[Ipg-smz] Advice Needed: Cutting the Cord

[Howard M. Cohen]

As I said, Mac, when we last looked at it… that was a while back. I feel no reason to change from Hulu with Live TV. I get all the channels I want and I can time shift to my heart’s content. The DVR service pulls the episodes from their network apps so you get to watch many of them with no commercials at all. Alexa integration completes a nicely working system.

At some point all these differences will blur away as always. For now you just need to find something that delivers what you want.

From: Mac McCarthy <mac.mccarthy at gmail.com>
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Look again. My DirecTV via AT&T has DVR. Don’t know what channels you are missing. We pay extra for Netflix of course, and we added an AppleTV so we can subscribe to Titans .(live-action successor to cartoon Teen Titans) on Warner because my daughter writes episodes for it (!). She is good at action shows.)

mac

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 11:54 AM Howard M. Cohen <hmc at hmcwritenow.com<mailto:hmc at hmcwritenow.com>> wrote:
When I last looked at DirecTV it didn’t have DVR capability and was missing several key channels. YouTube TV is great, but doesn’t run on a firestick and so does not integrate with my smarthome strategy. Hulu with Live TV is as good as YouTube TV and DOES run on firestick.

From: Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org>> On Behalf Of Mac McCarthy via Ipg-smz
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Subject: Re: [Ipg-smz] Advice Needed: Cutting the Cord

Does DirecTV count? That’s elwhat we have and we like it.

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 11:21 AM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>> wrote:
What's first?


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On 11/2/19 1:42 PM, Steven Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz wrote:
> YouTube TV is my second fave of the net TV networks.
>
> Steven
>
> On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 6:26 PM Christine Hall via Ipg-smz
> <ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org> <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>>> wrote:
>
>     I prefer YouTube TV over Sling. At last count about seventy "cable"
>     channels plus all of your local over the air local channels.
>
>     Remember, with Amazon Prime you still don't get HBO, Showtime, or
>     Cinemax automatically. You still have to pay for them. HBO, Showtime,
>     and maybe Cinemax, are also available through YouTube TV.
>
>
>     Christine Hall
>     Publisher & Editor
>     FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
>     http://fossforce.com
>
>     On 11/2/19 1:19 PM, Steven Vaughan-Nichols via Ipg-smz wrote:
>      > PBS is tricky. But, as to the rest, my current fave is Sling TV.
>     Working
>      > out which packages to get X networks is still a pain. OTA with
>     Sling TV
>      > and Amazon Prime should work well for you.
>      >
>      > Steven
>      >
>      > On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 6:11 PM Bob Reselman via Ipg-smz
>      > <ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org> <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>>
>     <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org> <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Time to cut the cord.
>      >
>      >     I need some advice.
>      >
>      >     I know I can get HBO, ShowTime, Cinemax on Amazon Prime.
>      >
>      >     I’m wonder if anybody can recommend a the best service for
>     standard
>      >     commercial fare: FX, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, AMC. A&E, etc….
>      >
>      >     Thanks in advance.
>      >
>      >     Bob
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