I just cut the cord and couldn't be happier. Time Warner always gave me the new customer introductory packages and kept my cable bill somewhat reasonable. Ever since Spectrum took over they have been real bastards and wont cut you a deal at all.

My bill was 218 a month, had pretty much everything and i told them i was losing my job but still wanted my cable but it had to be at a fair price. I shaved everything off to get the price down and the best internet/tv combo they would give me was 169.99. I said i need the 89 dollar new customer deal in order to keep it. They said no way in hell and they let me walk.

Anyway went and got a Roku Ultra box that nite and put sling tv on it for 25 bucks and it works like a champ, so im now saving 75 bucks a month. I also got a antenna for my local channels. I actually like my set up now more than the cable tv.

My only question is, how long until Spectrum starts capping the data usage on all of us and why aren't they doing it already? You know the greedy MFr's are going to do it eventually.

I tried Playstation Vue when it first came out and i wasn't impressed, especially while trying to watch sports. It didn't stream very smooth at all. Sling tv on a Roku Ultra box seems to do very well ao far.

They already offered me that but i was so pissed at them that intild them no way. The assholes kept me on the phone for two hours when i was trying to cancel. I will never go back unless i am forced due to data caos or something like that and then I probably still wouldnt. If it was for my gf i would just have rabbit ears and netflix but she loves her Reds games and a few other channels. Sling is the only one that offers fox sports Cincinnati in my area i think. So far with my new set up i am extremely happy and so is my gf and she is very reluctant to change but she is liking sling tv alot already. I seriously hate Spectrum with a passion now.

Check Sling tv out but it runs best on a Roku Ultra box. It lags quite a bit with the firesticks. I do not recommend those at all with Sling.

Yeah, tell her to pay the cable bill if she wants it so bad because you arent going to anymore.

Just recently switched to Sling TV and couldn’t be happier. Get the Roku Ultra box for $100.00 bucks though, screw the firesticks. Sling doesnt work nearly as well with the firesticks as it does the good roku box. Spectrum can suck it as far as I’m concerned!

Still loving my 25.00 a month Sling TV, best thing i ever did!

Sling has Fox Sports so thats how we watch our team. Sling TV also works much better with a Roku Ultra box than a Firestick, just something to consider. I am with Sling now and i really like it a lot so far.

I use an antenna as well for the network and local channels.

You can also get what they call lifeline cable around here. Its the most basic package that they have. Kind of important to have local news in areas like mine where you have severe weather sometimes.

My SlingTV is very reasonable, 25 a month plus two packages that i added on for another 10 bucks. So 35 dollars a month and we get all the channels that we used to watch that cable wants 99 dollars for. If it was for the Miss though i would be rabbit ears and Netflox only.

Thanks for letting us know this.

Well im no expert so please nobody jump on me if you think i am wrong, but i have had experience with the firestick and the the Roku ultra and heres the two things that i noticed while trying to watch sling tv.

#1 with the stick while trying to watch sports the movement of the ball like a baseball or a QB throwing a football the video seemed choppy and it does not with the Roku uktra. Watching sports was just horrible on my friends firestick. I dont know why this would be but i have read online that sling tv does not work very well with the firesticks.

#2 browsing through the menus with the Roku ultra is super fast and it is definitely not nearly as good with a firestick. I am assuming that the Roku has a much faster processor is why it is better. You also get a much nicer RF remote with the Roku Ultra as well.

Maybe a 3rd thing also, i have no buffering with the Roku Ultra and there was a little with the firestick.

I ordered a 2nd Roku Ultra for the basement tv tonight since i found out about the sale and best buy had free shipping on it. Excellent deal in my opinion. Im not a Amazon Prime member so i wouldnt have been able to get free shipping thru Amazon.

Looks to me like the remote for the ultra has a few more features and the ultra has the ethernet port that can be hard wired instead of relying on wifi. It also has a USB and a micro SD slot, i think it comes with headphones and a headphone jack on the remote, a remote finder button and gaming buttons. It also has a night listening mode (?). Most of that may not be a huge deal but i think its definitely worth the 20 extra dollars. I like the fact that i can have it hard wired instead of relying on a wifi signal for sure.

The stuttering and occasional buffering happened with the firestick. Sling tv works flawlessly with the Roku Ultra. My internet is very fast so no issues there. Sling tv doesnt like the firesticks much it seems. Just dropped Sling though because they lost Fox Sports, went to Fubotv for now.

I am finding that mostl of these streaming services are almost as expensive as the cable companies. There are about 6 or 7 channels that my gf has to have and sling fit the bill perfectly until they lost fox sports. As soon as baseball season is over i will be switching to Philo, its like 16 dollars a month and I can get the local channels over the air.

If it wasn't for her i wouldn't have anything except an antenna for my locals and Netflix and/or HBO.

Philo and Sling is a fair deal for sure, most of the others not so much. If it wasnt for my girlfriends Reds games i would be fine but that just throws a monkey wrench into everything and im definitely not going to take that away from her because she really loves them. Im not sure why she even likes them so much honestly because shes not even a sports fan in general. It is what it is i guess lol.

Will we ever have a service where we can just buy the channels that we want and not have channels that we dont want forced upon us? These streaming services are becoming almost as expensive as cable tv is. I just want to be able to pick my F’ing channels. Spectrum sucks balls in every way but they so have a streaming service where you get your local channels plus any 10 channels that you want for 20 something a month and that is perfect dor me, or so i thought anyway. The deal breaker is Fox Sports Ohio is not a channel that i can choose as one of my ten channels. This TV game really pisses me off, not gonna lie.

First had sling and LOVED it, it was cheap and food but then they dropped fox sports

Moved to Fubo after that and it was 55 a month but i liked all the channels they offered, now they just dropped fox sports.

Now im with YoutubeTV and its 50 a month but its very soorts oriented and nothing else almost so im gonna have to pick up Philo TV for 20 a month which puts my bill at 70 a month plus another 75 for my internet to stream it. Thats not much cheaper than cable really but i do get the satisfaction of giving the middle finger to Spectrum.

If there was just an app where i could buy Fox sports id be happy, then i could buy Philo for 20 a month and I’d be a happy camper.

If Fox Sports was included that would be the perfect package for me. Hopefully one day they will make that one of the channels that you can choose. That would be awesome.

Philo is 20 dollars a month so it's kind of unfair to compare the two services but honestly since Fubo lost Fox Sports Ohio I would rather have Philo and pocket the extra money.

SlingTV was the best for me until they lost fox sports, then i switched to Fubo which is also good but more expensive than Sling and then they lost Fox Sports, so now I've had to go to YouTubeTV which is even more expensive and not really that great unless all you like is sports. So now i have YouTube TV for the Fox Sports and Philo TV so the gf can watch her hallmark channels and TV land etc. None of them now have it all like Sling and Fubo did. Basically to get all the channels i want i have went from a 35 dollar Sling TV bill to now 75 dollars to get all of what i want.

Its the Fox Sports that throws a monkey wrench into everything because the gf has to watch her Cincinnati Reds games. I wish it was all Ala cart and i could pick my own channels instead of being forced to buy channels like BET and the shopping channel etc that i will never watch. Those channels would never survive on their own if they depended on subscriptions from people. I bet 75% of the channels wouldn't survive if they depended on people purchasing them. I literally hate the TV industry and i wouldn't pay for any of it if it wasn't for my gf. I would have rabbit ears only and maybe Netflix.

I had no problem with Slings pictures quality. I know that Sling doesn’t like the fire sticks because a friend of mine brought his over and i didn't like it. I then did some reading and found out about the fire stick thing and sling. I bought a Roku Ultra for $99 dollars and the Sling TV worked great on it. No stuttering at all while watching sports like there was on the Fire stick. Maybe that is your problem?

I guess it’s something that just doesn’t bother me then. As long as its hd and smooth im good.

YouTube TV is ok but its so heavily sports oriented that i just cant see any females liking it.

Lol I like them also but not as much as her. Shes one if their biggest fans, never misses a game ever. I think the Reds will definitely be very good this year though.

If it makes her happy then i am happy. She worked her whole life and is semi retired now so she has earned the free time that she has and if she wants to watch all of the Reds games thats her right to do so.

Yep i think losing Fox Sports hurt them more than they thought it was going to. I would love to go back to SlingTV if they would get it back.

You have got to be shitting me? The only thing left that Carrie's it is Hulu now right?

Oh well, off to HULU TV i guess.

I think the cable companies are very much behind this as well.

That would be awesome but im not sure how to set up the DNS server thing?

I gotta believe that the owners of Fox Sports has really hurt themselves by being such dickheads. They have to be missing out on a lot of money with all these streaming services dropping them wouldn't you think?

I wonder if Fox Sports wishes that they wouldn't have been so greedy now? I almost gotta believe that their value has went down now that there isnt any sports going on.

Yep it looks like greed is going to cost them big time. I love it.

Philo is awesome. Only a chronic bitcher would complain about it for 20 dollars a month.

Philo seems fine to me. I liked Fubo until they lost Fox Sports Ohio and that was a deal breaker for me. Philo is a bargain at 20 bucks though in my opinion.

You cant be serious.......right?? Lol

Lol I'm cracking up over here. Thanks for the laugh! Did Fubo ever get fox regional sports back?

Yeah I agree. I'm not happy about the YouTube TV increase because they added channels either. If it wasn't for my gf loving her baseball games and Hallmark, TV Land etc I would drop you tube TVand Philo for. I may keep Philo possibly but I doubt it. I'm paying way too much for TV.

When Sling lost Fox Sports that really screwed me, then Fubo lost fox sports and that really screwed me.

Yeah I saw that. I think the baseball playoffs will be on the national networks probably so no big deal. I hate fox sports honestly. They sound like they are a bunch of money hungry greedy ass pricks.

I will be so glad once the Reds are eliminated from the playoffs (hopefully tomorrow) so I can cancel my YouTube TV subscription and save 70 dollars a month. I will then only be paying 20 dollars a month for Philo TV which is a great deal imo and I will watch my local channels with a antenna.

My gf basically cost me 90 dollars a month during baseball season between Philo and YouTube TV. I could get by with using a antenna only and I would have my Amazon Prime. Theres a few shows on Netflix I like but I can log into a friends account for that what little i watch of it.

Happy days are here again, good bye YouTube TV!!