Kinda already have ..have Direct TV stream, I like it about $160 a month but wondered the impact on Gator games (and Jags games) if I cancelled and just went w the Hulu- ESPN - Disney stream can always head to a bar for games where I'll spend more then my monthly cost lol
I always sign up with Youtube tv for the football season. About $70 per month and gets all the ESPN channels including the Sec network plus has good coverage of several different conferences.
Welcome to the club. I’ve cut the cord for about 15 years now. I do pay for ESPN+ and have an outdoor OTA antenna that I’m able to stream to all my TVs using HDHomerun.
After NCAA tournament we went all-free antennae. This is the best thing about the streaming services: No contract and instant drop/add + no hardware. Will pick back up with YoutubeTV late August.
Youtube TV and when it is mid-August, sign on for the sports upgrade. When the season is over (whenever that is), turn the sports off. Rinse and repeat.
I use Sling, they had a bit of a reshuffling with their SEC Network offerings in the middle of the football season last year. They seem to have worked it out, but it cost me a couple of games midseason that were ... difficult to follow in the GC game thread.
To be clear for others... ESPN+ series but carry gators games or any other major conference games. If you are just choosing to cut cable for Gator football or basketball this is irrelevant to you.
We cut and got Youtube TV. Football was the main thing I was concerned about but there was plenty of it....pro and college.
Cable is expensive but it is really nice. Everything in one spot. I can see us going back to it one day.
$160! yikes cut cable. Roku, News from BBC, reuters, network apps FREE Youtube TV in fall for football Netflix $15 thats it
1. Pick your streaming device. I bet you have Amazon Prime for free shipping like a lot of people. I recommend Amazon Fire TV 4K Sticks. You have to have one for each TV you watch. One-time cost is around $45 per stick, but you can frequently catch them on sale for $29. Amazon is always expanding and improving their Prime Video options available. 2. Make sure you have an adequate Mbps internet speed as it has to drive your TVs and all of your other internet connected devices. The more the devices, the more speed needed to avoid buffering. If you game, you'll likely need more than I have as neither my wife nor I do gaming. 3. YouTube TV is the best network service provider. It has more channels than you can watch plus all of the local channels for less than your cable at $160 plus tax/fees. YouTube TV has all of the ESPN channels which you can then download the ESPN Watch App. This allows you to watch live and on demand after the games. Seldom do you really need ESPN+. I order it for 1 month out of the year to watch the NCAA Women's Gymnastics Regionals which can only be watched on ESPN+. YouTube TV has recently added split screen so you can watch up to 4 channels at a time when you are not solely focused on Gator games. It has also improved its bit rate which helps with stuttering in live action sports. I have never experienced that problem as all of my TVs have a 120 refresh rate, don't recommend 60 refresh rate TVs. YouTube TV has a Library with unlimited DVR service with the only exception that recordings drop off after 9 months if a program hasn't been shown again in that time. The program guide goes out 14 days. The only complaint I have with YouTube TV is they don't allow a 72-hour look back time to watch or record what you might have missed. 4. Compared to your $160 plus tax/fees for cable which doesn't include your internet costs, this is what I have for my monthly costs: $65.37 Cox 250 Internet (Average 300 Mbps as Cox over delivers) $82.89 YouTube TV *$1.70 STARZ for 2 months amortized over 12 months. **$0.95 ESPN+ for 1 month amortized over 12 months. $150.91 Total Internet & Streaming TV *STARZ so I can watch Outlander. **ESPN+ so I can watch NCAA Women's Regional Gymnastics. 5. Heads up on something that could happen during the next year or so. Disney, owns ABC and the ESPN channels, is considering packaging the ESPN channels as a standalone streaming service. They could do this on their own or they could look to partner or sell the channels. The price I've seen mentioned is $20.00 monthly. If this happens, I'd still be doing something similar to the above except I'd drop YouTube TV at $82.89 and add Philo TV at $25.00 tax/fees included, add the ESPN channels at $22.72 including tax/fees, and add an antenna for local channels. Philo TV doesn't offer news, sports, or local, but does have everything else I watch except the cable channels that show the college basketball NCAA tourney opening round games, TBS/TNT/True. At today's prices my total monthly internet and streaming tv cost would drop from $150.91 to $115.74, a $35.17 monthly reduction. Not bad, huh? Come on Disney, get this done!
Man thx for all the wonderful advice - I bet I have access to about everything given what I pay for and having other passcodes might make sense to cut Direct Tv (Dstream) and see what I'm lacking then add what I need D Stream starts like they all do very affordable then gets expensive over time
