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FCKGW posted:I forgot that HDHomerun happens to have a subscription TV service too. Does anyone here happened to use it? I did. It was ok until they got caught up in the Omniverse drama: https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/omniverse-lawsuit-dragon-box-streaming-crackdown-1203140742/ Omniverse being their upstream provider. Quality and channel selection wasn't great, but on the pro side it worked well with Plex/Emby. Still, at the moment, I wouldn't use it. They are down 8 channels and counting.
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PS Vue has multi-view on Apple TV now! Up to four channels at once it looks like. Not a big sports guy so I doubt I'll use it much, but nice to know it's there. I think the feature was limited to PS4s up til now.
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My first service after cutting the cord was PSVue when it was $29.99/mo and was the perfect service for us with local channels and the few networks that we typically watched. Since then every service has offered less while increasing the prices. At least we got a free AppleTV 4K by switching. After this latest DTVN increase we are going with Philo and OTA/HDHomerun for locals. Paying more than $20 to $30 a month for live TV is just not worth it anymore.
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I see that Philo supports TV Everywhere. Does that mean its channels are (can be) integrated into the TV app on an Apple TV?
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Mar 19, 2019 16:08
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:I see that Philo supports TV Everywhere. Does that mean its channels are (can be) integrated into the TV app on an Apple TV? TV Everywhere allows you to log in on apps provided by the channels. But I think viewing live would need to be done within the Philo app.
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I didn't see a good thread to post this. The place I work at has been on ADSL forever. I was pushing for them to go cable. Eventually the owners decided to make the swtich to Spectrum. Surveyors came out and said that it would cost 30k to hook up our front building, and 22k to hook up our rear building. This confuses us as there was promo material being passed around as they were literally tearing up the streets around us, running fiber, all during new bridge construction on our corner. The kicker is that one of the neighboring buildings in the same business complex has Spectrum and from my understanding didn't have to pay such a fee. There are no dividing city lines between us and the other business. One of our buildings is right next door to the one that gets service and the other one is just a couple down, basically the other business that has service is almost book ended by our two buildings. WHAT THE gently caress?
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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Aeka 2.0 posted:I didn't see a good thread to post this. Agreed.
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Mar 19, 2019 20:52
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Whatever duuuude.
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The wife and I have finally decided to kick DirecTV to the curb, so tonight we sat down and made a list of channels that were "must haves" and "nice to haves" then plugged it into suppose.tv. (Thanks, Rastor!) Right now it looks like YouTubeTV and Philo gives us pretty much everything we want, along with Prime (which we already have) and we might pick up Netflix as well. We'll be looking at a new smart TV this weekend, since our current TV is over 10 years old and is starting to die. We considered doing an antenna, but unfortunately we're rural to the extent that it's debatable if we'll even be able to pick up a signal - and if we could it would require a very high-end antenna. So for now, we decided to stick to services that would give us the "big 4" networks. (Behold the horror: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d90387667823306 ) Please let me know if I'm right or wrong on the following assumptions: - If I'm reading everything correctly, any new smart TV that has Roku enabled on it can interface with both YouTube TV and Philo without any additional hardware requirements. - It should also be able to stream Netflix, out of the box - But Prime might require a Fire-Stick. - A DVR component will either be built into the Smart TV, or integral to the service (a.k.a. saved on a server somewhere in the cloud and then streamed to us on demand.) Is there anything I'm wrong on, or anything else I should know? Weltlich fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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My Roku I bought over the summer can do Amazon, I'd assume a TV could too as long as Google didn't make it
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I have the TCL Series 6 upstairs and an LG C8 OLED downstairs and while the LG is undeniably the best looking TV I've ever seen the TCL is far and away the best bang for the buck. It is a really nice TV overall and a fairly incredible one for what it costs. And the built in Roku does support Prime, along with most other non-Apple stuff. Highly recommend it, unless you want to spring for the OLED. Anything in between I wouldn't bother with.
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Ixian posted:I have the TCL Series 6 upstairs and an LG C8 OLED downstairs and while the LG is undeniably the best looking TV I've ever seen the TCL is far and away the best bang for the buck. It is a really nice TV overall and a fairly incredible one for what it costs. Endymion FRS MK1 posted:My Roku I bought over the summer can do Amazon, I'd assume a TV could too as long as Google didn't make it Thanks! For the moment I'm steering away form Apple TV, so I'm not too worried about that. I've had a few people recommend the TCL to me. What's the diff. between the series 4 and 6? We're also new to the 4K world.
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I also literally have a TCL upstairs and a LG OLED downstairs, and agree that the TCL 6-Series is the best value you can get in terms of price/quality.Weltlich posted:What's the diff. between the series 4 and 6? We're also new to the 4K world. Rtings is your friend, but just get the 6 series. https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/tcl-s405-vs-tcl-r617/449/613
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After canceling DTVN they sent me a promo code to get 6 more months of my current package for the current $40 price if I reactivate my account. Of course their lovely website has no place to actually enter the code unless you pick one of the new packages and then it is an invalid code. Jesus Christ AT&T sucks.
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Weltlich posted:
Just canceled my DirecTV and sent the poo poo in about a month ago to move to exactly this. The TCL 4ks are slick and the built in Roku works surprisingly well on YTV, Amazon, Netflix, HBO, etc. Don't forget that if you still have AT&T Unlimited wireless they throw in the Watch ATT package and a free premium, which is an easy way to add HBO if you're already doing the unlimited thing.
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Weltlich posted:Thanks! For the moment I'm steering away form Apple TV, so I'm not too worried about that. I've had a few people recommend the TCL to me. The short answer is the difference in picture quality due to the 6 supporting local dimming and having more dimming zones is worth the price difference. There are other reasons (the 6 has better build quality overall and such) but that's the big one. Just get the 6. I used to have a Sony 900 series (I replaced that with the LG OLED) and frankly I think the 6 is better than it was, and that TV was over twice the cost. If you're willing to spend between $2-3k+ USD on a TV then you should really only be looking at the LG B8 or C8. Otherwise save the cash and get the TCL 6 series for well under $1k (I think the 55'' is around $600 now, which is insane). Edit: Worth noting again the built in Roku on the TCL is functionally a Roku Ultra and it works really well, it's one of the best "smart" TV integrations I have used. Sony has really wiffed how they handle Android TV and LG's WebOS while decent doesn't have as broad support for apps as the Roku does. And let's not even talk about the poo poo Samsung is doing on that front. Ixian fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Mar 22, 2019 |
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Thanks to everyone for the great advice. My wife and I were planning on heading out tomorrow to look at TV's but I'm pretty confident we can just order one at this point (The TCL series 6). On the cord cutting front: The past week Viacom has been plastering big "YOUR SATELLITE PROVIDER IS ABOUT TO LOSE ACCESS TO THIS CHANNEL" banners across shows running on their channels. Has this been happening on Philo as well, or is Comedy Central "safe" for the moment? The plan is to still get Youtube TV and Philo for our networks, then use our Prime and possible subscribe to Netflix for movies/series viewing. Am I missing anything that could save us more money?
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Weltlich posted:Thanks to everyone for the great advice. My wife and I were planning on heading out tomorrow to look at TV's but I'm pretty confident we can just order one at this point (The TCL series 6). Viacom is in a dispute with directv, it won’t affect Philo.
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It's done - we got the TV this morning (A TCL 55 r615), and once again thanks for the tips. We'd probably have gone with a Samsung otherwise just based on their glittery in-store displays. The Roku setup for ytTV, Philo, Prime, etc was easy as pie, so that was nice too. I was told by the sales person at the store that I could download a roku remote for my iPad as well, so I thought I'd poll the thread on that. 1) Does it work well? 2) Which of the ~30 Roku apps on itunes should I get? Thanks again guys, you saved us tons of heartache and strife by steering us straight.
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Weltlich posted:It's done - we got the TV this morning (A TCL 55 r615), and once again thanks for the tips. We'd probably have gone with a Samsung otherwise just based on their glittery in-store displays. It works ok, though you'll probably be happier with the regular remote it comes with. If you didn't buy it from Best Buy then it's also wifi direct instead of infrared (for whatever reason the Best Buy models have IR remotes, are also a little cheaper). Roku apps on...iTunes? Not sure what you mean. For the remote app you mean? Use the official Roku one.
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My mom is moving and doesn't want to pay for any kind of subscriptions. I suggested an antenna so she could have local channels and she liked that idea. Problem is when I went to TV Fool, the channel availability is Carly different than my house, despite being not that far away. This is the report: She'll be on the 2nd floor of a condo, should I just buy her an antenna and see what it gets?
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I can't see any scenario where you get to avoid it. You've got set it up to either see if that is enough or to have the evidence to promote a subscription of some kind.
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:My mom is moving and doesn't want to pay for any kind of subscriptions. I suggested an antenna so she could have local channels and she liked that idea. Problem is when I went to TV Fool, the channel availability is Carly different than my house, despite being not that far away. This is the report: Does she have internet or no? Roku TV + Antenna is the easiest setup I've found for the olds in my family
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TraderStav posted:Any good rumors of what Apples new service will bring to the field ? Nothing. They don't have any more leverage than any of the other major OTT providers. An argument could be made that they have less, because absolutely no one in the video industry wants to see them dominate like iTunes does for music. For what they are able to offer, I am sure it will look elegant and play really nicely with all their other Apple stuff. And also not data-mine you. Other than that, they are probably going to lean on their originals+exclusives just like everyone else (Netflix, Hulu, et all) does.
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TraderStav posted:Any good rumors of what Apples new service will bring to the field ? Prediction: nothing particularly exciting. As someone who own/owned a ton of iPhones, Apple TVs, Macs etc over the last 10+ years. I think they tried to work a deal with the broadcasters and just couldn’t get anything better than anyone else, hence the ATV4/4K underwhelming release. Just gotta get uses to accepting that all services are always gonna suck a bit/totally.
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Must only be a thing in Canada with Scrooge Mcduck Bell that you can still have tv and have a channel in SD but not HD. House sitting for someone now who has fibre, great internet, but only has standard def tv. Why are those channels even an option anymore?
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Weltlich posted:It's done - we got the TV this morning (A TCL 55 r615), and once again thanks for the tips. We'd probably have gone with a Samsung otherwise just based on their glittery in-store displays. The official Roku app also allows you to use headphones with your TV, I use that feature quite a bit
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I'm curious. I just downgraded to internet only with Comcast. I wonder what they charge in different areas for the same service. I am now paying $69.98/month for 150mbps down. Anyone?
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That's my price for 400mb down but it's around 500 now that they were laying a bunch of cable last month in neighborhood and city. I believe it was only 150 down a few years ago
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Croatoan posted:I'm curious. I just downgraded to internet only with Comcast. I wonder what they charge in different areas for the same service. I am now paying $69.98/month for 150mbps down. Anyone? I did this a couple of years ago, and I think it ended up being around $80 (after all the fees) a month for just 250mbps down. Also I went back to Comcast TV in November (I think) due to going over my data cap, and guess what? I realized I watch very few things that are not streaming, and also that I am still hitting the data cap. Here are my last 4 months with Comcast.  March is so bad that I had to final pay the $50 extra a month for unlimited due to it was going to be a whole lot more if I didn't (there is still a week left in March). Now my household size is 4.5 (my oldest is around on weekends), and I am making my teenagers pay the $50 extra a month. I am just venting cause I am over it. The only other choice I have is WOW, but I tried them for a month and it was nightmare (dropping all the time). I plan to cancel Comcast TV again in November, and just live with my teenagers paying the unlimited fee. The lesson from this is never ever go back to Comcast for TV. I had to learn the hard way.
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I'm so glad RCN has no cap. I pay $100 for gigabit down, and it routinely exceeds that when I check.
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Honestly it so weird going back to cable TV after just streaming for a few years. Within a month I knew I made a big mistake, because cable TV felt so archaic. I just don't watch TV that way anymore (outside of Sports). Also I have even realized I don't need a live streaming service like Direct, VUE, or Sling. There is just so much content out there without them.
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Paying an extra $50 for unlimited data on Comcast seems insane, and makes me worried about switching to all streaming services in my home. It would be cheaper to just get Satellite or Cable.
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Astro7x posted:Paying an extra $50 for unlimited data on Comcast seems insane, and makes me worried about switching to all streaming services in my home. It would be cheaper to just get Satellite or Cable. It depends on how big your household is. Most kids growing up now a days only stream their content (my kids have zero interest in cable, outside of using it to signin the HBO app). I currently have 3 AppleTVs, FireTV, 3 PS4s, XB1, 7 Alexa devices (I do play a lot of music on multiple devices at the same time), iPad, Mac-book, 2 Windows laptops, and 4 iPhones (and God knows what else I am forgetting) connected at most times. So my usage is extreme. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Mar 25, 2019 |
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I just use a lot of data each month for torrenting and stuff like that. I regularly approach 1TB with my whole family using DirecTV.
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Weltlich posted:It's done - we got the TV this morning (A TCL 55 r615), and once again thanks for the tips. We'd probably have gone with a Samsung otherwise just based on their glittery in-store displays. If you have an Xbox One X you are about to get even happier with it - TCL just released their new update (well, it's been rolling out for a few days). Roku OS 9 (same as the standalone) and finally fixed Dolby Vision support for the Xbox One (4k models, so S and X) and as a surprise added ALLM (auto low latency) support, so it'll automatically switch to the low latency "game mode" when playing games and switch back when done. Game Mode tends to not look great with videos/etc.
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Croatoan posted:I'm curious. I just downgraded to internet only with Comcast. I wonder what they charge in different areas for the same service. I am now paying $69.98/month for 150mbps down. Anyone? Same here, Comcast internet only. With tmobile for cell. Payment Amount: $84.69/mo PING ms 11 DOWNLOAD Mbps 294.97 Don't advocate paying for a service to watch commercials. (direcTV, etc) Firestick/kodi/bittorrent/vpn house here. Though going T-mobile hotspot may work. Always looking to pay the least. Thanks for that info Eschat0n... Eschat0n posted:I can write it out here. Fundamentally, it boils down to this:
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