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TraderStav posted:This whole thing was amazing, btw. I know. I feel like a dirty hippie.  (Thanks, mods; I'm actually being serious, and that isn't sarcasm. It's unfortunate that the forums happened to be in front of me when I lost my sanity, but thanks for preventing this from being much worse.)That being said, comcast and cox just want to empty your bank account if they can. Don't let them do that. Jakcson fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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Jakcson posted:I know. Pro-tip: don't use autopay for cable bills, especially as you go to to cancel. Let them have to go after you for the last bill, not let them take whatever and then have to go after them for a refund.
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Jakcson posted:This is what I get for taking acid and not disconnecting my computer from the internet. Way to have nothing better to do than surf the web when you're tripping.
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^^^^^ - I spent two hours staring at pictures of waterfalls, rivers, and similar things after I got tired of bad posting on the forums. Don't judge me.  SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:Pro-tip: don't use autopay for cable bills, especially as you go to to cancel. Let them have to go after you for the last bill, not let them take whatever and then have to go after them for a refund. I've actually disabled autopay for my phone bill because it forces me to take a look at it every month. And sometimes AT&T lets me modify it to get a better deal without extending my contract. I really need to save my pennies so I can buy an unlocked phone with quadband support, and go that route with the phone companies. Doing that with my current phone, an iPhone 4 with 8gb, would be kinda silly. I also don't know why I need internet access for this thing since it's entirely possible to buy dedicated devices for certain functions (GPS, radar detector, eBook, games, and obviously a PC), and that will save me money in the long run. My bank is also willing to send me txt alerts when something crazy is happening with my accounts, so... edit: And things like LSD are a lot cheaper than an actual vacation. Jakcson fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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It is incredible how much money DirecTV spends on marketing, beyond incredible actually. If they'd shave off 1% of their marketing costs I swear they could probably lower peoples' bills by at least 30% and not even feel it. I cut our cable eons ago and haven't had them for a long time, yet probably 2-5 times a week I get a TON of DirecTV crap in the mail. They are drat devious too. Half the stuff is printed with a very convincing script font with some random "Christopher Thomas" return label that looks like he got it from March of Dimes or something, even the internal letter looks like a wedding/graduation invitation. It's the same thing over and over, "we'll buy out your current contract if you come back!" with more and more glitter each time. I can respect them wanting my business back (not gonna happen) but DANG after the first literal 100 things they sent me with 0 response you'd think they would at least back off of them for a bit.
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In the last year or two, we've seen T-Mobile change the mobile industry pretty much on it's own by ending built-in subsidies in favor of lower monthly rates. Does anyone think that eventually all these various competitors (such as Sling, HBO Go Standalone,etc) will act in a similar manner, forcing "a la carte" cable just for cable companies to stay relevant? None of these cable-cutting options are a great fit for me, and I guess I feel that my situation is not that uncommon: I only watch maybe 5 or so "core" channels a lot, and then a couple more channels I watching only 1 show from. The way cable packages are done I need to go up to a mid-high tier just based on the channels I watch, even though there's not a good reason for that. The other problem I run into DVRing. I like cable because I tend to save a couple shows for a while, and don't like having to worry if they'll "disappear" next month or whatever. That one is probably an edge case, but it's the other reason I have a hard time with switching over to a streaming-only service.
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I have DirecTV and I'm mad at them for their deceptive premium channel offers. Twice I've been called and been told something along the lines of: Agent: Congratulations! Since you're such a valued customer, we are unlocking HBO/Showtime for 3 months! Me: Ok, cool so I get all of that free for 3 months? Agent: No, we will give you a trial discount of x a month for 3 months, from there it will go back up to full price. First time this happened, I wasn't inquisitive enough (The agent NEVER stated that I'd be paying for these for three months- made it sound like it was free). And so their manager called back (because they monitored the call) and explained it. Told them I wasn't interested. Just about two months ago they called again with the same spiel, I told them I wasn't interested, and got added anyway. Still clearing that up.
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I'm annoyed with DirecTV's and Dish's pricing as well. They'll give you a bunch of discounts for the first 12 months, but since you're in a 24 month contract, the price goes up to $$$ridiculous and you have no recourse to try to get discounts, since you're stuck no matter what. I'd rather they just flatten it, figure out how much the first 12 months are, the second 12 months, divide by 24 and just let me pay like $55/month instead of $35 the first 12, then like $80 the next 12. Or whatever it turns out to be.
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Panthrax posted:I'm annoyed with DirecTV's and Dish's pricing as well. They'll give you a bunch of discounts for the first 12 months, but since you're in a 24 month contract, the price goes up to $$$ridiculous and you have no recourse to try to get discounts, since you're stuck no matter what. I'd rather they just flatten it, figure out how much the first 12 months are, the second 12 months, divide by 24 and just let me pay like $55/month instead of $35 the first 12, then like $80 the next 12. Or whatever it turns out to be. I ran into this with Dish. Call and ask for a retention specialist. You won't get the $35 again, but they will knock the price down if you even hint at wanting to cancel. This annoying part is that they'll only discount it for 6 months, so you'll have to call in twice to get through your last year. Separate question and I apologize if it's been discussed before, but are there any cheap options for getting the basic broadcast channels? I'd like to cancel Dish and move to Sling TV or nothing at all, but my wife would kill me if we didn't have a way for her to watch the local news in the morning. I'd love to go OTA, but we live on the backside of a hill from all the towers.
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Tantalus posted:I ran into this with Dish. Call and ask for a retention specialist. You won't get the $35 again, but they will knock the price down if you even hint at wanting to cancel. This annoying part is that they'll only discount it for 6 months, so you'll have to call in twice to get through your last year. I live in the middle of nowhere where we cannot get any OTA. Your best bet is, if you have cable internet, to see if you get digital channels through the same line as your internet. We just moved our set up around and are now able to hook into our tv. We get around 26 channels (all of the locals, WGN, cspan 1,2, and 3 as well as 12 PBS channels)
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:I live in the middle of nowhere where we cannot get any OTA. Your best bet is, if you have cable internet, to see if you get digital channels through the same line as your internet. We just moved our set up around and are now able to hook into our tv. We get around 26 channels (all of the locals, WGN, cspan 1,2, and 3 as well as 12 PBS channels) I live in an area where Comcast already encrypted the signal coming into our house. We were using that when we first moved in.
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Broadcasters fear falling revenues as viewers switch to on-demand TV http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e46dc7a4-b843-11e4-86bb-00144feab7de.html Jakcson posted:On a more serious note, is there any particular reason why HDTV and high speed internet access isn't free for everyone that pays taxes in the USA? If we can afford to spend trillions of dollars on things that aren't improving our economy, and quadrillions on nations that end up trying to destroy us, why can't we spend a couple billion on entertaining American Citizens? If you're looking for logic in any facet of life you came to the wrong planet. You will pay $200 for TV channels and the right to be inundated and raped by thousands of commercials and you will like it!
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Zogo posted:If you're looking for logic in any facet of life you came to the wrong planet. I always thought the inclusion of commercials on channels that you had to pay for was a little weird... But I learned to ignore them by hitting the fast forward button on the DVD/VHS recorder. It's not entirely unlike using AdBlock Plus and NoScript in my web browser (although I obviously enable the ads on the Something Awful Forums). I think ads increase page load times by 2-300%, but I could be imagining that. And getting rid of some mystery scripts also seems to improve load times, almost, but not quite bringing things up to text browser speeds. Jakcson fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Feb 24, 2015 |
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Jakcson posted:This is what I get for taking acid and not disconnecting my computer from the internet. Were you on acid when you asked if it had ever occurred anyone in the Cutting Cable thread that broadcast TV can be received with an antenna?
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Does anyone know when AMC is officially coming to Sling TV? We cut cable last month and are running on Roku these days and just picked up Sling, which is fantastic so far, but getting AMC is a huge deal to us. I'm buying what I need on Google Play right now as it comes out, but I haven't seen any word on it since they announced it was happening almost a month ago.
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New Leaf posted:Does anyone know when AMC is officially coming to Sling TV? We cut cable last month and are running on Roku these days and just picked up Sling, which is fantastic so far, but getting AMC is a huge deal to us. I'm buying what I need on Google Play right now as it comes out, but I haven't seen any word on it since they announced it was happening almost a month ago. They just made an announcement, looks like AMC and IFC are live right now.
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Photex posted:They just made an announcement, looks like AMC and IFC are live right now. Epix just went live today as well. Just signed up and got the Firetv for $50.
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Photex posted:They just made an announcement, looks like AMC and IFC are live right now. loving fantastic, thanks!
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Is there a consensus on which is the better streaming device to go with on this Sling TV promotion? I have an Xbox One already hooked to our main entertainment system, and with the options for a Roku 3, Roku Stick, Amazon Fire TV, or Fire TV stick, I wondered if there was a concrete reason one is better than the others? I have a nice fast wireless AC network, so speed is not a concern here. I'd probably use the device for a bedroom TV, so I was wondering if one stood out over the others. I already have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
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Huge_Midget posted:Is there a consensus on which is the better streaming device to go with on this Sling TV promotion? I have an Xbox One already hooked to our main entertainment system, and with the options for a Roku 3, Roku Stick, Amazon Fire TV, or Fire TV stick, I wondered if there was a concrete reason one is better than the others? I have a nice fast wireless AC network, so speed is not a concern here. I'd probably use the device for a bedroom TV, so I was wondering if one stood out over the others. I already have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Sounds like you might want a Fire TV or or Fire Stick, i have both and honestly the Stick is more than sufficient in the bedroom.
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Yeah, I love the poo poo out of my Roku 3, but if you have Prime, go with Fire.
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Huge_Midget posted:Is there a consensus on which is the better streaming device to go with on this Sling TV promotion? I have an Xbox One already hooked to our main entertainment system, and with the options for a Roku 3, Roku Stick, Amazon Fire TV, or Fire TV stick, I wondered if there was a concrete reason one is better than the others? I have a nice fast wireless AC network, so speed is not a concern here. I'd probably use the device for a bedroom TV, so I was wondering if one stood out over the others. I already have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Being able to sideload XBMC/Kodi is a killer app for the Fire TV. Burden posted:Epix just went live today as well. It's worth mentioning that Epix (along with EPIX 2, EPIX 3, EPIX Drive-In and the Sundance Channel) are under a $5 a month add-on package called Hollywood Extra. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 22:56 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Don Lapre posted:Roku has nick reboot You mean the nick reboot that shuttered it's doors yesterday?
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So far, I've been incredibly impressed by the picture quality on Sling when I've had issues loading YouTube videos in the past. Granted, I've only had it a couple days so I haven't really had a lot of viewing hours, but so far, I'm very happy with it. And AMC is icing on the cake so I don't have to pay $2.99 per Walking Dead episode anymore.
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Huge_Midget posted:Is there a consensus on which is the better streaming device to go with on this Sling TV promotion? I have an Xbox One already hooked to our main entertainment system, and with the options for a Roku 3, Roku Stick, Amazon Fire TV, or Fire TV stick, I wondered if there was a concrete reason one is better than the others? I have a nice fast wireless AC network, so speed is not a concern here. I'd probably use the device for a bedroom TV, so I was wondering if one stood out over the others. I already have Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. Tried the Fire TV with the promo, and our family prefers the Roku 3. It's just a matter of your tastes. With the Roku 3, every app is its own ecosystem. With the Fire TV/Stick, it's 90% Amazon, 10% everything else (I get why, of course). For us, searching for Prime exclusive content was easier on the Roku than the Fire TV. Plus, the Roku has IR built in, so I could still use my Harmony. I already have a living room NUC HTPC running Kodi, but I did test that on the Fire TV and it worked well enough to put away my bedroom HTPC for now and use the Fire TV in the back. I'll miss having access to Prime Music and Pluto.TV in the living room, but we prefer the Roku. The voice search on the Fire TV is great, though, and it is something that I hope Roku incorporates in their next version.
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Photex posted:You mean the nick reboot that shuttered it's doors yesterday? nickreboot's website posted:3/2/15 Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I enjoyed the shows equally as much as the commercials. There are other ways of getting this but the flavor of nickreboot was just excellent.
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I'm pretty sure Sling announced the same promo will apply to the Nexus Player when the app launches "soon" on it. I cut the cord a few weeks ago, I think I will give Sling a try when I can use the promo on the Nexus. Is there anything else hanging out there right now besides Playstation? I would really like DVR support and it looks like Playstation has a better channel lineup overall but who knows when and where they are going to launch widely, I doubt before the Sling device promo subscription runs out. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Photex posted:You mean the nick reboot that shuttered it's doors yesterday? Noooooooo
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BBC America didn't come along with AMC and IFC. Hopefully later.
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So, I've recently moved to an apartment and I would rather spend the majority of my hard earned dollars on a better internet package than a cable/internet package (live in Canada). I've been looking around and am really baffled at the range of options I have for antennas. I've done some research into the distance of the transmitters and it seems like I'll need an amplified antenna (everything is either within 20miles or over 40). Is there a solid indoor antenna that is "the go to" for most people? I'm high off the ground, about 100ft so geography won't be an issue. I keep reading good reviews on one antenna and then I'll read awful reviews on the same one, its like no consensus on any.
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Commandante posted:So, I've recently moved to an apartment and I would rather spend the majority of my hard earned dollars on a better internet package than a cable/internet package (live in Canada). http://www.solidsignal.com/p/ota.asp?d=tv-antenna-selector-help&mc=03 Fill out your info (dunno if they do canada) and they will email you a recommendation.
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Has anyone else had the problem with the Plex Roku app in which you can't really change channels? Like, I'll be watching The Travel Channel, and I'll see that The Dark Knight is on TNT, so I switch the channel and it says "NOW WATCHING: TNT - THE DARK KNIGHT" but the stream just keeps on being The Travel Channel? Roku support said to uninstall the app, restart the device, and re-install the app, but I got the same thing, and it also gave me a black screen when I would try to select some channels at first. Anyone else see this?
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So HBO's streaming service is $15 a month and Apple devices are apparently the exclusive launch partner -- no idea how long that will last.
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SgtScruffy posted:Has anyone else had the problem with the Plex Roku app in which you can't really change channels? Like, I'll be watching The Travel Channel, and I'll see that The Dark Knight is on TNT, so I switch the channel and it says "NOW WATCHING: TNT - THE DARK KNIGHT" but the stream just keeps on being The Travel Channel? I assume you are talking about the Sling TV and not Plex. I have Sling and don't have that issue. Only problem I have once in awhile is that the sling app with lock the Roku 3 up for around 30 seconds once I start changing channels. For the most part of works well.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:So HBO's streaming service is $15 a month and Apple devices are apparently the exclusive launch partner -- no idea how long that will last. How many simultaneous streams will be allowed?
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:So HBO's streaming service is $15 a month and Apple devices are apparently the exclusive launch partner -- no idea how long that will last. I read 3 months, which wipes non-Apple users wanting to subscribe for GoT. So that equates to an exclusivity deal lasting until the beginning of next season for me. Good job HBO.
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Bumming Your Scene posted:I read 3 months, which wipes non-Apple users wanting to subscribe for GoT. So that equates to an exclusivity deal lasting until the beginning of next season for me. Good job HBO. Or as you admitted, you'll wait and still pony up eventually. In the meantime HBO will take this large pile of Apple cash and stay warm until then.
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