Cutting the cord to cable tv, Sony Vue may be your answer

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  1. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    Cox is a good call in NOLA. Nagin had the entire city refitted with fiber optics while he was at Cox, making their reliability better than any competition locally
     
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  2. mobius481

    mobius481 Registered Member

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    Thanks for the reply. One more thing. What kind of antennae do you have and would you recommend it. I'll need a rooftop to be able to catch cbs.
     
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  3. Cajun Sensation

    Cajun Sensation I'm kind of a big deal Staff Member

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    I bought the Amazon Fire TV and the antennae combo. The antennae is hidden behind the tv and looks like a mousepad.
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    But I live in the heart of the city and I bet I get like 25 channels with the antennae alone. (of which I only watch like 3).
     
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  4. locoguano

    locoguano Founding Member

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    Rarely... I have the better package, so I get plenty of sports channels, plus ESPN3. I use SportsDevil occasionally, but its pretty hit and miss and the quality sucks
     
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  5. cul2969

    cul2969 Founding Member

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    Has anyone tried the new Directv Now service? It currently has a promotional offer of 100 streaming channels for only $35 but no idea how long the offer lasts. I'm going to sign up tonight and try it out for a while. Currently using Sling TV and have been happy with it but would of course like more channels... maybe this would be a good option.
     
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  6. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    SlingTV just added limited DVR capability. I am curious to hear your thoughts on the DirecTV service. The first impressions I have read lead me to think it's not up to par.
     
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  7. cul2969

    cul2969 Founding Member

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    So far so good. Stream quality is excellent, it works great with my fire stick, and includes Discovery channel and Velocity... both of which I have been missing terribly. The only drawback I see at the moment is no DVR capability but that is coming. I did read that it had some weird restrictions about NFL games but that doesn't affect me... I pretty much only watch LSU these days.
     
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  8. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    Sony Vue last update finally smoothed out the fast forward and rewind controls. That was a huge negative of their service. Seems like the menu navigation is improved as well.
     
    islstl, Feb 18, 2017
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  9. Jmg

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    I bought the MLB package. Along with sling I am still paying a lot less than cable.

    MLB.tv still has blackout issues but you can get around them.
     
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  10. islstl

    islstl Playoff committee is a group of great football men Staff Member

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    PS3 now remembers you were using ps Vue before shutting the unit off and now boots up positioned over the ps Vue app. Saves a few steps and making it seem a bit closer to turning on your cable box.

    They still need to come up with a standardized remote that looks and feels like a cable remote to control the PS3/4.
     
    islstl, Mar 2, 2017
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