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I am starting to look at reducing some of my costs around tv. I of course mainly watch sports and some local news and the kids watch their junk

I came across something from Dish Network called Sling TV You get a good section of channels for $20
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They also offer a deal on the Roku player which you can then get more free channels

thoughts? It goes away from the new fad of multiple tv's in one room
 
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BSU, my best friend uses it and so far likes it a lot. He runs it thru his XBOX One. My cable bill is 200 a month and my wife and I both are getting tired of it because it's such a waste of money. Outside of live sports I can watch everything I want to on XBMC and pretty much do anyway. I think you can get a free trial so that's what I would do to try it out.

The one thing that would hold me back from cutting the cord and getting Sling is that I have kids and they're watching tv in the other room most of the time. In order to do that I would need two Sling accounts. 40 is still a good deal but I don't understand why if you're getting their service you can't get it on all of your tvs.
 
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I cut the cord earlier this year. $25 doesn't seem bad at all for the regular channels and sports channels. Why do I still have Netflix? I keep on asking myself this and need to cancel it again soon. That one month free pkg they have is tricky. Amazon Prime is just as good.

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bsucards said:
I am starting to look at reducing some of my costs around tv. I of course mainly watch sports and some local news and the kids watch their junk

I came across something from Dish Network called Sling TV You get a good section of channels for $20
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They also offer a deal on the Roku player which you can then get more free channels

thoughts? It goes away from the new fad of multiple tv's in one room
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I hear you,brother...we have a big package from Verizon and our "interductory offer" runs out in a month and a half...

I love all the choices but we may have to trim some corners ourselves...
 
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We pay $125 a month for dish for the whole package plus he has some sports package. We would never be able to cut ours because on top of the 26 things I dvr various times of the year, plus what he watches and on top of what the kids watch- we would all go nuts without tv. :facepalm:
 
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bsucards said:
I am starting to look at reducing some of my costs around tv. I of course mainly watch sports and some local news and the kids watch their junk

I came across something from Dish Network called Sling TV You get a good section of channels for $20
View attachment 3774

They also offer a deal on the Roku player which you can then get more free channels

thoughts? It goes away from the new fad of multiple tv's in one room
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The popular media group VICE will be replacing the H2 channel pretty soon. They have a range of really great documentaries if you've never seen em before.

http://deadline.com/2015/04/h2-rebranded-vice-ae-networks-1201417766/
 
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How far away are you from "The Big City"? My biggest concern is reception as I live in the sticks.
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Actually, I'm pretty close. I have to say I get CBS, Fox, and a few other good channels. Everything else is pretty much shit. However, if you get an unlocked Apple TV and stream torrents you can pretty much watch what you want. I would only suggest Amazon Prime other than that. Cut my cable bill completely.

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I so badly want to cut my Direct TV but I can't go without my soccer. You can find streams for it but I can't watch those. I need HD quality.
 
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Morris said:
Hmmm?.what's adult swim? :SIB
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Good times :toast:
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