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Jul 1, 2020 12:55:07   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
I also tried Hulu for two weeks last summer. I liked their interface and wouldn't need a whole lot of DVR space, but they didn't offer the sports channels I was looking for.

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Jul 1, 2020 12:55:34   #
jccash Loc: Longwood, Florida
 
Linda From Maine wrote:
Yeah, me too. Someone else in the thread here mentions satellite costs, but those (and cable) could - and likely will - go up also.


Satellite cable gets pretty expensive. Now you tube bottom line is they want about $150 a month from you.

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Jul 1, 2020 12:57:15   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
jccash wrote:
Satellite cable gets pretty expensive. Now you tube bottom line is they want about $150 a month from you.
YouTube TV will be $65 + sales tax if that applies (8.5% for me).

You obviously need internet to use it (mine is $75/mo), but I will always want internet anyway

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Jul 1, 2020 17:08:33   #
Nanarozzi Loc: Brentwood, TN & East TN
 
Several people I know will be going back to Hulu with the price increase because they like HULU better and changed to save the extra $15. We hardly watch any TV anymore and our favorite channels are at the top of the ‘Live TV’ grid. I do like how YoutubeTV lets you arrange the channels you watch. We rarely go through the list and watch anything other than our 3 favorite channels and never watch anything on the channels YoutubeTV just added. We ‘cut the cord’ about 2 months ago because DirecTV increased our price and we were paying a higher amount so my husband could get the golf channel. We had DirecTV at 2 locations and they increased our price to over $400 per month for the 2 locations. I called to see if they could decrease my price and got the run around and they told me I had to call their loyalty department.... there was no offer to transfer me (when DirecTV wasn’t owned by AT&T they were fabulous but not so much now). I had been a loyal customer on autopay since 1996. I figured they really didn’t need my business and I could just stream everything like both my children’s families do..... so I tried Hulu and YoutubeTV as my children suggested. Both had the golf channel and all our sports channels. Liked being able to talk to a very nice human being at Hulu but went with YoutubeTV (who has no one you can talk to) because I can pay for it once a month and use it at two locations where I would have had to have 2 Hulu accounts because you can only change your home location 4 times per year and we change our location weekly. So far have not missed DirecTV and will stay with YoutubeTV as long as I only have to pay for one monthly subscription. Who knows what will be coming down the pike with modern technology!!

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Jul 2, 2020 01:16:32   #
Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal
 
I'll watch sports. The Olympics. Off a Euro feed.
I can see why women (and some men) like pro sports, pro wrestling, etc;
I like "Legends Football League" football sometimes. I'm by LAX; kid in Seattle, so I record and send.
LA Storm vs Seattle Thunder these days; was the Temptations vs the Mist.

Got Internet? TV Hooked to your PC? SelectTv is @ $20/month
https://selecttv.com/
I have a @ $40 Android box on mine- Roku, SelectTv, Youtube, USB, and a remote.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Smart-TV-BOX-H96MAX-Android-9-0-4GB-32GB-Dual-WIFI-RK3318-4K-3D-Media-Player-US/292210726720?epid=18023859796&hash=item44091dd740:g:6dwAAOSwK21e6Xdh
My Netflix is $13/ month, waaay better than cable once you adapt to it, for two separate users.
That mousepad antenna? Get another one, plus two short cables and a cheap splitter. Put the second one at 90 degrees to the first, hook them both to the splitter with identical length (important!) cables, and then to your box. Bigger better channels.
What's your Comcast monthly bill look like? It's going up- ESPN is raking them. That means you.

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Jul 2, 2020 17:01:43   #
AlColter Loc: Michigan
 
Just remember, more cost more, less, cost more and the same cost more!

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Jul 3, 2020 04:30:06   #
Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal
 
90s, I lived in LA. Had Comcast for cable and internet. TV sucked, but internet worked.
I moved to Redondo, and got Dish. TV mucho better, 80 channels good, tho DSL it do sucketh.
I moved to Torrance, got TWC. TV sucks again, Internet faster. 45 channels watched.
I moved again to Torrance, got TWC. TV still sucks, Internet speed ~ time of day. 44 channels watched.

I moved *again* to Torrance, in an apartment, and tried to get DirectTV. THREE ESL "techs" couldn't figure out the install, brought the wrong ladders and equipment, argued with *everybody*, and left. I was informed their great internet really wasn't DSL anymore, but it still kinda was. Lost records and workers at their kiosk meant my $200 deposit was "delayed", two years so far.
So, I got TWC. TV still sucks- 44 channels watched- including HBO and Showtime, Internet sometimes faster. TWC modems and routers are routinely hacked in LA. Had an argument with them- again. "Somebody" downloaded the "Expendables" and "John Wick" from my modem's MAC address; others from my Wifi. I have HBO- I've already seen these two, I DVRed them, and I can transfer them to my PC if I want a permanent copy. "But sir, our Copywrite Holders and our Supervisors have determined ...".
Their "upgrades" disable many options in their modems, mainly security. You HAVE to hack them to fix them. So I did. I disabled Wifi, and changed the DNS settings from theirs. I removed their router cutie and replaced it with a $10 garage sale Linksys. Reboot! EVERYthing starts back up fresh. My Roku and TV listings are better, and my Internet is almost 2x faster. Only MY MAC addresses allowed to work.
Which is why we're (me) doing everything else I had said earlier. I have two Leaf mousepad antennae- I can get over 100 channels, of which almost 40 are good for us. SelectTV and Netflix are pretty good- for us. The THREE HBO/Showtime channels she likes but barely watches won't really be missed.
And this whole setup is portable and affordable. I'm demo-ing it for SWMBO, and getting it configured and sorted. We're moving (getting the hel-la out of LA) to upstate Washington (Bellevue) by the end of the year, and I'll buy my own Docsis Netgear 3 modem depending on who is where we're going. Add internet costs, and we should pay no more than half of TWC's "bundle' price and get more better quality. And quantity.

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