[Shop-talk] tv streaming stsuff

[Steve Hochschild]

I have found that if you subscribe to YouTube Premium for $12/month, they
give you access to YouTube TV, which normally costs $72/month.  They also
let me access YouTube Music.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024, 3:45 PM john <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

> Well, after being a dumba** I finally called DirectTV for help. My slow
> old brain was telling me my dumb tvs were actually smart tvs with the ROKU
> boxes
>
> RDirecttv rep agreed and showed me how to access and set them up
>
> I'm streaming big time now, baby
>
> thanks for all the suggestions… I'll save the info if I need a change in
> the future
>
> john
>
>
> *----- Original Message -----*
> *From:* Eric Russell <ejrussell61 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Jim Stone <1789alpine at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* shop-talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* 3/22/2024 11:37:08 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] tv streaming stsuff
> ------------------------------
> We ditched Dish &/or DirectTV a few years ago. Their price kept climbing
> (even though 'new' customers got a break) and the signal would be lost at
> the mere prediction of rain.
>
> We switched to Spectrum and tried their TV service. The connection was
> good but again, the price kept climbing once we were no longer 'new'.
>
> About a year ago we cancelled the Spectrum TV and now use You Tube TV.
> There is a fee for the service - which we share with our son-in-law. The
> one downside is we are halfway between Raleigh & Greensboro, North
> Carolina. Depending on where our internet cable makes its connection our
> local channels vary between the two cities. I haven't figured out how to
> make it choose one or the other.
>
> EjR
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:20 PM Jim Stone <1789alpine at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We tried several streaming services and switched to YouTubeTV 4 or 5
>> years ago.  All of the channels you mentioned are included with their base
>> packages. We watched it on both a Roku TV and via Amazon Firesticks with no
>> problems. That said, we recently bought a new TV that used Google’s
>> operating system and it works even better on that.  (I even put an old TV
>> in the shop with a Firestick. 😄)
>>
>> No complaints, other than the fact that the price keeps going up, just
>> like everything else.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2024, at 11:25 AM, Pat Horne <patintexas at icloud.com> wrote:
>>
>> Take a look @ Amazon prime video. While they don’t rave the full
>> channel, they do have at least some of the shows.
>>
>> I got rid of Dish about 3 years ago & set up GetChannels for local stuff
>> (needs antenna) & stream everything else from Amazon, PBS, Britbox & and
>> few others. Much cheaper than what I was paying, even including the cost of
>> Amazon Prime.
>>
>> Peace, Pat
>>
>> Pat Horne
>> We support Habitat for Humanity
>>
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2024, at 9:36 AM, john <jniolon at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> AT&T contacted me saying they are doing away with my U-verse service.
>> They offered Directv stream as my best option...cheaper, faster and with
>> 300 mg internet...
>> sounded good.
>>
>> Then for my local stuff and other their suggested a Roku device.  Bought
>> 3.
>>
>> Now upon install I find that channels that were included with Uverse
>> ...i.e. Hallmark, HGTV, Food Network, Fox news and others (all my wife's
>> favorites)
>> were not included but only supplied as a subscribed service at anywhere
>> between 5 and 10 bucks a month...
>>
>> Looking for alternatives to Roku device or other way to get those
>> channels included... Cable is a no-go We only have Spectrum locally and
>> it's mostly down
>> all the time
>>
>> suggestions appreciated
>>
>> john
>>
>> and I'm going to get back to the Bluetooth hearing aid stuff soon.
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