Advice needed: Cutting Cable TV

[MJ5150]

See that's what I'm worried about. I need to find a streaming service with NESN on it so I can drop the MLB internet package and still see Red Sox games.

Or a friend that has a subscription with one of the television providers supported by the Fox Sports Go app. We use it on our Roku.
FOX Sports live games and streaming video
You can log in with that, and watch the games that way.
Also, if you know someone with an AT&T U-VERSE subscription, and you are in an area that offers NESN National in their cable package (NESN National), you can sign in with their login and watch Red Sox games.
With this method, you can stream it on your mobile device, then if you have a Roku, cast it to the Roku.

-Mike

 

[lowplaces]

What would Bob do ?

 

[elgecko]

I cut DirecTV earlier this year and have no regrets. I have a Roku stick and Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon and with no shortage of content. I tried Sling TV also at first but eventually cancelled it. There are current/past seasons of shows (e.g. Archer, Better Call Saul, Better Things, etc) that still haven't made it to streaming TV yet but it's only TV. I can wait.

Antenna-wise, I started with an indoor, leaf type job but wasn't getting acceptable results. I picked up this outdoor, omni-directional antenna and was able to use the same cable and mounting holes that my DirecTV dish used making for an easy install. It works flawlessly.

NOTE: I'm fairly certain it was $27 when I bought mine

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[friskinator]

Let’s be clear. You can do all that using the standard Kodi app? Or it requires 3rd party plugins not endorsed by Kodi?

And stream that content from where? What source?

Apparently I’m in a dimishing minority of viewers who attaches some value to being able to watch something in real-time when it’s brand new, not a day or month or year later when it’s officially available on some other media. Also value the ability to easily fast forward, reverse, and skip commercials (TiVo). Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Fargo, etc.

Same here. I watch most programming I enjoy in real time (or the next day after I TiVo it), and I don't want to wait a year for it to get to whatever streaming service it's on. Maybe there will be a day in the future when there's one comprehensive streaming service that most of us use (like Spotify for music), but for now, it seems like a headache.

We were close to getting Google Fiber in our townhouse complex, but due to logistics, it looks like it's not gonna happen.

 

[Old Garage-Bander]

KPTV, KATU, KOIN

Portland OR. I looked at you Avatar location... duh!

1) Go to this website:
RabbitEars.Info

2) Click on the TOOLS pull down menu and select Call Sign Query

3) Enter the call sign for the station of interest - hit SEARCH

4) Click on the station call sign

5) Scroll down to AREA and click on Longly Rice-Coverage Map

This will bring up a map of the transmitter location showing relative coverage area and some reception info.
You can use this to check each station of interest for transmitter location relative to where you are and get some very basic idea of coverage where you live. The column to the right has a general guide for what you can expect for reception.
The solid lines are FCC predicted coverage and do not account for terrain.
The colored shadings take terrain more into account and will be more accurate.
TV reception is part art, part science. There is more to it than just colors and lines on a map. YMMV but this is a good start.