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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Who besides CBS and HBO? I can't think of any. Showtime and Starz are two others that can be ordered 100% standalone. ESPN just announced OTT content today (though, in all fairness, it's going to be different content than the station.) There are a few others that are add-ons for Prime that may not be direct station analogs, but have a lot of the content. Seeso Lifetime Movie Club History Vault Comedy Central Standp Smithsonian Earth Things are growing all the time. Personally, I'm more of a fan of the add-on sub model since it's easier to subscribe and unsubscribe based on when there's content you want to watch. Also, places like Amazon actually have the infrastructure to deliver streaming well.
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blugu64 posted:Can't you DVR it on vue/sling? They're not broadcasting it. They're using it to push CBS All Access.
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Guess I'm going back to Sling for my RedZone fix. http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/08/sling-tv-will-stream-football-games-via-nfl-network-and-nfl-redzone/ quote:Sling TV announced a much-anticipated pair of new channels to its TV streaming lineup. The company has added the NFL Network and NFL RedZone to its offerings; Sling Blue customers will automatically receive the NFL Network, and those who want NFL RedZone can pay an extra $5 per month for the add-on "Sports Extra" package. If Vue comes in at the same price though, I'd be really tempted to go that way instead.
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Silly Burrito posted:Guess I'm going back to Sling for my RedZone fix. I started with Sling, moved to Vue for 6 months or so, and am back doing a 7 day trial with Sling to figure out which one I want to keep. So far, it looks like Vue has the better picture quality? I only know that PS Vue was running at about 5.2 mb/s and Sling is at 3.7 mb/s. I can't tell which one is going to be better overall for college/pro football when Vue gets NFLN and Redzone. The part that is really lame about Sling though is subscribing to HBO does not give you Go or Now access....can't really figure out why.
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I just want to pay the NFL to let me stream my team's games live. Is that too much to ask? I can't watch them on antenna because I live 2500 miles away. I don't want to buy the whole DirecTV. I don't want to watch the games later that day on replay. I don't really want to sign up and watch through a proxy.torturemyballs posted:I started with Sling, moved to Vue for 6 months or so, and am back doing a 7 day trial with Sling to figure out which one I want to keep. So far, it looks like Vue has the better picture quality? I only know that PS Vue was running at about 5.2 mb/s and Sling is at 3.7 mb/s. I can't tell which one is going to be better overall for college/pro football when Vue gets NFLN and Redzone. Just get HBO Now on its own, it's the same price.
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FogHelmut posted:I just want to pay the NFL to let me stream my team's games live. Is that too much to ask? I can't watch them on antenna because I live 2500 miles away. I don't want to buy the whole DirecTV. I don't want to watch the games later that day on replay. I don't really want to sign up and watch through a proxy. The only benefit to doing HBO through Sling is that it's integrated in the interface/one less app - and given the state of Slings interface I kind of view that as a non-benefit. Otherwise it's a terrible deal. HBO Now standalone is better.
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Been using Vue now for a few weeks. Compared to Dish, which I had before, the picture quality is nowhere near as nice, which is a huge bummer. Also, using it on a Fire TV blows goats. It's so convoluted to get the drat guide up and there's no consistency with it. Sometimes pressing the last button brings up the guide, sometimes it goes back a channel, sometimes it brings up a menu. Same goes for most of the buttons, sometimes holding it down does one thing but other times it does something else. I may just go back to Dish after this month is up. Yeah it's half the price of Dish, but I'm just not impressed.
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FogHelmut posted:I just want to pay the NFL to let me stream my team's games live. Is that too much to ask? I can't watch them on antenna because I live 2500 miles away. I don't want to buy the whole DirecTV. I don't want to watch the games later that day on replay. I don't really want to sign up and watch through a proxy. NFL and DirectTV's contract was renewed in 2014, and runs through 2022. Pay the man.
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MrYenko posted:NFL and DirectTV's contract was renewed in 2014, and runs through 2022. Pay the man. AT&T/DirecTV will keep paying whatever the NFL wants for that poo poo. Selling Sunday Ticket to bars makes them so. much. money.
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FogHelmut posted:I just want to pay the NFL to let me stream my team's games live. Is that too much to ask? I can't watch them on antenna because I live 2500 miles away. I don't want to buy the whole DirecTV. I don't want to watch the games later that day on replay. I don't really want to sign up and watch through a proxy. Last year, I bought NFL game pass through AdFree-Time paying in Brazilian currency, and had no problems. AFT is a DNS spoofer, not a proxy. I haven't tried it yet this year, though.
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Luceo posted:Last year, I bought NFL game pass through AdFree-Time paying in Brazilian currency, and had no problems. AFT is a DNS spoofer, not a proxy. I haven't tried it yet this year, though. Can I spoof my DNS on my FireTV? I'm not sitting at my computer like a bitch or finding a really long HDMI cable.
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FogHelmut posted:Can I spoof my DNS on my FireTV? I'm not sitting at my computer like a bitch or finding a really long HDMI cable. I can't remember if the FireTV has discreet DNS server settings, but if not, you can always put AFT's DNS in on your router.
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If you manually configure your FireTV's network you can specify DNS servers. If that works for AFT (not sure how it knows you are a paying user?) then you should be good to go.
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Ixian posted:If you manually configure your FireTV's network you can specify DNS servers. If that works for AFT (not sure how it knows you are a paying user?) then you should be good to go. If it works like unblock-us, it looks at your IP address and matches it to the one you used to log into the website. If your IP changes, it won't work again until you log back into the site with your new IP.
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HEY NONG MAN posted:If it works like unblock-us, it looks at your IP address and matches it to the one you used to log into the website. If your IP changes, it won't work again until you log back into the site with your new IP. Yep, that's how it works. It does seem to have some sort of grace period where it lets you use it anyway if your IP changes, since I don't always notice it immediately and my DNS has never stopped working.
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Is there a spreadsheet/Google Docs that compares the channels between Sling Blue, Sling Orange and Playstation Vue's three lineups anywhere that has current information? The only ones I see seem to have outdated information by months.
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Silly Burrito posted:Is there a spreadsheet/Google Docs that compares the channels between Sling Blue, Sling Orange and Playstation Vue's three lineups anywhere that has current information? The only ones I see seem to have outdated information by months. Here is one I put together. It's on the second sheet.
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CygnusTM posted:Here is one I put together. It's on the second sheet. Perfect, thank you!
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CygnusTM posted:Here is one I put together. It's on the second sheet. Thanks yo!
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After being given the run around by comcast (they'd substantially reduced my price if I sign up for triple play, but without telling me triple play requires me to activate the voice portion, which in turn requires me to lease their modem, etc), I am at the point of cutting the cord. Given the channel line ups, vue seems like the best option for me. It's price combined with internet would be the same as the triple play I was offered above, minus the need to constantly have to call to get a good deal and the upsale of stuff like having to activate the phone line with their modem. Which brings me to my question: The one thing a lot of people seem to complain about Vue is the interface, especially with roku. Is there a device where the interface is better for vue? Also, I travel a lot. Does vue have a way where I can stream stuff to my laptop away from home? I've read conflicting reports (some places say no, others say that I can use vue to sign up directly at the channel I want to watch).
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I think that spreadsheet listed above will tell you which sites can be streamed from their website.
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Is Sling TV better then it use to be? When I tried it last year it was awfully unreliable, would error and crash all the time and the picture quality was not great.
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Rad Valtar posted:Is Sling TV better then it use to be? When I tried it last year it was awfully unreliable, would error and crash all the time and the picture quality was not great. Someone reported in the last couple pages, that it was improved. I got my "your cable bundle is expiring, call us to resuscribe!" postcard yesterday, so I'll be able to review it soon. Even if it sucks, I'll probably keep it during college football season, just for the watchespn sign-in
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Rad Valtar posted:Is Sling TV better then it use to be? When I tried it last year it was awfully unreliable, would error and crash all the time and the picture quality was not great. I get more consistent streaming with Sling than with Vue......I use Sling on a Roku 3 and Vue on a PS4. Sling streaming rate is generally lower though. e: Vue finally got Redzone and NFLN today, I bit the bullet and went back to Vue ultimately after using both for a month. torturemyballs fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Aug 26, 2016 |
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The biggest difference is Sling is streaming only, Vue has a cloud DVR, while Sling has limited OnDemand Vue gives you access to most of the streaming/on demand apps along with on demand. That makes it a no-brainer to me, most of the reason I wanted to cord cut is not to be tied to TV and it's schedule/location.
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Three Olives posted:The biggest difference is Sling is streaming only, Vue has a cloud DVR, while Sling has limited OnDemand Vue gives you access to most of the streaming/on demand apps along with on demand. Vue's cloud dvr is by far the most amazing thimg ever. Everything I used to watch on Hulu Plus I'm DVRing to skip commercials.
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Just note if you are going to use Vue, you need to set up a profile on an approved device before you can stream anything. I think their approved devices are playstation (obviously), roku, or fire tv. I tried to do the Vue free trial on my phone/laptop with a chromecast and I was out of luck. I ended up buying a Roku 2 to use with Sling TV because it was not working too well on my Gen 1 chromecast.
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I have my friends ATT cable login info. I havent purchased any streaming devices or anything. Ive googled around but cant find any concrete helpful info. What device (roku etc) or other solution can I use to exploit having that login info and watch a bunch of free cable?
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Cable companies loving hate you, so you get to log in to about 1000 individual websites/apps in order to get access to streaming content. Oh, and you'll probably get logged out every other day and have to do it all over again. Apple is trying to push their Single Sign On, which is in the latest Apple TV, but it doesn't work with a ton of providers yet. Because cable companies loving hate you. You want to look for "TV Everywhere" apps to use your login with, here's a decent list from Comcast: http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/cable-tv/online-tv-through-partner-sites/
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Is there still a uverse app? You could use that
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Don Lapre posted:Is there still a uverse app? You could use that There's a uverse app for Xbox one and tablets/smartphones, not anything else.
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Nifty posted:I have my friends ATT cable login info. I havent purchased any streaming devices or anything. Ive googled around but cant find any concrete helpful info. What device (roku etc) or other solution can I use to exploit having that login info and watch a bunch of free cable? There's tons of channel apps on both the roku and the fire stick. You do have to sign into each and every one and it's annoying but I've only had to relink the apps maybe once every few weeks? On some of them I don't think I've ever had to? I'm not sure if it'd be more often as I mostly stick with Netflix/Hulu/Plex so I don't use the individual apps all that much. Maneki Neko posted:There's a uverse app for Xbox one and tablets/smartphones, not anything else. The Amazon fire stick has it too. It's kind of clunky though
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We cut cable the second week of July. We tried both Sling and PlayStation Vue but in the end decided that Sling Blue was better for us. I was slightly disappointed that my preferred local news station was unavailable except apparently through a subscription to CBS. I limped by for a month with a different, lesser station and this past weekend, in the year 2016, installed an antenna on the side of our house. At some point we plan on retiring our Roku 2 for a newer model but overall, it's going great.
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Plex just announced a DVR program as part of their Plex Pass subscription service. Works with HDHomeRuns to record OTA programming (or cable if you've got the one that can use cablecards). The only hitch so far is you can't view a recording in process (and the small cost). Still, worth a shot for $5 if you've got the equipment already.
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Just started a trial of PS Vue. Is anyone else using the official PS4 remote with it? It definitely doesn't seem to be very useful for it.
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Silly Burrito posted:Just started a trial of PS Vue. Is anyone else using the official PS4 remote with it? It definitely doesn't seem to be very useful for it. Yeah, some things can't be done with it at all as far as I know. I wish you could assign a button to L2 and R2 but it doesn't appear that way?
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Hell I'm waiting for a Logitech remote that'll control RF (my Roku and my PS3), bluetooth (my Amazon Fire) and everything else I have in my house (IR). This unicorn of monstrous proportions would probably for for $500+ however.
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My Harmony already does control the devices you mention.
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I have all my HT gear in my basement, and I have a base logitech harmony hub with the simplest remote. The remote does RF, but not IR, which is fine, but I lost the remote. I'd like to get one of the light up ones that has a dock, but their product line is such a mess. I don't need the hub, so I figured I'd just go on eBay and get a used one, since it's going to get trashed anyways. I think this will do it: http://r.ebay.com/I6VbuI but I'm not sure if the remote itself is RF or if you need the IR receiver to be to be visible, which plugs into the hub. I'd like the cheapest possible replacement, that isn't just the same tiny remote that doesn't light up or anything. Plus if the remote itself has IR on it, so it can power on my TV, since I didn't run an IR blaster from the hub back to the tv itself.
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Croatoan posted:Hell I'm waiting for a Logitech remote that'll control RF (my Roku and my PS3), bluetooth (my Amazon Fire) and everything else I have in my house (IR). This unicorn of monstrous proportions would probably for for $500+ however. FWIW my Harmony Smart Control does this already and it was $99 when I bought it. My pet peeve is that it doesn't power up my PS4 but that's due to Sony not allowing third party devices access to it. They let them power it down, just not up. Go loving figure, thanks Sony. You have to reach for a controller to turn it on which kind of defeats the purpose if you want to simply use a remote and launch some streaming apps. The real kicker is that they allow their official first party remote to do it. The Gunslinger fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Sep 6, 2016 |
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