Television Programming

[loknload]

How do you receive your television programming?
As of last year we gave up Direct TV and I purchased two RoKu sticks so we’ve been streaming television via the internet.
Now we had to upgrade our internet supplier for better service and we had to go to our local cable company.
Now one thing about streaming you have to find a supplier who gives you your local programming so we can get our local CBS,NBC and ABC. This gives us our live tv broadcasts and local news.
Everything was going well until last night, somewhere in Time yesterday our local cable company and internet supplier change our IP address to another service area. Now we no longer receive our local live programming. Spent a good bit of time last night trying to get them to change it back with no resolve.
Fortunately I can receive one CBS channel that does cover our local news.
This is one of the problems with streaming
Doing this has saved us some considerable money but I believe the local cable co maybe making this a problem because this is taking subscribers away from them.
If this is not resolved I’ll be forced to go back to Dorect or Dish because the local cable company is the reason I started to look at alternatives.
Streaming does have its advantages though because you can pick and choose what you want to watch and what you pay for. The initial cost was the RoKu sticks for $100. for the two sticks.
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[mdhillbilly1]

How do you receive your television programming?
As of last year we gave up Direct TV and I purchased two RoKu sticks so we’ve been streaming television via the internet.
Now we had to upgrade our internet supplier for better service and we had to go to our local cable company.
Now one thing about streaming you have to find a supplier who gives you your local programming so we can get our local CBS,NBC and ABC. This gives us our live tv broadcasts and local news.
Everything was going well until last night, somewhere in Time yesterday our local cable company and internet supplier change our IP address to another service area. Now we no longer receive our local live programming. Spent a good bit of time last night trying to get them to change it back with no resolve.
Fortunately I can receive one CBS channel that does cover our local news.
This is one of the problems with streaming
Doing this has saved us some considerable money but I believe the local cable co maybe making this a problem because this is taking subscribers away from them.
If this is not resolved I’ll be forced to go back to Dorect or Dish because the local cable company is the reason I started to look at alternatives.
Streaming does have its advantages though because you can pick and choose what you want to watch and what you pay for. The initial cost was the RoKu sticks for $100. for the two sticks.
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If they are authorized to service in your county and in your state. They are required to provide local channels. Some companies are lowering your internet speeds to keep people from streaming. I would download a computer program to verify your download and upload speeds.

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[loknload]

mdhillbilly, the RoKu sticks does that.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I'm on broadcast air wave reception only and have no problem getting local TV programing, and all the junk that goes with it!

Local cable companies have become "Ladies of the Evening" They'll give all the pleasure you can stand, but you have got to PAY!

Ivan

 

[kraynky]

This is a very timely subject for me.

My local cable TV supplier has monopolized the "high speed" end of the internet for folks not living right in town. I have been fighting with them over inconsistent billing for YEARS. Then one day about 6 weeks ago I got mad and boxed up every piece of their equipment in my house and took it back to them. I said "Here's all your stuff, I'm done with it."

Then I went to the local big box store and bought an antenna. I now get 26 channels for $zero dollars a month. And local news and weather is there.

However, Mrs. Kranky is already getting bored with such a small selection, and she can't get some of those stupid reality shows she's gotten "hooked on". She's really getting cranky about it too.

So I'm going to have to, (as much as I really, really hate to) go back to the cable company and buy their high speed internet. But I hope to stop there, and then go with a Roku type device. I'm already an Amazon Prime member, so hopefully that's all I'll need.

locknload, try an antenna for your local channels. Mine come in as clear and sharp as the old cable channels, and my new antenna is in the attic!

 

[Targets Guy]

We have a local radio station that takes care of our local news as no one else cares. We get Omaha and Des Moines network stations through our local telephone streaming service and have a Roku stick with Netflix, Amazon and Acorn. Amazon is free if you are a Amazon Prime member which we are. Netflix is $9 a month and Acorn is $4.99 a month. Our local telephone company is a member of "watchtvanywhere" and with that we have access to many network programming at any time.

We have been members of both Direct TV and Dish and enjoyed them both but they both kept raising our rates after the first two years were up. I kept telling them if they didn't stop raising our rates we would leave. They could have cared less. Since we left we get monthly mailers telling us how much they want us back and their latest bribe offer is up to $200.00. I just throw them away.

Greed, like speed, kills.

 

[kenv1950]

I have basic Dish ,the only way I can get locals ($29.00 mo.)
and Amazon Prime and Roku.
I had the cheap Roku and it took forever to load,same with the Prime upgraded both to the better ones and works faster.
One thing I did discover was my wifi , had a cheap one . upgraded to a more powerful one and everything works fine.
Being retired I try to save $$$$ all that I can.

 

[rwsmith]

Same here...

Direct TV was out a long time ago. Got a Roku and with Netflix and Amazon I can see about anything I want. That and having extra channels like MeTV that I LIKE to watch, keeps us covered in television watching.

I also watch a lof of videos that I can get streaming off the computer for free. Youtube is chock full of even feature length documents and movies that I can watch or pipe through the HDMI port into my TV.

 

[mdhillbilly1]

We cannot get any service other than Armstrong TV do to a specific rock underground on our road that interferes with satellite signals. We know our neighbor only gets a 65 percent signal on direct tv.

They tried for hours to correct it until I told them about the rock type and local name it is called. The rock will allow DISH SATELITE TV at 85 % signal, if they mount it to the roof at the high point of the roof.

They charge $40 dollars a foot to drill on our road. They broke 4 diamond tipped bits drilling through 60 foot of rock. They ruined the last bit at 80 foot mark.

 

[kenv1950]

We cannot get any service other than Armstrong TV do to a specific rock underground on our road that interferes with satellite signals. We know our neighbor only gets a 65 percent signal on direct tv.

They tried for hours to correct it until I told them about the rock type and local name it is called. The rock will allow DISH SATELITE TV to work if they mount it to the roof at the high point of the roof.

They charge $40 dollars a foot to drill on our road. They broke 4 diamond tipped bits drilling through 60 foot of rock. They ruined the last bit at 80 foot mark.

I could care less about Dish, I only have it so my wife can have the locals. I'm happy with everything on Roku, that puts YouTube and a vast amount of free channels. Theres several channels you can buy cheap to get next day airing or buy a season on Amazon. Its cheaper to buy a season than paying all year. NEWS ! I deleted them all months ago. If you want to watch old stuff it can be found free

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Our live television programming is very limited. Some cable news and Walking Dead (and often that's recorded on our DVR). 99% of everything else is Netflix and Amazon Video.

We have watched so little TV programming over the years that most all the TV programing on Netflix and Amazon is new to us. We're watching Vikings now for the first time. We're going though the 4 seasons like it's a movie. We're really enjoying it. By the time we get through the four seasons, the 5th is supposed to start airing live the end of this month. We'll then be watching it recorded on the DVR.

Live TV is turning into a dinosaur. Plus, 4k streaming on Netflix and Amazon has a great picture compared to what Comcast delivers via cable.

 

[loknload]

Just spent the last two nights on the phone with Comcast, Netgear, and RoKu trying to figure out why I lost my local programming.
I believe the problem is with Comcast and either they don’t want to admit it or they are too stupid to correct it!
I have to admit though the tech from Netgear spent 4 hrs on the phone with us trying to resolve the issue even after finding out the problem wasn’t theirs. Comcast tried to pawn it off on them?
I believe that some how Comcast switched us to another service area and this is cutting off our local programs. One of their techs even admited that he did see that our IP address changed?
What a bunch of losers!

 

[vytoland]

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[Pete99004]

Local programing can be found here: TitanTV – Free Local TV Listings, Program Schedule, Show and Episode

In the center box drop down, select "broadcast" and then in the next box that pops up type in your zip code. and when your local is displayed click on "save". This may not work in all areas of the country.

Hope this helps.

Pete99004

PS - use the + sign to add a new zip code area in.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I think I might be on my way to canceling Comcast TV.

Using apps on the TV I discovered the YouTube App has live stream of Fox News. Not short clips, but actual live Fox News. It says it streams in 4K and looks great though I think the cable feed might look a tad better. Fox News is the majority of what we watch on TV. I'm gonna keep using it for a few weeks. If it's reliable and the quality remains consistent... bye bye Comcast TV.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I like turning on the television and easily going to the channel I want to see, and I like a variety of channels. We have televisions in six different rooms. I like live sports of all kinds, wife likes her stuff, kids like theirs. We have four DVR's in the house, and the biggest fight we have is when somebody is recording two channels at the same time. Then you're stuck watching one of those channels on that television, and it's always the biggest and nicest one. When it doesn't work, I call the man, and he's there that day or the next. Our internet and phone are combined with the cable. Do I pay too much? Probably, but I can afford it, so I choose to pay for simplicity and variety. It's not that I can't do Hulu or Roku or Netflix or whatever, I choose not to. Bless all y'all that do, though, because you're keeping another segment of the economy alive . . .

 

[rwsmith]

I stick to.....

television....a description.....

Television "A Vast Wasteland" (1961) - YouTube

I stick to the oases that you can find occasionally. Like Informative or thought provoking documentaries. There are things I watch for comedy and just entertainment, but in measured doses.

One thing that's good about TV today is that you can usually find something you really want to watch because there is so much to choose from.

 

[loknload]

And the morons at Comcast still can’t see and find their problems.
Since I’m in the hospital the wife has been dealing with them!
Very simple problem, someone at Comcast switched my service area to the next county over, all they have to do is switch me back to the home county and the problem is solved! They just don’t get it!

 

[NYlakesider]

We live rural in the mountains and our choices are limited. Forget about over the air TV and most radio. Basically we have a choice of cable, the phone co or dish. Dish is not too popular here as from what I hear it has a lot of problems. Same with the phone company lots of promises but not much changes or good service.

We are On TW cable (AKA now Spectrum) We get our internet and cable and a phone line from them. We got the cable phone option only because of the illegal calls our normal LL gets. We have no cell service up here and it appears will not get if at all for a long while.

Only 6 people have the new unlisted number and if incoming is not a know number to us it never gets picked up. (we will not call out on this number to any business that can get the number on their equipment!)

Our old LL now only goes to answerer as we never pick it up when it rings unless when the outfit/person dialing our number is someone we want to talk with when they leave a message. As call blocking is almost useless because of the illegals and it does not block politicians or charities we were forced into this!

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Been playing around with Amazon Fire TV and got curious about Roku so I picked up the $49 version. I like it.

Roku has some advantages. Roku remote will control the TV's on/off and volume like a universal remote. Thats real nice.

Roku has an Xfinity (Comcast) App which eliminates the need for those pesky Xfinity satellite cable boxes that cost $6/mo for each TV. And unlike the Xfinity satellite boxes, Roku also controls the main Xfinity DVR in the house so any TV can play recorded programing or set recordings.

Roku voice remote is 'global'. Say 'Honeymoooners' and Roku will list all the streaming services and direct link to them like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video and other services that have it. Excellent.

About the only downside for me is that unlike my Android TV the Roku requires a paid subscription to use the Spotify App. But it does have Amazon Music App so I can stream all my own music.

So... I took back the three Xfinity satellite boxes saving $20/mo on the cable bill, spent $150 on Roku sticks, and converted three dumb TVs to smart TVs and still have all my Xfinity programing that I never watch.