Posted on 09/21/2016 2:20:12 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat
Good info. I’ve been planning to cut the cord. Because Fox is so biased now I find myself rarely tuning into cable TV anymore, instead I flip on roku and watch Netflix, Amazon or YouTube clips (RSBN Trump replays). The only true appt programming I watch now are the Patriots once a week.
Find a system that carries One America News OAN IS WHAT Faux News says it is. Clinton New Network can wallow in its own muck.
Or the wife?
1. Get a Roku;
2. Subscribe to Netflix, HBO, etc., if you desire;
3. If you’re an Amazon Prime member, tons of movies are offered for free;
4. Get the Plex channel on your Roku (free);
5. Get the “Let Me Watch This” and “SS-Plex” channels for Plex (free).
6. Get the PlayOn channel on your Roku (free);
7. Get the “OneChannel” plugin for PlayOn (free).
Some of these are “private” channels and as such, don’t show up in on the Roku when you search for streaming channels. Do a Google search and you’ll find them, though. Install is just entering a code into your Roku account, or clicking a button if you’re logged into your account.
You can find nearly any movie or TV show you’ve heard of or can remember via this combination of channels and set up.
There is very little in the way of “live” MSM streaming, but you CAN get OAN (One America News) which is what Fox claims to be.
Live sports, I wouldn’t know.
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You can obtain streaming subscriptions from most major sports for about $75 a year. That sound like a lot until you realize it is for for every game by every team or almost so. They also offer rebroadcast of the games so you can watch the games anytime you have free. In the case of Baseball I can chose either Radio or TV broad cast and either home or away.
I only do it for baseball but other sports are similar. I am not sure you’d save that much money over a cable subscription if you do it for several sports but you won’t be supporting CNN
Another excellent streaming service is MHZ, which I recently discovered. It shows European TV shows with English subtitles. There’s a heavy emphasis on crime dramas but lots more as well. My wife and I are currently watching a French show called Un Village Francais (A French Village) depicting life under German occupation during WWII. Terrific stuff. We stream it through my Ipad or Iphone. 8 bucks a month, first month free.
I’m going to look into this......thanks.
Sorry, if I took this sentence wrongly. ;)
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It’s misspelled. Needs two m’s
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Stopped watching TV in 2008.
I really didn’t want to have to watch BHO destroy my country.
Don’t miss it.
There’s always FR.
Any comments about how to get the best and cheapest internet access after telling your cable company that you want to drop their TV service?
I would advise against a smart TV. Some of them have O.K. interfaces but some of them are terrible. Most people own their TVs for 5-10 years. In 5 years (and definitively 10) the streaming box options will be much better than they are now. The AppleTV is a great set top box you can pick up for $150-$200. First gen boxes go for $50. Roku comes out with a new device every year or two and they are great also. The user interfaces on both the AppleTV and the Roku are awesome and very intuitive. Plus they are continually supported and they manufacturers are always pushing out updates.
I have heard of new boxes that will have HD antennas integrated into them and DVR capabilities. I personally can wait for these.
It doesn’t make sense to me to spend a couple thousand dollars on a smart TV and then be stuck with the integrated “smart” capabilities for the life of the TV when we are just in the infancy of this new era.
You are better off to buy a nice TV and then add on a $100 Roku or $200 Apple TV. In 2 or 3 years when a device comes out that is light years better, you can buy it and move the Roku to another TV.
I found a site called cricfree.tv that streams just about every sporting event on the planet. Not a digital pic but who cares? It takes some playing with to get used to, and be sure you have your Ad Blocker on, but it works fairly well.
Great. Thank you for this useful information.
Being able to stick it to CNN is a worthwhile goal too!
The heart of my emergency setup is a flat-panel 8" x 8" RCA HD antenna that I hang inside a window from my curtain rod. I get about 30 channels. Best part is that no one knows what I'm watching or when....did I mention that it's free?
Same here: I cut the cord over a year ago, and have not looked back. I’ve never missed it at all. I don’t have a smart tv, but I bought a ROKU, which pretty much just turns the TV into a smart TV. I have Netflix and Amazon Prime, a nice indoor antenna, and a multitude of free channels that I get through the ROKU. My Cox internet does cost me $70/mo. I could never justify having cable/satellite again.
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$25 a month is what I pay for Sling TV. I use a ROKU3 box to view the app.
I get all the channels and several more then I had with Time Warner cable where I paid $141.88!! and get a better picture as they are not compressed.
With ROKU there are many other channels with all kinds of shows.
There are many free over the air channels too. See TV Guide at http://www.tvguide.com/listings for what is on in your area.
ROKU3 is $49.95
https://www.roku.com
Sling <- just an app you download to ROKU.
https://www.roku.com/sling
Doesn’t matter; it comes back with zero channels.
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