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Posted: 2/12/2017 10:58:05 PM EDT
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Get Roku. You'll have access to Amazon's programming and a lot more. My Roku Stick also runs Amazon more reliably than my Fire Stick.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 10:58:48 PM EDT
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I'm happy with my Fire Stick. Still wouldn't be able to cut cable though. Football and baseball are a bit to precious to me.
With that said how much are stand alone subscriptions to lets say HBO and Showtime that you can access through the Fire Stick? |
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:01:58 PM EDT
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Look into PlayStation Vue, DirectTV Now, and Sling TV. They all have cable packages for ~$20/mo that you can play on a fire stick. Those channels are almost certainly included.
I'm getting close to cutting cable myself... |
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:02:44 PM EDT
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ROKU is the way. Every channel you listed plus a lot more is on SlingTV for $20.00 a month. Use antenna for local channels. I live in BFE and get 12 antenna channels. Also antenna is uncompressed 1080p.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:03:33 PM EDT
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Check out AppleTV. Last time I looked they offered some good annual deals with good channel coverage.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:20:06 PM EDT
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Sling has a deal for a free Roku if you prepay $20, works great.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:23:56 PM EDT
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ROKU is the way. Every channel you listed plus a lot more is on SlingTV for $20.00 a month. Use antenna for local channels. I live in BFE and get 12 antenna channels. Also antenna is uncompressed 1080p. |
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:27:43 PM EDT
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Just dropped Directv. Using Amazon Fire downstairs that's hard wired to the router, very good quality. Roku with sling upstairs for kids. It gets Amazon and Netflix as well. You pretty much need to be a Prime member to get most movies or shows for free.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:33:08 PM EDT
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Don't bother with the Fire Stick. I had 2 and they just don't have enough power. Constantly lagged, stuttered, and locked up. I bought a couple Fire TVs to replace them and everything is smooth and just works.
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:51:46 PM EDT
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Don't bother with the Fire Stick. I had 2 and they just don't have enough power. Constantly lagged, stuttered, and locked up. I bought a couple Fire TVs to replace them and everything is smooth and just works. Dumb question but does it just plug into,your tv? I'm trying to figure this out |
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Posted: 2/12/2017 11:56:04 PM EDT
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Dumb question but does it just plug into,your tv? I'm trying to figure this out HDMI into TV, USB to power box that plugs into the wall. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:01:24 AM EDT
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HDMI into TV, USB to power box that plugs into the wall. Cool thanks. I'm assuming any of the higher end 4K TVs will work? Currently shoppin |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:01:53 AM EDT
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We recently cut the cord with Comcast. You didn't list anything live or about sports so you'll probably be okay.
At this point we mainly just use Amazon prime and Hulu plus subscriptions. The biggest "gotcha" is that even though they list a lot of channels (for us SCIENCE channel is the big one) they don't have all the programming available. Many shows are just missing entirely, so you get a really cut down selection and nothing live. Hulu also lists FS1 but again its nothing live and a tiny subset of their programming (like three shows maybe). Apple tv has nothing at all that's free from what I can tell. Honestly though its just television, I can survive fine without any of it. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:07:40 AM EDT
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Another vote for Amazon FireTV. I've had several AppleTV's and ROKU's over the years, ant the FireTV is by far the best in my opinion. Don't get the stick...not powerful enough. Get the FireTV box with voice control and don't look back.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:10:25 AM EDT
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Fire stick and prime looks awesome....
If you can't get 1.5+ mbs, it's buffering constantly though. 
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:11:43 AM EDT
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Don't bother with the Fire Stick. I had 2 and they just don't have enough power. Constantly lagged, stuttered, and locked up. I bought a couple Fire TVs to replace them and everything is smooth and just works. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:12:12 AM EDT
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I've got the stick in my bedroom and a fireTV in the living room. The fireTV is a much better experience. No lagging or freeze ups. If you have an android tablet, you can install kodi/exodus to try it out before buying an amazon device to see if you like it.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:14:25 AM EDT
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Get the fire tv, the fire stick doesn't have enough horsepower, I have both the fire tv is in the living room the other is in the bedroom. Don't go the roku if you ever want to get into kodi. The fire tv 2 is the king of the hill, it's fast, has great processor, and memory, runs a version of Android, and you can sideload android apps on it.
I've got kodi, ipvanish vpn, chrome, and several other useful apps on mine. I use directv now for $35/month, and the wife is in love with kodi. Get one of these and you can use it for a game controller, browse the web, and input on the fire tv. Almost forgot to mention the hardware is good enough on the fire tv 2 to play all the high end android games, plus expandable storage, and 4k video capable all for $100. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:20:20 AM EDT
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I got Playstation Vue and I have NCAA, Fox news and most TV channels for everything else there's Kodi
Ditch cable, I have NO regrets |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:26:04 AM EDT
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Firestick with the proper addons and you wont miss much of anything.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:27:51 AM EDT
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All I want to know is can my wife watch Walking Dead as it airs live with a Fire TV or Roku?
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:39:47 AM EDT
[#22]
Get an android streambox with kodi. There really is no reason to get anything else.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:42:35 AM EDT
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I've been using a Firestick since Christmas and love it. When our contract with Dish expires we are cutting the cord. We never watch it anymore. I will echo what others have said that it does freeze up regularly and I have to reboot it. I'll be switching over to a FireTV soon which will hopefully alleviate that.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:44:03 AM EDT
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All I want to know is can my wife watch Walking Dead as it airs live with a Fire TV or Roku? |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:47:04 AM EDT
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Don't bother with the Fire Stick. I had 2 and they just don't have enough power. Constantly lagged, stuttered, and locked up. I bought a couple Fire TVs to replace them and everything is smooth and just works. The new fire stick works much better than my old gen 1 fire stick and just as well as the fire tv we also have. I would buy the gen2 fire stick again. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 12:56:31 AM EDT
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The new fire stick works much better than my old gen 1 fire stick and just as well as the fire tv we also have. I would buy the gen2 fire stick again. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 1:03:55 AM EDT
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I recommend Roku over FireTv. The Amazon devices are too Amazon centric (duh), Roku is a bit more neutral with all services.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 1:25:47 AM EDT
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Just here to mirror the notion that the fire TV blows the fire stick out of the water.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 7:39:27 AM EDT
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Thanks guys. I'll look into it more in depth. Neither of us watch sports so I don't care if I can't get live sporting events. My concern was more for channels and live TV from the channels I listed without having to pay an astronomical amount a month.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 8:22:37 AM EDT
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I got Playstation Vue and I have NCAA, Fox news and most TV channels for everything else there's Kodi Ditch cable, I have NO regrets With no cable how do you get a signal to your Playstation? |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 8:54:58 AM EDT
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I recently cut my cable, and after some trial and error I went with the Nvidia Shield, and PS Vue. I also have a Roku Premier in another room. Between the Roku's, and
the Shield I would choose the Shield every time. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 8:55:05 AM EDT
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Looking for ways to reduce what I spend with Verizon a month. I'd be fine with just internet. Tell me more about cutting the cord and the best way to do it. Girlfriend likes shows on Animal Planet, Nat Geo, TLC, Lifetime, etc. There are one or two shows I like on AMC and Comedy Central and then some of the stuff on the major networks (Fox, CBS, ABC, etc.) that I never really get to watch. Can I retain the ability to get that content when wanted? We just switched to Fire TV and Sling and started saving about $120 a month. Watched the new Walking Dead with it last night. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:01:38 AM EDT
[#33]
Had a Roku, got the Fire TV box for Kodi. I also have Prime.
Admittedly, I play old school video game emulators on it more than anything else. Been off cable since 2010. Pretty satisfied with the Fire TV box. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:03:43 AM EDT
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With no cable how do you get a signal to your Playstation? Cutting cable means the tv part of cable. Not internet access. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:12:43 AM EDT
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Fire TV and Playstation Vue, better than cable.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:26:50 AM EDT
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With no cable how do you get a signal to your Playstation? I think he meant ditching cable TV. Probably still gets internet. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:40:53 AM EDT
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Don't bother with the Fire Stick. I had 2 and they just don't have enough power. Constantly lagged, stuttered, and locked up. I bought a couple Fire TVs to replace them and everything is smooth and just works. I have them in every tv in my house and non of them lag. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 9:40:56 AM EDT
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Cut cable this past Friday. The bill with just cable and Internet had peaked to over $150/month. Kept Internet, and signed up for sling and Netflix, and the total will be less than half of that.
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:36:20 PM EDT
[#39]
Apple TV is so much better than a fire stick
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:37:05 PM EDT
[#40]
Get Fire TV still and install Kodi on it
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:40:38 PM EDT
[#41]
Kodi is the best thing out there by far. You just need a medium to use it on. Fire TV stick, Roku or laptop with a HDMI cable. Kodi has everything you need
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:44:35 PM EDT
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Get Fire TV still and install Kodi on it Yep, I can watch anything on it. Folks complaining about them probably have something going on that would cause issues. I have no issues with my sticks or the TV. I use the ATV to stream off the phone if I cant find on the stick or fire tv. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:47:07 PM EDT
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I got Playstation Vue and I have NCAA, Fox news and most TV channels for everything else there's Kodi Ditch cable, I have NO regrets With no cable how do you get a signal to your Playstation? Somebody really needs a better name for their service. You do not have to have a PlayStation to use PlayStation Vue, it is a surface available through various boxes. |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:48:29 PM EDT
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Yep, I can watch anything on it. Folks complaining about them probably have something going on that would cause issues. I have no issues with my sticks or the TV. I use the ATV to stream off the phone if I cant find on the stick or fire tv. I have no issues with my Fire sticks. Kodi with Fusion is kind of demanding, and it works perfectly. Why everyone isn't doing this is beyond me |
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Posted: 2/13/2017 6:58:02 PM EDT
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My only gripe with Fire TV is that there is no app to use digital video codes (such as Vudu, ect...) with that is supported by Amazon. So, if you buy a movie that has a digital copy available, you can't use it.
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Posted: 2/15/2017 11:32:38 PM EDT
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With no cable how do you get a signal to your Playstation? No playstation here, its an app for the fire stick via internet |
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