Finally cutting the cord

That’s what we do. I cut Netflix because my kids were watching the same stuff all the time. I got sick of Henry danger even if schwaz does get a few laughs

We have the Hulu/Disney/ESPN trifecta because it makes sense money wise. When it doesn’t, it gets dropped.

Odd, we tend to cut services when no one is using them. Not when the kids are using the heck out of something.

Not using the heck out of it. Watching the same stuff over and over and over again. I then say, pick something else. How about that? Seen it. How about this? seen it. and on and on and on

No mention of RSNs

Seeing our current Spectrum bill, I’m out. What’s the Hornets and Panthers watching options with Google/AT&T Fibre?

I understand that, did the same thing at the end of last year.

For the Hornets, I just paid for a Bally’s subscription. (That’ll go through Amazon next year, I’m just not entirely sure how yet).
For the Panthers - I use an antenna and HD Homerun to get locals, so that’s how I watched the Panthers.

If you’re looking at full cable TV replacement, Fubo is the probably best bet.

I found going to suppose.tv and filling in what channels you must have pretty helpful in the past.

I will miss Andre. Luckily I got to watch him on the Good Fight this past winter.

Anybody try this? Is it working better than bally?

Re the last paragraph: I sure hope the hornets and canes figure something out

I ended up going FanDuel. No experience with Bally.

Good

  • Can watch both home and away games
  • Very few technical issues
  • Quality is good
  • I don’t feel like I’m being pushed to bet on stuff

Bad

  • I’m really only able to see hornets & checkers which was not what I wanted at first
  • Commercials & breaks are super annoying
  • Transition from pre-game to game is choppy and requires manual intervention
  • It just doesn’t feel as professional as some of the traditional networks do

I don’t consider the cost to be too bad, but I do wish it were a bit less.

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I have league pass through YouTube TV. $110 for full season. All out of market game, every team, except for your home team. So, if you live in the hornets market, you can’t get their games. I’m in the Hawks and grizzlies market so it works great for me. Really good deal if you’re out of market. All sports need to rethink how fans get to watch their favorite teams.

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Now this is something

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Interesting to see what the cost is. Might be able to watch Predators hockey again.

I’ve been doing FanDuel this year after doing League pass/VPN the last two years. Everything was great until the last two games. The video/audio has been choppy. I hope this gets cleared up as it really makes the games hard to watch (as if it could get worse for us).

@Keetch did you end up going back to DirecTV Streaming and if so, how did that work? I’m about to hop off of Spectrum after a long twilight hearing the ever growing price and AT&T + DirecTV Streaming looks like a good option

So I finally cut the cord earlier this year. I’m using YouTube TV currently and Wasn’t sure how I was going to watch the hornets. From what I was seeing the fan duel sports network (FDSN) subscription was $19.99 a month. But I got an offer via fan duel sports book if you place a $5 qualifying bet you receive a free 3-month subscription to FDSN. It says the subscription is $12.99 a month thereafter and you can cancel anytime. So I’ll be going that route for the season.

Let us know how it works. Is it live only or can you watch full games after they are over?

Good question because I’m almost never watching the games live. From what I can tell they have on-demand replays that you can watch for up to three days after the game. It says the direct FDSN app does not have dvr so you can’t rewind live games but if you subscribe through FUBO you could. I’m hoping Maybe if you’re accessing it through Amazon prime it would be the same and have some option to start the game from the beginning without having to wait for it to end. But I’ll let you know.

The past few years, I’ve had YouTube TV with league pass. League pass is now exclusive to prime or NBA app. So, I’ll be getting LP on prime. I assume most on here are in market, so LP is not an option. League Pass premium is $160 per year. Which is $13.33 for ALL NBA games, minus nationally broadcast games.

I’m going to do Fanduel through Prime this year. Started my subscription today, so I can watch the game tonight. Watched some of the last OKC game on replay, I guess they didn’t carry the Dallas game.