DISH drops FS1 and BTN
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Use smart tv or get Amazon fire stick,apple tv, chrome cast for non smart tv's data is from internet/WiFi
I remember a couple of years ago I wanted to watch a game and couldn’t find it on tv. My son in law found it on an overseas broadcast on the internet. Sorry I don’t remember how he found it but he did.
Tried to years ago and the cable and telcos lobbied to have the government consider that a monopoly and quash the deal. Too late for them now.
I got a Roku streaming stick that plugs into the HDMI slot on my TV and the Roku remote uses the Hulu app to select channels and other movies and TV series available on Hulu. If you have a smart TV that is compatible with the Hulu Live app, you may not need the streaming stick. I know Sling was running a promotion for a free Roku or Amazon fire stick to use for streaming. Hulu may have a similar offer.
I live in the sticks in NEPA where there are not a whole lot of TV providers available, so I had to go with DISH for the time being. As an aside, my wife and I were able to watch last year's game with Ohio State live on an iPad while on our honeymoon in Mauritius via a link we found on Reddit.com. If we were able to do that in the middle of the Indian Ocean, I'm pretty confident there will be a way to watch these games at home.
Disney/ABC/ESPN, ATT/DirectTV/Warner/HBO/, Comcast/NBC, etc all are doing to going play hard ball with carriage fees since they all put a “streaming” service into play.
Every game is live on reddit. You may give your computer aids by going that route though.
I’ve had DirecTV since the late 1990s.
I’ve got no complaints. Takes a pretty nasty storm to KO my reception. Happens 3 or 4 times a year, usually for a matter of a few minutes.
I live in a rural area with notoriously slow internet. Besides, I’m old and don’t have the desire or expertise to find what I want to watch via computer.
Obviously not a fan of DTV pricing, but my wife gets them on the phone, threats to cancel, and talks her way into some type of price discount every year.
I’ve got no complaints. Takes a pretty nasty storm to KO my reception. Happens 3 or 4 times a year, usually for a matter of a few minutes.
I live in a rural area with notoriously slow internet. Besides, I’m old and don’t have the desire or expertise to find what I want to watch via computer.
Obviously not a fan of DTV pricing, but my wife gets them on the phone, threats to cancel, and talks her way into some type of price discount every year.
That may have been the way it occurred before AT&T took over but since they have I've not heard any success stories with folks going this route.
My kid is nearly 100mi away at Syracuse... he can enjoy YouTube TV just like we do on his devices...
I tried Hulu Live and liked it, but ultimately switched to YouTube TV just because I preferred their format. Both are WAY cheaper than cable/satellite, plus you can swap accounts with friends/family.
The prior year-long “deal” she worked out expired in July. Took her maybe three phone calls, the last of which she requested to be removed from the auto pay/bank debit because she would likely be dropping DTV for a different provider. They put her on hold for a few minutes and came back with an offer of $25 off each month for a year. This all took place within the last month or so.
How ANYONE can watch streaming TV is beyond me. You don't have a DVR to record shows, pause or rewind. Right? Can you buy some kind of DVR to do these actions? I very rarely watch anything live except for sports and some news shows. At my age I'm not giving a second of my remaining years by watching a commercial and waiting during commercial breaks.
Assuming you would be streaming on your computer, there are a number of screen capture programs. I use Snagit which costs $50. Basically, whatever is running on your screen is captured. Snagit is fairly simple, but if you don't like to deal with computers you might need a little help. Once the video is captured, you can manipulate it and play it back however you want. Here is a review of 5 programs. https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-apps-for-screen-capture-in-windows/
Have you ever actually researched streaming? PSVue for example has unlimited “dvr”ing - you could literally record every show on every station if you wanted. You can skip past commercials and as long as you watch what you record within 28 days you’re golden. HuluTV has 50 or 200 hour dvr capabilities as well.
Only commercials I see anymore are when watching sports or youtube videos when watching on my roku.
Be glad you don’t have FS 1. Their broadcast team is awful. They rooted hard for MD, then eventually had to start conceding PSU was the better team. Wrong names, wrong numbers, behind the plays, misidentified penalties, etc.
No, I don't think you recall correctly.
But one might have guessed that after watching the broadcast. I certainly thought so, enough to actually look it up....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Brando
Provided you have high speed internet, drop Dish and go with Hulu Live TV or YouTube TV. I dropped Dish and signed up for Hulu Live TV. So far so good. I’ll save over 50.00 per month and the only reason I need live TV is for sports. There’s no contract and no equipment to “rent”. If I don’t like it I can cancel anytime and try YouTube TV.
When this nonsense happened Thursday i signed up for Hulu live to try it our and get the game. Have multiple TVs and one could run Hulu live and that's what i watched the game on last night. I was surprised how good it was. Just went and bought a fire stick for the other TV and am running only Hulu for games today to see if i like it and how the performance is. So far so good.
I will be canceling Dish tomorrow. I have had enough. Even with the $10 upgrade to unlimited streams i will still be saving $75 a month. Bye Dish....Direct TV and Comcast...
I will be canceling Dish tomorrow. I have had enough. Even with the $10 upgrade to unlimited streams i will still be saving $75 a month. Bye Dish....Direct TV and Comcast...
I've thought about that, and I know people that have done that. The main reason I didn't pull the trigger when my contract was up last year, was simply because of sports and I think a couple other channels we watched. But the big one at the time was the loss of Pittsburgh Sports ATT or whatever it is, where they show Penguins and Pirates games also. So Dish lowered my bill again and away we went.
I guess losing the Pirates might be a blessing in disguise. I'll look into it again when my contract is up, but they will be giving me something for losing the Big Ten network.
I do it every single year in August. This year, got free Sunday Ticket and another $10 off/month. Always a 15 minute call that saves between 300-600 dollars depending upon the year.
