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re: Help me convince my wife that it's time to "cut the cord"
Posted on 12/18/14 at 10:14 am to tigerbacon
Posted on 12/18/14 at 10:14 am to tigerbacon
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For CBS just pay the online streaming fee that's under 10 dollars
Within reason the passwords for many of the pay services can easily be shared. Pool some of your subscriptions with friends or family.
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Posted on 12/18/14 at 11:02 am to ILikeLSUToo
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My wife's not white trash
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Teen Mom
Teen Mom 2
16 and Pregnant
btw, now that you are on what, you should look into BTN. You can get almost any new tv show there, including that trash.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 2:21 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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My wife's not white trash but she certainly enjoys the trash. Here's some of shittier shite she catches each week:
Teen Mom
Teen Mom 2
16 and Pregnant
Marriage Boot Camp on WE
True Tori
Ink Master (I watch it too)
Are You the One
Hell's Kitchen
Little Women in LA
Every Baking-related Competition Ever Made
She says I should be grateful she doesn't watch Jersey Shore and related spin-offs, Kardashians, or Real Housewives.
Sounds like you don't have kids, or they are older.
Having children and a job makes it difficult to give a shite about that many dumb arse tv shows.
Posted on 12/18/14 at 2:36 pm to TeddyPadillac
We have a 3-year-old and an 8-month old (who, incidentally, also requires special medical care), and we both have jobs. These shows aren't always on at the same time all season obviously; she just catches the new ones either live or in the morning before work if I have no interest in them. I didn't even include most of the shows we actually watch together. The kids have reasonable bedtimes, and we still get a good 7 hours of sleep. I've always been a pro at time management.
This post was edited on 12/18/14 at 2:42 pm
Posted on 12/18/14 at 2:37 pm to Hawkeye95
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you should look into BTN.
Google just turns up Big Ten Network. Any more details?
Posted on 12/19/14 at 10:28 am to ILikeLSUToo
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Google just turns up Big Ten Network. Any more details?
Same for me.
Posted on 12/19/14 at 1:27 pm to ILikeLSUToo
try Broadcast the net
Posted on 12/19/14 at 1:37 pm to WONTONGO
Well awesome, now all I need is an invite!
Posted on 12/19/14 at 1:48 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:Same here.
My wife's not white trash but she certainly enjoys the trash.
quote:Mine is pretty much exactly the opposite. She doesn't watch any of the shite you listed, but she does watch all the Kardashian and Housewives bullshite and all the spinoffs. Just absolutely ridiculous shite. And I watch South Park and she thinks that's ridiculous.
Here's some of shittier shite she catches each week:
Teen Mom
Teen Mom 2
16 and Pregnant
Marriage Boot Camp on WE
True Tori
Ink Master (I watch it too)
Are You the One
Hell's Kitchen
Little Women in LA
Every Baking-related Competition Ever Made
She says I should be grateful she doesn't watch Jersey Shore and related spin-offs, Kardashians, or Real Housewives.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:20 am to Korkstand
Anyone have recommendation on an attic antenna?
Christmas vacation mission is to "cut the cord"
I have a HTPC I built in the living room and a combination of Roku's, Apple TV's and Fire Stick in the others. Same issue as the OP, I need an easy way for my non tech savvy wife to watch TV.
Christmas vacation mission is to "cut the cord"
I have a HTPC I built in the living room and a combination of Roku's, Apple TV's and Fire Stick in the others. Same issue as the OP, I need an easy way for my non tech savvy wife to watch TV.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 5:05 pm to The Next
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it's time to "cut the cord"
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I currently have...access to my parents' login so that I can get access to HBOgo, Watch ESPN, etc
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:18 pm to BobABooey
Ok. Even I had to laugh at that. It doesn't matter how many times I read a preview, sometimes things just come out wrong.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:42 pm to The Next
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HD-HR-Prime
Claims it doesn't work with an antenna. You need cable for it. You can use an HD-Homerun, though, just fine.
Posted on 12/21/14 at 1:37 pm to LSUOFFSHORE
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Anyone have recommendation on an attic antenna?
I had occasion to deal with these folks when I was putting together my setup and found them to be very helpful and knowledgeable. I spent about 20 minutes on the phone with Denny himself and he walked me through the entire process. You probably are going to need a directional VHF/UHF antenna to reach New Orleans stations and they can advise you on that. Give them a call. There's also a lot of helpful info on their web page.
LINK
Posted on 12/21/14 at 2:18 pm to Layabout
Posted on 12/21/14 at 2:42 pm to The Next
step 1: never get a wife
Posted on 12/21/14 at 3:05 pm to The Next
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currently have 2 Apple TVs, an RPi running XBMC, and access to my parents' login so that I can get access to HBOgo, Watch ESPN, etc. We hardly watch live TV anymore
Why the frick are you still paying for cable then? I've had this same setup for 2 years and have been fine.
Do you torrent?
This post was edited on 12/21/14 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 12/21/14 at 3:11 pm to The Next
It's easier if you don't have it in th first place but I know you're not in this situation.
I have a laptop connected straight to the tv. I have access to espn3 from a friends account and have Netflix. Also have an AT&T uverse account through a friend.
Bought an HD antenna for $40 and I get most of the standard channels like CBS and all that.
I don't need cable at all. I get evening I already need and what I miss is not worth the cost.
Eta: coke and popcorn and the equivalent web sites are money for those shows you want to watch. Like walking dead.
My bill $50 for Internet every month. Think about that for a second. I get everything I talked about above for $50 a month
I have a laptop connected straight to the tv. I have access to espn3 from a friends account and have Netflix. Also have an AT&T uverse account through a friend.
Bought an HD antenna for $40 and I get most of the standard channels like CBS and all that.
I don't need cable at all. I get evening I already need and what I miss is not worth the cost.
Eta: coke and popcorn and the equivalent web sites are money for those shows you want to watch. Like walking dead.
My bill $50 for Internet every month. Think about that for a second. I get everything I talked about above for $50 a month
This post was edited on 12/21/14 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 12/21/14 at 3:17 pm to LSUOFFSHORE
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I was looking at the Mohu Sky 60
Connecting to the Tablo
The venerable RCA Ant configuration will probably give you the same or better results, particularly for the VHF stations. These are made by several companies including the one I linked to in another post. I'm not familiar with Tablo, but Windows Media Center does a great job of handling the program guide and the DVR functions and it's free if you've got a Windows 7 PC. The Tablo is going to transcode the lossless MPEG2 broadcast signal into a compressed format that the Apple and Roku can handle, with some corresponding loss of quality.
Posted on 12/21/14 at 3:42 pm to Layabout
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Windows Media Center does a great job of handling the program guide and the DVR functions and it's free if you've got a Windows 7 PC.
So you connect the antenna to the PC via a homerun?
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