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re: Questions about dropping Cable TV
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:38 am to Hat Tricks
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:38 am to Hat Tricks
What I don't understand is all you cable cutters...do you only have one TV??
I have 7, so AppleTVs and Rokus all over the place don't make sense.
I have 7, so AppleTVs and Rokus all over the place don't make sense.
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Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:41 am to CidCock
I'm bookmarking this, thinking about dropping cable also
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:43 am to ColdDuck
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What I don't understand is all you cable cutters...do you only have one TV??
I have 7, so AppleTVs and Rokus all over the place don't make sense.
I doubt most people have 7 tv's. I have 3. Living room, master bedroom, and guest bedroom.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:45 am to ColdDuck
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I have 7
jesus christ
we have 2, and only 1 ever gets used
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:50 am to Salmon
Apple TV 2, jailbreak it. Send me your first born in appreciation.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:53 am to ColdDuck
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What I don't understand is all you cable cutters...do you only have one TV??
We have 2, basically only watch the one in the living room. Only watch the news at night in the bed, can pick that up with an antenna or do without.
7 TV's....holy cow
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:54 am to Franktowntiger7
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Franktowntiger7
What's the benefit of jailbreaking the Apple TV 2?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:54 am to BowDownToLSU
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BowDownToLSU
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:55 am to lsuCJ5
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Will I still be able to watch shows from A&E, history, discovery, etc.?
All of those are available as roku channels. If you want them bundled nicely in one place, get a subscription to hulu plus. As far as movies go, there are several free channels like crackle or you can subscribe to either netflix or amazon prime. I like amazon prime because of the free two-day shipping but it also includes access to a huge library of movies.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:56 am to CidCock
You must jailbreak the Apple TV to be able to install XBMC on it which IMO makes the Apple TV worth while. There are a bunch of ways to watch live television including sports channels, etc. but I am not posting links. A good google search should put you in the right direction
Posted on 3/5/14 at 8:57 am to sandraccoon
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sandraccoon
I have XMBC on my desktop, it's pretty neat for downloading stuff. The live TV quality is meh, though.
Is it better on Apple TV?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:03 am to CidCock
Its still going to be the same quality on the Apple TV because its the stream that doesn't have good quality.
Something for cable cutters to look into is PLAYON. I think it cost around $30 a year or something like that. But people have made custom plugins that stream live tv, movies, and shows for free. You basically set it up on your PC and then on your phone, XBMC, tablet, ROKU, Apple Tv, etc.. connect to it and surf through the channels
Something for cable cutters to look into is PLAYON. I think it cost around $30 a year or something like that. But people have made custom plugins that stream live tv, movies, and shows for free. You basically set it up on your PC and then on your phone, XBMC, tablet, ROKU, Apple Tv, etc.. connect to it and surf through the channels
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:04 am to sandraccoon
I'm currently using PlayON. I have a Logitech Revue in each room and can watch and TV show or movie you could think of, using a nifty custom plugin someone made for it. Can't beat it
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:07 am to CidCock
OP, I don't have internet at my home for the same reason (babies). We use our smart phones for surfing, and I think our DTV bill is $50/month. Not bad.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:23 am to sandraccoon
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sandraccoon
Thanks for the input. Does Jailbreaking the apple tv for xmbc hurt its functionality of the other apps?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:24 am to AUCE05
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OP, I don't have internet at my home for the same reason (babies). We use our smart phones for surfing, and I think our DTV bill is $50/month. Not bad.
Good point.
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:28 am to CidCock
You will not lose any functionality. You will have problems installing new updates but I think the only problem will be that it will unjailbreak your Apple TV
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:29 am to AUCE05
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OP, I don't have internet at my home for the same reason (babies). We use our smart phones for surfing, and I think our DTV bill is $50/month. Not bad.
This is exactly what I do. I have hotspot on my phone which is free and my dish bill is only 50 bucks for 2 tv's
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:50 am to CidCock
The problem for me is when you cut cable, you still need the Internet. In BTR Cox makes it almost as expensive for Internet only as one of their bundles. Any recs on Internet only in BTR?
Posted on 3/5/14 at 9:54 am to Farkwad
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The problem for me is when you cut cable, you still need the Internet. In BTR Cox makes it almost as expensive for Internet only as one of their bundles. Any recs on Internet only in BTR?
Really?
I am not in BR, but it's a pretty significant difference...unless you get crazy high speed.
I think I can get 15MBps for like $35, I pay $108 for TV and internet.
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