Fubo tv is a good option of a paid streaming service for soccer fans. Has a regular lineup of channels along with soccer specific sports ones.

Yea its pretty expensive though. There are tons of other options. With better lineups and cheaper pricing

Shouldn't the point of this thread be about cutting the cord entirely and becoming a former TV watcher? There's not much point cutting the cord if you just absorb yourself in the same type of generic stuff by another means.

Obviously it is about cutting the cable/satellite cord to stop paying their outrageous prices.

I use Sling; during football season (e.g., starting today) I tack on the Sports package and voila, done, for an extra $10/mo. No muss, no fuss, cancel in late December.

IIRC Verizon demanded that I commit to a 2-year upgrade of my cable package if I wanted it through them; I was looking at ~$700 in higher cable bills over 2 years fees plus another $70 per year for RedZone.

This is one of the things that directly led to me cutting the cord, and I've never looked back.

Yah, no.

Right but the main cost of TV is the value of time invested and also the exposure to advertising designed to create new needs to be met.

I guess if you let yourself be conned by TV advertising, sure.

I've been immune to that since I was 8 or 9 years old (hint - that's 60 years ago).

Grew up in NJ watching the Yankees. Yogi Berra was the pitchman for Yoohoo. I couldn't wait to try that great drink. Finally I had one. It sucked. How could Yogi say it was good?

My father explained "he's paid to say it."

LOL advertising since then.

how many times do you tip your fedora in a typical day?

Lol.

And anyway, I wear a Panama hat.

Right but even so, TV still changes your perspective on what's "enough" because it's full of people who live in massive houses and have new stuff.

Trust me. Stopping watching TV is one of the best things you can do to save money and gain a better appreciation for what you already have.

Also, like I said, the time investment people make is worth tons.

TV was the 20th century, cut the cord.

re: the bolded. There's a word for that - FICTION. people who don't understand that are weak and stupid and get what they deserve.

TV even with cable and streaming services eat up a small percentage of my disposable income, so for me at least, the savings would be a "nice to have" but not a "need to have."

advertising and the things you watch have a huge impact on EVERYONE, the people who think they are immune to that kind of thing are incredibly naive (and bordering on the stupid they smugly think they are superior too). There is a reason its profitable to spend hundreds of millions advertising coke or whatever, and its not because it works on the weak or stupid.

Any recs? I currently have PS Vue but friends have Fubotv. Just wondering what you were thinking of.

i'm actually with you on this, not having a tv or a tv connection drastically reduces the amount of time wasted just zoning out with tv

for example, when i spend lots of time with other people, like beyond social occasions like staying at their house over the weekend etc and they don't have that entertain the guests mentality, i've noticed that having the tv on is basically a default setting for most people. even if they aren't actively watching it or have something in mind, they'll just turn it on and browse until they find something agreeable

cord cutting removes waste and makes your viewing far more efficient, you watch what you want to watch like sports or the new hbo miniseries but then don't spend each evening after work surfing channels and deciding to watch those frasier reruns for the umpteenth time - instead you end up doing something better with that time and if you do still want that background noise, it now becomes audiobooks and podcasts - if i have a tv right there, I'll have frasier as my background, if no tv connection and I'm forced to seek out a background noise source, now it becomes Dan Carlin's Hardcore History or something like that

it's not at all about removing visuals as a form of entertainment, it's just removing the "what do I do with my life for the next 3 hours" type of tv watching

and let's be real, transferring that time to 2+2 isn't really much of a difference

It actually is because it works on the weak or stupid because that's what the public is. Smart people are far more selective and it takes a more informative type of advertising to get to them.

A lot of advertising is for mass produced, well known things (McDonalds, Bud Light, etc.). That **** is directly marketed for the (stupid) mass public.


But anyway, lol at Lektor coming in here and trying to divert the topic. I mean, FFS, it's called "Cord Cutters Unite -Let's Talk Modern Television". It's not about trying to stop watching TV which could be a whole separate thread.

Just went ahead and got a free trial of YouTube TV..only to find out it's not compatible with my (decently old) roku box, which is the only way I'd be able to use it with my TV. Works fine on my laptop and PC however and seems pretty sweet. If I decide to keep it guess I'll have to get a new roku or try a fire stick.

get an hdmi cable

firestick is way better than roku imo. more options to work with

NFL starts today cant wait lol. hopefully you guys have all your cord cutting endeavours sorted to enjoy the day. go cowboys

you should publish a paper then, would contradict the established science on the subject.

I suspect tho you think advertising works differently than it does. That people see something then go out and buy it because they saw it, herp derp, coke, I want coke now. But thats not really what they are after, they just want to leave an impression on you so when you are out buying soda because you want soda (not because you saw a soda commercial) you are more likely to select coke because you've been influenced by their advertising. But I'm sure a smart guy like you thinks it's because you can actually taste the difference and just prefer it to the other one.

Skipping was flawless for me using chrome using forward/back arrow keys. Very efficient way to watch football or basketball with it's constant breaks. I also have ublock origin ad blocker extension, which might be doing something.

You must have wandered into the wrong thread. Shouldn't you be prepping for Ms. OOT 2019 or something?

I decided to take the idea of cord cutting seriously for the first time today, because I realized today that U-Verse no longer carries NFL RedZone. I don't think I can go back to watching one game at a time with commercials, so I have to figure something out.

Been looking at Sling, but it's pretty disappointing that their DVR only allows you to keep 50 hours of programming stored. That's not nearly enough...it's not unusual for me to have 10-15 hours of a single show stored until I get around to watching it, which can take months or even years in some cases. Does anyone know if other services have similar restrictions on DVR storage?

Doesn't YouTube tv have an unlimited DVR via the cloud?