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07-20-2020, 12:13 PM #21
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Lots of opinions here. Ill try to give it my 2 cents. I know its an older post but finding more and more people are talking about getting out of dish, direct, etc.
I cut the cable at home about 6 months ago. Best thing I ever did.
You have to think about internet connectivity, tv capability (or ability of your device), the user interface, the shows you care about, and cost.
If we are headed to a place without cell or internet, i download a boatload of shows and movies to my phone and ipad in case we want to watch in the RV.
I played with may different options and we finally settled with this.
Roku as our platform. Very clean and straight forward interface. Can get it built into many tv’s or add a $29 Roku stick to any dumb or smart tv.
Internet is through my IPad, with a verizon hotspot backup. Comcast when we are at home for internet only.
As far as apps, give them all the free trial period.
We started with Hulu +live TV. Couple things with Hulu. GREAT selection of tv and movies. Live TV recording often cuts off beginning or end of show with no way to change the record time. The Hulu user interface is, IMHO, horrible. So we have downgraded to Hulu only (with no ads cause we like to watch Bones, Man with a Plan, etc)
YoutubeTV for live TV. Super easy interface, doesn’t cut off beginning or ending of a show. However, given the state of entertainment these days, and no real live TV to talk about (I’m not watching sports any longer....another discussion), I hit the pause button on this service and will turn it back on if/when live shows are worth it (and new seasons start.)
Netflix if you like those shows. I subscribe and unsubscribe often given whatever is showing. When the next Stranger Things drops, we will turn it back on.
Disney TV, if you like these, then go for it. Again, turned it on to watch Mandelorian then turned it off when done.
For those that have older “smart tv’s” they often were limited in the “apps” that you can download.
Like I said above, I love the Roku system and added it to a non-Roku smart TV for $29 from Walmart.
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07-20-2020, 07:21 PM #22
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We have a couple of Roku devices for both the sticks and bricks and the RV. We pretty much did what you did and checked out just about all the streaming services. The problem we faced was none of the streamers had all the shows we watch. This one had these, and another had those... We ended up with an Amazon Fire Stick (my son loaned us his for a while) and we found Infinity TV ( getinfinitystreams.com ) and it seems to work well. The user interface takes a bit to get used to, and we find we have to refresh the guide daily, but one can always find something to watch. Between that and the options on Amazon Prime, we're content. At least for now. In the RV we carry a Verizon Mifi with a (grandfathered) unlimited data plan and even with a weak signal it works well.
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