Cutting the Cable

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  1. ohbluefan

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    Yeah, I’ve got to put them on parental block because of the kids but when everyone is gone I like to check them out, brings back memories of my teenage years.

    Your typical prom names gang bang, teens, Ebony....
     
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  2. ohbluefan

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    I think there’s a few back stage cameras at big strip clubs in Atlanta and Miami or some shit on there too.
     
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  3. MA

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  4. ohbluefan

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    AT&T Now was costing me close to $90 a month....fuck that.
     
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    Yikes! Desperation is a stinky fragrance
     
  6. MA

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    I think it's more that they've improved the service and want people to give it another look, but I can see you're just on one today.
     
  7. WillySaliba

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    Currently living off antenna only with various apps and streams for sports. Not sure when I’d go back to a monthly format.
     
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  9. Truman

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    I dont remember when they came out w their boxes, but I bought one. I was pretty pumped to put hook it up to my parents cable and be able to watch Stl sports in Chicago.

    It worked like shit. Internet speeds werent fast enough. Forced me to buy mlb and nhl tv. Cool idea but before the infrastructure was there for it.
     
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  10. Houndster

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    This is the streaming service not the Slingbox
     
  11. Truman

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    I’m aware. It just made me think of the device.
     
  12. chopcity

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    DId i miss the costs on that cord cutting article. I'm happy with the HuluLive but they just increased my monthly nut from $45 to $55.
     
  13. racer

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    Been having YTTV Roku issues with sports just going to a frozen black screen and having to use the roku home button to get out and restart the app.
     
  14. infected donkey

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    If I could pick my package of only food network, cooking channel, sec network, espn/sports channels I’d be set! I can get abc, nbc, cbs on hd antennae.
     
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  16. racer

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    Happened multiple times. ESPN basketball, some recording, some not. Usually resolves after 2-3 tries. Fox for the GB/Seattle game and has not worked probably 10 tries. Recording all NFL. Other channels have no issues.
     
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    That's definitely way more than I ever experienced or heard of. They have a Twitter account you can @ if you want to see if they have a resolution.
     
  18. Doug

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    Not really a cutting the cable question, but my parents are looking to switch TV providers - and looking at Dish? I haven't shopped around in years, but are they still regarded as being kind of shitty? Relatively speaking of course, because they all kind of suck.
     
  19. racer

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    Cross-posted in Apple thread.
    Any reviews on Apple TV+ yet?
     
  20. MA

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  21. Shawn Hunter

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    My parents have Dish and have nary a complaint, even the few times they’ve had to contact customer service
     
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  22. bro

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    YouTube tv is now on PS4
     
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  23. MA

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    Bump.
     
  24. MA

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    After I said they wouldn't do anything with regard to content, features, or user experience to win over Vue subscribers (and nothing you posted refutes that), you quoted a tweet about this spurring YTTV to get the NFL Network.

    And now your "gotcha" to my bump is that they made the New England Cable News Network available in more markets? You're out of your depth, again.
     
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    All the links I posted must not be showing up for you because I posted several with the first one literally being about YTTV being available on PS4 now that Vue isn't there. If that doesn't qualify for your first point then I don't know what to tell you.

    Also, I'm not trying to "gotcha" on anything. Just posting supporting articles. You're a weird guy with weird grudges.

    Also, in reference to one other thing you mentioned, some tea leaves for you.....

    https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/is-the-nfl-network-coming-to-youtube-tv-you-asked-we-answer/
     
  26. NothingIsOT

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    MA which service do you advocate for?
     
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    Sling :loldog:
     
  28. MA

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    There are 30 million PlayStations in the US. The idea that YTTV paid money to get on that console to get a fraction of a 500k subscriber base and not to have access to 30 million more devices is incredibly ignorant.

    The fact is the most YTTV was willing to do to get that subscriber base was offer a two week free trial instead of a one week trial, and pay Sony some money to promote YTTV as a replacement service. YTTV didn't even have enough interest to buy the Vue subscriber base when Sony tried to sell it.

    All of this matches up with what I said about none of these services caring enough about getting Vue subscribers to change their content, features, or user experience in order to get them.

    I advocate for whatever's a good fit for your needs. Currently, my two closest friends have YTTV and Hulu Live.
     
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    Except for the previous two independent examples you just admitted yourself in the first two paragraphs of the post I'm quoting. It's like you're trying to have an argument with yourself. Somehow you're still losing.
     
  30. MA

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    The two things I mentioned YTTV doing to get Vue subscribers were an offer and an ad. Neither of those things is a change or improvement to the service, which is what the original discussion was about.
     
  31. WillySaliba

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  32. racer

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  33. 1

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    Yeah, you right. I'm sure many former Vue customers now suddenly able to access YTTV on their platform of choice isn't seen as a change or improvement.
     
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  34. MA

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    They didn't pay Sony for access to 30,000,000 devices because they were trying to get whatever fraction of Vue's 500,000 subscribers were using PlayStation. Especially not when Vue subscribers had already overwhelmingly said they were going to YTTV:
    "11/15/19
    Yesterday Cord Cutters News asked our readers who have PlayStation Vue what service they plan to switch to after PlayStation Vue shuts down... YouTube TV had more than triple the votes of the next service on the list, Hulu."

    I don't know why you struggle so much with the difference between a service trying to get more subscribers and a service trying to get Vue subscribers. But it's obvious given the size of the PlayStation platform (plus everything else we know about YTTV and others limited outreach to Vue subs) versus the size of Vue's subscriber base that this deal was about the former and not the latter.
     
  35. Truman

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    It cracks me up every time I read this thread people are arguing over streaming services and seem to be supporters of YTTV or HULU or VUE as if they're college football teams or something lol
     
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    Wrong again. They absolutely paid Sony to endorse their service directly to Vue customers.

     
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    People are supporters of all sorts of things in this world. See Apple vs Android, Ford vs Chevy, Coke vs Pepsi, etc...
     
  38. bro

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    big fan of the new youtube TV app on PS4. Works way better and smoother than the Roku one.

    Not sure what I am gonna do without NFL redzone though :bang:
     
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  39. Baron

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    I use YTTV. Anyone wanna fight me about it???
     
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  40. War Grundle

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    I loved PS Vue and was disappointed they were going away. We switched to Youtube TV this week and seems pretty much the same. Wasnt hard to figure out and the cost was about the same.
     
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  41. MA

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    I can see you're still having trouble with this, so I made this matrix. I hope you find it helpful.
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  42. 1

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    Lol your matrix is ridiculous and dumb and wrong and wtf is wrong with you?!?
     
  43. MA

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    Admittedly I simplified it so it'd be easier for you to understand, but it's accurate enough for this discussion.
     
  44. laxjoe

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    surely you both realize how fucking stupid you both look and sound arguing on and on about this, right?
     
  45. laxjoe

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    and they just announced they reached a deal with Fox so it's back to normal
     
  46. MA

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    I'm right and also don't care how I look and sound arguing on and on like I have been the last decade on here.
     
  47. southlick

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    I'm enjoying it
     
  48. 1

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    Literally couldn't care less how you perceive it. It is a message board after all. Plenty of dumb arguments and conversations to go around.
     
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  49. Imurhuckleberry

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    Does anybody actually advocate for Pepsi though?