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htismaqe 02-13-2019 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 14102968)
Now I just have to figure out what Roku devices I need. It seems that the 2.4Ghz band is so cluttered in my area that I want to try to avoid that. But I only want to spend as little as possible (duh). I have a main living room smart TV but it does not have Youtube tv. I have one in my bedroom that is not a smart tv but has a firestick. Again, no youtube tv on that stick. And then one for my daughter's tv. Any suggestions?

Here is what I'm looking at currently:
1 of these https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...VY0JGHJA&psc=1

and 2 of these
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/...VY0JGHJA&psc=1

Have you tested 5Ghz to make sure you have adequate signal everywhere you need it? 2.4Ghz is crowded by has a much farther effective range.

If 5Ghz works in all of the locations you need, you want to use it for sure.

Al Bundy 02-19-2019 09:36 PM

I have decided to cut the cord. Does anyone have Fubo TV?

Dunit35 02-19-2019 09:38 PM

I cut the cord today. DTV couldn’t come close to matching Hulu Live TV $45/month. Our DTV bill was going to be $99/month. Not worth it for the 15-20 channels we do watch.

We still have DTV until March 1st, then I’ll make the switch to Hulu.

I sure hope Reddit shows a lot of the Royals games (in KC broadcast) or I’m going to have to go back to DTV.

BigRedChief 02-19-2019 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 14102908)
The satellite companies are now every bit as bad as the cable companies.

thats because 5 companies own 80% of everything in the entertainment field.

cabletech94 02-19-2019 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 14102908)
The satellite companies are now every bit as bad as the cable companies.

generally no contracts with cable companies. some instances there are. but not like with dish/dirct.........

big nasty kcnut 02-20-2019 02:12 AM

Dunit look at mlb tv it a good deal i was smart enough to get a deal where i could get just the royals games for 21 dollar last year and pay 21 dollars this year. So my days off work and west coast night game swing will be me watching the royals.

Mephistopheles Janx 02-20-2019 03:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dunit35 (Post 14115474)
I sure hope Reddit shows a lot of the Royals games (in KC broadcast) or I’m going to have to go back to DTV.

reddit.com/r/mlbstreams will have all your games. I watched most every Braves game last season with no issues.

Dunit35 02-20-2019 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by MephistophelesJanx (Post 14115641)
reddit.com/r/mlbstreams will have all your games. I watched most every Braves game last season with no issues.

That’s what I’m rolling with.

I can’t get mlbtv. We are considered in their region so it’s blacked out. Makes no sense.

Lzen 02-22-2019 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 14104400)
Have you tested 5Ghz to make sure you have adequate signal everywhere you need it? 2.4Ghz is crowded by has a much farther effective range.

If 5Ghz works in all of the locations you need, you want to use it for sure.

Yes, 5Ghz works fine everywhere in my house. My 3 Rokus are working well. Also, I realize now that I don't need that Amazon Firestick that I just bought last November or December. I have a 4th TV (spare room/man room/music room) but I can get all the apps I need on my Xbox One that is connected to that tv.

One other thing that I found and just started a trial on yesterday is Philo tv. It is $16/mo. and gives me those other channels such as Food Network, ID, Science, AXS, and several others.

So right now I'm just rolling with Youtube tv and Philo tv. That's $56 total plus tax. Not bad. I get pretty much all of the channels I wanted except NFL Network. But I can still catch all the Chiefs games that are on that so I'm fine with that.

Lzen 02-22-2019 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Al Bundy (Post 14115469)
I have decided to cut the cord. Does anyone have Fubo TV?

I looked at that one. It seems that service is geared toward sports programming, amongst other things. The problem is that they charge an additional $10/mo. for DVR. Only 2 devices are allowed to stream at the same time unless you add the Family Share for $6/mo, then you can do 3 at a time.

Edit: It seems that you get 30 hours cloud DVR with any basic package. You have to pay $10/mo. for 500 hours cloud DVR.

Lzen 02-22-2019 11:33 AM

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007 02-22-2019 11:15 PM

Antenna, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon prime are all I really need. Tubi has had a few decent surprises for a free service.

Lzen 02-23-2019 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by 007 (Post 14120592)
Antenna, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon prime are all I really need. Tubi has had a few decent surprises for a free service.

Understand that. Only problem with antenna for us is that there will be no DVR for locals. We watch a few shows on the major networks but not always able to watch at broadcast time.

Fish 02-23-2019 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 14120901)
Understand that. Only problem with antenna for us is that there will be no DVR for locals. We watch a few shows on the major networks but not always able to watch at broadcast time.

Technically, you could get a device like HDHomerun, which connects to the antenna and provides a network-based DVR for over the air programming like that. It's not anywhere close to being as easy and intuitive as YoutubeTV makes it. But it works.

007 02-23-2019 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 14120901)
Understand that. Only problem with antenna for us is that there will be no DVR for locals. We watch a few shows on the major networks but not always able to watch at broadcast time.

TiVo makes an antenna friendly DVR. That's what we use and love it.


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