Posted on 12/27/2019 2:20:09 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
I live out in the country. My TV options suck. No cable and only Dish Network or DirecTV (AT&T). And my internet options sucked even bigger. Satellite service with maybe 25 mbps. Monthly costs were about $130.00. Each. Over $260.00 a month for low rate TV and internet.
But finally! My electric company finally got Fiber internet service available. Unlimited data with plans from 25 - 50 - 75 - 150 - 300 - even more mbps. So now I'm satellite free and ecstatic. I picked the 150 mbps plan at $80.00 per month.
But now, what about TV? There's no cable, but even I as a neophyte know that streaming is the only way to go. Even if cable was available - who needs it?
I knew that Sling TV was an option; but what else? I started my homework and did my research and found there are several good internet streaming options out there. But the best?
Google YouTube TV.
$49.00 per month. Including local channels, tons of sports channels, and most cable channels like TLC, HGTV, and etc.
Just Wow! I hope our moderators view this more as a review. I'm not shilling for Google, I'm just pointing out the positives.
AT&T owns Direct TV and Time-Warner.
More Great Satans.
Comcast owns NBC and Disney owns ABC. CBS has its own streaming service, CBS All-Access.
I have xfinity/Comcast CATV in my condo, so it streams wirelessly from the set-top box connection; no data plan.
I just discovered Rakuten’s VIKI app/platform. Asian dramas, for free if you can stand the commercials.
I’m considering dumping Hulu for YouTube TV. Not sure if it’s worth the changeover.
Thats the one I have on Roku. They also have an arrangement to carry KOCOWA, which is a Korean broadcaster consortium.
Also available as a separate Roku app.
YouTube TV has a free trial.
Try it and see.
The fact that this is all month to month with NO CONTRACTS is perhaps the best reason to cut the cable or satellite.
If some channels are missing in your lineup, pair it with Philo.
We use fubo tv.
I get DirecTV satellite as part of my rent fee.
YTTV has several different views. One is a cable type list by channel but there are two more that more Streaming like.
Not me, rural customers have no other choice, and the more competition the better.
ATT tv is the old direct tv streaming service. And no it’s not better. Not by a long shot.
Nothing is free, it’s added to your rent. You just can’t get a credit for it if you don’t use it.
www.vaughnlive.tv.....go to miscellaneous section for movies tv shows etc... they have seperate news section...I used it for years when I dropped cable and just had internet connection....
I don’t have any paid subscription services.
A driver’s license can get you a digital library card (and no credit card info) which can get you multiple movies a month via Hoopla Digital and Kanopy. The number of movies you get is determined by the library in your city or county. The movies you check out can be viewed an unlimited number of times for like 3 days. These programs both reload on the first of each month so if you get 4 movies from Kanopy and check them out Dec 30 you will still be able to check out another 4 movies on Jan 1st.
Tubi.tv is free and has commercials now and then (for 15-30 seconds). You don’t even have to log in to watch tubti.tv
I started to check out some other systems but I haven’t found others I like as much yet. Some do offer current tv programs.
Vudu is from one of the big studios. You have to register and log in to watch it. I don’t think I have enough data bandwidth to watch it stream well. You can watch some programming free with ads or pay per view other things. I think it complained about the tv I had connected to my computer as well. Was not happy with this service. Also seeing their ads as I travel to other websites now so they use cookies. Very invasive and snoopy for a damn movie channel. Didn’t like my monitor device? Really? Downgraded my video stream from HD because it wasn’t authorized equipment.
What do you like about FUBO. I notice they don’t have the MLB network.
YouTube TV is pretty nice. I have it for my basement TV. I still have DTV in my family room, but when my contract runs out I may drop it and go straight up with YTTV.
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