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#2005280 02/26/2023 10:52 PM
by bonefish
bonefish
Because I live in Atlanta. I have had DirecTV in order to watch the Browns.

Now the deal ends. There are streaming services like youtube tv, Hulu etc. I dislike shopping.

I watch only a few tv channels. ESPN, Discovery, History, Nat Geo., FX, and Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO. I never watch local channels for anything but sports. I have to be able to watch Braves baseball which currently is Bally sports south or where they show the Braves in the Atlanta market.

Has anyone looked into this and know what is the best way to go? Things like recording and fast forwarding thru commercials is real important. I despise commercials. HBO most of the time sucks but I love Curb and Game of Thrones.

If I could select say 10 stations or so and watch the Browns, Braves, ( Guardians without a full MLB package). I would be happy.

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#2011316 Apr 12th a 01:38 PM
by Ballpeen
Ballpeen
Originally Posted by RememberMuni
They were talking about the NFL package going to YouTube earlier today. I think it’s going to be around 350.00 for the package. It’ll be a little less if you are already a YouTube premium subscriber. If you live in the market where your favorite team plays, I don’t see the value. I mean, we already get 3 free games on Sunday, including the Browns games.
However, if I lived out of market, or are a “football addict” I absolutely see the value in the subscription. - Get all of your favorite team’s games, plus all of the games that you’d like to watch while your favorite team isn’t playing. There was a couple times last year where I wish I could flip over to the Steelers games to root against them.
Going forward, I’d like to see them offer an option to pay for access to individual games. It would be great to pay around 20 bucks to to watch a game of choice while the Browns are on a bye.

They probably will go for on demand at some point, but I would bet it will be for more than $20 a game. My guess would be double that.

They aren't going to price things where buying single games is going to be similar in price per game as buying the whole season. My guess is buying single games will cost near double what buying the entire season would.
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#2011526 Apr 14th a 04:33 PM
by jfanent
jfanent
Originally Posted by FloridaFan
That almost makes no sense.

349 vs 449, when youtube tv is only like $80. So get YTTV and package for 420

To be clear.......YTTV is 72 per month and the package is a one time fee. I think I'm going to pass on the package. I already have YTTV and get enough games on the networks, and the 2-3 weeks per season that the Browns get pre-empted for the Lions, I can get a stream. Also, YTTV has the NFL Network and I have Prime. The only thing I really regret missing out on is Redzone.
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#2011782 Apr 17th a 02:27 PM
by FloridaFan
FloridaFan
Apple would charge 349 for the package, and then create a proprietary stream box that you had to buy for 199, and then you need a special HDMI cable for 29.99, and of course if you want a power adapter for that stream box, another 19.99. smile

And then next year they will change all the connectors. wink
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#2012154 Apr 21st a 03:35 PM
by PortlandDawg
PortlandDawg
I got a Roku yesterday. Seems to be working well.
Next move is to call Direct TV after work and threaten to cancel to see if they’ll drop my bill significantly enough to warrant keeping it. Hopefully it’ll be enough to completely offset the cost of a YTTV subscription.
Wish me luck.
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