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07-05-2020, 05:49 AM
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You Tube TV price increase
As most of you You Tube TV subscribers know by now, YT TV is raising their fee a whopping 35%. I switched from Hulu live TV to YT TV about a year and a half ago when I found out Hulu would not allow reception of their live TV streaming service to a stand alone TV when we were outside of our home area. Not good since we summer on our RV outside of our home area.
Hulu does allow streaming to a mobile device outside of the home area but I don't want to go to the trouble of casting a mobile device to my TV.
So what to do.
The pundits are recommending Sling TV. Tons cheaper and has most of the channels I want. Anybody know if you can stream Sling TV to your RV TV when your not in your home or billing address area??
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Leesburg, FL '07 American Tradition 40Z Cummins 400 ISL
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07-05-2020, 06:02 AM
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Monaco Owners Club
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Yes Sling can be streamed away from your home location with no issues. Depending on the plan you can have up to three different devices streaming at the same time no matter if you are together or scattered across the country. The downside I have had with sling is the built in apps on my LG and on my Fire tv do not play well with Sling. The Firestick wouldn't work with it at all. As long as I use the Roku I have no problems. Check out Pluto TV (free) and RokuTV (also free) they carry alot of the same channels as the pay streaming services.
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2020 Chevy Equinox Premier 2.0t 9 speed AWD
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07-05-2020, 10:51 AM
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We looked at Sling but no CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and have to get those over the air. If I didn't care about the major networks I would go with Phillo for 20 bucks.
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07-05-2020, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timjet
Hulu does allow streaming to a mobile device outside of the home area but I don't want to go to the trouble of casting a mobile device to my TV.
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Unless things have changed Hulu doesn't permit the home are to be established using a cellular internet connection. Therefore, it is of no use to those of us who don't have a sticks and bricks with a fixed internet connection.
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07-05-2020, 03:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by timjet
Hulu does allow streaming to a mobile device outside of the home area but I don't want to go to the trouble of casting a mobile device to my TV.
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Hulu works fine for us on Fire Stick. They also allow you to change your home location 6 times a year, more than that you have to call in.
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Anchorage Alaska when not on the road
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07-06-2020, 04:01 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Lake Tapps, Wa.
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Hulu live iis 55 a month, they will raise soon, I will keep with YTube only because of the unlimited DVR function, game changer.
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07-06-2020, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2020
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Netflix, Amazon Prime, Roku, Pluto and Tubi keep us entertained, Haystack for news. No problems streaming any place we go. Mostly Missouri and Wisconsin. However everyone has different tastes in entertainment.
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07-06-2020, 04:42 PM
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Buyer beware with Sling. If you dig through the details, you may be paying a lot more than you expected to get what you want. Want news and sports, you have to buy both Sling packages. Want business news , that's another add on. Want tennis, another add on. When I priced full package of what we wanted, it was almost as much as YTTV. YMMV. Streaming providers have learned same tricks as cable TV providers. To get the one channel you want, it requires another $15 package to get your one channel + 15 that you do not care about. Just as an example. If you like to watch golf, buy a package that has Golf Channel. But, if you want to watch golf on Sat or Sun, you have to have CBS or NBC so you have to have locals. Each use case is different. Just do your research.
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07-06-2020, 04:45 PM
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Monaco Owners Club
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50 cents a day...whoopee. Since they put all my dvr shows in alphabetical order last week I'm still way happy.
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07-06-2020, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Fulltime Nomads
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My tolerance for commercials has dropped to zero so I just don’t watch any commercial TV anymore. I wonder what the percentage of full time RVers who pay for TV is? Anyone have any statistics?
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2019 Newmar New Aire 3341 (1620W solar, 1200AH Lithionics LiFePO4 Batteries)
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07-06-2020, 07:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveUpp
My tolerance for commercials has dropped to zero so I just don’t watch any commercial TV anymore.
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Ditto, only watch shows that are DVR or downloaded.
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07-06-2020, 07:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveUpp
I wonder what the percentage of full time RVers who pay for TV is? Anyone have any statistics?
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We pay for TV but what we pay for includes Acorn, Britbox, Netflix, Amazon, and HBO. Most of what we watch isn't network TV and paying for it is the only way to see it.
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07-07-2020, 05:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark-
Ditto, only watch shows that are DVR or downloaded.
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Me too. I refuse to pay for TV be it Sat,cable or steaming and then sit there and watch commercials.
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07-07-2020, 06:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Fulltime Nomads
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Quote:
Originally Posted by az99
Me too. I refuse to pay for TV be it Sat,cable or steaming and then sit there and watch commercials.
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Years ago we had a Dish DVR that responded to skip commercials quickly. My experience with YouTube TV skip forward was underwhelming.... hence dropped it.
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2019 Newmar New Aire 3341 (1620W solar, 1200AH Lithionics LiFePO4 Batteries)
2021 Ford F150 PowerBoost
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