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Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue January 26, 2021 3:25 pm
by ghost
We have a package through Spectrum for their highest speed internet + a streaming bundle for ~$100/mo. Includes all the usual cable channels, locals, and regional Fox sports channels (WI and MN for us). They have an Apple TV app. Quality can be shitty sometimes, but we're happy with it overall.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue January 26, 2021 3:43 pm
by bada
Simple Torture wrote:We're cancelling YouTube TV over here, so we'll officially be out of the live-TV game. It wasn't just the most recent price hike, but that combined with losing NESN and our viewing habits changing made the decision for us.
If it wasn't for the Celtics I'd drop it too. I'd just get the NBA package but they'd be blacked out. My kids don't watch it at all. My wife just watches the stuff I could get with Discovery plus for $4 or whatever. It's a waste but I'm stuck.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue January 26, 2021 3:49 pm
by Simple Torture
bada wrote:Simple Torture wrote:We're cancelling YouTube TV over here, so we'll officially be out of the live-TV game. It wasn't just the most recent price hike, but that combined with losing NESN and our viewing habits changing made the decision for us.
If it wasn't for the Celtics I'd drop it too. I'd just get the NBA package but they'd be blacked out. My kids don't watch it at all. My wife just watches the stuff I could get with Discovery plus for $4 or whatever. It's a waste but I'm stuck.
I'd pay $5 a month during baseball season for NESN, I have no idea why they don't offer a standalone subscription. Almost certainly the cable companies block them from doing this.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue March 16, 2021 3:50 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
The guide for YouTube TV on fire tv/firestick is one of the clunkiest ever. I hate it. Sometimes if you go to a channel, then go back to the guide, it starts you at the beginning of the guide instead of at the channel you are on
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue March 16, 2021 3:53 pm
by Strat
E.H. Ruddock wrote:The guide for YouTube TV on fire tv/firestick is one of the clunkiest ever. I hate it. Sometimes if you go to a channel, then go back to the guide, it starts you at the beginning of the guide instead of at the channel you are on
Yea thats youtube tv. Its awful.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue March 16, 2021 4:23 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Strat wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:The guide for YouTube TV on fire tv/firestick is one of the clunkiest ever. I hate it. Sometimes if you go to a channel, then go back to the guide, it starts you at the beginning of the guide instead of at the channel you are on
Yea thats youtube tv. Its awful.
One of the downsides of not having channel numbers and having to constantly use a guide to channel surf.
Still, YouTube TV is great.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 12:37 am
by Norah
Simple Torture wrote:bada wrote:Simple Torture wrote:We're cancelling YouTube TV over here, so we'll officially be out of the live-TV game. It wasn't just the most recent price hike, but that combined with losing NESN and our viewing habits changing made the decision for us.
If it wasn't for the Celtics I'd drop it too. I'd just get the NBA package but they'd be blacked out. My kids don't watch it at all. My wife just watches the stuff I could get with Discovery plus for $4 or whatever. It's a waste but I'm stuck.
I'd pay $5 a month during baseball season for NESN, I have no idea why they don't offer a standalone subscription. Almost certainly the cable companies block them from doing this.
Shit I'd probably pay $12 a month for standalone nesn during the baseball season,.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 12:40 am
by Simple Torture
Norris wrote:Simple Torture wrote:bada wrote:Simple Torture wrote:We're cancelling YouTube TV over here, so we'll officially be out of the live-TV game. It wasn't just the most recent price hike, but that combined with losing NESN and our viewing habits changing made the decision for us.
If it wasn't for the Celtics I'd drop it too. I'd just get the NBA package but they'd be blacked out. My kids don't watch it at all. My wife just watches the stuff I could get with Discovery plus for $4 or whatever. It's a waste but I'm stuck.
I'd pay $5 a month during baseball season for NESN, I have no idea why they don't offer a standalone subscription. Almost certainly the cable companies block them from doing this.
Shit I'd probably pay $12 a month for standalone nesn during the baseball season,.
Yeah, the more I thought about it, I would definitely pay more. I am sure MLB would not allow it. MLB.tv does a single-team package for like $110 (so closer to $20 per month), but I'd rather get the home station.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 12:46 am
by Norah
Simple Torture wrote:Norris wrote:Simple Torture wrote:bada wrote:Simple Torture wrote:We're cancelling YouTube TV over here, so we'll officially be out of the live-TV game. It wasn't just the most recent price hike, but that combined with losing NESN and our viewing habits changing made the decision for us.
If it wasn't for the Celtics I'd drop it too. I'd just get the NBA package but they'd be blacked out. My kids don't watch it at all. My wife just watches the stuff I could get with Discovery plus for $4 or whatever. It's a waste but I'm stuck.
I'd pay $5 a month during baseball season for NESN, I have no idea why they don't offer a standalone subscription. Almost certainly the cable companies block them from doing this.
Shit I'd probably pay $12 a month for standalone nesn during the baseball season,.
Yeah, the more I thought about it, I would definitely pay more. I am sure MLB would not allow it. MLB.tv does a single-team package for like $110 (so closer to $20 per month), but I'd rather get the home station.
Yeah you can't even get the single team package from mlb.tv in the market of the team you want.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 1:02 am
by Strat
Monkey_Driven wrote:Strat wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:The guide for YouTube TV on fire tv/firestick is one of the clunkiest ever. I hate it. Sometimes if you go to a channel, then go back to the guide, it starts you at the beginning of the guide instead of at the channel you are on
Yea thats youtube tv. Its awful.
One of the downsides of not having channel numbers and having to constantly use a guide to channel surf.
Still, YouTube TV is great.
Yup. And i just learned that you can watch shows that have already aired!
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 3:24 pm
by bada
YoutubeTv added some more Viacom channels today so if your tv guide is customized like mine you'll have to manually add them if you want to see them.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed March 17, 2021 6:23 pm
by Bi_3
Does FIOS have a YouTube tv equivalent?
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 10:59 pm
by bada
A little nervous about the YouTube TV Roku dispute. I guess I could try Hulu Live.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 7:39 pm
by doug rr
bada wrote:A little nervous about the YouTube TV Roku dispute. I guess I could try Hulu Live.
we've only used hulu live for the last couple of years..no complaints
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 10:53 pm
by bodysnatcher
Yeah I’ve thought about swapping over from YTV to Hulu Live
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 10:54 pm
by Norah
i switched to fubo so i can watch baseball, but will likely switch back to youtubetv once the season ends
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 11:06 pm
by Monkey_Driven
It's only a matter of time until someone drops Hulu Live and then the whole song and dance starts over again.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 11:08 pm
by doug rr
Monkey_Driven wrote:It's only a matter of time until someone drops Hulu Live and then the whole song and dance starts over again.
go on...
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 12:49 am
by Monkey_Driven
doug rr wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:It's only a matter of time until someone drops Hulu Live and then the whole song and dance starts over again.
go on...
Like Roku, Chromecast, Samsung TVs, etc.
Re: Cord Cutters Unit
Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 1:45 am
by tragabigzanda
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.