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re: Cutting the cord (Directv). Any regrets?
Posted on 2/9/20 at 5:51 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Posted on 2/9/20 at 5:51 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
70 pages from the Tech Board
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Posted on 2/9/20 at 5:59 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Nope. Hulu.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:05 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Nothing is streamlined. Nothing feels effortless.
Waiting for an app to load, what provider has what, channels in alphabetical order and having to set favorites to make simple up and down changes happen, everything streams so there is a lot of lag...a lot of lag.
Hulu can suck a dick too. Pay about 40 a month and still have to watch commercials on shite I saved to the DVR. Then the shite you save gets deleted if Hulu doesn't have the rights any longer, so saved 'Cars' to the DVR that I recorded off TBS or Disney, my daughter asks to watch it and pull it up only to find out Hulu won't let me play it. Still shows I recorded it, just won't let me watch it.
Going to try Youtube TV in the next few weeks since it is the flavor of the month. Have to keep ESPN year round for Football and F1
Waiting for an app to load, what provider has what, channels in alphabetical order and having to set favorites to make simple up and down changes happen, everything streams so there is a lot of lag...a lot of lag.
Hulu can suck a dick too. Pay about 40 a month and still have to watch commercials on shite I saved to the DVR. Then the shite you save gets deleted if Hulu doesn't have the rights any longer, so saved 'Cars' to the DVR that I recorded off TBS or Disney, my daughter asks to watch it and pull it up only to find out Hulu won't let me play it. Still shows I recorded it, just won't let me watch it.
Going to try Youtube TV in the next few weeks since it is the flavor of the month. Have to keep ESPN year round for Football and F1
This post was edited on 2/9/20 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:16 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Went to sling can’t believe I waited this long
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:19 pm to oleyeller
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Lol you are not doing it right. Swap dtv and dish every 2 yrs when contracts up. Get all promos/free premium channels. Bill for $80 month, rinse and repeat when contract is up
That shite is a pain in the arse. Calling waiting on hold and doing that song and dance every year is exhausting. Much less having a different company come out every year to set you up and sending back equipment.
Cut the cord. Fire stick with Netflix and YoutubeTV. Done.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:22 pm to FlyinTiger93
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Hulu Plus drops a lot, but so did Directv
Not for us in Ascension Parish. Must be the isp or streaming device.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:24 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
I was an early adopter, cut the cord in 2012 and have never looked back. 3 kids, two of which have only ever known streaming.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:30 pm to Mouth
ATT has fricked up DTV. Nobody there knows WTF is going on. Went iin and out of them twice last Aug. Went back. 
They had to send a tech out 3 times to fix it. Come Dec, it crapped out. I had enough. Called them which has always been no less then a hour each time to cancel my service. Also told them to send a box for return of equipment. Now this has been from Mid Dec. I had called them 3 times about sending a return box. They even gave me a tracking number which FedEx has no such number. 
I don't live by one of their offices. It's more then 25 miles from my house and I am NOT going out my way for DTV shitty service. I will not call them again. 
They had to send a tech out 3 times to fix it. Come Dec, it crapped out. I had enough. Called them which has always been no less then a hour each time to cancel my service. Also told them to send a box for return of equipment. Now this has been from Mid Dec. I had called them 3 times about sending a return box. They even gave me a tracking number which FedEx has no such number. I don't live by one of their offices. It's more then 25 miles from my house and I am NOT going out my way for DTV shitty service. I will not call them again. Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:41 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Nope Hulu takes care of all LSU and Saints games.
We already had Netflix and Prime.
We already had Netflix and Prime.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:48 pm to oleyeller
Dropped that crap for Roku with YouTubeTV. No regrets. Would do it again.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 6:48 pm to beerJeep
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No ragrets
Not even a single letter?
Posted on 2/9/20 at 7:08 pm to Simon Gruber
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I’m paying $62 a month with directv with HBO. When the price goes up I call and threaten to cancel and they drop the price back down. I believe I have around 200 channels. If you’re paying $200 you’re doing something wrong
Similar package, no HBO but I get the 540 movie channels for $55 and every year they give me NFL Sunday ticket for free.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:11 pm to beerJeep
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No ragrets.
Somehow I thought it was "regurts".
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:16 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
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What app do you use to watch LSU football and baseball games now?
Sportsurge.net
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:25 pm to Mouth
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That shite is a pain in the arse. Calling waiting on hold and doing that song and dance every year is exhausting. Much less having a different company come out every year to set you up and sending back equipment.
Cut the cord. Fire stick with Netflix and YoutubeTV. Done.
Always buffer issues, aggervating having 98 different remotes, then if you are into sports you are always about 4 plays behind real time.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:41 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Only issue I had originally was I used to just flip around and find something then leave it there while I did things. Now I feel like I have to watch whatever I wind up choosing.
I went the firestick route. If you've already got those streaming services then I'd drop directv right away.
I was paying almost $200 a month too, only thing I added was Hulu. You zsk stream any sports that you can't get from Hulu.
I went the firestick route. If you've already got those streaming services then I'd drop directv right away.
I was paying almost $200 a month too, only thing I added was Hulu. You zsk stream any sports that you can't get from Hulu.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:48 pm to oleyeller
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Always buffer issues
Rarely have that.
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aggervating having 98 different remotes
I have one. What are all your remotes for?
Posted on 2/9/20 at 8:58 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
200 mbps service:
Disney+
Netflix
YouTubeTV
This post was edited on 2/9/20 at 9:01 pm
Posted on 2/9/20 at 9:13 pm to Vacherie Saint
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200 mbps service:
Psshhhh
Honestly, have no clue why I need this speed. It's cheap though.
Posted on 2/9/20 at 9:29 pm to NatalbanyTigerFan
Nope, no regrets at all. I can see everything I want with streaming for $49.99 on YouTube TV
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