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Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
i don't have any friends

what was the number?
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
i don't have any friends

what was the number?
251-262-2**4
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:how much is your cable bill?
cable with hd/dvr + plus internet is around $180 a month
Jesus.
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Strat wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
i don't have any friends

what was the number?
251-262-2**4
oh ok
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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tommymtcom wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:how much is your cable bill?
cable with hd/dvr + plus internet is around $180 a month
Jesus.
i know...i upgraded to dvr/hd before football season last year, but i'm blanking on what it was before then

i need to call and find out how much just internet would cost
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommymtcom wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
doug rr wrote:how much is your cable bill?
cable with hd/dvr + plus internet is around $180 a month
Jesus.
i know...i upgraded to dvr/hd before football season last year, but i'm blanking on what it was before then

i need to call and find out how much just internet would cost
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
i don't have any friends

what was the number?
251-262-2**4
oh ok
You son of a bitch, lenny. This is you isnt it?

https://www.callercenter.com/251-262-2954.html
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
I've only spent a little bit of time with Apple TV, but I suspect it's a ripoff...

We pay for internet only, plus Amazon Prime. We borrow log-ins for HBOGo, Netflix, FX, and Xfinity (this one is surprisingly great), plus the PBS app is free; and we occasionally rent movies from Google Play.

Internet is $100/mo, and the Prime membership works out to $5.58/mo. So for $105.58/mo, we have access to all this media, and we're really only missing out on sports and live news. Does Apple TV trump this?
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
I've only spent a little bit of time with Apple TV, but I suspect it's a ripoff...

We pay for internet only, plus Amazon Prime. We borrow log-ins for HBOGo, Netflix, FX, and Xfinity (this one is surprisingly great), plus the PBS app is free; and we occasionally rent movies from Google Play.

Internet is $100/mo, and the Prime membership works out to $5.58/mo. So for $105.58/mo, we have access to all this media, and we're really only missing out on sports and live news. Does Apple TV trump this?
My interent is like $68/month and I have direct tv credentials so i can log in to Fox Sports, NBC sports live, hbonow, hbogo on apple tv, and then I pay for netflix and hulu. Then of course access to applestore and all that good stuff.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
I've only spent a little bit of time with Apple TV, but I suspect it's a ripoff...

We pay for internet only, plus Amazon Prime. We borrow log-ins for HBOGo, Netflix, FX, and Xfinity (this one is surprisingly great), plus the PBS app is free; and we occasionally rent movies from Google Play.

Internet is $100/mo, and the Prime membership works out to $5.58/mo. So for $105.58/mo, we have access to all this media, and we're really only missing out on sports and live news. Does Apple TV trump this?
You are part of the problem. :shake:
What problem?

If you are referring to the people employed in film & tv not making a solid living, then yes, we are part of that problem.
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No he's not
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I hope you feel good about all of those starving key grips, tragadoucheza.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:No he's not
I do believe that those companies are too liberal with the number of devices they allow to access one account, but I don't blame people for taking advantage of it.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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i've enjoyed the Roku a little more than Apple TV
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Strat wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
i don't have any friends

what was the number?
251-262-2**4
oh ok
You son of a bitch, lenny. This is you isnt it?

https://www.callercenter.com/251-262-2954.html
yeah totes me haha and such
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Strat wrote:GUys, just cut the cord, get apple tv, and a friends direct tv login info. Good to go.

Lenny, did you just call me?
I've only spent a little bit of time with Apple TV, but I suspect it's a ripoff...

We pay for internet only, plus Amazon Prime. We borrow log-ins for HBOGo, Netflix, FX, and Xfinity (this one is surprisingly great), plus the PBS app is free; and we occasionally rent movies from Google Play.

Internet is $100/mo, and the Prime membership works out to $5.58/mo. So for $105.58/mo, we have access to all this media, and we're really only missing out on sports and live news. Does Apple TV trump this?
My interent is like $68/month and I have direct tv credentials so i can log in to Fox Sports, NBC sports live, hbonow, hbogo on apple tv, and then I pay for netflix and hulu. Then of course access to applestore and all that good stuff.
So you're paying a little under $100/mo and have access to more live stuff than we do; yet your DirectTV log-in in presumably subsidized by a friend or yoga student. It's listed at $20/mo, so in theory you'd be paying just a little bit more than us, and would have access to live stuff, yet no free shipping from Amazon. This sounds like a net wash to me.

Lenny, I'd say go with either the Stip or Trag plan, depending on your preference for live tv vs. free Amazon shipping. Either way, you don't need to be paying $180/mo for your content. I'll even ask my mom if you can borrow her Netflix log-in, if you promise to post a flattering pic of her in the Hot Girls thread.
sports, conan on tbs, and wrestling on usa are the only things i would truly miss on cable...slingtv does have espn and tbs, plus an additional sports package, but the data limit thing has me concerned

i do have netflix streaming already, so i've been thinking about cancelling cable completely and adding hulu plus
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