Cord cutting

[Speedy]

Re: Cord cutting

FWIW this is my curent setup:


-Spectrum Internet (high end usually get around 300Mbps down/20Mbps Up)
-Amazon Prime
-The Roku Channel
-Some random free IPTV apps offered on Roku (like Pluto, tubi, Crackle)
-My parents have Direct TV and I use their sign on for the standalone TV apps (ABC, FOX, ESPN, etc). This is how I get a lot of sports. They have told me they literally would never using an app to watch TV so I figured why not. Is that in a "grey area"? I don't know but I don't feel bad about it.
-If I really need to see a new movie I can usually rent them for pretty cheap from a number of streaming apps (Vudu, Amazon, Fandango) or buy them and the I use Plex.


This all works real well for me.


EDIT:


I did have YouTube TV last year for about 4 months and it was very solid. But when I got it, it was only $35 a month. Now it's $50. That's crazy. Still a very good service and if they had Redzone it would be the best option in my mind. Still kind of steep though.

What's the $$ if I may ask?

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

[tdawg3782]

Re: Cord cutting

What's the $$ if I may ask?

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

It's $112 for the internet (that includes a landline phone I have through them too). Plus $10 a month for Prime. So $122 a month. All those other apps I mentioned are free. It's that internet that is killer. At least it is unlimited. Because I use a **** ton of data per month. If it wasn't for my parents having Direct TV I'd have to invest in another service for sports. But for now it all works good.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Cord cutting

Guys, talking about firesticks and boxes and stuff is not allowed here.

Thanks.

[p_rushing]

Re: Cord cutting

FWIW this is my curent setup:


-Spectrum Internet (high end usually get around 300Mbps down/20Mbps Up)
-Amazon Prime
-The Roku Channel
-Some random free IPTV apps offered on Roku (like Pluto, tubi, Crackle)
-My parents have Direct TV and I use their sign on for the standalone TV apps (ABC, FOX, ESPN, etc). This is how I get a lot of sports. They have told me they literally would never using an app to watch TV so I figured why not. Is that in a "grey area"? I don't know but I don't feel bad about it.
-If I really need to see a new movie I can usually rent them for pretty cheap from a number of streaming apps (Vudu, Amazon, Fandango) or buy them and the I use Plex.

It's a grey area, but if someone gives you their account login then you are somewhat legal. The providers have ways to fix this, but it limits usability. DTV used to make you login on your home wifi every 30 days, but with apps and the way the Adobe login works it allows you to bypass most of those.

Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk

[Hammerhunker]

Re: Cord cutting

It's frustrating how lockdown PSvue is with family sharing. It's not like I am trying to fleece Sony with getting something for nothing, but can't even allow my own children to use the account outside of the residence. YouTubetv allows it, not psvue. With that, I wish YTTV would add NFL Channel.

[daflyboys]

Re: Cord cutting

Guys, talking about firesticks and boxes and stuff is not allowed here.

Thanks.

You can't talk about Amazon Firesticks? They're legitimate streaming devices for paid services (Amazon Prime, HBO, FoxSports, etc.). That's just silly.

[Scott]

Re: Cord cutting

You can't talk about Amazon Firesticks? They're legitimate streaming devices for paid services (Amazon Prime, HBO, FoxSports, etc.). That's just silly.

He's talking about what the majority of people use firesticks for and that's jailbreaking.

[p_rushing]

Re: Cord cutting

It's frustrating how lockdown PSvue is with family sharing. It's not like I am trying to fleece Sony with getting something for nothing, but can't even allow my own children to use the account outside of the residence. YouTubetv allows it, not psvue. With that, I wish YTTV would add NFL Channel.

They are protecting their product. They give you 60 days to log back in to your home network. If you cannot login in 60 days, then you aren't living there.

If you aren't living there, then you need your own account.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk

[Speedy]

Re: Cord cutting

It's frustrating how lockdown PSvue is with family sharing. It's not like I am trying to fleece Sony with getting something for nothing, but can't even allow my own children to use the account outside of the residence. YouTubetv allows it, not psvue. With that, I wish YTTV would add NFL Channel.

What do you mean? I can use PSvue outside of my home.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

[ODogg]

Re: Cord cutting

What do you mean? I can use PSvue outside of my home.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

Yeah I have as well, several times while we were on the road.

[jake44np]

Re: Cord cutting

What do you mean? I can use PSvue outside of my home.

Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

Yes.
Put the app on your phone, you can watch it anywhere.
Funny thing is i use at at my GF's house everyday too.
She has a PS4, I simply login under my account on her PS4 and we watch the Vue at her house. You really cant beat it for $50 bucks a month.
We went camping about a month ago.
One day it rained all day and we watched the Vue in our cabin on my IPAD.

[p_rushing]

Re: Cord cutting

Yes.

Put the app on your phone, you can watch it anywhere.

Funny thing is i use at at my GF's house everyday too.

She has a PS4, I simply login under my account on her PS4 and we watch the Vue at her house. You really cant beat it for $50 bucks a month.

We went camping about a month ago.

One day it rained all day and we watched the Vue in our cabin on my IPAD.

I think you can only stream on 1 TV device at a time or something like that. To keep you from watching on TV at home at the same time as on another TV elsewhere.

Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk

[Hammerhunker]

Re: Cord cutting

I totally understand the "protecting of the product" that Sony has; however, its version of family share only allows multiple accessing at one address, and that hampers our family situation. My child at school can't access the family account because obviously they are at another address. YoutubeTV allows the simultaneous addresses with their family share.

PSvue offers just a little bit more than YTTV for me such as the NFL Channel and their sports package (though it doesn't provide the local CBS channel for my area), but because of their more lockdown family share arrangement, we go with YTTV.

[jake44np]

Re: Cord cutting

I think you can only stream on 1 TV device at a time or something like that. To keep you from watching on TV at home at the same time as on another TV elsewhere.

Sent from my SM-T820 using Tapatalk

That is correct, but it hardly ever affects me.
You cannot stream from two different address at the same time which is very understandable.
But it is perfect for me.
i can watch when i am at home or at my GF's house or on my lunch break at work.

[mgoblue]

Re: Cord cutting

That is correct, but it hardly ever affects me.
You cannot stream from two different address at the same time which is very understandable.
But it is perfect for me.
i can watch when i am at home or at my GF's house or on my lunch break at work.

That's annoying for families using this though. Like my kids might have something on in the play room and my wife in the living room. Or my daughters watching one netflix show in play room and son another in living room.