cutting the cable

Discussion in 'New Roundtable' started by martin, Jun 14, 2011.

  1. kcal

    kcal Founding Member

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    take a look at playon. I paid 69.99 for a lifetime (however long that is). if you have buffering issues it may not be for you but it works for me. I also have amazon prime and roku as well
     
  2. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    Still only single user though right. I can't watch something in one room while someone watches in the other.
     
  3. Jmg

    Jmg Veteran Member

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    I believe that is true.

    However, your sling account gives you access to ESPN and HBO apps that you can run on other tvs.

    But for the most part you are right it's restricted to one screen at a time.
     
  4. LSUsupaFan

    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    Does sling have any type of DVR option?
     
  5. Jmg

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    No. It does have some on demand stuff but not dvr functions
     
  6. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    My current setup...
    • Old office PC as a backend server with 6 TB storage for movies, episodes, music, etc. It also has 4 tv tuners so that it can act as a pvr/dvr backend.
    • Amazon Fire TV running Kodi. I use Kodi as the tv tuner frontend. I have the Kodi skin set to launch various Android apps such as Netflix.
    • SlingTV, though I will probably drop the service soon. I can just use someone else's Cox login and have access to all of the same networks through their respective Android apps.
    • Bedroom TVs all have the same setup except they have Fire Sticks. I will be upgrading them to full Fire TVs because of the much better hardware.
     

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