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If you have multiple TVs at your residence or multiple residences with multiple TVs, and you want cable TV channels extended to all your TVs, this method will save you some money. Cable and satellite providers have been supporting TV Everywhere apps to fight cord cutters. These apps are supported on Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple, Samsung, LG WEBOS, Windows, IOS, Android and other platforms.
The OTT packages (such as Sling, PS Vue, Direct TV Now) will save you some money but if you have a traditional cable or satellite service, you can extend that service to all your other TVs, tablets, phones, and PCs without paying extra. We even dumped our OTT service, Sling TV after we tried this and it's much better than Sling TV and PS Vue (we have tried both for extended periods of time). Even better is that you can add the channels you watch not all the garbage you find even in the "skinny bundles".
Our condo in Florida has monthly dues that include basic standard definition analog and digital TV and high speed internet. It includes 75 channels of which 45-50 are of interest to us. If you want HDTV, you have to pay an additional $40 per month including the set top box and $15 per month for additional TVs. You cannot opt out of the basic cable and internet package but you can enhance them. We have two Roku enabled TVs in Florida and five in California. We were using our Sling TV service in both locations without any issues until my wife wanted to watch the TLC channel. It was not included in our Sling Blue package but part was part of our basic cable package. Our cable provider supported TV everywhere apps and I downloaded the TLC go app on both Roku TVs in Florida and then activated them by signing on with our cable provider. It worked well. We got a live HD feed plus on demand programming without paying any extra cost. I then started downloading all the TV everywhere apps corresponding to our basic cable subscription that we would watch (ABC, NBC, CW, CNN, FOX, FXX, DiscoveryGo, TNT, USA... about 47 of them). They all worked very well and the on-demand feature were far better than what Sling or PS Vue offered. The individual channel apps on demand feature behave a lot like Netflix and are rock solid stable just like Netflix. When we returned to our home in California, I did the same thing with our five TVs and it worked. So we dumped Sling TV and have completely free cable TV service in California. We now only pay $13.99 per month for Netflix premium and cover 7 TVs at two residences plus our tablets and smart phones. The set-up takes some time but it's worth it. The picture is fantastic. Some channels are broadcasting in 4K which you do not get with Sling TV or PS Vue or most cable providers for that matter. Our bandwidth usage with Sling TV and PS Vue was on the average 1.5 terra bytes per month. Now it's down to about 600 gigabytes per month because these apps use better compression technology while delivering superior picture quality. We don't have data caps yet at either location, but some providers do put data caps on so this will help that issue.
The OTT packages (such as Sling, PS Vue, Direct TV Now) will save you some money but if you have a traditional cable or satellite service, you can extend that service to all your other TVs, tablets, phones, and PCs without paying extra. We even dumped our OTT service, Sling TV after we tried this and it's much better than Sling TV and PS Vue (we have tried both for extended periods of time). Even better is that you can add the channels you watch not all the garbage you find even in the "skinny bundles".
Our condo in Florida has monthly dues that include basic standard definition analog and digital TV and high speed internet. It includes 75 channels of which 45-50 are of interest to us. If you want HDTV, you have to pay an additional $40 per month including the set top box and $15 per month for additional TVs. You cannot opt out of the basic cable and internet package but you can enhance them. We have two Roku enabled TVs in Florida and five in California. We were using our Sling TV service in both locations without any issues until my wife wanted to watch the TLC channel. It was not included in our Sling Blue package but part was part of our basic cable package. Our cable provider supported TV everywhere apps and I downloaded the TLC go app on both Roku TVs in Florida and then activated them by signing on with our cable provider. It worked well. We got a live HD feed plus on demand programming without paying any extra cost. I then started downloading all the TV everywhere apps corresponding to our basic cable subscription that we would watch (ABC, NBC, CW, CNN, FOX, FXX, DiscoveryGo, TNT, USA... about 47 of them). They all worked very well and the on-demand feature were far better than what Sling or PS Vue offered. The individual channel apps on demand feature behave a lot like Netflix and are rock solid stable just like Netflix. When we returned to our home in California, I did the same thing with our five TVs and it worked. So we dumped Sling TV and have completely free cable TV service in California. We now only pay $13.99 per month for Netflix premium and cover 7 TVs at two residences plus our tablets and smart phones. The set-up takes some time but it's worth it. The picture is fantastic. Some channels are broadcasting in 4K which you do not get with Sling TV or PS Vue or most cable providers for that matter. Our bandwidth usage with Sling TV and PS Vue was on the average 1.5 terra bytes per month. Now it's down to about 600 gigabytes per month because these apps use better compression technology while delivering superior picture quality. We don't have data caps yet at either location, but some providers do put data caps on so this will help that issue.
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