Preseason Media Source Question....
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Living in Southern California, I get by with Internet, ROKU and Apple TV. For KU games, I get 5 months of Sling Orange @ $25/ month for KU games (except exhibitions). It has all the ESPN channels and is currently offering a free ROKU Express when you pay 2 months in advance. I dunno if ESPN+ is included in that. Anyone know?
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The thing that stops me every time from DirectTV is the contract.
@KUSTEVE They say Tampa Bay is in a tornado watch. If your house gets picked up, please wave as you go by!
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@mayjay Ah yes, contracts are nasty. I hadn’t looked into it at all since I have no desire to switch.
@Gorilla72 ESPN+ was just rolled out, the way I understand it is to get anything that requires it is to buy it for $5 a month. I don’t believe it’s included in any of the services.
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Be careful of ESPN+ because you might still get hit by blackouts. From their Customer Agreement:
Blackouts. Certain live sporting events and other content available through the ESPN+ service subscription may be subject to blackouts. For example, if you are in the home television territory of a team participating in a game, then the game may be blacked-out for viewing or live viewing as part of your ESPN+ service subscription (or other applicable third-party service). Blackouts will be enforced according to the location from which you are accessing the ESPN+ service or the applicable third-party services, and we may use different technologies and methods to verify your geographic location. If you do not enable location access on your device, you will not be able to access the ESPN+ service.
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@mayjay so far I’ve watched several Vb games and 1 fb game w/no problems on espn+. I have cox too. Wouldn’t give it up.
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When the DTV guy came to our new house to install the dish he asked me if he could borrow a drill. Said he was borrowing someones DTV van and it didn’t have a drill in it. I give him my drill with the chuck key. When he’s leaving he puts the drill on the steps with no chuck key. I said where’s the chuck key? He says he put it by the drill. I said it’s not by the drill. He said it was and left. I’m pissed.
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@Crimsonorblue22 You must be loaded. With money, that is.
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In a situation where I had infinite money, I wouldn’t go with Cox or Comcast.
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@nuleafjhawk every year when they raise it, I say give me to disconnect and they always find me a deal.
I have one tv I use and an Apple TV box. I have what I need, share what I can.
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@mayjay Direct TV NOW has no satellite, or contract. You watch it on a device, such as firestick or Roku on your tv.
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@Crimsonorblue22 I canceled it after I realized I couldn’t watch MNF.
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@Crimsonorblue22 " I have what I need, share what I can "
Those are great words to live by !!
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@KUSTEVE come by!
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FWIW. A friend here in Olathe got the package with ATT and Direct TV. Even when the internet came via fiber optic, it did not have the capability to carry cable so they installed a dish. As soon as the equipment was installed she was told she would need to pay insurance for the equipment; apparently if it goes bad you are responsible for it…never ran into anything like it before. The dish would not work well when there was storm or even rain and when she sold her house, she had to pay a huge termination fee. Be very careful with the contract they offer, lots of fees that you are not told in advance. Comcast is even worse.
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Also, I should have mentioned that YouTube TV is also a month to month contract and you can stop it and restart it any time you want. I believe it has a free one week trial that you can get to see if you like it. Also, you can record as many shows as you want simultaneously and they are all stored on the Cloud. I have my account set up to automatically record all the shows I like and it will even record reruns. Pretty cool considering that other services charge you extra for it and have limits on how much you can store.
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Youtube good, PSVue good- maybe others, no experience. The equipment requires- The tv you already have and the computer you already have and the phone you already have- you don’t need all- but they work on all.
Cable companies… $$$$$$$$$$$, DirecTV is fine unless the wind blows, the sun shines or god forbid there is a gentle mist in the air.
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@JayHawkFanToo What has kept me from Cloud recording is that you can’t access it if your internet is out, right? Our Spectrum internet is fast but it seems to reset a lot. I like having the DVR when we get cut off from the world.
Which, come to think of it, I think is going to happen tomorrow morning when 50 mph+ Michael breezes through.
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@BShark what one did you get??
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Yes, if the internet is down you cannot stream live or recorded shows. When the internet is down I just enable the hot spot on my cell phone and connect the Roku sticks to it and I have full access to the Internet and YouTube TV.
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Does anyone know… if I switch away from a Cox bundle, can I keep my old Cox email address?
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@drgnslayr Looks like you cannot. I have wondered the same about my provider. So I googled “can I keep my Cox email” and this came up from the Cox support page on cancelling accounts:
Cox Email
Per our email policies, if you wish to keep messages and contacts after disconnecting Cox High Speed Internet service, you must move your Cox Email content to another email provider. After the disconnect is complete, we send you notification emails to your preferred contact email address on file to remind you to take action to save or move your Cox Email content.
We know switching email providers is never easy. Below are a few resources to help you move content from your Cox Email to an external account.
Note: To use the following tips, be sure to first set up your Cox Email in an email client program such as Outlook. Refer to Setting Up an Email Account in Windows for details.
In your email client program, export the files you want to keep to a local file. For example, Outlook uses the file format .pst.
Set up your new email account from your new provider in your email client program. Contact your external email account provider for assistance. To gain access to your saved Cox Email content, import the local file to your new account.
Mayjay again: A couple of sites that Google brought up said that Cox used to let you keep your email for $10 a month, but those were a few years old and newer posts say they terminated that offer. In addition, some posts suggest that there might be a 90 day temporary period to keep it active while you transition to a new provider. But you should check with Cox directly.
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I am not sure, you might be able to keep it for a while but likely not permanently. Might as well get a free generic e-mail from gmail.com (zero privacy), yahoo.com or outlook.com or get your own domain.
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From what I understand, DirectTV NOW gives you an iCloud DVR. And also, you may be able to save programming if you have a USB connection on your router and install an external hard drive. Is that correct, @KUSTEVE ?
If so, perhaps the way to go for me is ATT internet (fiber optics) along with DirectTV NOW! No stinking dish to deal with and unlimited recording hours. I just heard there are still bugs in that virtual DVR system… like perhaps, no Fast Forwarding. I can’t stand to sit through commercials!
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@JayHawkFanToo I wanted to follow up with you about my experience with Opera browser, since you mentioned zero privacy with Google. I have been using Opera for a month, and I flat love it. I combine it with Duck Duck Go as my search engine, with my ad and tracker blocker, and I feel less spied on.
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@drgnslayr That’s a little above my paygrade. I have HULU, which has practically every show on tv. I know Direct Tv Now has cloud dvr, though.
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@drgnslayr I had DirecTV now when they first rolled out the DVR part. Unless it has changed the storage is fairly limited and I think it only lasts a month. It’s a little different than TiVo.
I think there’s is a way to bundle the DirecTV now with ATT internet service to up the data limit from 1 TB to unlimited. (I didn’t do this and went over the 1TB limit one month)
I liked DirecTV Now, but only used it during a promotional 3 month period. It’s still more TV than I need. ESPN+ will make my life so much easier, as the only live TV I really care about is sports.
