Hi, My TiVo was murdered by Optimum recently, and I'm checking out Black Friday deals for Sling, Fubo, YouTube, Hulu + Live TV: https://cordcutterweekly.com/the-big-list-of-streaming-deals

My experience with Streaming is AppleTV, plain Hulu, and Prime (gak! Hate auto-play of trailers).
My primary interest is gaining back the standard core cable channels, especial for prime time (2,4,5,7) either on demand or with Cloud DVR (hopefully so can forward past commercials).

Would love some opinions, especially from TiVo-lovers.
A] Do any service's User Interface provide a text-based list of shows as Tivo had?
B] I noticed people describe some services are suitable for those who love sports; can I assume that is because you can do a decent pause and see a clear image?
C] I'm also curious about rewind; I do this often to re-hear something someone said mumbled.

Sidenote; just spent over two hours on the phone with Optimum trying to cancel. Ended up with a service suspension with zero $ owed to date (I hope), with a promise to try their cloud DVR if the above all suck. That's more than 10 hours of customer 'service' BS to date from getting that TiVo EOL letter.😡

Any good free streaming apps similar to Pluto & Plex that have mostly Canadian channels preferably?

I own a 40" TCL Roku TV. I have Roku Channel, WeatherNation, PBS Passport, YouTube Premium, Disney+ (with Hulu), RiffTrax, Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex, Criterion Channel, BroadwayHD, Prime Video, and Freevee.

I got a antenna to use in a basement setting and was wondering if aluminum foil is helping or wasting time

Yes, I have an indoor antenna (it’s a yagi in my attic). I do have some larger trees around my property if that matters.

Bonus question: why do I also see signal drop whenever a helicopter flies overhead? It’s very rare that it happens, but I’ve noticed a correlation every time it happens and watching OTA stuff.

I've had GLISnet/Blaze Connect (similar to TOAST.net) reseller for the past few years with a measly 25 Mbps. I've been happy with the service overall, but have been hoping to get faster speeds available. Just within the last couple weeks both AT&T fiber and T-Mobile 5G home internet expanded to cover my house. I'm more inclined to go with the fiber over 5G, due to stability and upload speeds. However, primarily I'm trying to decide whether to stick with Blaze or switch to AT&T direct. I had initially switched to Blaze because at the time AT&T had data caps, which I'm adamantly against, but it looks like they have stopped that practice.

My issue is now that if I stick with Blaze my price will be $5-10/mo more than wit AT&T directly (with the autopay, paperless billing). At this point, is it still worth going with resellers? It seems there's more risk AT&T will increase prices in the future compared to re-sellers, but have they been doing that recently still? Is there any reason in this scenario to go with T-Mobile? (I do have T-mobile cell phone that gives a discount, but I may be switching to Mint/US Cellular/Visible.)

As the title suggests, I’m in a second floor apartment just outside of NYC (lower Westchester county). I can’t mount the antennae outdoors, but I’m on the second floor and the apartment faces southwest. I read somewhere else here that an amplifier in NYC may not be necessary but I’m just outside of the city. What type of antennae would be recommended for getting my local channels? Attached is a snapshot from rabbitears.info. Also, many thanks to commenters in this forum - ready to cut that cord!

First let me say that I’m happy for everyone who can cut the cord. Sometimes it isn’t possible. Say you have an elderly loved one that is pretty used to their box and you’re not about to make them learn something new. I think xfinity and att have a pretty solid revenue stream with these people.

But beyond that, looking at an xfinity bill I see “Broadcast tv fee” and it’s $27.85/mo now! What the hell? For something you can get with rabbit ears, that still plays ads, that is mostly talk and game shows. Even the local sports are moving to premium channels and apps for many or all their games.

My point? They suck. End rant.

Any promo codes for November out there? I'm about to end my free trial but I want to continue service if there's a promo code to lower the cost. Thank you. -If anyone has the $10 off promo code through t-mobile or sprint that they won't be using I would greatly appreciate one.

So my mom moved in with a relative. In doing this she disconnected her cable and in turn also disconnected her Spanish channels. They had Optimum tv package that had a ton of channels from Latin America and Spain. She also watches a lot of Canal Sur (which was also included).

I looked at sling, YouTube tv and fubo but they only have a couple of the channels. Are there more streaming options that I may have missed?

Hi!! My dad is coming to house sit for me this weekend, and wants to be able to watch espn and college football. I have a Roku and am wondering what the best streaming options are for football? So far my choices seem to be to get Hulu live tv, and possibly also get an ESPN subscription for while he’s here. Are there any other better options? He’s not a tech savvy guy and doesn’t really understand streaming so two apps is going to be a lot for him.

Thank you for the help!!

Or is there an easy to setup device that would let me do this? Building my own is unfortunately out of the question (believe me, I would love to). I'd like to be able to download from Apple music as well. I know I could get an iPad and connect that to the TV, but that's both more expensive and less convenient than this https://a.co/d/ipkZ9vo

My partner and I (23M) are moving into an apartment complex. Our apt offers special rates for internet only at:

- 300 mbps - $35

- 500 mbps - $50

- 1000 mpbs - $65

- 1200 mpbs - $80

I read that most households do not need more than 500 mbps, so I am not considering the higher tiers. My partner has a hybrid work schedule, and I may be hybrid as well (up in the air). He is a gamer (Nintendo Switch, PS5), and we are looking to connect a few Apple products (2 or 3 homepod minis, 2 homekit lamps). How can I determine whether 300 or 500 mbps is the better option?

just wondering if anyone recall from other years how early the sales for black friday come out for streaming im

wondering what kind of deal they will have this year?

Broadcast Antennas = 13-18 miles away SW from my location; however -- topology = I am located up in the hills (with mountains further East) and trees, hills, and buildings between the towers and myself.

Rented Apartment on the 1st floor of a multi-level building (no roof access for me) -- 4-seasons including tornados, ice, and snow. Out of 40+stations -- rabbitears.info shows Signal Strength: 13 = Fair; 13 = Poor; the rest are unspeakable. Tried a leaf style antenna with built-in booster = ZERO channels found! (even on the window facing the broadcast towers).

My only success = Rabbit ears w/loop on the window sill (West facing) with direct line-of-sight to the Broadcast Antennas + Signal booster (set to max boost). I manage to get 25-stations (most are X.Y offshoots; it is really 4-stations).

Antenna = Phillips Rabbit ears

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BLNWZHS

Booster = DTV signal booster 24dB

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084YQX5Q6

I also tried a Phillips 4G/5G Filter; but found it blocked some of the TV stations! I am not seeing noise from cellular; so I removed the filter. Without the signal booster, I only get ~9-stations.

Any other bright ideas?

I currently live in a building where the landline plug ins are blocked off. And the landlord won't allow them to be used, or anything installed even if I'm paying for it. I'd like to work in costumer service, but a landline is required by my employer. And I was trying to see if there's a way to makeshift some kind of landline without a direct connection.

Has anyone found a way to stream Kojak? It is showing on FAST, but I would like to be able to choose my episodes,

Wrote this out in a comment but thought it could be helpful to have in a post. If I missed anything, let me know!

Free on YouTube: NBC News Now, ABC News Live, CBS News 24/7, LiveNow from FOX, Sky News

Free via Pluto TV: BBC News, NBC News Now, ABC News Live, CBS News 24/7, LiveNow from FOX, Sky News

Free via PBS App: Your local PBS station

Free via OTA Antenna: Your local NBC/FOX/ABC/CBS/CW/PBS stations.

Included in Max: CNN Max (essentially same as CNN US for tonight)

Included in Peacock: Your local NBC station ($13.99 plan only) & NBC News Now (all plans) plus a special feed of Steve Kornacki (all plans)

Included in Paramount+: Your local CBS station ($12.99 plan only) & CBS News 24/7 (all plans)

Included in Disney+/Hulu: ABC News Live (also available free via YouTube)

Included in Prime Video: Special election coverage with Brian Williams

Paid TV Provider Required (Sling/YouTube TV/etc): MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News, NewsNation

Finally a lot of your local news stations may be streaming local results on their websites/apps for free - check with them for details on local races.

my mom really only watches local programming. I was paying for cable to the tune of $95/month and 99% of the time she was watching the local fox station of other channels that are offered over OTA antenna it was a complete waste of money and I got tired of paying $95/month for her not to watch any actual cable channels. I hooked up a digital antenna but honestly it's very annoying. Her tv is located on the wall opposite the windows and the cord for the antenna doesn't reach the outer wall so reception is pretty bad. I'm trying to find a affordable streaming service that has the most local channels including those sub channels which are available with antenna. I was considering YT TV and Sling TV but I'm honestly not sure. I'm in the Milwaukee area. Cost is a factor since she will be paying for the service, not me.

We have hundreds of our favorite movies on our Dish DVR. We'd like to cut the cord, but buying hundreds of DVDs would be a mess to manage and expensive. If we buy the DVR from Dish, can we keep viewing our old recordings on it?

I was thinking of signing up for a trial of Sling or another service, but I want to watch the results tonight without needing to pay for a whole month of service. I didn't see any other posts with this question, so I thought I'd throw it out there for others as well.

Does anyone else have problems with this?

I save videos I want to watch in playlists and now it's not there anymore in the Roku app. The only things left on the left hand side are search, home, settings and YTTV.

EDIT: Just searched the YouTube sub and apparently this is broken across multiple platforms.

Haystack News had many options during the debates though I cannot recall if NBC or Peacock was one of them. I am interested in watching wall to wall Steve Kornacki on election night. I'm not interested in new or trail subscriptions nor watching the feed on the computer. TIA.

RabbitEars.info signal search reports display the coordinates of the search to 0.01 degree, but this is far from the most precise location info on the report. Each TV transmitter on the report is listed with a distance (to 0.1 mile) and bearing (to 0.1 degree) from the search location which is more precise (except for longitudes close to the poles, 0.01 degree in global coordinates is more than 0.1 mile). At first it seems like this would provide a roughly 0.1 mile diameter area for the search location, but by combining the data from several transmitter locations, it is usually possible to get significantly more accurate. Using only data available to public viewer of a shared report, I calculated the location of the search to within 0.0002 degrees using 15 transmitter sites (most of that accuracy was obtained with just 5). This is just a few houses in a suburban neighborhood; much more precise than I previously thought these reports provided.

If your area is flat, you can easily use a public place close to your home to get largely similar results that would still be useful for antenna advice; but if local terrain it involved, it could be more difficult to provide a useful report that does not share your location with such precision.

I had yttv but it's just as expensive as cable now. We were doing fine with a firestck and paramount+ for 11.99 but then we needed espn for nfl and I'm back up to $52 and we still don't have nfl on fox sports...