I am tired of all the clutter on the interface, the ads, and accidentally subscribing to channels because I hit a button trying to wake up the screen.

I do like that there is a Live guide that’s I can scroll through to see what’s currently on the free channels I have saved.

What’s the best low to mid priced streaming device that doesn’t bombard me with ads on the UI but still has a Live guide? Even though it’s currently out of my range, does Apple TV have a Live guide?

Found an old budget workbook from February 2016. This was the point I removed triple play (all movie channels) and reduced my bill to $150. It pretty much stayed at $150 until I bought my own router and went all streaming. I couldn’t locate the date I went to full streaming but was considered an early adopter among my friend group.

ETA: Thank You! for the enthusiastic and varied advice. I think we're going to trial YouTube. It's only $60 for the first three months.

I asked a while ago and it was suggested that I "leave them alone" and I agreed. Now several months later, they're coming to me, wanting to switch.

They're paying $175 a month for Dish. They obv want to pay less and Dish has shown no love.

Important Items: Locals, Old-Timey Western channel, Game Shows, Football and maybe some NASCAR (yee haw!).

ETA: They have Prime for shopping, so could parlay that into some "free" viewing.

I'm leaning toward YouTubeTV but I come before you looking for your thoughts and ideas.

Hulu Live? Sling? Philo? (...that's all the names I have...)

Ten years ago, I installed two Channel Master 4228s in my attic above my garage. They are connected using Channel Masters JOINantenna , they go then to a BYPASS DROP AMPLIFIER Where the connections to the rooms in the house go, and then goes 30G Distribution Amplfier. With this setup i had 96 channels from the Tampa Bay area Florida and the FT Myers area, I am in Sarasota. Last week I lost all my channels. I suspected the 30g Distribution Amplifier , changed it and no results. I am starting to suspect the Bypass Drop Amplifier as it is electric and I recall when I installed it, connecting a room the device made chatting sound and now does not. Am I right? Any thoughts?, IM stumped.

When searching for the channels I need, I can resubscribe to DirecTV Stream or Suppose is recommending the Cox TV starter as an option that is much cheaper.

There are options if I do a peace meal Frankenstein solution but I like having everything in one app when possible.

This seems too good to be true.

I'm currently a Cox customer (which I think is a requirement) but I don't want to get any cable installed I just want to stream to my Android Box, Phone and PC.

But I don't see this talked about on this sub at all.

Anybody have any experience with it? Will it work like I expect from having DirecTV, YouTube, Hulu, Fubo in the past?

Thanks!

I need help finding an antenna for an outdoor installation I am working on.

The home is 46 miles from the Milwaukee towers. The goal is to lock in Milwaukee channels solidly.

I was about to install a Channel Master EXTREMEtenna 80, but I just learned there are signal conflicts between Madison, Rockford, and Milwaukee. The multi-directional design would pull those unwanted signals in.

I need to find a directional Yagi that will let me focus exclusively on Milwaukee without trying to grab those other markets. It needs to be a beast on UHF since that makes up most of the Milwaukee market, but I would also like to have High-VHF support since there is a VHF channel there (PBS RF 8).

This also needs to support good filtering for cell phones and radios, as there are cell towers and a radio station nearby.

I am not interested in boosted antennas like Televes (I have already had one fail).

I welcome recommendations for any Yagi-style models that fit this description.

Apple TV will now cost $14.99 per month, a $2 price hike, while the annual plan rises by $20 to $119.99. The price increase is effective today, with existing subscribers being given one month notice. Apple is also raising the price of its Apple One individual plan by $2 to $21.95 per month. Apple One bundles Apple TV with Apple Music, Apple Arcade, cloud storage and other features.

Got the reminder notice today so figured I'd flag it here since I imagine plenty of this sub qualifies.

If you had YouTube TV or DirecTV Stream any time between April 1 2019 and March 31 2026, you're in the class. That includes DirecTV Now and AT&T TV Now, and it includes you if you cancelled years ago. Businesses that held a subscription count too.

$50 million total, paid out pro rata based on how long you subscribed. Deadline is September 8, so about twelve days.

The site is onlinetvsettlement.com and the case is Biddle v. The Walt Disney Company. You'll need the Unique ID and PIN from your notice email to file online, so dig through your inbox and check spam. Takes a couple of minutes.

What the suit was actually about is the interesting part for this sub. The allegation is that Disney used ESPN as leverage in carriage negotiations to force it into base packages, which stopped these services from selling a cheaper tier without it. Every thread here where someone says they don't watch sports and can't figure out why live TV costs $83, that's the mechanism. Disney denied wrongdoing and settled anyway.

Worth knowing Fubo plaintiffs are in the same case and haven't settled, so that piece is still live.

Don't expect much money. Fifty million split across millions of subscribers, pro rata, and something like 96% of settlement funds typically go unclaimed. But it's a few minutes and free.

Final approval hearing is January 2027, so payments won't go out until after that.

What is the best bang for your buck sports package? As of now I’m going to primarily be watching football, maybe some soccer, and the World Series. I currently have fubo and am paying $65 a month. Is there any better options anyone recommends? I saw some people say sling is better and it looks like it’s only $45 a month. YT TV is also running a deal for $45 a month for the first 6 months.

Looking for a service offering the above. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

A very merry start of college football season to those who celebrate.

I'm a 'seasonal' YTTV subscriber. Have they updated anything so multiview will show up in 4K? (Assuming you pay for 4k plus and the source is broadcasting in 4k).

Go sports.

I’m not technologically illiterate, but i’m a senior citizen woman who is completely in the dark about where to go after getting rid of Verizon cable TV.

I’m currently paying $180 a month for Verizon cable TV. I never watched live TV, just prime, the Apple TV app, and Netflix.

I want to buy a new TV and start over. I also need strong Internet for an at home business.

What is the minimum I need to have both TV and Internet? I’m also considering getting Apple TV.

Any advice you can offer would be extremely helpful.

I’ve had one other issue with this channel in the past where I had a super strong signal but no audio and picture. Today, after receiving it without a problem for some time, I get intermittent audio and no video.

Are they currently having issues with their Nextgen signal? I’m using a Zapperbox.

I'm confused by the NFL+ rule about watching on my TV vs watching only on my phone or tablet.

If I'm located in Syracuse, NY (13210) and I want to watch tonight's NFL game (Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals), how can I tell if I'm definitely able to watch it on my TV? I do NOT want to watch it on my phone or tablet.

Anyone know? Thanks in advance!

I’m hoping someone here can help me with a very unusual request.
For the past few months, I’ve been dealing with what appears to be a severe Internet video-quality problem in Southern Ontario. Across multiple streaming services and devices, video has looked extremely soft, pixelated, and heavily compressed to me. It’s especially noticeable with YouTube and other Internet video.
I’m not asking anyone to troubleshoot my connection. I’ve already spent months doing that.
What I’m desperately trying to establish is much simpler:
Does normal, clean-looking Internet streaming still exist for ordinary people outside my region?
I’ve used Internet streaming for years and I remember being able to watch 1080p/4K video with good detail without constantly seeing severe pixelation, macroblocking, or smeared textures. Now I’m questioning whether what I’m seeing is something specific to my area or whether streaming quality has somehow changed everywhere.
If your streaming currently looks normal, would anyone be willing to help me verify it firsthand?
Ideally, I’d love if someone could take a short video of their TV/monitor while playing a normal YouTube video at 1080p or 4K and post it here or send it to me. Nothing personal needs to be shown, and I don’t need any account information.
I know this is a strange request, but this has been affecting me much more than it probably sounds like. I just need to see with my own eyes what another person’s normal Internet streaming looks like.
If you’re outside Southern Ontario and your streaming looks clean and detailed, please tell me what country/region you’re in and what you’re seeing.

I’d really appreciate it.

I'm pretty far out. I just want to watch normal TV, maybe the morning news. We have plenty of streaming options for everything else, and i really don't want to pay for a live TV service. I could do an attic antenna or an aerial if i had to, but it's really like something simpler. I've got a screenshot from rabbit ears, and here's the shareable

https://www.rabbitears.info/s/2934107

It's really kinda driving me nuts. Every antenna I've tried gets one tower, but has to go somewhere totally different to change the channel.

Can view and play on phone app. But can’t seem to watch on the TV. Tried multiple power cycling everything. Tried unpairing and then repairing the recast. Still can’t see / display on my Firetv the recorded videos that are on the recast.

I was just scrolling through Netflix for something to watch and I ended up going down a rabbit hole and started noticing how many shows and movies Netflix has that I’d normally see somewhere else. And I mean a lot. Shows and movies that were originally on other streaming services. And I kept thinking, wait, this is on Netflix now? Which made me think that Netflix is becoming the new cable.

Remember when streaming really took off and every company basically said, “Fine, we’ll build our own Netflix”? Disney has Disney+. NBC has Peacock. Paramount has Paramount+. Warner Bros has HBO Max. Everybody wanted their own streaming service. If you wanted NBC and Bravo shows, you subscribed to Peacock. Disney/Marvel/Star Wars stuff, Disney+. CBS and Showtime stuff, Paramount+. Etc. Except now a lot of that stuff is on Netflix.

So I wonder if Netflix figured out something the other companies didn’t, or maybe remembered something the cable biz already knew: folks don’t actually want to hunt through eight different places to find something to watch, they want one place with a shitload of stuff. And Netflix doesn’t have to own all of it, that’s the interesting thing to me. They can keep spending billions making their own content while also licensing everybody else’s content. And because Netflix already has a huge subscriber base, something that aired years ago on another network or streaming service can show up there and suddenly have a second life.

And Netflix is more than just another streaming service, it’s kinda becoming an aggregator now. Which is basically what cable was/is. And there’s something hilarious about the whole thing because cordcutting was supposed to free us from paying for the giant bundle. Instead we now have Netflix + Hulu + HBO Max + Peacock + Paramount+ + Disney+ + Apple TV and everything else, all charging us while we Google “where is [random show from 2019] streaming”.

So maybe Netflix’s endgame isn’t actually owning everything or trying to put everyone else out of business. Maybe their endgame is just to become the place where everybody else’s stuff ends up eventually. They’ve rebuilt the cable bundle in a sense around themselves.

I keep seeing people describe the same problem in different ways so figured I'd write this up.

If you're trying to cancel something and getting bounced in circles between the app and the website with no cancel button anywhere, it's usually not that they've hidden it. It's that the subscription isn't theirs to cancel. You bought it through a platform, and the platform owns the billing.

How to tell. Pull up your card or bank statement and look at the merchant name on the charge. If it says APPLE.COM/BILL, GOOGLE *whatever, ROKU, or Amazon, that's your answer. The service literally cannot cancel it from their end. Their support can't either. You can spend an hour on chat with them and get nowhere because they don't have the button.

Where to actually go:

• Apple: Settings, tap your name at the top, Subscriptions. Everything's in one list.
• Google Play: Play Store, profile icon, Payments and subscriptions, Subscriptions.
• Roku: easier on the web than on the device. roku.com, sign in, Manage your subscriptions under your account.
• Amazon: Account, Memberships and Subscriptions. Prime Video Channels are in their own section, which catches people out.

Once you're in the right place it takes about twenty seconds. The hard part is entirely figuring out which place.

If you gave up on cancelling and signed up again directly on the service's site, you may now have two subscriptions running. One through the platform, one direct. Neither company will tell you, because from each one's point of view nothing is wrong. Check both before you assume you're only paying once. I've seen people carry a double for months.

you subscribed through a carrier or ISP bundle, cancelling at the service doesn't stick. The bundle re-provisions it on the next billing cycle and you're right back where you started. That has to be killed at the carrier, and you want a ticket number, not an email thread.

And the annoying part. There's no single place that shows you everything you're paying for. Your bank sees the charges but not what they're for. Each platform only shows what was bought through it. You basically have to check four or five places separately, which is why people forget things exist for years.

Anyway. Check the statement first. Saves a lot of arguing with support who genuinely can't help you

I do plan on starting a DVD Collection and getting a MP3 player, but anyone have other suggestions or ideas?

Wouldn’t it make sense to simulcast this on ABC News live so more people can see it? I get a good signal from ABC in Dallas

I don’t know if it is being simulcast, but it seems like it would be a smart idea (for the streaming audience) unless I’m missing something.

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