im eating off of showbox/hd cinema. hope they stay around for a long time
They're not going anywhere as long as Russia and China exist, they shyt all over copyright laws and host shyt like crazy there
Is the cost of cable really that bad? I mean....
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They're not going anywhere as long as Russia and China exist, they shyt all over copyright laws and host shyt like crazy there
beenz
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see this is where the problem lies. I am paying like $175 a month for cable/internet. technically, I have the phone service also, but I never hooked the equipment up, cuz I didn't want it in the first place. I just took it cuz the bundle was cheaper than just cable and internet. and I have HBO thrown in for 6 months.
also, I have 5 cable boxes in my crib. back in the day, when I first got cable in the early 2000's, I remember cable wasn't that expensive. cuz they didn't force you to have a cable box to watch the 50 or so regular standard cable channels. but then a few years ago, they made it mandatory to have a box to watch any channels, and you can't see jack shyt without a box, which really pissed me off.
these days, with comcast, you can't even watch ur local channels if you don't have a box. and you used to be able to do that before. but having all those cable boxes is what fukks you over cuz you gotta pay the rental for them. also, I don't even have DVR and shyt. another thing, is my job used to subsidize these cost cuz they were paying for my internet service, but they cut that shyt out last august which sucks.
now, if I was a single man living solo, I could easily live without cable. I know how to download and stream all my content. but with 3 other people in the house who all wanna watch their own shyt, all that downloading goes out the window as I'm not gonna be the one responsible for getting content for all these folks.
beenz
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A Roku or Amazon Fire Tv sounds like some shyt you need then, something that has easy to navigate menus that will keep your wife and kids happy.
I have a Roku 3, but going to get an Android Box since you can load HDCinema and Showbox + Kodi on them.
Good look, but the channels I need are VH1, OWN, DISNEY XD, NICK, and SPROUT. Unfortunately no streaming service has all of these. Not even a combination of services has these
Disney XD is on Sling, also just about everything you'd want from VH1 is available on Showbox, and I'm sure Mobdro has a lot of the channels you can't find legally
Thank you. Ill be checking out some of this over the weekend. My wife can navigate XBMC fairly easy and find a lot of her shyt on there, but she be wanting to watch shyt as it airs...I don't get it, but
I'm looking at mobdro now. Idk whats on it yet, but +rep
beenz
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my youngest daughter has roku, and is fine with that. but its the other two women in the house that gotta have cable.
Nah, they don't have to have it, it's not a necessity and you need to explain how much money you're blowing on cable breh. You said you paid $175 a month, in just 5 years that adds up to $10,500 on cable B, you're basically paying for an economy class car every 5 years just to keep some shyt you don't really need
Black Ball
Superstar
What are yall using for Live Sports? NFL, College Football, NBA, etc...? Is it good quality and dependable? Also are there simple options out there for recording live streams of games?
I'm looking at these 2 Verizon packages right now, I'm about to throw Direct TV in the bushes.
1. Fios 50megs, Local channels in HD, HBO & Showtime. (2-year agreement) $50 in year 1, $70 in year 2.
2. Fios 25megs, Select Tier Channels (A&E, AMC, BET, TBS, USA, CNN, DIS, BBC, NICK, VH1, Cartoon Network) No TNT & No ESPN $65 for 2 Years.
I pay $53 for internet now and $120 for Direct TV
All I watch is Martin & Family Feud & Sports. I DVR mad shyt, but I can easily just download it.
I'm looking at these 2 Verizon packages right now, I'm about to throw Direct TV in the bushes.
1. Fios 50megs, Local channels in HD, HBO & Showtime. (2-year agreement) $50 in year 1, $70 in year 2.
2. Fios 25megs, Select Tier Channels (A&E, AMC, BET, TBS, USA, CNN, DIS, BBC, NICK, VH1, Cartoon Network) No TNT & No ESPN $65 for 2 Years.
I pay $53 for internet now and $120 for Direct TV
All I watch is Martin & Family Feud & Sports. I DVR mad shyt, but I can easily just download it.
What are yall using for Live Sports? NFL, College Football, NBA, etc...? Is it good quality and dependable? Also are there simple options out there for recording live streams of games?
I'm looking at these 2 Verizon packages right now, I'm about to throw Direct TV in the bushes.
1. Fios 50megs, Local channels in HD, HBO & Showtime. (2-year agreement) $50 in year 1, $70 in year 2.
2. Fios 25megs, Select Tier Channels (A&E, AMC, BET, TBS, USA, CNN, DIS, BBC, NICK, VH1, Cartoon Network) No TNT & No ESPN $65 for 2 Years.
I pay 53 for internet now and 120 for Direct TV
I use ballstreams for the NBA (paid $90 for 2 full seasons), quality is HD, also use WATCHESPN app since my parents have that I can get their login. I'll watch the NBA finals on local over the air TV.
Everything else I watch are streams, or from Genesis, Showbox, HDcinema, 1channel, all HD quality stuff. There are some android set top boxes that have HDMI inputs so you can record to them.
We just pay for internet, and luckily Time Warner has no caps cause we average around 500gb a month
beenz
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Nah, they don't have to have it, it's not a necessity and you need to explain how much money you're blowing on cable breh. You said you paid $175 a month, in just 5 years that adds up to $10,500 on cable B, you're basically paying for an economy class car every 5 years just to keep some shyt you don't really need
Well the internet is a necessity. Need that for work. Can write that off on taxes. But no doubt cable isn't a necessity.
Well the internet is a necessity. Need that for work. Can write that off on taxes. But no doubt cable isn't a necessity.
Fam, I'm all about cutting expenses, we saved around $4000 the last two years on just phone and cable bills.
Once you think about how much you're spending in years as opposed to just a monthly rate that shyt hits home. The way we watch TV it's like we DVRed everything.
Digital Dre
All Star
Paying 45 bucks a month for 100M Internets from Charter
beenz
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The way I see it, I'm already saving plenty. No car note. No credit cards, I don't go out to eat much, no student loans. I eat almost all my meals at home. I'm not into clothes shopping crazy vacations or being flashy. On top of that my fuel cost are minuscule cuz I get to work from home. I don't even like taking my car to the car wash cuz I can do it at home for next to nothing. Maybe cable is our one luxury.