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re: YouTubeTV price increases $10 a month.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 3:24 pm to GCTigahs
Posted on 12/12/24 at 3:24 pm to GCTigahs
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That’s what I’m thinking. If I cancel for 2 months out of the yr, I’ll pay less than I’m paying now. I could get away with cancelling Feb and July easily.
I used to pause it from June through August.
But the wife and her folks want to watch something enough those months to keep me from the savings
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Posted on 12/12/24 at 3:47 pm to Eugene Dogwood
Still cheaper than Hulu live? Amiright?
Posted on 12/12/24 at 4:37 pm to Columbus
Yep, Fubo fricked everything up. I was dropping everything for Venu Sports
Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:17 pm to kicker22
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Anyone use SlingTV?
Yes when it isn't football season
Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:28 pm to Eugene Dogwood
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FFS. I’m angry but I’m gonna pay it. We are suckers.
Yea, you certainly are if you keep paying for it. Go on YouTube and there are hundreds of ways to get streaming shite for free or dirt cheap.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 5:56 pm to Trout Bandit
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It's still the best service
This. 100%
Posted on 12/12/24 at 6:01 pm to Paul Allen
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All I watch is CNN, HGTV and Bravo.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 6:17 pm to Eugene Dogwood
I'll stick with my $10 month IPTV service.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 6:33 pm to statman34
When we cut cable about 6 years ago, we made sure we just use free tv apps and Original YT; not YT TV. It’s exactly as was predicted. Too many TV apps with different offerings and adds up to cost of cable! I break each year and get Netflix for 3 months to watch Only murders in the building. I forgot I also have Amazon prime so I get to watch a lot of things there also.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 7:43 pm to Jenious
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I'll stick with my $10 month IPTV service.
What’s the easiest way to get this set up? Is it $10 per device? Does it work with Roku?
Posted on 12/12/24 at 8:02 pm to parrothead
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Just looked at directv options and the choice package, that includes more channels than YouTube and has SEC network, is coming in at 79.99
Watch out! DirecTV is like poison ivy kudzu. The 79.99 doesn't include the 7.99 per box (per TV), and charges for the ability to record, etc (that's the poison ivy). Before you know it, after the 2-year guarantee, the 79.99 will creep up rapidly (that's the kudzu). Mine had crept to 184.00 before I told them to frick off and went with YouTube. I got all the channels I watch, including SEC network, and no charge to record. I will NEVER darken DirecTV's door again.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 8:21 pm to ThatsWhatSheSaid69
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What’s the easiest way to get this set up? Is it $10 per device? Does it work with Roku?
You would have to do some searching via Reddit for a provider. Mine isn't taking any new customers. You can sometimes get a 36 hour free trial to try out.
You will pay more per connection/device but it varies. Some providers will be like $100 every 6 months for 5 connections.
No, it doesn't work with Roku. If you get a Fire Stick, make sure it's 4K. The best IPTV devices are Nvidia Shield or a Formuler box
Posted on 12/12/24 at 8:31 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
My cox cable TV service is about 140. That's without the 105 dollar internet.
I guess Sling is the cheapest when I cut the cord.
I guess Sling is the cheapest when I cut the cord.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 9:26 pm to Eugene Dogwood
What goes around comes around. We’ll all have cable again at some point.
Posted on 12/12/24 at 10:00 pm to Eugene Dogwood
A buddy at work uses one of the foreign tv streaming services - lemo. You have to pay once annually via crypto wallet. I'm investigating after this latest price increase.
lemo
lemo
Posted on 12/12/24 at 11:51 pm to usc6158
Sling is $60 for both the orange and blue package, the only down side is you have to use an antenna for abc, fox, cbs.
Posted on 12/13/24 at 4:48 am to whoa
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At what point does a cable company come in and offer a La carte packages?
That’s the problem. They can’t because their contracts with the programmers won’t allow it. They force the cable providers to group certain channels together in the same offering.
As for the rising costs,this was all inevitable to happen. The company I work for got out of the TV business for this very reason. The contracts come up for renewal every couple of years and they ALWAYS want more. Disney/ESPN is the main culprit. The cable/streaming providers pay them a rate per subscriber, per channel, and Disney/ESPN makes up a significant portion of your bill because of that. We were paying over $10 a month per subscriber just for the ESPN channels back in 2019. That’s what, 7-8 channels out of a full cable lineup of close to 100 channels that we were also paying similar programming costs for? I can only imagine what that would be in 2024. Then you add in the costs of all of the equipment and hardware that’s necessary to then distribute the channels to customers.
This post was edited on 12/13/24 at 5:21 am
Posted on 12/13/24 at 4:51 am to Locoguan0
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The real problem with cable and streaming TV is that the providers have to buy packages from the content makers. You want Discovery? You have to provide all of their channels, even though all but two are just showing reruns from the main network.
Yep, exactly right. You want to offer a channel Viacom offers. You have to pay them for all of the channels Viacom offers and then they dictate how you have to package them to your customers. Same with Disney/ESPN.
This post was edited on 12/13/24 at 5:23 am
Posted on 12/13/24 at 4:51 am to Knuckle Checker
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The real solution is pay per channel a la carte. Someone needs to do that.
If they could do it they already would have
Posted on 12/13/24 at 6:36 am to Hat Tricks
Directv was over $230 a month, without discounts, for our boxes, DVR, premium sports, premium movies (HBO, etc.). I could call every year or so and grovel to get it down to $150 or so for a while, then the discounts expired and it would require another begging session. And my local FOX channel had been blacked out for over two years due to a contract dispute. The ESPN/ABC blackout was the last straw.
I now get the YouTubeTV basic plus the $30 a month premium package that has HBO, Paramount/Showtime, etc. That includes all the channels we want. Have not missed one yet from the DirecTV days. YouTube has unlimited DVR that I set to auto record every college and NFL game. Then I can quickly watch those I'm less interested in with the Key Plays feature.
I like that YouTubeTV lets each family member have their own login. Wife has her own channel guide and DVR with Hallmark front and center. Mine has sports and HBO at the top. You can also easily share the account with kids or others away from home. You just have to log in to their account from the home base every 90 days or so, which takes just one click.
No regerts, and still way ahead $$ wise.
I applaud YouTubeTV's honesty for heading the email "YouTube TV Price Update" and not burying the news in a "Change of Terms" type BS.
I now get the YouTubeTV basic plus the $30 a month premium package that has HBO, Paramount/Showtime, etc. That includes all the channels we want. Have not missed one yet from the DirecTV days. YouTube has unlimited DVR that I set to auto record every college and NFL game. Then I can quickly watch those I'm less interested in with the Key Plays feature.
I like that YouTubeTV lets each family member have their own login. Wife has her own channel guide and DVR with Hallmark front and center. Mine has sports and HBO at the top. You can also easily share the account with kids or others away from home. You just have to log in to their account from the home base every 90 days or so, which takes just one click.
No regerts, and still way ahead $$ wise.
I applaud YouTubeTV's honesty for heading the email "YouTube TV Price Update" and not burying the news in a "Change of Terms" type BS.
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