Posted on 02/26/2023 8:02:10 AM PST by V_TWIN
Cut the cord and kicked directv to the curb last year and did my research for a streaming service.
After comparing plans, prices and content I settled on fubotv.
While I was happy for a while fubo just forced a regional sports network (RSN) package on my plan that I can't opt out of and used it as an excuse to jack up my monthly fee by $30......that's the end of fubotv as soon as the next billing cycle is up.
I'm leaning towards youtube tv.....anyone have thoughts or suggestions?
Id like to see the answers too as I looked into it but it seemed we’d pay either c.ose to what we were with cable, getting the channels we want, and lose functions like recording tons of shows, seeing the number of who’s calling on the TV, scheduling recordings etc. Seemed we wouldn’t. E saving much if any, and it would be more confusing going through several apps to find shows we like rather than just one menu of shows like cable has.
The streaming series that are good seem to only have about 8 episodes per season...and then its uncertain you will even get to see the story continue in the next season.
One of the reasons why I’m leaning towards youtubetv.....it offers unlimited cloud dvr recording space.
If your wife likes watching Home Improvement shows ROKU is the one for you. Nothing is live any more and it pretty much all sucks.
I cut the cord 4 years ago and have loved streaming since then.
I know several that have Youtube TV and love it.
I haven’t done that yet.
One good thing is to share services.
A friend shares their Amazon Prime with me - and I share my Hulu (2 screens allowed, no commercials) with them. ($11.99)
I also have Paramount + w/ the Showtime bundle for $11.99 a month (5 screens allowed (meaning 5 people can be using the app at the same time), no commercials, cost a little more but worth it to me).
I found myself watching free YouTube alot more than any of these, so did finally get YouTube Premium ($12?) to go ad-free.
Lots of freebie stuff out there:
Roku
rumble
Freevee
Tubi
etc.
I think you can get basic ABC/NBC stuff for free. I know I watched a football game on ABC this winter.
A friend shares their cable account info with me so I can get channels using their cable TV provider like Bravo, History, etc. It doesn’t cost them anything to share it, which is nice.
So paying about $30 a month is great compared to the $150-$300 I used to pay a month with cable or satellite!
Get a seven day free trial of all of them and try them out. Then make yourself a new email address and repeat. Keep doing that over and over.
We use Philo. Have also used youtoobtb....
Philo is great for basic TV. Honestly though, my family watches very little. We cut the cord years ago, and most TV shows these days suck.
Wow thanks......looks like I’d be on my own for local programming?
Sir you are an evil genius.....That’s brilliant!
Been using YouTube TV for 3 months, and all is alright so far.
Price is initially 60 for 1st year and 65-70 after that.
I get all the channels I used to get that mattered from Spectrum, without all the useless and frivolous stuff.
My only worry is that, it’s a Google service, and I only use Google as little as possible. But, the TV service has been quite good, so far.
I also gave up on the Spectrum cable/internet service, and went with Frontier.
Spectrum had doubled in price after 2 years of service, which is a lot more than what the inflation rate has been. No more cable TV service for me and I’m saving close to $100 just using Frontier and YouTube TV.
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YouTube TV is the best bang for the buck. It’s got the local network stations, good sports channels and most of the primary “cable” channels. I’ve been using it for over a year and I’m very happy with it.
I've often wondered about that, but have never tried it in cases where a service allows more than one login, or screen. Have you run across any restrictions as to location? Can people in different cities, or even different states, login into the same account?
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Youtube TV is the best overall but you pay for it.
Over the air programming (ie lical) is picked up by your tv
I bought a $250 tv at walmart that has ROKU installed and came with a ROKU hand held selector. Once you start up ROKU you can choose many other free Movie and TV program providers. We have not paid one cent for over eight years.
I just switched to YoutubeTV and really like it. Part of the reason I chose it is because it offers local channels which I don’t watch often but it’s nice to have in case of some big local story. Also a good selection of sports and news channels and movies.
It also has unlimited storage for playback.
And the price is the lowest of streamers that have local channels.
You can try it for free for two weeks.
I don’t watch much TV, but all in all a pretty good deal.
Very happy to be done with cable companies.
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