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OK, what streaming services do I need to watch all the games for the least money?
Sorry understand this has been asked before over and over
 
HooperScooper said:
It's why I have Verizon Fios and just pay whatever it is. We have a bundle with our internet so when taking everything into consideration the difference between Fios and streaming is minimal and I have everything I want. And more importantly we have everything my wife wants. :)
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This was somewhat true for me. The real issue is cable boxes. 1. I hate them 2. I'd need four of them. They charge for those and that adds like $50 a month. I hear they have an app now, but I don't think the DVR works through it. All I lose is NESN, which is annoying but I can live with it. If the NBA playoffs and NCAA tournament moves off TNT/TBS I'll go to FUBO.

So I'm on team Hulu+ at the moment. I have Peacock too because it's rather cheap anyway and has some decent stuff.
 
HuskyHawk said:
This was somewhat true for me. The real issue is cable boxes. 1. I hate them 2. I'd need four of them. They charge for those and that adds like $50 a month. I hear they have an app now, but I don't think the DVR works through it. All I lose is NESN, which is annoying but I can live with it. If the NBA playoffs and NCAA tournament moves off TNT/TBS I'll go to FUBO.

So I'm on team Hulu+ at the moment. I have Peacock too because it's rather cheap anyway and has some decent stuff.
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What do you watch on Peacock?
 
CL82 said:
What do you watch on Peacock?
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A surprisingly decent array of movies. The Undeclared War was their best "original" show (taken from BBC), very good. Watched Yellowstone for a bit. They also have some old stuff like Dark Shadows and Alfred Hitchcock presents. I watched the John Wick spin off for a bit (good but slow). It's $80 a year. Doesn't exactly break the bank.

What I've noticed and the industry has essentially confirmed, is that the vast catalogue of older movies you used to have on Prime and Netflix for free are all moving to their native streaming services. Paramount+, Peacock (Universal), Disney, Max (Warner Bros). So if you are like me and want what we had from Netflix DVD delivery in the old days, you can either constantly pay to rent it on Prime or Apple (or Microsoft) or simply subscribe to everything. If you don't watch a lot of stuff, renting will be cheaper, but there's also that original content too.
 
TMB4405 said:
I am currently still using cable internet. Happy with it but cost is significant. How does Frontier do with a bunch of devices connected? Thats been my main concern for not switching.
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I work from home 2 days/week, my wife is 100% at home, we have smart TVs, 3 kids with various devices, etc etc etc all connected to the internet. I've never really noticed a slowdown outside of the occasional routine maintenance. Not knowing what kind of speed you're looking for, I can't say for sure that it'll do what you're looking for, but I can say that we pull a decent amount of bandwidth and haven't had any issues.
 
CL82 said:
How so? I haven't had any issues with it.
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Poor audio/video syncing. Got caught in a loop a few times where the just keptcreplaying the same contentvand notvasvancing despite me signing out, shutting down and restarting. Same loops on bith TVs.
YouTube has been great. Still have Hulu basic for their content.
 
CL82 said:
Of course, next year the games will not be on SNY. I may switch back to YouTube TV then since it is nominally cheaper, though that would mean paying separately for ESPN +.
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What do you have?
 
David 76 said:
What do you have?
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Hulu live. I get ABC, all the ESPN's, Fox, FS1, FS2, CBS, CBSSN NBC and SNY. In addition to that, I also get ESPN +. All of those come as a part of my Hulu live deal, which is something like $82 a month. So basically, I have everything I need to watch almost any Connecticut game in any Connecticut sport. The one thing that is missing is NESN (for hockey) but I am out of market for that.

The deal also includes Hulu, which is one of those streaming movie and television deals and Disney+. Of course you still get all the normal live channels too. I think it is a good deal. Once the baseball season is over I pause the account until football starts up. That saves me about $250, which, though not a lot of money, is worth it given that pausing the account is pretty easy to do.

The quality is good. It also contains an unlimited VCR, so that puts me in a position to record every game, which lets me rewatch fast forwarding through commercials. That's all I can think of. Overall, I think it's a reasonable way to get all the games in a variety of sports.
 
CL82 said:
Hulu live. I get ABC, all the ESPN's, Fox, FS1, FS2, CBS, CBSSN NBC and SNY. In addition to that, I also get ESPN +. All of those come as a part of my Hulu live deal, which is something like $82 a month. So basically, I have everything I need to watch almost any Connecticut game in any Connecticut sport. The one thing that is missing is NESN (for hockey) but I am out of market for that.

The deal also includes Hulu, which is one of those streaming movie and television deals and Disney+. Of course you still get all the normal live channels too. I think it is a good deal. Once the baseball season is over I pause the account until football starts up. That saves me about $250, which, though not a lot of money, is worth it given that pausing the account is pretty easy to do.

The quality is good. It also contains an unlimited VCR, so that puts me in a position to record every game, which lets me rewatch fast forwarding through commercials. That's all I can think of. Overall, I think it's a reasonable way to get all the games in a variety of sports.
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Thank you!!
That is helpful
 
Get a firestick and get an IPTV service. You’ll get everything.
Here’s one. Home
 
NCHuskie919 said:
I have YouTube TV and for me, that works pretty well. Going to have to get Peacock as well this year.
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Peacock will be having a BF deal starting next Monday $20/yr. I plan on jumping on it - new subscribers only.
 
Youtube tv people. It says that the game is 10am tomorrow?
Am i reading that correctly
 
OK, Cord cutters. I have Hulu+ but it went up a little. YouTube TV is going up now again. I would consider a return to "cable" (Fios in my case) except for the boxes. I don't want a box for DVR or for each TV. I could maybe live with one box. They make you rent a thing that exists to benefit them. It's a failed model.

I heard Fios now has an App. Has anyone used that? Is it comparable to Hulu/YTTV? If So that might work and I'd get NESN back in the process.
 
I may have answered my own question. This is really limited. I do have Several Fire Sticks, but I use an XBox Series X as well as Roku on two TVs. They had XBox support and pulled it.
  • Verizon Stream TV with OS version 10 or higher
    • All Stream TV devices except Stream TV Soundbar
These Apple TV devices with OS version tvOS 16 or higher

  • Apple TV HD
  • Apple TV 4K
These Fire TV devices with OS version 7.0 or higher

  • Fire TV Stick 4K Max
  • Fire TV Stick - 3rd Gen
  • Fire TV Stick Lite
  • Fire TV Stick 4K
  • Fire TV - 3rd Gen (pendant/box)
  • Fire TV Cube
  • Amazon Fire TV - TCL and TCL Class S3
  • Amazon Fire TV 2-Series
  • Amazon Fire TV 4-Series
  • Amazon Fire TV Omni Series
  • Toshiba C350 Fire TV Series
  • Insignia F20 Fire TV Series
  • Insignia F50 Fire TV Series
  • Pioneer 4K UHD Fire TV
 
HuskyHawk said:
OK, Cord cutters. I have Hulu+ but it went up a little. YouTube TV is going up now again. I would consider a return to "cable" (Fios in my case) except for the boxes. I don't want a box for DVR or for each TV. I could maybe live with one box. They make you rent a thing that exists to benefit them. It's a failed model.

I heard Fios now has an App. Has anyone used that? Is it comparable to Hulu/YTTV? If So that might work and I'd get NESN back in the process.
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I would stick to FIOS optical as it has one of the best pictures out there, along with DirectTV, both have a huge bandwidth compared to streaming signals (Hulu, YouTube, Fubo) which are limited by the high compression algorithms that make streaming possible through a very small “pipe” if you will.
 
CONN78SEJ said:
I would stick to FIOS optical as it has one of the best pictures out there, along with DirectTV, both have a huge bandwidth compared to streaming signals (Hulu, YouTube, Fubo) which are limited by the high compression algorithms that make streaming possible through a very small “pipe” if you will.
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I have Fios internet now. I also have four TVs. Five if you count the one in my exercise area that just has a fire stick. My problem with Fios in the past is that my cable box rental, even with the mini boxes, was like $60 by itself.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I have Fios internet now. I also have four TVs. Five if you count the one in my exercise area that just has a fire stick. My problem with Fios in the past is that my cable box rental, even with the mini boxes, was like $60 by itself.
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Wow, that’s a lot. Didn’t know they charged that much. Try Direct TV, the picture is just as good if not slightly better. I pay $99 a month for every single channel and ALL the sports channels. The picture is better than the best streaming channel you can get. Only downside is during the summer if you’re having a thunderstorm the picture will go out for a few minutes.
 
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