Cutting the Cable

Hated them yesterday (and they still need to give us the opportunity to choose our multiview games) but having baseball and football option tonight is fantastic. Thats exactly what I wanted

 

Chromecast does similar on the home page. Will also recommend some live TV that’s airing on YTTV or other apps.

 

Yeah.

Tip: scroll far left for the source sorting to hide/show and reorder... ESPN, FOX and YTTV at the top of mine. Turn off "Watch Next" because that isn't helpful for sports.

 

EPL and Peacock people.

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Dang, my Roku must be too old for this feature

 

Great news for fans of 5.1 surround sound audio. This week, just in time for the start of the NBA season, YouTube TV added 5.1 surround sound audio to ESPN networks. This was a great surprise to many NHL fans last night who suddenly found ESPN’s coverage in 5.1 surround sound audio.

To make this work, you must have a 5.1 surround sound system and a streaming player that supports it. 5.1 surround sound is included with the base YouTube TV package.

 

We didn’t ask for this we just want Bally sports back

 

I just want to be able to pick the channels I want in my megacast or whatever they call it

 

Anyone having issues with the multiview tonight? Same thing that was happening last Sunday during NFL.
Better now but I’m thinking it’ll come and go throughout the night

 

tempting to see if I can exist with just the ESPN standalone and torrance life. Bundling it at a discount with Disney/Hulu would be nice too.

particularly that both georgia and wake forest rights will be entirely owned by ESPN.

 

didn't Disney just purchase Hulu? they'll probably just slap ESPN on Hulu and call it a day

 

both brands are too valuable to subsume one another.

 

They will likely offer a bundle, but ESPN will be available on its own

 

man, as a parent - that seems like nonsense.

 

housing local rights within the ESPN app (or even Peacock, Paramount, etc) would be ideal compared to the current fractured landscape.

 

So basically cable is coming back

Not that I expected a different outcome

 

It's already back. They had lower prices for a bit to get a market share

 

Don't think I've ever put it all out in one place before.

Monthly expense estimates
Netflix -$15
Hulu - $15
HBO - $15
Disney Plus - $10
Amazon - $10
WatchESPN - $10
Youtube tv - $75
Fiber internet - $60

$210 month

$210 a month * 12 months = $2,520 annual expense on tv, internet and streaming

XM/sirus, spotify, apple music and nuggs users feel free to add to that

 

you can fairly easily get Hulu, hbo, Disney and ESPN for free to lower that

 

I get Hulu, Disney, and ESPN+ for $20/month and have a $7 monthly Amex credit.

 

Nice try Verizon, no thanks

 

Anyone know the beef with LG TVs not getting the ESPN app? It's quite annoying.

 

Would assume it's never been on webOS or whatever LG calls their system but that's a guess.

Not aware of any disputes.

 

How did you get this deal?

 

I think it's through Verizon. With the credit I was under $10/month for the bundle until the recent price hike.

 

Anyone’s YouTubeTV ever suddenly go to shit?

I have fiber, never had a problem but for the last 3 days YT tv does not want to work on any of our tvs. Its like low def 2003 quality

all our other apps no issues

yes I’ve tried all the normal stuff

 

Every now and then my feed will go to shitty standard def quality as well, I usually just change it from “auto” to 1080p or whatever the highest hd level available is

 

Fubo changed their whole look and it has ruined college football Saturday

 

Never that widespread or long lasting. I’ve had the occasional issue like that, but it usually fixes itself quickly, or there’s a known issue (like with red zone and Sunday ticket a couple of weekends ago).

Whatever the issue ends up being, they better give you a credit or something

 

Literally never.

Sometimes it takes a few seconds to buffer from 480 or similar to 4k on mobile but never any issues on wired tvs at home.

 

What’s everyone’s thought about YouTube, is it worth the 72 a month?

 

Maybe we can just bundle all of the streaming services together and sell them all to consumers at one price and give it a catchall, generic name?

 

Entertainment Plus+

 

K-bull

 

having to reset it every 48 hrs seems dumb

 

looks like it cuts it in half. mine is down to 13 seconds. it's usually around 27-30.

 

Hula (beta) is within the Disney+ app now