I read an article in Fortune that says Youtube TV is on Roku now. But no Discovery channel so that is a no-go for me. And $40.
Philo is $16, on Roku, has DVR and has Discovery. A hat trick for me. Now if I could only add HBO and Showtime for $7 or $8 a piece we would be golden. There is so much free stuff on Roku, low income folks getting subsidized lifeline internet and an aerial could have an ocean of TV to watch. I spend a bit of time on Pluto. Mostly the movies. Reruns. The Eye Candy channel cracks me up. I cannot imagine how they can make money producing such a thing. From: David Coudron Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 12:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT streaming Right, our biggest challenge with YouTube TV when messing with the different options for our own use was the interface. You either have to Chromecast it or use Apple TV. My basic requirements for streaming are: No proprietary device needed – Supports Roku, Apple TV and others as well as PC and Moble. (YouTube TV is kind of there) DVR – Been running the DirecTVNow beta DVR, seems OK. YouTube’s works well. I would like to try Philo. Local Channels – Would really like to have this on the same DVR as the rest of the content. Ie. Wouldn’t want a separate DVR for OTA local channels. Not sure if Philo does any local channels? Has FoxSports - The good news is there are lots of options. The bad news is that the field is still evolving and things change frequently. However, our primary goal was accomplished, which was getting rid of the expensive satellite bill. (Although in the interim that means subscribing to DirecTVNow and YouTube TV 😊 ) Likely we will do DirecTVNow only once the DVR is fully rolled out. They just got the Roku DVR client in Beta in the last week or so, that was a big one for us. Regards, David Coudron From: Af <[email protected]> On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 1:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT streaming I subscribed but quickly quit the trial as it does not support Roku. At least it didn’t when I was looking at it. I was too lazy to go get my AppleTV from my theater room and carry it up two flights of stairs .... too much to ask. Does it have the Discovery channel? From: Andy Trimmell Sent: Monday, April 2, 2018 12:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT streaming No one has mentioned YouTubeTV. It’s pretty nice and has DVR. From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, April 02, 2018 11:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT streaming The problem is that this equation won't pencil out for everyone the same way. For example, I could not care less about HBO, so that would not be part of my decision. Here are a couple of takes on the various paths to streaming. https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2478213,00.asp https://cordcuttingreport.com/cord-cutting-guide/ bp<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 4/2/2018 8:19 AM, [email protected] wrote: I had it via SlingTV for $8 or $7 as an add on. I am not going to get rid of Amazon or Hulu so I will check to see if they have a comparable add on for HBO. Be nice if Philo launched it. From: Josh Reynolds Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2018 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT streaming Can get hbo via Amazon On Sun, Apr 1, 2018, 7:27 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: I just added Philo. It has discovery. $16/month. And it has DVR. Directvnow still has not launched DVR. I think it may be the best value. This should allow me to disconnect directvnow and slingtv. However I am not disconnecting slingtv until I have a low cost alternative to adding HBO. Philo has HBO as an investor and was supposed to be adding it shortly after launch, but so far not happening.
