Cutting The Cable! or Dish..

I have youtube tv, under $70/mo for 80 some channels, I’m pretty happy with it


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Holy shit 5 years later

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kodi

I havent had cable or satellite in 8 years. I long tired of paying to watch the same bullshit over and over.

I use streams I find online for live tv and sports.


You can pay for a rapidgator account and use it to get tv shows/movies and documentaries from movieparadise.org (use unrar or TheUnarchiver to unpack the files after you download them). Play them with VLC player.

The RG account is $100 a year.

For years we had the Direct TV satellite which served us well but the never ending price increases coupled with channels either being removed entirely or into a higher package was my limit.

A few years back I opted for the streaming service which was Direct TV Now and then ATT Now and who knows what it is already but I do know I am grandfathered in for a rate and plan no longer available. Often I kick around the idea of dropping it entirely but as mentioned before about the rates, I stick it out. We do get a great deal of use out of it. What I also receive through my cable internet for "free" is Peacock which does offer a satisafctory amount of programming. That is one pro for cancelling my streaming service. With legit free apps like IMDB, Roku, Tubi, Pluto TV, etc.., offering both live television and on demand movies, keeping a streaming service becomes all the more difficult.

Learn to live with what you can find and just end the paid tv trap. Don't get sucked into those soap opera series that leave you hanging every week. I get pretty much every movie at 1080p quality at will. Broadcast can fill the rest along with kodi add-ons. Mythtv and a tv tuner card records several broadcast streams at a time backed by 9TB storage. It just takes a little effort.

98 svt said:

Holy shit 5 years later

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No Shit!

03cobra#694 said:

No Shit!

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At least he didn't bump the original thread. It seems to be happening weekly.

Blkkbgt said:

At least he didn't bump the original thread. It seems to be happening weekly.

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He did, I moved the posts.

Thanks Brad!

I was once a diehard cable guy, who became a diehard DirectTV guy, who is now a diehard streaming guy. LOL. The setup I've settled on is YouTube TV, Amazon Prime, and HBO-Max. Very manageable monthly cost, compared to the outrageous cable and satellite fees, unless you're using DirectTV's streaming option, I guess.

I'm getting ready to try YouTube tv and get rid of Direct TV satellite.

SHIFTYBUSINESS said:

I'm getting ready to try YouTube tv and get rid of Direct TV satellite.

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We made that switch a few years ago and I've been pretty happy with it.

Stanley said:

We made that switch a few years ago and I've been pretty happy with it.

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A friend of mine said he likes it. It will save me about $100 a month. He also said you can have a couple users so I'm hoping to share it with my parents so they can cancel their cable and I can help them save a little money.

We have had youtube tv for maybe 4 years now. We basically watch it for F1.

I do like it, but it's price is over double now than when it came out.

I use Direct TV streaming for local sports(NHL) and a few other ones for the kids(Disney) and shows(Netflix).

When the NHL/NFL is out I cancel the DTV streaming

Currently have DTV Now Streaming, paying $75? a month. Fits my needs for when I need local channels and sports, also includes HBO Max at $5 a month.

Im grandfathered as my plan doesnt exist anymore, pretty content as it is currently the only service streaming that offers 5.1 DD and 60FPS programming at 1080P

I use this streaming service. It is the 21st century equivalent of the cable black box. I get all PPVs, all sports networks including regional locals, all of the sport specific services (NHL, MLB, NFL, NBA, F1, etc.), and all of the standard cable/broadcast TV stuff too. I stream through my firestick and take it with me when I travel.

Anyone have thoughts on Hulu Live TV? Or how it compares to Youtube TV?

B7BlownSnake said:

Anyone have thoughts on Hulu Live TV? Or how it compares to Youtube TV?

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What type of programming are they offering through those services? Live TV? Sports?

B7BlownSnake said:

Anyone have thoughts on Hulu Live TV? Or how it compares to Youtube TV?

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I was getting ready to ask that. I have the top tier Hulu Live. Mostly for the wife. But I'm getting tired of paying for ad free shows that some how still have ads. I'm referring to the on demand type stuff. And that you can't fast foward through commercials when watching something recorded on the cloud.