TV/DVR without Timewarner, Verizon, Comcast, etc
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@quicky2g said:
@dafyre said:
Roku 3+ SlingTV ($25 a month for a few channels + Disney, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang) + Netflix + Hulu + Amazon = Win.
I don't count Netflix or Hulu since we were already paying for those...
Our Cable + Internet Bill went from $130 a month to $65 a month for Internet + SingTV.
How have I not heard of SlingTV?! Will definitely have to try it out. Any ideas for a DVR?
I've never had a DVR. What purpose would it serve once you drop cable?
Can't always catch shows live and want to watch them after...Bar Rescue, Ink Master, Property Brothers, Big Bang Theory, etc. Can probably "obtain" some if not all of that stuff online but need it to be easy to use and manage for the misses. Something like Hulu would be a good DVR replacement so I can grab stuff on demand but they don't have everything I want.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
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@quicky2g said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@quicky2g said:
@dafyre said:
Roku 3+ SlingTV ($25 a month for a few channels + Disney, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang) + Netflix + Hulu + Amazon = Win.
I don't count Netflix or Hulu since we were already paying for those...
Our Cable + Internet Bill went from $130 a month to $65 a month for Internet + SingTV.
How have I not heard of SlingTV?! Will definitely have to try it out. Any ideas for a DVR?
I've never had a DVR. What purpose would it serve once you drop cable?
Can't always catch shows live and want to watch them after...Bar Rescue, Ink Master, Property Brothers, Big Bang Theory, etc. Can probably "obtain" some if not all of that stuff online but need it to be easy to use and manage for the misses. Something like Hulu would be a good DVR replacement so I can grab stuff on demand but they don't have everything I want.
it's been a while since I looked, but yeah, same problem I had.
I'll have us sit down and make a list and see what we can do about finding other options for watching.
But waiting for a show to be over (or at least a season to be over) and then only bing watching it? nah.
Don't get me wrong, I love bing watching old stuff, or when Netflix releases a new show that way.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
Then clearly you don't have other people wanting to talk to you about a show after you watch it.
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@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
Ah, spoilers never ruined my enjoyment of a show.,, that may be the issue I'm having here.
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@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
Plus 1000!
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@Dashrender said:
@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
Plus 1000!
Glen died???! WWWWHHHHAAAATTTTT???!!!!!
Can you imagine....? lol
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@quicky2g said:
@Dashrender said:
@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
Plus 1000!
Glen died???! WWWWHHHHAAAATTTTT???!!!!!
Can you imagine....? lol
No because I don't watch that show - but the idea I absolutely agree with.
My friend ruined The Matrx for me because he felt that you living in a computer generated world wasn't that big a deal to the movie... lol
I almost killed him
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@Dashrender said:
@quicky2g said:
@Dashrender said:
@quicky2g said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
So you have a legal way to get shows anywhere near original release date without those loud breaks?
Why would I want to watch them near their release date? That just seems silly to have to wait a week for an episode... if I just wait a few months I can watch the entire season as I want to much more enjoyable that way.
So no water cooler talk for you then.
I'm not sure I see the appeal.
I'd probably lose my shit if everyone ruined Walking Dead episodes for me Monday morning lol.
Plus 1000!
Glen died???! WWWWHHHHAAAATTTTT???!!!!!
Can you imagine....? lol
No because I don't watch that show - but the idea I absolutely agree with.
My friend ruined The Matrx for me because he felt that you living in a computer generated world wasn't that big a deal to the movie... lol
I almost killed himDeath by head through a computer screen
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@quicky2g said:
Death by head through a computer screen
The little blurb that I saw only said "death by head" and I nearly spit out my tea.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
Ease of use and channel selection is why I haven't left cable yet.
Those are exactly the reasons I don't have cable/satellite anymore.
it wasn't easy to use?
Not really. Content was very hard to find when I wanted it, there were these loud intermissions on every channel every few minutes. Not easy to use at all. Much less so then clicking a button and instantly having the content you want without crazy loud breaks.
You mean commericals..... "loud breaks" that is one way to describe them... the actors need to pee too, they literally live inside that small box on your wall...
Following that to its logical conclusion- they are peeing inside there too!
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That's what causes TVs to wear out so quickly. The vents in the back are for the evaporation.
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's what causes TVs to wear out so quickly. The vents in the back are for the evaporation.
Ah so it wasn't the dog all those times.
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This thing is looking pretty slick:
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@quicky2g said:
This thing is looking pretty slick:
I don't want to pay $150 for a tv tuner and DVR.
I don't need all the other features. I just need a tuner and DVR. I already have ways to stream all the things.
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@Kelly said:
Looks like SlingTV would only get me part of the way there since it doesn't carry the major networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, and FOX). Hmm
Just break down and spend the money to put an aerial antenna, and a motor to turn it if you want to get really fancy. You should be able to pickup a good number of the local channels you'd otherwise miss that way. If you're close enough to the transmitters, you might be able to get away with an indoor model. You'll save tons of money in the long run.
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@JaredBusch said:
@quicky2g said:
This thing is looking pretty slick:
I don't want to pay $150 for a tv tuner and DVR.
I don't need all the other features. I just need a tuner and DVR. I already have ways to stream all the things.
A usb dongle and a laptop set to never hibernate/shutdown. Your choice of software to make it work, lots of options available.
