For the Boston market they have live TV for CBS and NBC. Fox and ABC are on demand only. They do have FX.
And two Cinemax ones also - believe it's a "free preview weekend"I also suddenly have two HBO channels? I didn't pay for anything, so I have no idea what's going on, maybe some promotion.
Stay as far away as you can from the Roku for Vue app. It's horrible.OK, one last silly question (thanks for any help that is given). Cable is off (TWC/Spectrum really didn't offer any deals worth pursuing without committing to another year of service).
I'm thinking of getting the HD antenna and going with the Vue. My question is this......my son has a PS4 in his room and my daughter has a PS3 in her room. For other TV's in the house, what is the best option to run the vue? Roku? Amazon firestick? Something else? Are there different options for each device? (I see different types of Roku's when I look them up)
I have a new generation FireTV and it works perfectly. The sticks are only 30 FPS, which has issues with sports especially. The FireTV is 60FPS, which looks great.Stay as far away as you can from the Roku for Vue app. It's horrible.
I have a first generaion Fire Stick gives a UI that most closely resembles the PlayStation, but it's pretty laggy. I've heard the newer generation are much better, but I can't speak for it myself.
I ended up getting a firestick (the ask Alexa edition) and although it's been working fine, I'm kind of kicking myself for not springing for the FireTV instead. I haven't gotten Playstation Vue yet, but after reading some reviews, it seems like I may regret it. I'll at least do the Vue for the 5 day trial and see how it is. Worst case scenario, I can use the stick for my bedroom TV and get a FireTV for my livingroom.I have a new generation FireTV and it works perfectly. The sticks are only 30 FPS, which has issues with sports especially. The FireTV is 60FPS, which looks great.
I have the same problem with the Fire stick. It works fine for everything else but the Vue UI is clunky and laggy as fuck. Once I finally find the channel/show I'm looking for, the feed is fine (although frustratingly behind a tv feed) but searching for something is a soul-sucking venture. So much so that I'll be switching to YouTubeTV as soon as they get their heads out of their asses and develop a Fire stick UI - though if this talk about a price hike is true, I may have to do it sooner than that.I ended up getting a firestick (the ask Alexa edition) and although it's been working fine, I'm kind of kicking myself for not springing for the FireTV instead. I haven't gotten Playstation Vue yet, but after reading some reviews, it seems like I may regret it. I'll at least do the Vue for the 5 day trial and see how it is. Worst case scenario, I can use the stick for my bedroom TV and get a FireTV for my livingroom.
Back in my initial days of cord cutting and when I was still messing around with apps like Vue, being able to hard wire to the FireTV definitely made a fairly big reliability difference there.I ended up getting a firestick (the ask Alexa edition) and although it's been working fine, I'm kind of kicking myself for not springing for the FireTV instead. I haven't gotten Playstation Vue yet, but after reading some reviews, it seems like I may regret it. I'll at least do the Vue for the 5 day trial and see how it is. Worst case scenario, I can use the stick for my bedroom TV and get a FireTV for my livingroom.
And what is this Kodi install that people are saying to do? What will it provide for me? Is it safe?
**edit to add that I stopped being lazy and did some research on the kodi thing. Not sure it's something that I'd be interested in**
Do you have any friends or family in the pats market that would let you hookup a sling box to a spare cable box? I recently did this at my parents place and the early results have been phenomenal. We have talked about it extensively in the Sunday Ticket thread.I've been hovering around this thread recently since I am moving out of the Boston TV market, and looking at streaming options for Pats games. Is Sunday Ticket the only option for out of market streaming? That is different from NFL Game Pass (appears to be NFL archives and live radio pbp)?
My new apt provides cable as part of the rent, which is some basic version of Dish. Running through the lineup the only sports channel I am missing is FS1. That also covers my non-sports tv watching too. I started Amazon Prime's student trial for 6 months. I am a bit unimpressed by its content library...
Is it worth for me to pay for NFL streaming service? I will be getting the national ESPN/NBC/NFLN games, and whenever they are on the CBS/Fox national 4:35pm games.
I am also $100/year for SiriusXM, so I could get the radio pbp of Sox/Cs/Pats.
Is Sunday Ticket my only option? Is it worth it for me to get it?
Been able to watch CSNNE on NESN GO, with the family XFinity credentials. That has been a plus. Just no Boston market BZ. I'd be annoyed to pay for Sunday Ticket if most of the Pats games fall into the national TV game slot. I've been listening to the preseason games for free on TSH's website.Do you have any friends or family in the pats market that would let you hookup a sling box to a spare cable box? I recently did this at my parents place and the early results have been phenomenal. We have talked about it extensively in the Sunday Ticket thread.
DIRECTV Now has all four networks, or at least will when CBS rolls out in the next couple of weeks. Not in every market yet, though, and although Boston has ABC and FOX, and will get CBS immediately (since the local is network owned and operated), not sure what the situation is on the Cape.Does anyone know if it is possible to tune in over the air networks in the lower-Cape area? I brought my cheapo antenna to my parents' place in Harwich and got nothing, but maybe there is a more powerful antenna that works? Searching online it looks like they are too far away to reliably tune in any of the Boston or Providence transmitters. As it is their second home, they would really like to cut the cord, and Vue would cover them for just about everything, but lack of live Fox/ABC would hurt for World Series, NBA Finals, US Open, some NFL and College Basketball, all of which are fairly important to my dad, although most of those things happen outside the summer when they are there most frequently. As far I can tell, all of the streaming services are missing at least 2 of the big 4 networks for live streaming.
CBS went live in Boston yesterday (and NYC, LA, Chicago, SF, and several other major markets). I know that lookup link says otherwise.According to the channel lookup page, only ABC, NBC, and Telemundo are currently available thru DirecTV Now in Boston or Cape Cod. I understand CBS is coming, but don't see Fox.
The problem is they still have no form of DVR, unless I am missing something. We still desperately miss Jeopardy and can't watch when it airs. I'm thinking within 6 months we'll either have DVR on DirectTV Now or Vue will pick up ABC in the DC market.DIRECTV Now has all four networks, or at least will when CBS rolls out in the next couple of weeks. Not in every market yet, though, and although Boston has ABC and FOX, and will get CBS immediately (since the local is network owned and operated), not sure what the situation is on the Cape.
Cloud-based DVR is in beta testing and is scheduled to go wide sometime this fall.The problem is they still have no form of DVR, unless I am missing something. We still desperately miss Jeopardy and can't watch when it airs. I'm thinking within 6 months we'll either have DVR on DirectTV Now or Vue will pick up ABC in the DC market.
Even though I don't get the live Fox broadcast in my area with Vue, I've been able to use my Vue login to authenticate in the Fox sports go app on Roku, allowing me to watch live games. I used to do the same thing with the NBC sports app too, although that's not necessary now that live NBC is available on Vue in Boston.It's kind of weird because it was available on Directv Now and Hulu. You may be able to use the Fox Sports Go app.
http://cordcuttersnews.com/get-around-playstation-vues-nfl-blackouts/
All four major networks are now available in Boston.According to the channel lookup page, only ABC, NBC, and Telemundo are currently available thru DirecTV Now in Boston or Cape Cod. I understand CBS is coming, but don't see Fox.
That sounds great. I won't need nesn until next April and can just see what else is available at that point. I might have to make the switch now that Vue has gone up to $45/mo.I just canceled Vue and switched to DirecTV Now. I've lost NESN, but gained Comedy Central. I'll watch September baseball at friends houses. I prepaid 2-months and they included a Roku device. Their app can't possibly be worse than Vue's. Most importantly: my DirecTV Now plan ($35/mo + $5 mo/HBO) is $25/mo less than what I was paying for Vue.
I'll probably be back next baseball season though. They don't have any local channels, but my telecom company offers local channels through Roku for $15/mo.
The HBO thing has been like that the whole time, which is a nice feature. Still waiting on that DVR service, though, so I can’t make the switch.That sounds great. I won't need nesn until next April and can just see what else is available at that point. I might have to make the switch now that Vue has gone up to $45/mo.
$5 HBO, is that some sort of promo deal?
The other one I was considering trying is YouTube TV.
Vue does the same. A lot of nationally televised sports stuff is "mobile restricted" and will only play on the ps4 or roku.I've been using YouTube tv primarily for NESN. I like it, but it needs some work. I was not able to watch the Pats the other day on my mobile device. I could have cast it to my TV had I been home however. If you try to start watching a recording in progress it starts the video at the current time rather than at the beginning. Very spoilerish if you are using it to watch a live sports event.
FWIW, I haven't missed DVR on DirecTV Now. It has a "72 hour rewind" for many shows so you can watch episodes on demand for up to 72 hours after they air. It also offers access to all of the separate apps for channels that are part of your package, and those apps have on-demand programming.The HBO thing has been like that the whole time, which is a nice feature. Still waiting on that DVR service, though, so I can’t make the switch.
Hell it's even better if you're not on the east coast: it gives you access when it's initially available. So using your GoT example, if you were a west coaster you could stream it three hours early.HBO Go gives you access concurrently with airing on the network.
Edit to add, that’s what I’m told. My girlfriends mom and sister use our login on hbo go to watch GoT and they talk immediately after the episode every week about what happened that night. I can attest that at very least it’s available immediately after and there’s no two hour wait.
No, and I don't think they have any plans to do so in the foreseeable future.Have they updated HBO now/go for access to live boxing?
Is streaming live sports that expensive?No, and I don't think they have any plans to do so in the foreseeable future.