Posted on 12/04/2016 5:02:45 PM PST by Hojczyk
AT&T Inc. will unveil its long-promised over-the-top video service Monday as the company attempts to get a foothold in the future of how Americans watch television.
The service, called DirecTV Now, will launch later this month and be priced starting at $35 a month for more than 100 live streaming television channels. Consumers, analysts and investors will be looking for specifics around possible pricing tiers, channel lineups and bundling options.
“The question remains the quality of the product and user experience,” said UBS analyst John Hodulik, who estimates the service will have three million users by the end of 2020, a 20% market share for such services.
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Al la carte is where the market needs to go.
Like you, let me pick my line up and pay for what I want.
I don’t need 100 channels.
Looked into this over the weekend.
Pro: You can “lock in the $60 (Go Big) package for $35/month indefinitely and if you pre-pay for 3 months ($105 + tax) you are gifted the 32 GB Apple TV unit.
You can stream on 2 devices with 1 account
If you have AT&T as your cell phone provider, streamed tv over this service does NOT count towards your data cap.
There is NO contract
You can add HBO, Cinemax or other premium channels for $5/month
You have a 72 hour rewind capability
Con: This is LIVE TV in your zip code
Pausing does NOT work at this time. You are alive or you are not watching TV
You cannot record shows at this time (future software update)
If you have standalone channel apps, at present the only way to see these channels is through the DirectTV Now app
IMHO. Great deal. We are dropping our $98/month Dishnetwork bill and getting pretty much everything (except the DVR capabilities) for $35/month. I am confident that the DVR capabilities will come in future updates. As is, this is by far the best live streaming system out there. Add Hulu and you have no real need for DVR capabilities. Except for Big Bang Theory. And is that worth $60/month extra?
I would suggest adding Hulu to this package for a near perfect online solution.
go on line type on search enjoin Roku channels....there areeacret channels that you can only get if some olne tells you about them.
go to https://www.roku.com/whats-on it lists pay stuff and lots of free stuff
Netflix and Amazon can be streamed over roku and cost monthly . Those such as showtime and other such don’t appeal to me. There are tons of free channels many of which are worthless
to save buying roku....... buy a new TV with streaming ability built in.Vizio at walmart is cheap : )
buy a roku and play with it. I guarantee you can sell on ebay if you keep the packaging and manuals.
Still pushing yesterday’s business model: ad-supported linear “channels” that broadcast on their schedules and convenience, not yours. Sorry, not going to fly in the 21st century. At best they’ll cannibalize some of their existing Dish customers who just want a better deal than their current overpriced subscriptions.
Some other FRiend may know better than I. Sorry. :(
Some other FRiend may know better than I. Sorry. :(
We have Roku and Netflix. Never going back.
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But, but, but how do you watch Gold Rush?
(And no begging off by telling us you don’t watch Gold Rush. Everyone watches Gold Rush.)
I’ve been cable free for over 10 years. The absolute only thing I miss is Turner Classic Movies. Anyone know of a substitute or a way to get TCM without cable?
I have Roku 3, and I subscribe to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. I pay only $20/month (I don't count my Prime subscription because that's annually) and get all the entertainment I need. The rest of my channels I can get for free.
What is that?
I stopped watching TV four years ago. I don’t even own a TV, now. I’ve seen one movie in the last year because I thought it was important for my 19-year-old daughter to see ‘13 Hours’.
I hear a lot of people complain about liberal Hollywood, but they never put their money where their mouth is. If you think your giving less to Hollywood because you’re a cord-cutter, you’re wrong.
Honestly, between books, the radio, podcasts, YouTube, and the internet in general, there is more than enough to do without paying for liberal ideas to be pumped into your head. Most of us don’t realize how desensitized we become when we watch TV. I didn’t realize until about a year ago when I was at a friends house and someone was watching NCIS, a show I used to like. I literally couldn’t handle what was being presented in the show.
If you’re going to cut the cord, do it right. It’s just a drug. It’s just an addiction. There is help. Log in to FreeRepublic, and break the chains that bind your mind.
We pay $4.95 for OANN on Roku.
I think I may have seen it. I miss Mountain Men, tho.
Never heard of it.
Roku is hardware that brings programming in via Ethernet or wifi (it is not a streaming content provider).
Sling, Hulu, Amazon, et al are streaming content providers.
A Roku plugs into an hdmi port to receive the streaming data. Or an Ethernet can plug directly into a Roku TV.
Prices of streaming services don’t come from a Roku, they can be found by looking at a website for Sling, Hulu, etc.
Between Amazon ($9), NetFlix ($9), and Sling (I chose the $25 package) I get everything my family wants... for $150 less than cable.
I like.
Yeppers....it's the same old crap....liberals keep their jobs making very bad tv shows that NOBODY ever watches...and we pay for it all.........
Is DirecTV Now Really Worth It?
http://gizmodo.com/is-directv-now-really-worth-it-1789463120
I could do without TV but the wife watches it
Netflix is ten dollars a month.
I’d much prefer they get their crooked ripoff billing computer fixed - first. A more corrupt outfit is hard to find (outside of the DNC or Clinton “foundation” or SorozNazi)
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