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As long as you have sling blue your able to stream 3 different places.
NT, convince me "cutting the cord" is a good idea
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Yes you can, I use it here in TX and gave my info to my brother in NJ. He has no issues. But I think there is a limit of 4 devices, after that it won't let you or kick you off.
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i'm about to move into my new place as well, and looking from the past few pages, it seems that Sling TV, Set TV or YT TV might be the way to go. I still have to do research on which one is the best option, but either way, i refuse to pay $90+ for Optimum cable
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Yeah man, do your research and find what works for you. Number of streams, performance, and channels are most important, in that order. If you have 5 people in the house, 2 concurrent streams won't work. If the performance is terrible and has a crappy interface you will be frustrated. While it's nice to have alot of channels, don't fall into the trap of making sure you have channels that you never are going to watch anyway. After I switched to a streaming platform, I found myself watching less TV at home, but I did find myself looking at TV while outside of the house on my phone. I never did that before.
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Thanks dude. It will only be my wife and I, and we already have netflix and amazon prime. Honestly, we don't even watch much TV. At first, i was just going to get bunny ears and then Netflix the rest. But it would be cool to have the option of watching cable every now and then, when we have free time, or whenever we have guests over. We also have a Roku, and an HDMI adapter for our iphones/ipads. Sling TV looks like a good option b/c its compatible with Roku and it's the cheapest, but SetTV is the same price and offers many more channels. The only thing with Set TV is that Roku is not compatible, so i would have to get a fire stick or another compatible device. And we are only planning to use it for 3 TVs (living room, bedroom and basement).
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SetTV seems way too good to be true, unless I'm reading the site wrong.
How are you getting the premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) included in that $20 a month price?
How are you getting the premium channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) included in that $20 a month price?
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vader tv has been pretty garbage for me as of late. Gonna look into settv
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I'm on YouTubeTV now. I have been through pretty much all of them. Started with Sling, the performance at that time was horrendous, moved to DirecTVNow at it's launch and it was pretty bad at that time, moved to Vue which I liked, but hated the interface and they raised the prices so I dipped. YouTubeTV has been best for me. I watch it through my Xbox and stream from my phone to the other TVs with built-in Chromecasts. That works for me. The performance has been great and the price is about what I want to pay for. I believe they have a Roku app as well now.
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It's funny, people though that freedom from cable companies would mean lower prices, but it's clear now it's just cable by a different name.
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I may try YouTube TV eventually. But right now, using the apps and watching only specific channels have been beneficial for us.
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Fios Internet + Jailbroken Firestick (Mobdro app is 
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All I need
) + Tv Antenna for local channelsAll I need
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Do you absolutely need a cable plan to order boxing ppv’s? I’m not trying to stream important fights btw lol
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Wouldn't surprise me as more people leave DTV and Cable to these other options, prices will be go up.
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To be honest I think you do, but I could be totally wrong. I had people over this past Saturday and thought about ordering UFC, but I didn't bother looking into it further.
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Not sure about boxing PPVs, but you can order UFC ppvs through UFC Fight Pass (the UFC Network App) and have the ppv streamed through there. Maybe the same can be done for Showtime/HBO Boxing PPVS on the HBO or Showtime app?
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Same, looks like they've been having issues.
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Did you try out YouTube TV? I'm thinking about trying it out next month since it will be March madness. Most of the live TV I watch is sports anyway.
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I haven't had the time sign up for it, yet. But may do so this weekend. Idk if I want to pay an addition $35 when I don't watch as much TV.
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I've been using it since I moved, no complaints. They recently added TNT, TBS, few others just a few weeks ago. NBA TV & MLB Network is due next.
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NBA TV & MLB Network were added to YTTV yesterday .
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$40 isn’t bad for youtube tv. For fios i’m paying $54 for tv, $50 for internet, and $30 for phone. Will drop all but internet and buy digital antennas for the local channels and maybe chrome casts or rokus for the tv’s in the house.
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im lovin YouTubeRed, man so glad i don't have to watch stupid commercials anymore. will be extending my service after my free trial, is up. On of the things that irk me using youtube was watching commercials even on 1 minute videos when the commercial are 1:30 long or longer
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Regular youtube is annoying as hell. Having an ad in the behinning of a video was tolerable but having 2-3 commercials in the middle of a video is ridiculous.
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I love this being so early in the game. Randomly getting emails about new channels is always good.NBA TV & MLB Network were added to YTTV yesterday
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All that’s missing is NFL Network
I’m paying $110 for cable and internet via TWC/Spectrum so no point in “cutting the cord” but good to see streaming come this cheap
I’m paying $110 for cable and internet via TWC/Spectrum so no point in “cutting the cord” but good to see streaming come this cheap
