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If you have decent internet make the move. Does not matter which of the streaming services you start with you can terminate any after 1 month, some more difficult than others, some offer a 7 day trial. You will soon find one you are comfortable with. For me it has been youtubetv. I tried fubo and before that at&t in order to watch Braves, but have always come back to youtubetv.
Step 1: Order an HD 4K Firestick
Step 2. Stop paying for cable.
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Downloader, then... a certain app is 160 a year. Get everything, VOD sports, current movies, etc.. Do your own research.
We got rid of cable years ago and I watched games at a local bar which got more expensive than cable. We now stream with FUBO and a couple of others. I don't know if we are even saving money at this point.
Can you watch the Braves games on the streaming service?
I can watch cricket games in Pakistan (I don't, but I can); Braves games are a snap.
A few weeks ago I added up all the Hulu live fees I've had for the last 5 months of CFB starting in Sept and ending later this month. Came to $330 and that of course does not include my internet service. I did pause Hulu for a few weeks which otherwise would have bumped up the total by about $85. For some perspective, I cut the cord around 4 years ago when the streaming cost was almost half what it is today.
Use one of my son’s connection to Direct TV streaming, an OTA antenna and a PLEX server (loaded with the wife’s favorite old shows that Comcast charged $2 each for).
Xfinity Superfast WiFi costs $102/month. Not fiber - which they tried to upsell me. Routinely get 600-700Mps down and 100-150 up.
Saving about $150-170 a month and get all the same channels.
So my DTV bill is about $200 a month. No Showtime/HBO and only local channels plus limited sports package that includes ESPN, 2 and U and the college channels. SECN etc.......
I'm going with HULU Live at $77 a month plus Paramount + Showtime to get my local CBS affiliate at $12 a month. I will get all the channels I ever watched plus more if wanted, at $99 a month. It's a no brainer at this point. DTV can't send me their receiver ship back boxes fast enough......
I read that the NFL is showing one of next week’s playoff games on Peacock (I think). I’m not smart on all this streaming stuff…just seems to me the long trend is niche services we’ll end up paying for separately in addition to whatever streaming platform we purchase.
Quoting Steve Martin from the movie “The Jerk”, “oh, it’s a profit thing?”
$160 a year regular pricing, get everything you can think of. I know it seems too good to be true, but I've been using it for years.
Just to update;
I cancelled and paid my last DTV bill this week ($210) for the past month. I went with Hulu and added Paramount + Showtime. Total is $88 a month. Saving $110 a month as of now.
I was under the impression that I had to do Paramount+ Showtime to get my local CBS affiliate channel, but Hulu live has it too. I'm going to keep the Paramount+ for a while because they seem to have some good originals to watch.
One side note, my local WSB Channel 2 (ATL) was banner streaming today about their contract with DTV was about to end, thus the channel may not be available. Glad I made the move and not looking back....
Article in Barrons about the new sports streaming coalition--the expected initial cost would be about $35/mo., but that doesn't include CBS and NBC (NFL). My guess is that they will have a high monthly charge compared to an annual plan because they know a lot of CFB fans would drop it for seven months a year. The networks listed:
>>Essentially, subscribers will get a skinny, sporty, channel bundle that includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, SECN, ACCN, ESPNEWS, local ABC and FOX stations, FS1, FS2, BTN, TNT, TBS, truTV, and the ESPN+ streaming service.<<
On the plus side, it will run on an app, so you could watch anywhere from your devices. On the minus side, I don't see much savings for somebody trying to assemble a streaming package to be competitive with something like Youtube or one of the other packaged services. From full cable prices, yes, though.