

Strat wrote: Also, guess who's internet isn't working? lol . Comcast is the fucking worst. They will be out sometime tomorrow between 2 and 4.

Unbelievable.

Actually, that's the most believable statement in this thread. Comcast is the worst.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed March 25, 2015 6:09 pm

CopperTom wrote:
Strat wrote: Also, guess who's internet isn't working? lol . Comcast is the fucking worst. They will be out sometime tomorrow between 2 and 4.

Unbelievable.
Actually, that's the most believable statement in this thread. Comcast is the worst.

Thats a very a good point. I wish I could rid of internet as well.

Post by B » Wed March 25, 2015 6:28 pm

I axed cable a long time ago. It was easy for my family b/c we aren't big sports people. The sporting events we watch, college football, superbowl, various championships, we usually catch at someone's house or at a bar.

We use Netflix (DVDs and streaming), Amazon Prime, and more YouTube than I would have originally thought.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed March 25, 2015 6:30 pm

I have an apple tv so i really dont fucking need cable. Feel good about it. netflix, hulu and nhl center ice and the bar. Boom

Post by B » Wed March 25, 2015 8:06 pm

I will say that I picked up a powered antenna at Home Depot so I could watch network TV. I think it was $40.

Post by **Bammer** » Thu March 26, 2015 3:04 am

spike wrote:
Bammer wrote:
spike wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
Bammer wrote:How do you still get live sports?
I use my parents cable login to use the NBC Sports and ESPN apps and just run and HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
This. Also, I've been using Sling TV through my Roku for March Madness.
So my current cable plan probably has 200'ish channels. Of these, any given game I want to see could be on one of maybe 20-30 different channels. Ditching cable would significantly limit my chances of watching the live game I want. Right???

ABC
NBC
CBS
FOX
FS1
PAC12
TBS
TNT
NBATV
NFL Network
ESPN (about 5 of them)
TruTV
Etc. Etc.
i mean, yeah, it does limit what you can watch sports wise, but who has time to watch that much sport these days anyway?

I'm not trying to watch every single televised game.

When there is a game on that I can't miss, I want to be sure I can see it. That game could be on any number of channels - not just NBC or ESPN.

This is why I still have cable. I don't see a foolproof alternative out there.

dpupenya · Post by **dpupenya** » Thu March 26, 2015 3:04 pm

Strat wrote:I was able to stream most Vikings football games on the internet no problem. Now I have a new mac that i can just send it to directly to my apple tv.

Also, guess who's internet isn't working? lol . Comcast is the fucking worst. They will be out sometime tomorrow between 2 and 4.

Unbelievable.

My self install kit arrived yesterday. Plugged everything in, no service. Spent an hour on the phone last night only to get hung up on. Another hour this morning only to have her tell me that it isn't working and to try and send someone out tomorrow( which is what I HAD been told last night before I was hung up on. I blew a gasket and now someone will be here tonight between 6-8. Fuckers better get it right. Aaarrrgh

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Thu March 26, 2015 4:31 pm

dpupenya wrote:
Strat wrote:I was able to stream most Vikings football games on the internet no problem. Now I have a new mac that i can just send it to directly to my apple tv.

Also, guess who's internet isn't working? lol . Comcast is the fucking worst. They will be out sometime tomorrow between 2 and 4.

Unbelievable.
My self install kit arrived yesterday. Plugged everything in, no service. Spent an hour on the phone last night only to get hung up on. Another hour this morning only to have her tell me that it isn't working and to try and send someone out tomorrow( which is what I HAD been told last night before I was hung up on. I blew a gasket and now someone will be here tonight between 6-8. Fuckers better get it right. Aaarrrgh

Comcast?

Lol

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 26, 2015 6:19 pm

Why hasn't anyone addressed unit vs unite?

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Thu March 26, 2015 6:20 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Why hasn't anyone addressed unit vs unite?

Both make sense.

Post by B » Thu March 26, 2015 6:24 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Why hasn't anyone addressed unit vs unite?

I took the title as a team name, not a command.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Thu March 26, 2015 6:27 pm

and a solid unit/squad we are

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Thu March 26, 2015 9:35 pm

So, I was on the phone with them for about 45 minutes yesterday trying to get the internet to work. Working with Tech Support and all (of course after being transferred a couple times for good measure. They finally said they would send a tech support out (20 hours later) and the tech guy gets there and says "Honestly we did some work outside a couple days ago and everyone lost their internet. Your connection is fine, your internet name is just different so you have to reconnect with your password". Why comcast couldnt tell us this when we called in....I will never know. Lol at comcast.

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