What should I know before cutting the cord and splitting YouTube TV with a friend?

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 14:33

Just paying for WiFi and paying $20 for YouTube tv which seems to have anything i want to watch anyway? What’s the catch? Any main channels I’m missing??

(I would never pay for cable, but i moved into a house that already had it.)

by **steveschneider** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 14:45

Does youtube have all channels? I think usually the streaming services have a partnership with a lot of the channels but not all of the channels. I have Sling and it doesn't have ABC/ESPN but it has just about everything else.

I'm lucky, because I have some one that gave me login credentials to their cable account so I use those to watch ESPN/B10 etc through Roku.

by **Robert J Sakimano** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 14:47

by **steveschneider** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 14:48

https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/

Looks pretty good. I get a good chunk of those through Sling for 25/month.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 14:56

Steve, i looked through the channels listed for denver and it had everything i can think of watching. Including abc and espn.

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 15:09

Personally I love the Hulu live that I picked up after cutting the cord, only thing missing is AMC. Maybe youtube tv is as good.

by **InTenSity** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 16:08

Who is going to be your provider?
If you like to channel surf, it takes a lot longer to do so.
Don't rent the equipment, buy it. Spend money on your own, and don't go for a cheap router.
I might have had more, but started this reply about 2 hours ago and got distracted at work.

Edit - Get an HD antennae for local channels. It will be in HD, better than cable. Living in Denver, you will get a lot of channels. They run around $25.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 16:14

I’d imagine we would stick with xfinity WiFi to ease the transition intensity.

The friend that has the YouTube account (that we would be under) pays extra for the basic channels already.

My brother mentioned something about data limits? That true?

by **InTenSity** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 16:27

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’d imagine we would stick with xfinity WiFi to ease the transition intensity.

The friend that has the YouTube account (that we would be under) pays extra for the basic channels already.

My brother mentioned something about data limits? That true?

Check and see if you are paying rental fee's. $10 a month for modem and router is $120 a year. you can get a modem for $80 or so and a router for $150. In about 2 years they pay for themselves, probably less.
Don't pay extra for the local channels, unless you can record with Youtube TV and want to do that. Why pay extra, when you can get a antennae for $25 that will get the same thing in a better resolution without any delay? Watching online you will have at least 1 minute, and probably most times be 3 minutes behind live action. With an antennae, you are maybe 15 seconds behind.
Most ISP have a data limit of 1 gig/month of data. I haven't hit it yet, probably use about 600-800 a month though.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 16:27

If you share it with your roommate then your roommate will be able to see your history of everything you’ve viewed on YouTube. So he’d be able to see that you clicked on this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0lB6gq4CA

by **The Pantry** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 17:19

Know nothing about all the TV services like Hulu, Roku, Sling, etc. Do you need a box for every TV in the house? Do they need to be smart TVs?

by **I.B. Fine** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 17:21

The Pantry wrote:Know nothing about all the TV services like Hulu, Roku, Sling, etc. Do you need a box for every TV in the house? Do they need to be smart TVs?

You need a box if you still get up and turn the dial to change channels.

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 17:44

The Pantry wrote:Know nothing about all the TV services like Hulu, Roku, Sling, etc. Do you need a box for every TV in the house? Do they need to be smart TVs?

Fire Stick or Fire TV for each TV will also do the trick.

by **The Pantry** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:31

Floyd Robertson wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Know nothing about all the TV services like Hulu, Roku, Sling, etc. Do you need a box for every TV in the house? Do they need to be smart TVs?

Fire Stick or Fire TV for each TV will also do the trick.

So, you need a gadget for each TV...?

They all run over WiFi?

by **The Pantry** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:31

Floyd Robertson wrote:
The Pantry wrote:Know nothing about all the TV services like Hulu, Roku, Sling, etc. Do you need a box for every TV in the house? Do they need to be smart TVs?

Fire Stick or Fire TV for each TV will also do the trick.

So, you need a gadget for each TV...?

They all run over WiFi?

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:37

The Pantry wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

Fire Stick or Fire TV for each TV will also do the trick.
So, you need a gadget for each TV...?

They all run over WiFi?

Yeah, the Fire devices run over wifi. With them, you download the Hulu app, or the Sling app, etc. from the Amazon store.

by **DWags** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:39

I want to watch cnn espn BTN2Go btn local channels abc cbs nbc and tnt. Can I cut the cable?

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:44

DWags wrote:I want to watch cnn espn BTN2Go btn local channels abc cbs nbc and tnt. Can I cut the cable?

Yes. Compare Sling, Hulu live and YouTube TV and see what works for you. I took my cable/internet bill from $180/month in January to $110/mo since February. $70/mo Wow 500mbps internet and $40/mo for Hulu live. OTA didn't work for me, weird location.

by **DWags** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:46

My wife watches in our bedroom while I’m either in the family room or basement. We watch different stuff. Will that be good?

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 18:50

DWags wrote:My wife watches in our bedroom while I’m either in the family room or basement. We watch different stuff. Will that be good?

That's where the 500mbps comes in handy for streaming multiple devices. And multiple Fire devices or whatever. With Hulu (imagine Sling does the same) you each have your profile of favorites etc. Want to watch on your phone, no problem.

by **Rocinante** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:28

I am interested in this. Not getting what I need out of amazon and Hulu. 40 bucks, minus the 20 I could save might be the way to go. Are there commercials?

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:29

Rocinante wrote:I am interested in this. Not getting what I need out of amazon and Hulu. 40 bucks, minus the 20 I could save might be the way to go. Are there commercials?

Yes. Good amount of them.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:30

FYI YouTube and amazon fire stick don’t work without some bootleg shit. I think google and amazon are fighting. Yay.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:31

InTenSity wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’d imagine we would stick with xfinity WiFi to ease the transition intensity.

The friend that has the YouTube account (that we would be under) pays extra for the basic channels already.

My brother mentioned something about data limits? That true?
Check and see if you are paying rental fee's. $10 a month for modem and router is $120 a year. you can get a modem for $80 or so and a router for $150. In about 2 years they pay for themselves, probably less.
Don't pay extra for the local channels, unless you can record with Youtube TV and want to do that. Why pay extra, when you can get a antennae for $25 that will get the same thing in a better resolution without any delay? Watching online you will have at least 1 minute, and probably most times be 3 minutes behind live action. With an antennae, you are maybe 15 seconds behind.
Most ISP have a data limit of 1 gig/month of data. I haven't hit it yet, probably use about 600-800 a month though.

I believe we bought our shit. But will ask. My buddy who owns the account is paying for the basic channels already so not going to bother l. 600-800 is pretty close. What happens at 1gig ? 1gig? That seems like fucking nothing?

by **InTenSity** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:51

I had the numbers wrong. Its a terabyte. 1000 gigs/month.
You'll have to look at the terms of the agreement. Sometimes the first time is forgiven, you can purchase another 500 gigs for $20 or something like that or make it unlimited for another $50/month. I haven't hit it, AFAIK.

by **The Pantry** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 19:53

Floyd Robertson wrote:
DWags wrote:My wife watches in our bedroom while I’m either in the family room or basement. We watch different stuff. Will that be good?

That's where the 500mbps comes in handy for streaming multiple devices. And multiple Fire devices or whatever. With Hulu (imagine Sling does the same) you each have your profile of favorites etc. Want to watch on your phone, no problem.

Long running battle with WOW going on 15 years. Have the number for their customer retention service saved on my phone. They drop the price for a couple months then it goes back to usual.

You're tech savvy. Next time I call them, which specific jump should I threaten them with? ATT and Comcast are useless.

by **Floyd Robertson** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 20:02

The Pantry wrote:
Floyd Robertson wrote:

That's where the 500mbps comes in handy for streaming multiple devices. And multiple Fire devices or whatever. With Hulu (imagine Sling does the same) you each have your profile of favorites etc. Want to watch on your phone, no problem.
Long running battle with WOW going on 15 years. Have the number for their customer retention service saved on my phone. They drop the price for a couple months then it goes back to usual.

You're tech savvy. Next time I call them, which specific jump should I threaten them with? ATT and Comcast are useless.

I'm out of my element trying to pit one against the other. I only told Comcast to finally f off because the jacked my rate up $20/mo to pay for their infrastructure improvements. It was a fucking highway tax is what it was. I've been happy with Wow's internet, except they've made it sort of impossible to buy my own 500mbps modem/router. There "accepted" list is pretty narrow and you can't buy one anywhere.

by **The Pantry** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 21:11

Floyd Robertson wrote:
The Pantry wrote:
Long running battle with WOW going on 15 years. Have the number for their customer retention service saved on my phone. They drop the price for a couple months then it goes back to usual.

You're tech savvy. Next time I call them, which specific jump should I threaten them with? ATT and Comcast are useless.

I'm out of my element trying to pit one against the other. I only told Comcast to finally f off because the jacked my rate up $20/mo to pay for their infrastructure improvements. It was a fucking highway tax is what it was. I've been happy with Wow's internet, except they've made it sort of impossible to buy my own 500mbps modem/router. There "accepted" list is pretty narrow and you can't buy one anywhere.

Bought a Motorola Surfboard when I first got wow service. Worked great until it took a shit this past year, along with the router at the same time...must have been a power surge. Been through a few routers but the modem going out was different. Replaced it with a Netgear CM400. Had no problem getting WOW to connect with it. New router is Netgear too.

by **I.B. Fine** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 21:20

Have a couple Roku TVs, they're cheap and very easy to use, access Netflix, Hulu, etc, straight Wi-Fi, all I need is a decent OTA antenna

by **Rocinante** Thu 25 Oct 2018 - 22:08

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Rocinante wrote:I am interested in this. Not getting what I need out of amazon and Hulu. 40 bucks, minus the 20 I could save might be the way to go. Are there commercials?

Yes. Good amount of them.

Ugh. If they only showed them at the beginning I would be ok with that, but I watched The Looming Tower on Hulu and it’s like all this serious drama and emotion and then a commercial about ladies razors and I just can’t do it anymore.

by **By-Tor** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 8:57

I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 10:03

By-Tor wrote:I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.

by **Wally Fairway** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 10:07

By-Tor wrote:I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

This - my wife can't figure out the high def channels, so she watches shit on low def. Drives me fucking crazy.

I bought a HD antenna to what OTA channels I can get, not too bad; what I want to know is if anyone has done this with a cell carrier hot-spot and unlimited data plan?
I'm thinking that the saving from ditching cable & WiFi will more than offset the upcharge in cell phone bill, but how well will shit stream via data connection?

by **By-Tor** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 10:35

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
By-Tor wrote:I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.

I didn’t marry her for her remoting skills.

by **I.B. Fine** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 11:36

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
By-Tor wrote:I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.

She married him What should I know before cutting the cord and splitting YouTube TV with a friend? 2599972566

by AvgMSUJoe Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 13:48

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
By-Tor wrote:I’d love to cut the cord but I can’t fathom the amount of time and effort it would take for me to explain to my wife how it all works. Not worth the savings.

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.

I'm in the same boat... soooo eat my weiner, man.

Yeah, if mine is required to change the input she gets all in a tizzy.

by **I.B. Fine** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 13:55

AvgMSUJoe wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.

I'm in the same boat... soooo eat my weiner, man.

Yeah, if mine is required to change the input she gets all in a tizzy.

Actually, it's easy to tell OTPT is not married. It's easier to yell at me than figure it out herself.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 14:09

Marriage sounds great

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 14:10

I.B. Fine wrote:
Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:

How a remote works? She sounds dumb.
She married him

What should I know before cutting the cord and splitting YouTube TV with a friend? 502811600

by **I.B. Fine** Fri 26 Oct 2018 - 14:11

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Marriage sounds great

There are some trade offs. What should I know before cutting the cord and splitting YouTube TV with a friend? 4113017228

by Sponsored content