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ok it's looking like Sling offers a "pay up front for 5 months" Season Pass promotion which is the economical choice. Missing local channels, but it looks like includes LHN, and I have an antenna.

 I need to refine this a bit but rough numbers

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I've been using a PC in the living room to store and watch stuff.  i.e. using the TV as a big monitor.

Time to clean up the living room and stream my stuff across the home network.  Looks like Plex is the 500 pound gorilla?

I don't like metadata, don't want to see graphic and crap.  Can Plex, or another, display drive contents like Windows Explorer?  Lines of file titles instead of art?

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I already called Spectrum and gave them the best 5 seconds of my mind.

They tried to claim that it was ESPN pulling the plug without any notice at 7:01pm, 3 seconds before the first college football game of the year was going live on ESPN.

 

uh bullshit.   every other time a major provider is about to lose their contract to carry a channel, they spend anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks ahead of time telling their customers that the channels could be turned off.   Basically seeing if they can get the public to shame the channel holder to drop their pricing ask.   This was spectrum trying to make a point- well they did.

 

this was a complete fucking surprise to everyone. I am sure more than a few bars in the city that use Spectrum were pretty fucking pissed.

 

pretty damn good chance I am dropping those fucks. only reason i kept them was I need LHN.

 

looks like right now the best deal with LHN is the  Sling total sports package.   pre pay for 5 months and its $275 total. so  thats $55 a month. ( and that includes redzone, which is normally $8/mo on spectrum)   even adding on Paramount Plus, Discovery plus and Max mid level is only something like $90/ month + tax.   Im paying these spectrum fucks close to $160/mo + tax.

that would cover something like 95% of the channels I normally watch and I would just need to use my antennae for over the air.

 

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I guess I'll be "that guy" and ask a question that's probably been hashed out in the earlier 50+ pages of this thread, but I'm looking for the following recommendation:

  • indoor OTA antenna that will pick up VHF signals for an LG OLED TV located in the middle of the living room
  • the TV is not on an exterior wall/near a window, so running an antenna to an exterior window to pick up the VHF channels would require a good looking cable cover

I've already got an Apple 4K connected to it for streaming, and Rokus on the other TVs in the house. I've also got a fairly discrete outdoor antenna that feeds my 2 patio TVs (along w/ their Rokus). The uncompressed OTA signal even makes the disposable Insignia TVs I've got out there look great, and with the latest Spectrum/Disney fuckery I'm ready to finally cut the cord. With a good antenna we can combine it with our Apple TV and Prime subscriptions (we canceled Netflix earlier this year) and a few targeted streaming bundles we can certainly save money over our current Spectrum bill.

I can easily get the key UHF stations (KVUE, KXAN, KEYE, KNVA, CW, etc) by connecting a knockoff Leaf antenna, but Fox7 is a no-go which would fuck up a bunch of football and sports viewing options. 

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

I guess I'll be "that guy" and ask a question that's probably been hashed out in the earlier 50+ pages of this thread, but I'm looking for the following recommendation:

  • indoor OTA antenna that will pick up VHF signals for an LG OLED TV located in the middle of the living room
  • the TV is not on an exterior wall/near a window, so running an antenna to an exterior window to pick up the VHF channels would require a good looking cable cover

I've already got an Apple 4K connected to it for streaming, and Rokus on the other TVs in the house. I've also got a fairly discrete outdoor antenna that feeds my 2 patio TVs (along w/ their Rokus). The uncompressed OTA signal even makes the disposable Insignia TVs I've got out there look great, and with the latest Spectrum/Disney fuckery I'm ready to finally cut the cord. With a good antenna we can combine it with our Apple TV and Prime subscriptions (we canceled Netflix earlier this year) and a few targeted streaming bundles we can certainly save money over our current Spectrum bill.

I can easily get the key UHF stations (KVUE, KXAN, KEYE, KNVA, CW, etc) by connecting a knockoff Leaf antenna, but Fox7 is a no-go which would fuck up a bunch of football and sports viewing options. 

 

 

 

I use an HDHomerun Tuner tied into Plex for all my locals. What is nice about this setup, The tuner does not need to be directly connected to your TV’s. So my roof mounted antenna, plugs into the HDHomerun box, and it connects via Ethernet and talks to my local Plex server. This also allows me to record and pause/rewind. Just need the Plex app on any TV to view, or you can watch from anywhere via the Plex app on your phone or browser.

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32 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

One thing often overlooked is local station apps. A lot of them have them, and stream their feed.

I think the national level also has something similar, or did at one time. 

Talk about timely. I just got an email for the MN Vikings game next Thu night and how to download the FOX LOCAL app. This might be a piece of cake.

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On 9/2/2023 at 10:23 AM, thunderlounge said:

That’s weird as hell.

What if you logged into the espn app with your spectrum account?

This is why it won’t work. Having to log in to view something with your provider credentials when the provider is in a throw down with the creator is almost never going to work, in my experience. And the experience of people I know with Spectrum, at the moment. 

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True, but you never know. Their app side isn’t always as quick to change it seems. I had a fubo login for a month trial last year (for LHN), and espn kept me logged in for a couple months with it afterwards.

I think a YTTV trial like mentioned above would be the way to go. Gives some breathing room for a minute to see how it plays out. 
 

Then again, look at the battle Spectrum had with Roku over their app, or HBO/Roku and it may not be pretty.

Interesting article on ESPN in the ESPN layoff thread. 

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Opted to sign up for YTTV. About half what we were paying for Spectrum, it integrated simply w/ all of the devices, and most importantly Mrs GOTJ was able to figure out the GUI very quickly so I won't have to hear about it forever. It feels like a decent landing spot until the next shoe drops.

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47 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I've gotten notice of rate increases from Disney+ and ESPN+ in past day.  I guess the Disney/Charter fight is over and Disney has decided to take its ball and run home ... alone... to play by itself... 

 


I got the same. May drop the disney portion of the bundle. Grab it for a month when new season of mandalorian.

 

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49 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:


I got the same. May drop the disney portion of the bundle. Grab it for a month when new season of mandalorian.

 

Same.. I've currently got it as part of a Verizon "included with my plan" option but was looking to change from Verizon soon. To keep looking at $30/mth... not happening.

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3 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

Got confused. It's VidGo that has LHN for all.

No free trial, but the first month is $20. Good enough I guess.

at this point that's the best bet for the LHN game, right? just do 1 month then cancel?

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If you’re not in Texas, and don’t want to risk “alternative” streams and maybe having to watch on a computer, yes.

In Texas, sling would probably be better as I think they have a free trial.

Service-wise, VidGo was great last year. I used it for the month before I switched over to YTTV.

 

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