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Post by Lovebug2867 on Feb 28, 2019 17:39:07 GMT
We are trying to cut our bills down as things are really tight lately. We live in the country it's so our only option for television was satellite hi and DirecTV is so expensive our bill is like 200 a month for the lowest package so I canceled it last night.
So we're thinking of going to a streaming service for our TV we only have DSL internet but we haven't had any issues with streaming on like Netflix or Hulu or Amazon.
I just wonder what services everyone is using and what you like and don't like about that service. Were using the free trial of Hulu live and it's missing a lot of the channels that we like.
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Post by *KAS* on Feb 28, 2019 17:47:53 GMT
I tested out both YouTubeTV and DirecTV NOW. I really liked YouTube TV, but they didn't offer one of the main channels I watch, HGTV. I've been really happy with DirecTV now. There hasn't been any channels I don't have (which is mostly Bravo, HGTV, and sports channels, in addition to local stations). The only thing I don't like about DirecTV Now is the DVR space is really small, but I can watch most things on demand, and I just watch less TV in general now, so it hasn't been an issue.
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Post by cbet on Feb 28, 2019 19:46:57 GMT
I'm using Philo - it has the channels I really wanted (the Discovery Channel group, HGTV, Hallmark & Hallmark Movies, Lifetime) and is quite inexpensive compared to everything else (only $17.00 a month). The one thing it doesn't have is the sports channels, but I don't miss those.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 28, 2019 20:06:33 GMT
When we were preparing to switch, I printed a list of all of the channels that were available on Hulu Live, You Tube TV, Direct TV Now, and Sling TV. We then looked at all of our cable channels and figured out which ones were necessities, which would be nice to have, and which ones we didn't care about. Hulu Live by far met our needs the best of all of them.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Feb 28, 2019 20:33:42 GMT
Hulu Live. It gives us all the channels we wanted as well as local tv stations. When we had DirectTv Now they carried the major networks, but not our local stations which made them pretty useless for local news. We also have subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime, though we had those before cutting the cord.
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Post by littlemama on Feb 28, 2019 20:49:48 GMT
Hulu Live. It gives us all the channels we wanted as well as local tv stations. When we had DirectTv Now they carried the major networks, but not our local stations which made them pretty useless for local news. We also have subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime, though we had those before cutting the cord. same here. We already had Netflix and Prime, so I didn't factor those into the cost difference. |
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Feb 28, 2019 21:31:20 GMT
We are currently on the trial of hulu live and it's missing AMC and el ray which are musts for SO I might trial a few of them before deciding
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Feb 28, 2019 23:51:14 GMT
Well I can tell you what not to get ...SlingTV. We got a month free when we purchased our TV back in Dec and it’s $25 but it all has commercials..I get the live part having them but the non live part does also and it sucks. I forgot to unsubscribe to it in Jan after my free month so I got charged (my fault totally) but this month I went to unsubscribe two days early and they already charged my card so I got stuck paying another month. They won’t return any emails ...I’m over it.
They do offer AMC though.
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Mar 1, 2019 0:43:10 GMT
We are leaning towards fubo it has all the channels we watch including lots of sports I'll be doing a free trial of it soon
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Post by scrappinmom3 on Mar 1, 2019 3:10:32 GMT
We have had direct tv now for over a year and are really happy with it. In the beginning, there was a lot of buffering, but that seems to be completely resolved now. We also have Hulu, amazon prime videos and we have access to Netflix.
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Post by Katiepotatie on Mar 1, 2019 5:57:37 GMT
We have an Amazon Firestick and I got a free trial to Pkayststion Vue. I was impressed, but didn’t keep it. (I’m ok without live TV right now.)
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Post by tentoes on Mar 2, 2019 22:28:03 GMT
We have netflix, ruko, amazon prime, but don't watch much tv
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Post by Dani-Mani on Mar 2, 2019 22:37:48 GMT
I’ve used YouTube, Philio, PlaystationVue, DirectTV, Sling, and Hulu.
Hulu is by far the best, with philo as a supplement.
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Post by *KAS* on Mar 2, 2019 22:42:07 GMT
Hulu Live. It gives us all the channels we wanted as well as local tv stations. When we had DirectTv Now they carried the major networks, but not our local stations which made them pretty useless for local news. We also have subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime, though we had those before cutting the cord. That must be geographically based? I have DirectTV Now and get my local stations w/ local news. |
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Mar 2, 2019 22:46:47 GMT
We are going with directv now they are the only service that gives us local channels.
We live in a very rural area in western Maryland and our local channels are Pittsburgh based mist of the streaming places want to give us Baltimore which aren't accessible here which sucks 95% of what we watch is on local channels so DirecTV now is our only option
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Post by librarylady on Mar 3, 2019 1:13:28 GMT
Hulu Live. It gives us all the channels we wanted as well as local tv stations. When we had DirectTv Now they carried the major networks, but not our local stations which made them pretty useless for local news. We also have subscriptions to Netflix and Amazon Prime, though we had those before cutting the cord. That must be geographically based? I have DirectTV Now and get my local stations w/ local news. We have had Direct TV for 12 years and it has always included local stations.
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Post by *KAS* on Mar 3, 2019 1:14:31 GMT
That must be geographically based? I have DirectTV Now and get my local stations w/ local news. We have had Direct TV for 12 years and it has always included local stations.
DirecTV NOW is streaming TV; different than regular satellite DirecTV  |
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Post by teacherlisa on Mar 3, 2019 4:58:47 GMT
I’ve used YouTube, Philio, PlaystationVue, DirectTV, Sling, and Hulu. Hulu is by far the best, with philo as a supplement. That’s what I’m doing... Hulu Live plus Philo. |
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Post by huskergal on Mar 3, 2019 5:21:25 GMT
I am using Hulu right now. I am not happy with the way the service works. I have issues with the DVR. I like the channels it offers, but not happy with the dvr at all.
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