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To: Dad was my hero
I dropped Dish two years ago. Some answers to your questions. You need a Roku for every tv. It might be built into a smart tv or an external device for a dumb tv. Whatever services you subscribe to will work on all your Rokus, only one subscription.

I started with YoutubeTV but the price soared so I switched to Sling. You need to change your mindset about DVRs. Sling has a DVR function, so did YoutubeTV. With streaming you have access to a large library of shows that you can watch on demand so the DVR is of far less value than before. When the only way material was available was a linear broadcast at a time not of your choosing then DVRs made sense. You still need a subscription to enable access to the on demand library. I found Sling was the best deal.

These days we spend 90% of viewing on plain Youtube. Get the Premium package to cut out all commercials. Our Sling usage barely justifies the price but it is still useful.

24 posted on 03/13/2021 7:21:53 AM PST by CA_soon_gone
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To: CA_soon_gone

I use fubo.tv.


25 posted on 03/13/2021 7:23:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: CA_soon_gone

I have no premium services at all.

Only Internet and a magicJack to keep my phone number I had for 30 years.

There is so much free content online. I learned how to do concrete how to repair my pool, my car, how to put a dormer on my roof, and more...


33 posted on 03/13/2021 7:27:23 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: CA_soon_gone

very helpful.
so for example, I recorded gold rush last night and today have watched it. fast forward through the commercials.

I know I can get it on demand from spectrum but the FF is disabled so I have to sit through the commercials.
Does what you described let me watch w/o commercials or FF through them?


44 posted on 03/13/2021 7:36:09 AM PST by Dad was my hero
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To: CA_soon_gone

Why would you need Roku for every TV? I subscribe to several services and I have one Roku TV and two TV’s that use Firestick. My subscriptions work on all of them.


84 posted on 03/13/2021 8:21:52 AM PST by Ektelon
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To: CA_soon_gone

Not sure how they get away with this

https://watchnewslive.tv

some channels can’t be accessed - they want you to download their VPN or be using a VPN for some of the channels.

The delay from the actual TV is about 3 minutes - i didn’t look at all the channels.


113 posted on 03/13/2021 12:06:00 PM PST by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.)
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