New Streaming Option For Cordcutters

[John6185]

I am currently paying $100 per month for Direct TV and the only thing we watch are the sports and FNC. Does this Sling TV have Fox news? I am so tired of the $100 going out the window every month, it's a waste of money! If it had FNC I'd go for it, I've met the time limit on Direct TV and could pull the plug today. And like Jeff405, we'd get more done around the house also.
I looked at at the lineup and Fox News won't be on the Sling TV.

I found some cowboy westerns on Youtube and they are blurry sometimes and at other times they are quite clear.

 

[Fredkrueger100]

I have had dish and the hopper with sling for a while now. I stream onto my phone or tablet all the time. I don't pay anything extra for it. Just had to pay for the sling when I got it. Mine didn't come built in to the hopper like the newer ones are. But I didn't know they just had a streaming service only. Pretty cool for people that don't want to pay for the full service.

 

[loudshirt]

I am currently paying $100 per month for Direct TV and the only thing we watch are the sports and FNC. Does this Sling TV have Fox news? I am so tired of the $100 going out the window every month, it's a waste of money! If it had FNC I'd go for it, I've met the time limit on Direct TV and could pull the plug today. And like Jeff405, we'd get more done around the house also.
I looked at at the lineup and Fox News won't be on the Sling TV.

I found some cowboy westerns on Youtube and they are blurry sometimes and at other times they are quite clear.

SlingTV has CNN. Roku has FNC, kind of. You get live audio from FNC and you can choose shows to stream from a list.

 

[Hobbes]

Traditional television watching is declining faster than ever as streaming services become a mainstream feature in American homes, according to new research by Nielsen.

Adults watched an average of four hours and 51 minutes of live TV each day in the fourth quarter of 2014, down 13 minutes from the same quarter of 2013, according to Nielsen’s fourth-quarter 2014 Total Audience Report. Viewing was down six minutes between the fourth quarter of 2013 and 2012. And between 2012 and 2011, viewing time actually increased for live TV.

At the same time, more homes turned to online video, with 40 percent of U.S. homes subscribing to a streaming service such as Netflix, Amazon Instant Video or Hulu compared with 36 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Nielsen. Netflix is by far the most popular streaming service, in 36 percent of all U.S. homes, and Amazon Instant Video is in 13 percent of homes.

The trends have rattled the entertainment industry, with broadcast and cable networks scrambling to take on new competitors on the Web. Cable networks have seen steep ratings declines, which got much worse in the last six months of 2014. Cable ratings among adults fell 9 percent in 2014, three times the rate of decline over 2013, according to Michael Nathanson, an analyst at Moffett Nathanson research.

“It’s hard to ignore our belief that technology is disrupting viewer consumption of linear network programming,” Nathanson wrote in a recent research note.

In response, companies such as HBO, NBC and CBS are launching their own streaming services. The moves could unleash a fast demise of the cable and satellite industries that have fed TV networks with licensing fees.

Television is still king, with viewers of all ages getting the vast majority of their video entertainment and news from live programs and using time-shifted services such as DVRs. But even older viewers — the stalwarts of traditional TV — are spending less time watching live TV and programs saved on DVRs.

Between 2012 and 2014, viewers ages 50 through 64 watched one hour and 12 minutes less of traditional TV each week; they increased viewing of videos over the Internet by 22 minutes. Viewers ages 35 through 49 watched two hours and five minutes less of traditional TV each week and increased viewing of online videos by 35 minutes.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...han-ever-away-from-traditional-tv/?tid=pm_pop

 

[FamousAJ]

I've been on Sling for a month and I have no complaints. No buffering problems on my end even with multiple device connected to the wireless. It was so good, I bought another Roku 3 for the man cave.

I'll drop Amazon Prime in June (contract end) but keep netflix.

$20 for Sling
$9 for netflix
$40 for internet

$69ish ain't bad for not having to deal with 200+ channels I won't watch. Granted I had to buy the 2 Roku ($99) boxes, but I'll make that back in no time. I was paying at least $150 for the cable alone, plus the $40 for internet. Under 2 months and my Rokus are paid for.

 

[John6185]

Direct billed me for $102.00 last month and it equals over $1200.00 per year and that money I could give to charity, you guys, the Jesus House or Rescue Mission etc. hat's a lot of money down the drain and I pay for shows I don't watch. I bought the SlingTV and got the amazon Fire. I have Sony media streaming device and unfortunately it won't work with Sling hence, I bought the Fire. And add internet and phone at $82.00 plus the Direct TV and that's a lot of bucks.

 

[dieseltech09]

hooked up my new channelmaster DVR+ last night. It's awesome. You wouldn't even know it wasn't cable. The user interface is great and I love being able to see the program schedule.

 

[Hobbes]

hooked up my new channelmaster DVR+ last night. It's awesome. You wouldn't even know it wasn't cable. The user interface is great and I love being able to see the program schedule.

It is going to get even better.
Sometime around April 1st they are going to send out a firmware update that adds the new linear streaming channels.
They will be right there in the program guide and stream shows directly from the internet.

 

[dieseltech09]

SlingTV just added A&E, History, and H2 to the base package. Im watching Ancient Aliens right now.

 

[FamousAJ]

SlingTV just added A&E, History, and H2 to the base package. Im watching Ancient Aliens right now.

yes and my wife hates me.