What Satellite & Cable Companies are doing as a Result of Cord Cutting

[goeduck]

Well this was fast. YouTube refunded me the $40 after I gave them my opinion on the matter. So Youtube is not bad afterall. Me thinks I will keep them :thumbsup:

 

[thekkfan]

Check out Hulu live, I love it and it's very responsive on Roku express models.

The WD passports work well with tablo. I got a 2tb refurb from Western Digital before Christmas for around 40 from their eBay store.

 

[goeduck]

Check out Hulu live, I love it and it's very responsive on Roku express models.

The WD passports work well with tablo. I got a 2tb refurb from Western Digital before Christmas for around 40 from their eBay store.

Hulu was next on my list. However, due to the rapid YouTube response by their representative Grace, I think I will stay with them. I appreciate their customer perspective. Kudus to Youtube TV :thumbsup:

 

[rekees4300]

After years of insisting that cord-cutting was neither significant nor worrisome, cable and satellite providers are facing the inevitable: The traditional TV business is now in free fall. In the last quarter alone, major TV providers lost a combined 1.1 million subscribers.

AT&T dumping DirecTV? This may end up being a big deal for those living in rural areas.

Is AT&T selling DirecTV? What a split could mean for viewers

 

[thekkfan]

I picked up a Tablo Dual Lite tonight. I need to get a USB hard drive before I can try it out. I thought I only needed that to record, but it looks like I need it for live TV as well. Best Buy had the ROKU Stick+ for $49 so I picked up one of those as well for the last TV.

How you liking the Tablo? Love mine. Got around 320 Gunsmoke and 240 Bonanza episodes recorded with 3/4 of my 2TB drive still empty.

 

[RalphVa]

We had Comcast for about the first 10 years here for something like about $10/month for virtually everything on cable but Showtime and junk like it, even local channels. Then Xfinity bought them out with them suddenly wanting 5 to 10 times the price/month. Went with DirecTV as part of a CenturyLink package. THEN DirecTV kept going up in price; didn't get local channels; got them on rabbit ears. Finally cut the cable about a year ago with Roku and signing up on SlingTV to get ESPN and ESPN2 plus FS1 for $40/month; get local channels on rabbit ears. Cannot get "U", "news", ACCnetwork and some others. Hulu now has all these and more for $45/month. Sling wants another $10/month, which would total $50/month to get same. So far, sticking with Sling.

Get LOTS of really good, free movies on Tubi and Roku channels on the Roku gizmo, which is a one-time price of about $40.

Ralph

 

[goeduck]

How you liking the Tablo? Love mine. Got around 320 Gunsmoke and 240 Bonanza episodes recorded with 3/4 of my 2TB drive still empty.

I use it all the time. Not that I watch TV much but I do like to watch MeTV reruns (waiting for Andy Griffith to start right now) and local news. If it was not for the wife I would cut out YouTube TV and go with Tablo only. The local CBS station just added a free app which was nice since It is the one station of the 60 that seems to drop out. All in all a great product.

 

[goeduck]

Went with DirecTV as part of a CenturyLink package. THENGet LOTS of really good, free movies on Tubi and Roku channels on the Roku gizmo, which is a one-time price of about $40.

Ralph

For the free stuff I really like PLUTO.TV you can watch it straight off the internet or through ROKU. LOTS of free channels.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

For the free stuff I really like PLUTO.TV you can watch it straight off the internet or through ROKU. LOTS of free channels.

I will have to check it out. Yah, who would watch madcow anyway.....

 

[AllDodge]

You have to really like commercials with free TV on Ruku. Most shows start off ok, then go to 3 minutes of the show and 5 minutes or more of commercials. They don't break where regular TV break, they will brake right when someone is in the middle of a sentence.

 

[rekees4300]

AT&T dumping DirecTV? This may end up being a big deal for those living in rural areas.

Is AT&T selling DirecTV? What a split could mean for viewers

We had Comcast for about the first 10 years here for something like about $10/month for virtually everything on cable but Showtime and junk like it, even local channels. Then Xfinity bought them out with them suddenly wanting 5 to 10 times the price/month. Went with DirecTV as part of a CenturyLink package. THEN DirecTV kept going up in price; didn't get local channels; got them on rabbit ears. Finally cut the cable about a year ago with Roku and signing up on SlingTV to get ESPN and ESPN2 plus FS1 for $40/month; get local channels on rabbit ears. Cannot get "U", "news", ACCnetwork and some others. Hulu now has all these and more for $45/month. Sling wants another $10/month, which would total $50/month to get same. So far, sticking with Sling.

Get LOTS of really good, free movies on Tubi and Roku channels on the Roku gizmo, which is a one-time price of about $40.

Ralph

We've had DirecTV for many years. Ten years ago it was $75 but now it's $175 for the same content! Bought a Roku few months ago and it works really well but it's limited by Verizon's so-called "unlimited" 4G Internet plan (15GB). So cord cutting for us (and most rural folks) isn't a viable option. Maybe things will change when (if) 5G becomes a rural reality?

 

[jgedmond]

We've had DirecTV for many years. Ten years ago it was $75 but now it's $175 for the same content! Bought a Roku few months ago and it works really well but it's limited by Verizon's so-called "unlimited" 4G Internet plan (15GB). So cord cutting for us (and most rural folks) isn't a viable option. Maybe things will change when (if) 5G becomes a rural reality?

I took a similar as you did from $175/month DirecTV to Roku plus PlayStation Vue ($70/month). We are lucky to have DSL in our area at 25 mb/s with 50 mb/s available with the provider's bonded (4-wire) modem. The main problem with PS Vue is that their contract with our local TV stations does not include live streaming sports. I have found some workarounds using Roku channels or watching on my phone (that sucks), but not 100%.

 

[Oaktree]

You have to really like commercials with free TV on Ruku. Most shows start off ok, then go to 3 minutes of the show and 5 minutes or more of commercials. They don't break where regular TV break, they will brake right when someone is in the middle of a sentence.

Yeah, I've noticed that too...it's like there's a timer that goes off every xx min. and pauses the show for the commercials. At least the commercial breaks aren't very long, and there's usually a "2 of 3" indication. Sometimes you get the same commercial 3x in a row. :confused3:
Then again, IMHO most of the free content is so lame it's not even worth watching.

 

[goeduck]

I have a 1TB data limit from Xfinity on a 60MB/S cable connection. ROKU does very well at that speed and data limit. My Wife uses up half the data plan, I use Tablo.

 

[LD48750]

You have to really like commercials with free TV on Ruku. Most shows start off ok, then go to 3 minutes of the show and 5 minutes or more of commercials. They don't break where regular TV break, they will brake right when someone is in the middle of a sentence.

It has gotten that way with regular network broadcast TV too.

I pay an outrageous price for cable tv that is 100+ channels of stuff nobody will watch & reruns & commercials.

Maybe I get 100 Min of new programing per day & that is from the local news that I get off my private antenna because the cable co dropped local Lansing stations.

 

[rekees4300]

You have to really like commercials with free TV on Ruku. Most shows start off ok, then go to 3 minutes of the show and 5 minutes or more of commercials. They don't break where regular TV break, they will brake right when someone is in the middle of a sentence.

Nothing is really "free". One way or another the streaming services have to cover their expenses to stay in business. Wish Roku had a DVR device so commercials could be skipped.

 

[goeduck]

Commercials do not bother me. I figure if the advetisers pay the bill, that is better than me doing it. Plus I need a periodic pee break anyway, or one of the dogs does.

 

[LD48750]

Commercials do not bother me. I figure if the advetisers pay the bill, that is better than me doing it. Plus I need a periodic pee break anyway, or one of the dogs does.

Thats the point, we are paying a high price to watch these commercials and reruns.

 

[goeduck]

Thats the point, we are paying a high price to watch these commercials and reruns.

On the free services like Pluto?

 

[tom3]

Around here internet service is right at $60 a month. Add in a couple streaming services and it still gets nuts. Depending on time of day and weather I get 20 or 30 channels on the antenna, but no real sports. Just can't win.