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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller Yeah I have both of those. But new TV isn't on those services.

      Some of the stations, like CBS do have online streaming - so now I need to find a good way to get that on my TV.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender I'll check the Fire TV and see what it does. Not sure if it does CBS or not.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          @Dashrender I'll check the Fire TV and see what it does. Not sure if it does CBS or not.

          I'm looking for the 4 big ones - Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
            last edited by Dashrender

            There's a google Play app called Fox NOW.

            and watch ABC

            CBS

            I don't see a dedicated one for NBC, but TV Online seems to have a lot of shows behind it.

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              Jason Banned @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said:

              I wish IP TV was further along than it is. I don't mind paying for content, but I want to pick and choose the content that I actually want, not prop up stations I never watch.

              Hell I'd like to get my $15/month back for the crap sports stations I never watch.

              There is SlingTV

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
                last edited by DustinB3403

                Hulu now has a commercial free option now...

                For only $11.99/Month it seems worth it to at least try.

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
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                  With that PineA64+ just install Ubuntu, install HAL and give it a go.

                  Might be a great little computer for a home theater.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said:

                    There's a google Play app called Fox NOW.

                    and watch ABC

                    CBS

                    I don't see a dedicated one for NBC, but TV Online seems to have a lot of shows behind it.

                    NBC made Hulu, I don't think that they made a separate app.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                      last edited by

                      @DustinB3403 said:

                      Hulu now has a commercial free option now...

                      For only $11.99/Month it seems worth it to at least try.

                      oh cool, that's barely more than we pay now, might be easily worth it.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @DustinB3403 said:

                        Hulu now has a commercial free option now...

                        For only $11.99/Month it seems worth it to at least try.

                        oh cool, that's barely more than we pay now, might be easily worth it.

                        that price is fine - and a few ads, not the 15 mins per 45 of show is even OK, assuming that that helps offset my cost. But the fact that shows are 24 hours behind broadcast just sucks! What used to be next day conversations around the water cooler is now you just being excluded because you haven't seen it yet, and by the time you do, the talk is over.

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          @DustinB3403 said:

                          Hulu now has a commercial free option now...

                          For only $11.99/Month it seems worth it to at least try.

                          oh cool, that's barely more than we pay now, might be easily worth it.

                          that price is fine - and a few ads, not the 15 mins per 45 of show is even OK, assuming that that helps offset my cost. But the fact that shows are 24 hours behind broadcast just sucks! What used to be next day conversations around the water cooler is now you just being excluded because you haven't seen it yet, and by the time you do, the talk is over.

                          You talk about shows at the watercooler? I don't keep track of shows I generally binge watch seasons at a time when they are available online.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @coliver
                            last edited by

                            @coliver said:

                            @Dashrender said:

                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @DustinB3403 said:

                            Hulu now has a commercial free option now...

                            For only $11.99/Month it seems worth it to at least try.

                            oh cool, that's barely more than we pay now, might be easily worth it.

                            that price is fine - and a few ads, not the 15 mins per 45 of show is even OK, assuming that that helps offset my cost. But the fact that shows are 24 hours behind broadcast just sucks! What used to be next day conversations around the water cooler is now you just being excluded because you haven't seen it yet, and by the time you do, the talk is over.

                            You talk about shows at the watercooler? I don't keep track of shows I generally binge watch seasons at a time when they are available online.

                            I've never worked in a place that did that. But he works with exceptionally non-technical people. No one I've worked with in a very long time would talk about shows regularly or have traditional television as their means of watching them. So it really could not come up in that way.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              Water cooler - well no, but you get my point. Two to three days a week I'll have a 5 min conversation with coworkers about the shows of the week. Though I have to admit that hasn't been much of a thing lately. Maybe I should just try it and see if I end up caring at all.

                              I love binge watching shows! The bad thing about that is you loose a bit of personal connection with others because you're not bound together by your pent up angst waiting for the next episode. 😉 As frustrating as that is, I consider is a good thing for society at large, a way to relate.

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                              • dafyreD
                                dafyre @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said:

                                @scottalanmiller Yeah I have both of those. But new TV isn't on those services.

                                Some of the stations, like CBS do have online streaming - so now I need to find a good way to get that on my TV.

                                Roku + CBS All Access (Something like $5 a month, I think, I don't actually use it, but I know it is on the Roku)

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre
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                                  If you have an Android based device, or a Roku (not sure what else it supports), SlingTV isn't a terrible option. It's like $25 a month for a few channels... (ESPN, 2 x History Channels, Food Network, TBS, and a few others)... They're all live channels. You can't fast forward through commercials, etc.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @dafyre
                                    last edited by

                                    @dafyre said:

                                    If you have an Android based device, or a Roku (not sure what else it supports), SlingTV isn't a terrible option. It's like $25 a month for a few channels... (ESPN, 2 x History Channels, Food Network, TBS, and a few others)... They're all live channels. You can't fast forward through commercials, etc.

                                    Yeah - not looking for live streams - definitely want VOD.

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                                      marcinozga @Jason
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                                      @Jason said:

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      I wish IP TV was further along than it is. I don't mind paying for content, but I want to pick and choose the content that I actually want, not prop up stations I never watch.

                                      Hell I'd like to get my $15/month back for the crap sports stations I never watch.

                                      There is SlingTV

                                      SlingTV sucks. Badly. I was a customer for 3 months, daily outages, poor picture quality, channels wouldn't load even if there was no outage. I would never recommend it to anybody, unless it was completely free.

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                                        Jason Banned @marcinozga
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                                        @marcinozga said:

                                        SlingTV sucks. Badly. I was a customer for 3 months, daily outages, poor picture quality, channels wouldn't load even if there was no outage. I would never recommend it to anybody, unless it was completely free.

                                        Works fine for me. I watch it every day on my Roku

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @marcinozga
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcinozga said:

                                          @Jason said:

                                          @Dashrender said:

                                          I wish IP TV was further along than it is. I don't mind paying for content, but I want to pick and choose the content that I actually want, not prop up stations I never watch.

                                          Hell I'd like to get my $15/month back for the crap sports stations I never watch.

                                          There is SlingTV

                                          SlingTV sucks. Badly. I was a customer for 3 months, daily outages, poor picture quality, channels wouldn't load even if there was no outage. I would never recommend it to anybody, unless it was completely free.

                                          Wow. Totally opposite here. It works great for us most of the time. They do have issues sometimes, but by and large, it has been worth it for us.

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                                            marcinozga @Jason
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                                            @Jason AMC or Epix channels in the evening would hardly ever load for me. And I also watched it Roku, FireTV stick, iPad and iMac. It made no difference. And customer support was clueless, all they did was to give me a ticket number, no resolution, no compensation, nothing. In the end I switched to PS Vue.

                                            http://downdetector.com/status/sling

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