Cutting the Cable

If you subscribe to real-debrid you'll get a shit ton more links and higher quality streams in the Kodi add-ons that support it, which most of the ones for streaming TV shows do. Terrarium TV also supports real-debrid. 16 Euros for 6 months, which comes out to $18.90.

 

a month or so in and youtubetv is awesome. friendly interface and always great quality

 

Not sure about paid apps for movies, but smoothstreams is good for sports. About $13/month.

 

I just left sling because i can watch everything i actually care about with the apps and my hd antenna. Sling was a mess, sell me on youtubetv

 

unlimited dvr and every major channel you actually need

plus a free chromecast

 

I'm fairly excited about youtube tv. 'Snot available in my hood yet, though. Certainly not excited about the free chromecast though. I've got the Chromecast Ultra that's been used only a few times...had trouble with it not connecting, etc...so it's been collecting dust.

 

sounds like a you problem. i have a first generation chromecast that i still use. the newer gen one is noticeably better tho

 

I'll dust it off and give it another try sometime. Wouldn't be the only 'me' problem.

 

yeah you may have just gotten a crappy one. never really had an issue personally with either of mine

 

Never had an issue with my Chromecast either and I have shit internet, I just didn't like it.

 

I just looked at YouTube TVs channel listing and I was about to switch from Directv Now until I saw one channel missing. I watch the shit out of the science channel when I’m not watching sports. Fuck, fuck, fuck. I would pay just to add that one damn channel on it’s own and switch. I may do a trial on the service and see how it stacks up.

 

I watch a lot of the science channel as well. Have PS Vue.

 

Yeah, I just did a free trial on youtube tv. It looks like it has basically everything I wanted save for science channel. I am going to go snag a chromecast at the store to give it the full look.

 

Does YouTube still not work on any streaming devices that aren't Chromecasts or Android TV?

 

I just looked and my Directv Now will renew on the 15th so I can take this week and see the differences and still cancel either. Not too bad.

 

I looked into it but until they come to Roku or Apple TV Im not going to pull the trigger

 

Likewise. I would say Fire TV as well but since Google is pulling YouTube off of the Fire TV that sure as shit isn't happening.

 

maybe it is just me but my phone streams much better than my firetv/fire stick so i don't mind no app and just using my phone/ipad as the remote

 

XBox has the app too

 

You can just cast YouTube tv from your iPhone to appletv via airplay. It’s really simple.

 

That’s one too many steps for me

 

Just got home with a chromecast ultra. Going to get it set up and see what youtube tv looks like on my tv

 

Lost is leaving Netflix on January 4, and it's not currently set to pop up on Hulu afterward. I haven't watched it yet, all 121 episodes. DOn't think I can manage to get all 121 watched in the next 28 days (including today). That's an average of 4.3 a day...

 

That's what weekends are for.

 

weekends are for eating paste in the shawn hunter household

 

Or paint chips, but I wouldn't watch Lost any other way.

 

I work in college athletics, weekends aren't a thing.

 

You can do it, I believe in you.

 

you arent missing anything

 

Thanks. And next weekend I'll be working most of the day both days because we are hosting a tournament. I get a nice break for Christmas after that though. I'll pretty much have to forsake watching any sports on TV or keeping up with my TV shows to get the job done. I'll make an exception for the GOAT current show Mr. Robot though.

 

Diving in on Lost. Challenge accepted, Netflix.

 

So starting 1/1 the YouTube app won’t be available on the fire stick. What are my options?

 

https://support.google.com/youtubet..._devices&rd=1&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop&oco=2

 

Anyone else have the issue of internet getting more expensive if you cut cable? Comcast got me down to $75/month for just above basic cable and high speed internet. If I go to only internet it jumps $10/month making cord cutting impossible unless I want a higher bill.

 

That's only YouTube TV.

 

thats where they get you

 

nvm

 

Disney's purchase of Fox will make it more expensive to dump cable TV

The Walt Disney Co. sees the future of media consumption, and it's … messy.

The Hollywood giant's $52.4-billion purchase of key programming assets from 20th Century Fox, a not-quite-as-giant Hollywood studio, will help Disney turn its forthcoming streaming TV and movie service into a must-have for cable cord-cutters. In fact, depending on what Disney decides to make available only on the internet, its streaming service may be appealing to even those who plunk down $150 a month for pay TV.

The point is to compete with Netflix and Amazon, two top video streaming services. Unlike pay TV — for example, AT&T's DirecTV and Charter Communications' Spectrum — streaming services don't offer bundles of programming. They compete to a large degree on exclusives, including original programming (Amazon's "Transparent," for example, and Netflix's "Stranger Things") and studio partnerships.

Just how many services will cord cutters be willing to buy? How many monthly fees can they afford?

As more streaming services enter the market, though, original and exclusive programming is fragmenting even further. (Don't forget Hulu, a streaming service Disney would control under the Fox deal, which held the rights to "The Handmaid's Tale.") Just how many services will cord cutters (or "cord nevers," consumers who never signed up for cable or satellite TV in the first place) be willing to buy? How many monthly fees can they afford?

Disney's new TV and movie streaming service, which is slated for 2019, represents the next big step in that fragmentation. Today, much of Disney's movies and TV shows are available on Netflix, but that deal expires next year. (Fox's TV shows have already started to vanish from Netflix as contracts expire.) After that, Disney could make movies from its stable of studios — including Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and, if the Fox deal survives antitrust scrutiny, 20th Century Fox — available for streaming just through its own service. Ditto for its bulked-up library of television shows, from Fox's "The Simpsons" and "MASH*" to Disney's "Phineas and Ferb." (Disney plans a separate streaming service built around ESPN and other sports channels, which now presumably will include Fox's 22 regional sports networks.)

Of course, doing so would also be a blow to Hulu. But it would certainly help get the new Disney service off and running.

Ultimately, the question for consumers will be how much video is enough. None of the streaming services has tried to replicate the huge bundles sold by pay TV, at least not yet. Instead, they've aimed at viewers who are happy spending less money on fewer channels.

Consumers often sign up for multiple streaming services today, assembling the personalized bundles that pay-TV providers don't offer (largely because the networks that supply the channels won't let them). Maybe the new Disney service will simply persuade cord cutters and other viewers to open their wallets wider and add another service to the mix.

That's one of the main reasons Disney is spending a fortune on Fox's programming assets — to make sure its new streaming service will be compelling enough to make the cut. In doing so, however, it's forcing more consumers to answer a tough question that pay-TV services and their giant bundles of channels don't pose: What shows in the increasingly fragmented TV universe can they live without?

 

Wasn't sure where to post this, but I am getting overly triggered by the latest Plex update fucking up remote access. I need them to get this shit fixed soon, because I was really counting on being able to catch up on some TV shows on my slowest work day of the year.

 

So after trying everything, I've settled on PS Vue. It has basically all the channels I watched and all my local channels here. So far I'm satisfied with it. My kids will be here starting Saturday so they will get to play around with it and see how they like it.

 

I've been happy w psvue. Not thrilled they upped their prices awhile back though.

 

Only real complaint about Vue is the DVR functionality. Navigation blows when I am watching a DVR show.

Otherwise, I have a FireTV and two sticks. The Alexa stuff is nice. I can just say, "Put on x", and it finds it 95% of the time.

 

My one complaint with PS VUE is that it keeps logging me out, especially on the Roku. So I constantly have to go and reactivate the device.

 

I have VUE. Just got my mom a TV with ROKU. Do any of the subscription services, Youtube TV/Hulu/Sling/Direct TV NOW, allow you to share a cable subscription between two people living in different homes?

 

I was able to watch NBC sports today at work on my iPad. It tells me I am not at home and says some channels maybe unavailable. I'd be interested to know how they determine this.

Edit: I have Vue and before Shawn jumps in, I know it's by IP, just content offered/restricted against an IP.

 

I have vue and can watch it on my phone as well (with limited offerings). I am talking about sharing like you would with a netflix account. Two people having full access at the same time in different locales. I have been told that Sling allows this but not really sure

 

I know Hulu allows it and you can create different profiles like on Netflix

 

youtubetv allows 5 logins

 

bro just as he said, this is right off their site.

Can I share my membership?
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Yes, your YouTube TV membership comes with 6 accounts to share with roommates or family members in your household. (Ages 13 and up.) Everyone gets their own login and personal DVR library. Up to 3 simultaneous streams are allowed per membership.

 

Ya, not looking to share it with someone in my house. That's the key distinction