BarkingGhostar
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Considering it was $155/mo. for a more limited FIOS, it's still a good deal. Plus we split one connection (out of 3) with family so instead of $65 it's $45. It started at like $35 if you can believe that.Yeah, after the barrage of ads for YouTube TV I figured I'd at least have a look to see if I was interested... then I saw the price. GTFO!
I watch about an hour of video content a day, and sometimes movies on the weekend, so it's a terrible value for me.I don't know how we were able to live without DVR for so long. We have YT TV now and we consume at least 50% live (including national news channels) and 50% recorded shows (unlimited). Plus it has a ton of shows with old seasons we can catch up on. I wasn't willing to pay the additional for multi-room DVR with FIOS because the costs added up quick and wasn't worthwhile since I could just torrent an episode here and there. Now we can watch anything from any device anywhere. Internet + YTTV = $40+65/mo. and no BS taxes/fees.
Considering it was $155/mo. for a more limited FIOS, it's still a good deal. Plus we split one connection (out of 3) with family so instead of $65 it's $45. It started at like $35 if you can believe that.
T-Mobile is coming out with TV of their own soon. Competition is good.
See if you can get Locast. If you have only internet and a Roku you can watch what would be OTA TV, for free.
You can watch it on any device, I think.
Jesus, think of all those starving car sales people and lawyers that count on you seeing their ads twenty times a minute.I have not watched live anything for a long time.
Jesus, think of all those starving car sales people and lawyers that count on you seeing their ads twenty times a minute.
The local news is not news. It is basically just a report of any shootings, car crashes, or traffic jams that happened in the last 24 hours mixed in with 10 minutes of weather. I don't know why anyone would want to watch it.
I cut the cord, but I have cable for internet.People are *adding* streaming to their existing cable service instead of "cutting the cord".
The local in my city is that same. A cross between Tabloid TV and armature hour with rookie reporters. In addition to a very bias position, as it is a Sinclair station. The NBC and CBS affiliates in nearby cities are 100% better in both quality and some actual coverage of local events.Maybe your local news provides you with 'local' news. In my market they are all about the hype of negative stories and best get that from national and international avenues. Nothing local exciting enough.
Jesus, think of all those starving car sales people and lawyers that count on you seeing their ads twenty times a minute.
When we had Dish, their DVR would record prime time stuff, and automatically skip commercials on playback. It was great, except for the simple fact that there wasn't a damn thing worth watching with or without commercials. It was well worth the $15 fee for prepaid shipping boxes to send their crap back to them, and save $100+ every month.DVR = skipped commercials. Just start it 30 minutes after it airs. My wife is a pro by now. Even for the news.
I think I had to spend over an hour on the phone with them when I was cancelling, they kept trying to come up with a lower offer to convince me to stay, and I kept saying "I'm just no longer interested in spending any money on TV".When we had Dish, their DVR would record prime time stuff, and automatically skip commercials on playback. It was great, except for the simple fact that there wasn't a damn thing worth watching with or without commercials. It was well worth the $15 fee for prepaid shipping boxes to send their crap back to them, and save $100+ every month.
I was expecting some of the same from everything I've read about people trying to cancel.I think I had to spend over an hour on the phone with them when I was cancelling, they kept trying to come up with a lower offer to convince me to stay, and I kept saying "I'm just no longer interested in spending any money on TV".
I've been watching local and then national news religiously since covid-19 hit Wuhan. I'm getting more and more upset with it, though (SF Bay Area, NBC weekdays, CBS weekends). Mostly they dumb down the coverage for people with room temperature IQs who consort with similar people. I was super irritated tonight. My TV is a TCL Roku 43" 4K TV/Monitor, and it supports 90 minute timeshifting, as long as you don't change the channel. So, I FF/Pause/Rew at will. I never watch in real time. I'm more and more FFing through the crap that doesn't interest me. I have no interest in what hair and nail salons are open, how and why. Also, there's no way I'm going to a restaurant while this pandemic is happening. Kids in school or remote learning, I pay attention but my patience is running thin. Stuff upsets me. The politics shouldn't be happening at all with regards to the pandemic. Scientists, people with expertise, integrity and intelligence should be making all those decisions.Local news here is a little better than that. They even have the occasional investigative report.
I did that all the time too when I had cable, I would pause what I'm about to watch, go to the bathroom or whatever, do a bit of stuff around the house then play, and then just skip commercials. I like the fact that the remote that came with my cable box even had a "30 second skip" button on it and a back 3 second button. Spam the button until it gets back to my show then hit the 3sec back button so I hit the end of the last commercial and don't miss anything. You would think that the cable company would not be making it easier for you to skip commercials lol. In my case it was not really cable, but fibre to the home and ethernet for the box, but just calling cable as it's same idea. TBH it was a good service, but in cable TV tradition, you have to pay extra for the good stuff. I could no longer justify the cost so I cancelled it along with the landline and only have internet so I dropped my bill by like $100 and only pay around $60 now. I even downgraded to the lowest tier for internet which is 20/15 megs. Fast enough for my needs, even when the eye patch goes on and the parrot comes to play.
Sounds like it might at least be local stuff. Our local (Sinclair owned) armature hour will give as much coverage to a garbage truck overturning and blocking a highway in Seattle as anything local. OBTW, we are 3000 miles from Seattle. But it is easier, just download it and fill a minute of airtime with it. Otherwise you have to send a photojournalist, reporter, then do all the editing of footage, etc...The local news is not news. It is basically just a report of any shootings, car crashes, or traffic jams that happened in the last 24 hours mixed in with 10 minutes of weather. I don't know why anyone would want to watch it.
Went through the same phases, then asked myself why am I paying for this?Even before cutting the cord I stopped watching local BS and primeslime TV.
