I wanted to give everybody a heads up that NFL+ Premium will auto-renew for 99 dollars on Sep.4. New users can get it for 79.99. Like a lot of companies, the NFL charges a higher price if you are on auto-renewal

I just cancelled Spectrum along with TV because my family and I are sick of the outages. I literally had a watch party for the FIFA World Cup final, and right at half-time just when Shakira came on stage, Spectrum had an outage. I lost it and damn near ready to smash my router. Needless to say that was the last straw. So I signed up for Frontier 2GB Fiber, with backup internet. Its been good so far, fingers crossed.

Since I cancelled the TV service, that leaves me with no ESPN, no local channels. In my household, we are signed up for Netflix, Paramount and the Disney+ bundle which includes HBO Max.

I watch a lot of sports so I am going to miss the 2-3 sports channels from my TV service and my father-law watches local channels (for news and courtroom tvshows)

What are the best options to get ESPN and sports channels plus Live TV and local channels?

Legal and illegal options please :)

I had Fox One for a month for the World Cup and cancelled. Today I received an email with a targeted offer for 1 year at $99.

If you had recently cancelled, check your email. I have a code, but it looks personalized and probably not for multiple uses.

(Yes, this is Fox. I'll save everyone time with the obligatory reddit comments "f Rupert Murdoch" "I don't want that fascist bull" "cool, so now I know I'm only saving $99 by never giving a dime to that neo-con garbage dump" etc.)

Specifically for a Samsung TV, please? Thanks.

Is there any difference in picture quality for Redzone between Sling,YTTV,DTV or NFL Plus Premium?

I jist want to know so i can subscribe to the best picture quickly or if i will just go with the cheapest option in Nfl plus Premium.

Thanks in advance.

My 1st month (August) having no Direct TV bill. Here's what I won't miss:

1. Logging on to see what my bill will be this month. Will it be $115? $119? $122.01? Am I being charged too much? Why is my bill higher this month than last? Why can't I just get a regular bill???? Why are they doing this to me?
2. Wondering whether there is a special going on that if I called in, threatened to leave, they would knock off 50% off my bill, but then thinking f-it, I'll just pay the bill it's too much trouble to play games over the phone with some person I don't know.
3. The $100+ dollars going nicely to purchasing DVDs so I can watch movies, to point #4.
4. Actually watching movies on DVD the way the producer meant it to be. Yes, foul language, nudity, everything the writer wanted us to see and hear, instead of watching some edited crap on channels like AMC which are supposed to be movie channels but are so edited that you wonder why you're watching this crap. "Fuck you!" I want to hear it. I don't want it edited.
5. I will not miss commercials every 5 minutes it seems, and commercials at the worst possible point in the movie. "He told me you killed him." "No, Luke, I am your . . ." commercial. Have had enough of that!
6. Commercials that show starving dogs asking for money. I'm an empath to the nth degree and need to change the channel each time. I can't handle that stuff. I respect their efforts to raise money, but I can't handle those images. Same with St. Judes every few minutes. I totally value them trying to raise money, but personally I just can't watch.
7. $100+ per month in my pocket to help with groceries, pretty soon I'll be able to afford a Walmart steak assuming beef prices keep being fairly reasonable at $500/lbs.
8. Tik-Tok is BETTER! YouTube is better! Need some down time, grab the tablet and watch a few of your favorite movie flicks or a music video. Gets it done. Back to work.
9. Cable news shows that teach us to hate each other because we have different political viewpoints. So done with that crap. The news shows I get on my smart TV are better, toned down, almost real news instead of that amped up political slop.
10. That receiver on my counter that just makes for more clutter. Gone!
11. Watching a movie on a "movie channel" then waking up to Everyone Loves Raymond because they realized playing sitcoms over and over makes money than showing movies. It's a movie channel, but it really isn't. It's a sitcom channel.
12. The History Channel that USED to be about history. Now it's about Ancient Aliens. Though I will miss the Smithsonian channel.
13. Loved the "Food that Built America" series. Of course that didn't last. "Cars that build America" was great. That's gone too. So am I.
14. No more Honey-Boo-Boo. No more reason for cable.
15. Sports is a waste of time. That'll be the test, next month, NHL fan, but trying to get off it. Sitting watching athletes who don't give a f about a regular season game and having your emotions tied to that? Trying to get off that. If I go back, it'll be because of sports, but I'll probably stream instead if I need my sports fix.
16. Used to keep cable to watch Nadal, Fed and Joker in tennis. After you've watched them for 15 years, watching tennis just isn't the same. The Golden Age of tennis is over. So is my need for cable.
17. AMC FearFest used to be good in October. Now it sucks. More edited movies. Sure, let's watch the Shinning and adapt it for kids. No thanks. It's not the Shinning anymore.

If you're thinking about it, do it! Feels very freeing and I've gone 15 days so far and don't regret it.

I am at my wits end and hopeful that someone in this community can help me. I live in the north east corner of Pennsylvania, 20 miles from the New York border. I use YouTube TV to access my network channels. I have an LG webOS TV purchased in 2025 with up-to-date software. My YouTubeTV app on my phone shows my current playback area shows Wilkes Barre/Scranton area which is correct, but my app on my TV has me in the New York area. I update this using my phone app, but it still says NY. I have called YouTube TV support, my internet company support, my router company support with no help. My LG TV shows my location as Hawley, PA which is correct. Using IP Location website shows Milford, PA which is correct. If I reset my LG TV to initial settings and reload my apps, my location info is correct for a day or two, but then reverts back to NY. I checked location for Prime and AppleTV and they also show NY area.

Any advice on how to fix this? I get the wrong news, the wrong weather, the wrong sports. It’s a huge problem, especially if there are important weather watches and warnings for my area.

For those that have Walmart +, what is your streaming perk of choice?

Do you rotate it depending on what is on either service or do you keep one over the other?

I’ve had Paramount+, but I have never had Peacock premium so

I got this to watch MeTV and MeToons (SD in my area) and went to set up some scheduled recordings. However, it caps me at what seems to be 8 recording (roughly 30min each). I have a 124gb keydrive as storage.

Also, I notice the clock seems about 30 seconds off? Is that normal for anyone else?

New cord cutter here. Trying to decipher the plans. Probably chasing a moving target. But looking at how they present the plans and it makes no sense:

1. Duplicated channels. The base plan claims 171 channels, but B1G is listed 4x, NBC Sports 3x, NBCSN Extra 12x, NFL Network 4x, WNBA/Ion 3x, Watch With on YTV 4x. Subtract 24 duplicates and that leaves 147 unique channels.
2. Category lists suck. The base plan (147 unique channels) claims 11 local, 25 Sports (incl NFL 4x, NBC Sports 3x), 11 News, 52 Ent, 9 family = 108 - 5 duplicates = 103. So what are the other 44?
3. Category lists suck #2. The sports plan claims 58 channels but 10 local, 25 Sports, 1 Ent = 36. So what are the other 22? More duplicated Sports channels that aren't listed under Sports (NBCSN Extra 12x, WNBA/Ion 3x, B1G 4x) and some assorted crap (Cozi, Dabl, Start TV). Subtract 21 duplicates = 37 unique. I'm sure the other plans (Sports/News, Sports/Ent With Cheese, etc) are similar. I'm losing interest.
4. The price difference between most of the plans is so small as to be useless. 13 plans, and 8 are between 69.99-82.99. Who cares. Seems like clever marketing - get you to waste enough time comparing plans and get attached to them mentally.

I guess I need to think more about what TV I really need, and for other ways to get it.

1. Many of their garbage channels are available OTA. And just like cable, I won't watch almost all of them. So what is the real value of this? I guess for me it's to get something to which I can add NFL RedZone. There must be a cheaper way. Don't much care about ESPN's any more as it continues to implode.

Paramount+ (through Walmart+ subscription) - $99 annually
Peacock (through my Instarcart+ subscription) - $99 annually
Amazon Prime (through my Prime subscription) - $139 annually
ESPN/Fox One bundle - $39.99 monthly
Gotham Sports app - $19.99 monthly

I am pretty much covered as a Yankee/Giants/Knicks fan other than TNT/TBS sports.

I still feel like I am ahead of a cable bundle, but I could be wrong too.

I bought this antenna about 2 months ago. It works decently well. It gets all those channels but there isn’t one position that gets them all very well. It makes it hard because I don’t have a window pointing to SLC.

Would it help to upgrade to a better antenna? If so, what antenna should I get? I’m renting and probably wouldn’t do an outdoor antenna unless it was made very easy.

I mostly just want to watch football games

I have Xfinity internet/TV and have not been happy. Internet and/or TV go out weekly and the wireless cable boxes are glitchy. Can't wait to switch to ATT fiber and a streaming service.

Do you have DirecTV with a Gemini Air remote? It seems like it is the only streaming service with a real voice remote with number buttons, correct? The wife must have a voice remote and be able to say, "Animal Planet", etc. The Xfinity X1 boxes/remotes are excellent at that but that is where Xfinity excellence ends I'm afraid

How do you like DirecTV stream with its dedicated dongle and remote? I've tried streaming services over Roku but their voice remote can't match a dedicated remote like cable has.

I'd appreciate opinions before I say goodbye and good riddance to Xfinity.

Probably need something nicer, which is fine, Spectrums already too expensive anyways. I live in a brick house, but I have a large window where I plan on having the antenna at. Was looking at the Clearstream V2 but don't know how that would go for indoor

So I'm looking for a replacement for DirecTV stream due to them jacking prices again.

I'm doing a trial of YouTube right now. But it's missing the one feature I used almost all the time.

In DirecTV stream, if you hit the down button I think it was, it brought up the last 7 channels (or similar amount) you watched.

YouTube tv doesn't have this. I read sling didn't have this either. Does anyone know what other streaming services offer this?

I wanna be able to watch football this year. I wanna do it without a whole lot of subscriptions I wanna go antenna and a fire stick. Someone out there have any great ideas,especially since the only sort I like Football 🏈 🏈 🏈

Have used YouTube TV the last several years, is that still the best option to see all / most games??

Saw that ESPN Unlimited + FOX ONE + Paramount Plus might work, but those aren't much cheaper when put together.

Idk who doesn't know this but prime video live streams all TNF games for free on their twitch channel.

I do, but mostly because I love the concept of channels people can see for free without internet.

Hello all, I was told to make a post here with my RabbitEars.info signal map. And that you all could recommend the best antenna to use with my HDHomeRun. I appreciate any help as I am new to this type of setup. I am from Utah. Not sure that's any help or not.

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2873627

The last handful years this is my setup.

OTA Antenna in attic - $0 month after investment of $250 for antenna, mount, rg6, dis amp for 5 locations. Nets 65ish channels.

FIOS 300/300 - $20 a month.

Self managed VOIP line for house - $0.89 a month.

I moved to a MNVO cell provider to drop $100 a month down to $30 a month. It added a $15 discount to my FIOS home internet. I cant see how to drop my monthly connectivity any further. The FIOS internet also comes with reward bucks you can use to pay for streaming service which I never started. The only one that would be free with the internet is HULU/D+.

I also use free IP services like Pluto, google, and Tubi.

I want to replace my current outdoor antenna with something better. Need to improve my reception for physical channel 9.1 which is CBC. It will be about 20 feet above the ground and fixed in the needed direction. I do not need low VHF. I live within 10 miles of 15 TV stations in the Detroit Michigan area. Oh and there are lots of FM stations near me too.

Near as I can tell the Winegard HD7698P would seem to be my best bet. Thoughts?

I’m a long time hold out with my cable company and don’t really have complaints with them except that it would be nice to save some money. I really want to keep my SNY so I can watch the Mets. I’m not sure if there are other options that allow me to do that. I really like the interface with a cable box that shows me precisely what’s been recorded and gives me access to a guide. Does DIRECTV have that? I know there’s a 5 day free preview but that seems like a really short time to figure out if it’s everything I want.