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      01-04-2021, 12:29 PM   #1
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The new Discovery+ streaming service

So the discovery channel group is hopping on the streaming bandwagon. How many of you are paying for this?
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So the discovery channel group is hopping on the streaming bandwagon. How many of you are paying for this?
I just got a message from Verizon that I can get 6 months for free but just deleted it.
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Part of the reason I've hung onto my DirecTV service all this time is the live content I watch on the Discovery Network. The only way to see it was with a cable/satellite subscription. Now that Discovery will stream it live as well as grant access to their entire library, I'm looking to dump DirecTV and go with Fubo plus a few streaming services like this new Discovery+. Doing this will cost less than what I pay today for DirecTV.
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Unless your ISP does some $hithead move and institute a data cap on your service. Comcast just did this to all their customers. 1.2TB monthly cap. You go over after a single month forgiveness, you're looking at paying $10 per every 50GB you go over. If you want to get out of the cap, pay up again to the tune of $30 a month to have unlimited on top of what you're already paying for your monthly fees.
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Unless your ISP does some $hithead move and institute a data cap on your service. Comcast just did this to all their customers. 1.2TB monthly cap. You go over after a single month forgiveness, you're looking at paying $10 per every 50GB you go over. If you want to get out of the cap, pay up again to the tune of $30 a month to have unlimited on top of what you're already paying for your monthly fees.
Yay net neutrality... Oh wait.
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Unless your ISP does some $hithead move and institute a data cap on your service. Comcast just did this to all their customers. 1.2TB monthly cap. You go over after a single month forgiveness, you're looking at paying $10 per every 50GB you go over. If you want to get out of the cap, pay up again to the tune of $30 a month to have unlimited on top of what you're already paying for your monthly fees.
Yep, this is a compelling reason to keep Directv, but it’s just so damn expensive. For me, I’m still better off paying the unlImited data fee on Comcast and adding the streaming services a la carte. DirecTV’s business model is dead and they have failed to adapt. A once great company killed by AT&T.
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      01-05-2021, 05:26 AM   #7
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Yep, this is a compelling reason to keep Directv, but it's just so damn expensive. For me, I'm still better off paying the unlImited data fee on Comcast and adding the streaming services a la carte. DirecTV's business model is dead and they have failed to adapt. A once great company killed by AT&T.
I still have direct tv as well but dislike having to call every year or so to get them to give me the discounted rate. I don't think loyal customers should be charged more. Though my isp does the same thing. I feel like if I pay for this and Disney plus and Netflix and HBO max it isn't much cheaper if at all though you can try and get discounts or if you have Verizon's fake unlimited plan maybe you can get some of the streaming services free for a year but I like my grandfathered plan which is actually unlimited.
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I also have DirecTV. Have had it for decades now. I'll have to evaluate whether it's still worth it to keep. It made economic sense for a long time because I was able to share my DirecTV service to my vacation home via the use of my Slingbox. But all of us Slingbox owners got a notice a few weeks ago that they're shutting down the proxy servers in a year or two. Can't remember. Another reason why I hate anything that requires the need to have some company's server to make my product function. I get the ease of use but I'm not an IT idiot and can set up firewall and network configurations just fine to get the system to work. Unfortunately there are no other options out there when there was once many.

I did try the DirecTV app on my phone in accessing live content and it seems to work. So that'll probably my stop gap when my Slingbox stops working. Thankfully, I have unlimited data for my Sprint service and they've upgraded cellular performance/coverage at my vacation house over the years. The only downside of doing this is I don't have access to my DVR content that I do with my Slingbox.

But with the data cap with Comcast, I have to see if the streaming with Slingbox even makes sense anymore too.
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hooray. yet another bleedin' streaming service...
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I got the 6 month trial from Verizon but won't be renewing. They should call it ghost hunter+ since half the shows on every "channel" are just that.
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Where's the streaming service menu for streaming services? With all the streaming available it's not going to be long before we get a consolidator service with a menu ala DirecTV. And here we go all over again......
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I have it, mainly for the Mandalorian; however, the bundle also gets me HULU which I enjoy.
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I have it, mainly for the Mandalorian; however, the bundle also gets me HULU which I enjoy.
This thread is regarding Discovery+ not Disney+
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This thread is regarding Discovery+ not Disney+
My bad. Mind is a bit addled.....
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No to Discovery+.

As far as DirecTV goes, I dumped them after 15+ years in December. Got sick of paying per box, HD fee, whole house fee, etc. Using YouTube TV with HBO / SHO, Netflix and Hulu and paying around 1/2 of what I paid DirecTV. Plus I can easily use it in any room in our house, any device and our vacation condo with one account. The only part more surprising than how long it took me to dump them was their reaction: no attempt whatsoever to retain me as a customer and just wanted me to ship them back ancient DVRs I was still using.
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No to Discovery+.

As far as DirecTV goes, I dumped them after 15+ years in December. Got sick of paying per box, HD fee, whole house fee, etc. Using YouTube TV with HBO / SHO, Netflix and Hulu and paying around 1/2 of what I paid DirecTV. Plus I can easily use it in any room in our house, any device and our vacation condo with one account. The only part more surprising than how long it took me to dump them was their reaction: no attempt whatsoever to retain me as a customer and just wanted me to ship them back ancient DVRs I was still using.
Lol my DVR let's me record two shows one of which I have to be watching.
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Lol my DVR let's me record two shows one of which I have to be watching.
Right, with a cap on how many series you can record and hard drive limitations, right?

YouTube TV interface is not very good. Things like playlist and channel guide are much better with DirecTV, as is FF and REW and overall navigation. I’m getting used to it, but hope they make the interface better over time. Unlimited recordings we can watch anywhere at no extra cost was a big selling point, especially at 1/2 the total cost of having DirecTV in one house.
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Lol my DVR let's me record two shows one of which I have to be watching.
Right, with a cap on how many series you can record and hard drive limitations, right?

YouTube TV interface is not very good. Things like playlist and channel guide are much better with DirecTV, as is FF and REW and overall navigation. I’m getting used to it, but hope they make the interface better over time. Unlimited recordings we can watch anywhere at no extra cost was a big selling point, especially at 1/2 the total cost of having DirecTV in one house.
I do like the interface and being able to pause live tv but my box is old and slow. I use the app more which helps. I had to buy an extra box to allow it to connect to the internet.
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No thanks. Too many streaming services and most are shit.

Netflix (Mooched)
Prime (Couple good series but a lot of crap also)
Hulu (Free through girlfriends cell plan, not much I watch here)
Disney+ (Mooched also just to see Mandalorian)
CBS (Free trial just to see Startrek)
HBO (Free through cable, can't remember last time I watched it)

I also have cable included in my HOA fees, but I can't remember the last time I watched anything on cable.
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No thanks. Too many streaming services and most are shit.

Netflix (Mooched)
Prime (Couple good series but a lot of crap also)
Hulu (Free through girlfriends cell plan, not much I watch here)
Disney+ (Mooched also just to see Mandalorian)
CBS (Free trial just to see Startrek)
HBO (Free through cable, can't remember last time I watched it)

I also have cable included in my HOA fees, but I can't remember the last time I watched anything on cable.
I don't have HOA. I pay my gardener $40 per visit. I'm refinancing which will save me $300 a month so my house is cheaper than renting a studio. I do wish I had more options when it comes to ISP though.
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