re: Official Cutting The Cord Thread

Oh and I have an Xbox one if this helps

hey guys. have chromecast and kodi, et al. thank you for the help there. am about to pull the trigger on slingtv. should I go with roku streaming stick or amazon fire stick (free promo?). I see where I can use kodi on firestick but not sure with roku stick. Also, would like to use my older laptop with windows media center to set up a dvr component. Any help would be appreciated!

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should I go with roku streaming stick or amazon fire stick (free promo?).

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Get the FireTV...the promo has an option for $50 off firetv so it would run you $40 or so....you will need to run a Cat5/6 cable to the firetv.

As for the dvr, Kodi 13.x and 14.x has a WMC client included, you just need to enable it. But first get WMC working on your laptop and connected to your tuner or cable. Then install the WMC pvr Host... Follow this Guide.

Just called AT&T and cancelled my U-Verse service. My roommate is barely ever home anymore and I maybe watch TV once a week, so not worth the money anymore. I'll be saving a total of about $50/mo since they also took away my internet discount (they did give me another promotion on the internet so that's good, I got to upgrade my interwebs for no extra cost)

For the next couple of months I'll be sticking to my Chromecast, but I plan on using the money I'll be saving and to buy an Amazon FireTV to run Kodi. Once football season comes around I'll probably look into either ordering an antenna, or using sling.com.

awesome. thank you for the help! cox box returned, upped the internet. they kicked in free modem/router for a year. then when called to trouble shoot, they gave me a free month of tv. said to pick up the hd box. not going through that, but will take the credit on the bill. firetv to be here sunday (sunday?). so, will update as continue the cutting process. thank you for all your help.

I installed sportsdevil when I got kodi. will look into the rest

For points 3 and 4, look into TiVo OTA. It definitely covers 3. I don't think it will do 4.

Tablo, Channel Master, and Simple.tv also make products that will do what you're asking. Tablo runs $5/mo for guide data. Channel master doesn't make you pay for guide data, but also doesn't stream to other parts of the house (they tout its comparability with the Slingbox 500 ($230-300ish, depending if you like refurb or search better than I do). Simple.TV had a rocky start, but their newer models seem to have been better. I think they use an annual vs lifetime subscription Of $60 vs $150, respectively.

So out of these, the simplest answer is a 2 tuner Tablo for ~$200 +$5/mo (for the guide data...which way beats TiVo's $15/mo option that won't stream your hard drive's content to the devices in your house).

Of course, any of these will do 4 if you add a device such as a Slingbox. Its an added cost that's not particularly necessary.


On the more tech-y side, an HTPC running windows, OS X, or Linux with either xbmc or MythTV should do the trick. That's an entire long, drawn out discussion in and of itself. I'd decide "stand alone vs HTPC." If you dislike tinkering, standalone is almost definitely the better option. I haven't used them, but I'd expect cable-box-like function and reliability. With a computer, you'll have more initial headache + the potential problem of software updates not making things work right. But, you will be able to do exactly what you want, and it's undeniably the most customizable.

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Again, Sling is easiest....Kodi has disney and everything else. Be aware Sling TV can only be watched on one device at a time. So if junior is watching disney, dad cant watch espn.

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Yea, I read that on reviewing SlingTV recently. That's an absolute deal breaker to me.

3 people in 1 house with 3 TV's and only getting to watch tv on 1? Not good.

How 1st world of a problem is that? Oh well.

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just bought a fire tv box. anything else besides kodi I need on it?

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Just put Zeus Video on kodi. Pretty sweet repo. Best since Mashup IMO