Said Goodbye to DirecTV

I dumped cable 7 years ago. I have a Roku box and watch Hulu plus , Netflix and Amazon Prime. I have an channel called Plex where I can send my downloaded Viking games or movies etc. and watch them on the big screen. F*@& cable or any other paid service, don't miss it a bit.

Is p@"purpleloki" said:

I dumped cable 7 years ago. I have a Roku box and watch Hulu plus , Netflix and Amazon Prime. I have an channel called Plex where I can send my downloaded Viking games or movies etc. and watch them on the big screen. F*@& cable or any other paid service, don't miss it a bit.

Is plex just something you download and watch on the computer only or can you send to the TV?  I am not very tech savy.  I have the jailbroken amazon firestick which is OK but still has it's issues - lost or slow streaming.  I was going to try it to watch a Viking game and not buy the ticket this year but I am worried that it will drive me crazy.

So back to Plex - do you watch the Viking games (do you get preseason) on the computer and are their any major issues or is it similar to having the ticket?

Thanks

Right now and for the next 5 days I'm checking out PSVue.  I can stream on 5 devices and it give me some local channels.  I don't live in Minnesota so getting the Vikings games will be bit more of a hassle, so we'll see.  I'm going to check out Sling and DirecTV Now.  Cheapest and mostly legal (haha) way possible is really what I'm looking for.

Our DirecTV bill prior to cancelling was $150 a month. All we watched were local channels, HBO, ESPN/ESPN2/BTN/FS1 for live sports, Bravo, Food Network, and AMC in addition to shows on Netflix. So, we cancelled and looked at other options.

We subscribe to DirecTV Now and got in early with the big discount. We get all the channels we were watching (and then some) for $30 a month and watch via our Apple TV. For local channels, we have an antenna connected to a home server that runs PLEX. With PLEX's new DVR feature ($100 for a lifetime subscription to all PLEX's advanced features), we can record local TV and play it back directly on the LG TV (or using Apple TV) using PLEX. We also still have Netflix. 

So, ~$160 a month versus ~$40 a month... for the same programming. The only caveat is that it's good to have at least a 20 Mbps internet connection if you plan to stream high quality video to more than one television at a time. We have a one gigabit connection, so we're more than good.

I'm nipping the cord too Rip...I just sent back two Dish Joey's and replaced em with an Amazon Firestick and FireTV. Only a $14/mos savings, but it's a start. I have a thread out there on it with some good feed-back from forum members, so check it out. 

In the future, I could see this household getting a lot more OTA, App streaming and then really skinning-back on Dish. Go with a Flexpak that'll cut the bill by more than 1/2...

Your on the right track though. All those providers offer an antiquated model to consumers and are sinking ships if they don't change.

@"minny65" said: Is p@"purpleloki" said:

I dumped cable 7 years ago. I have a Roku box and watch Hulu plus , Netflix and Amazon Prime. I have an channel called Plex where I can send my downloaded Viking games or movies etc. and watch them on the big screen. F*@& cable or any other paid service, don't miss it a bit.

Is plex just something you download and watch on the computer only or can you send to the TV?  I am not very tech savy.  I have the jailbroken amazon firestick which is OK but still has it's issues - lost or slow streaming.  I was going to try it to watch a Viking game and not buy the ticket this year but I am worried that it will drive me crazy.

So back to Plex - do you watch the Viking games (do you get preseason) on the computer and are their any major issues or is it similar to having the ticket?

Thanks

@"purpleloki" said:

@"minny65" said: Is p@"purpleloki" said:

I dumped cable 7 years ago. I have a Roku box and watch Hulu plus , Netflix and Amazon Prime. I have an channel called Plex where I can send my downloaded Viking games or movies etc. and watch them on the big screen. F*@& cable or any other paid service, don't miss it a bit.

Is plex just something you download and watch on the computer only or can you send to the TV?  I am not very tech savy.  I have the jailbroken amazon firestick which is OK but still has it's issues - lost or slow streaming.  I was going to try it to watch a Viking game and not buy the ticket this year but I am worried that it will drive me crazy.

So back to Plex - do you watch the Viking games (do you get preseason) on the computer and are their any major issues or is it similar to having the ticket?

Thanks

Plex is just a free channel you sign up for and allows you to send from your computer to your tv. Great free program!

@"minny65" said: Is p@"purpleloki" said:

I dumped cable 7 years ago. I have a Roku box and watch Hulu plus , Netflix and Amazon Prime. I have an channel called Plex where I can send my downloaded Viking games or movies etc. and watch them on the big screen. F*@& cable or any other paid service, don't miss it a bit.

Is plex just something you download and watch on the computer only or can you send to the TV?  I am not very tech savy.  I have the jailbroken amazon firestick which is OK but still has it's issues - lost or slow streaming.  I was going to try it to watch a Viking game and not buy the ticket this year but I am worried that it will drive me crazy.

So back to Plex - do you watch the Viking games (do you get preseason) on the computer and are their any major issues or is it similar to having the ticket?

Thanks

Does Plex just stream over the air local channels, or can you watch out of market games?

I am closer than ever to ditching them, and going Hulu, or DirecTV Now.

Problem is, I'm in Denver so local channels only gets me Broncos games (which is fine by me as a backup for when the Vikings aren't on!).

So question for those who are out of market and can't watch the Viking games. Asides from the Kodi stick, what are other options to watch the games? I'm able to get the NFL Ticket by using my gf's address, but I'll be stuck working Sundays this year so I want to see if there are other alternatives that might let me watch the games during the week.

@"PurpleCrush" said: So question for those who are out of market and can't watch the Viking games. Asides from the Kodi stick, what are other options to watch the games? I'm able to get the NFL Ticket by using my gf's address, but I'll be stuck working Sundays this year so I want to see if there are other alternatives that might let me watch the games during the week.

If you know someone in Minnesota ask them if you can put a slingbox at their   house 

Movikx had a great thread about this topic a few weeks ago and even PM'd me some info on alternatives to DirecTV (ala getting Vikings/NFL games). 

I called a couple times and they reduced my bill for Sunday Ticket by $60. It's now $240. When I signed up last year, I agreed to a 2 year price lock guarantee of roughly $80 a month. Somehow, I recently got my bill and it was $130. I called and they said that the NFL Sunday Ticket promotion being free is only for new customers.

"But what about the price lock guarantee?"
"That's only for your regular channels."
"The ones I don't watch?"
"... yeah."

I'm quickly reminded that you're not a customer to these companies. You're a number and you're shot through some customer service person's flow chart. And now the onus is on me to find a way to get out of my 2 year price lock guarantee. I'm still on the hook for another year I was told for cancellation fees, etc. Fuckers.

I'm at the point where I'm wanting to drop the Dish as well.  I just don't want to miss out on watching my sports.  Going to bar to watch a game isn't exactly saving me money as I'll blow $20-40 minimum on food and drinks.  Plus, watching the game from the couch is far more relaxing.  I've got NFL Game Pass, so I can always go back and watch games.  But to participate in a chat I'd be restricted to radio broadcasts only.  Not ideal, but works when I have no choice but to be out and about.  I'm watching where this conversation goes!

So we live to far from a national market to get locals....and we still can't get past just turning on "normal tv".  I found and signed up for the "welcome package" several years ago through Dish.  It gets us locals and history, comedy central, hgtv etc.  I had to buy the equipment.  $20/mo and $2 taxes.  No HD no DVR.  No frills but I keep paying and they keep taking my money.

But we have netfilx and prime.  We don't use prime at all.  I've been going to reddit nflstreams to watch the Vikings but might pick up one of these kodi sticks and see if it can pull them in?

So what are the Kodi sticks?  I see they are a streaming stick, but living out of Viking area, can it be setup to get MN stations?

For those like me who are out of town you can always sign up for NFL game pass. It's $99 for the season so not too bad. 

For a free option if you Google "NFL streaming reddit" there's always threads during the season that will have many links to the games that you can watch. 

IMO game pass at $99 is a rip off.  I used to do the rewind, and could select 1 team only for $30. 

@"greediron" said: IMO game pass at $99 is a rip off.  I used to do the rewind, and could select 1 team only for $30. 

Yeah, I wish there was an option for just one team as I don't watch anyone else, but it's still cheaper than directv. 

It really sucks, the days of negotiating with Directv are a thing of the past.  AT&T doesn't give a rats ass about customer loyalty or anything like that.  I've been reading thru this thread and thinking about options.  I've grown so used to Sunday Ticket and the Red Zone that I'm hesitant to change but I'm getting really fed up with the currents costs which just keep going up.

@"greediron" said: So what are the Kodi sticks?  I see they are a streaming stick, but living out of Viking area, can it be setup to get MN stations?

Kodi is an open source software that can be run on a variety devices.  You can access virtualy anything you can think of.  If you want me stations look into a slingbox and find someone to allow you to install it in their home