Watch ESPN online for $20/month with no contract. Yes, No, Maybe?

[dank69]

this may be the best post I've read so far this year.

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dear mother of god O_O

:thumbsup:

 

[JTsyo]

Already two guys in the office have ditched cable for this.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I'm pretty fed up with TV. I could get basic cable for $15 in 2000. With inflation, it should be under $30. WTF is going on here?

Where I live, I'd need a roof mounted antenna for local channels. I could live on that alone but I don't want a roof mounted antenna.

 

[NuclearNed]

I'm soooo ready to sign up for Sling TV, but they don't have Chromecast support. I've not read any mention that it may be coming sometime in the future, either... I don't really want to buy an Amazon Fire stick just yet.

 

[Chaotic42]

I finally got it to work and am watching the Texas A&M - Georgia game on my Roku. I approve of this.

 

[cronos]

Watched some college basketball yesterday and it started out okay but after about an hour it turned to crap. Stream was buffering about every other minute, sometimes 'stalled' and just gave me a black screen. It's probably because they just opened up registration so everyone was testing, but still if I were a paying customer I would have been really pissed. I'm cancelling my trial tomorrow, though probably will pay for a month in March. Hopefully they will get all the bugs fixed by then (and a Fire TV client would be nice).

 

[JTsyo]

I'm soooo ready to sign up for Sling TV, but they don't have Chromecast support. I've not read any mention that it may be coming sometime in the future, either... I don't really want to buy an Amazon Fire stick just yet.

Roku 3 is probably your best bet.

 

[JoPh]

Too much.

this

 

[mrrman]

use a TV Android box for everything...its great, movies/tv shows/concerts/whatever

 

[SunnyD]

Whelp...

Free FireTV Stick or Roku Stick, or $50 off a FireTV or 50% off a Roku 3 when you prepay 3 months of SlingTV.

 

[TwiceOver]

Hrm. OK might "Try" it for 3 months.

 

[mrrman]

Hrm. OK might "Try" it for 3 months.

why pay anything...get that box for $66 and thats it...never a fee again

 

[Bock]

Or just "share cable" with your neighbors.

 

[boomhower]

The Fire TV app finally came out. I'm one happy camper.

 

[marmasatt]

The Fire TV app finally came out. I'm one happy camper.

What do you mean? Watch Espn app or something different? The reason I ask is because Watch Espn you still can't watch Sports center. And it's been out for months now....

 

[cronos]

What do you mean? Watch Espn app or something different? The reason I ask is because Watch Espn you still can't watch Sports center. And it's been out for months now....

This thread is about the Sling TV, so that's what he was talking about. And yes, I had one more night of testing from my trial, and got to experience it last night on my Fire TV. It was pretty amazing. Quick and smooth, felt like navigating an actual cable box.

 

[Hacp]

I'll get it when my DTV subscription runs out and they support google chrome.

 

[NuclearNed]

Whelp...

Free FireTV Stick or Roku Stick, or $50 off a FireTV or 50% off a Roku 3 when you prepay 3 months of SlingTV.

This might be the game changer for me. Now the only problem is that I finally have my techno-challenged wife trained on how to use the Chromecast. I guess the Fire Stick can't be all that different...

 

[TwiceOver]

Here's a good review that even with a free box killed it all for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Mt7v11jLg

Without full back catalog, no DVR functionality, some channels don't allow ff/rw... It's just not there yet for me.

 

[Zargon]

dude its advertised as a live TV stream, hence the lack of back catalog and DVR functionality

Its tempting, it would get me soccer and college basketball, and MNF

hell for another 5 I can get BeIN HD which gets me TONS of overseas soccer I cant get without giving DirecTV another like 30 a month

 

[Chapbass]

I can see this being poor man's cable for some big football fan

This. I would totally do it in August-January.

 

[TwiceOver]

dude its advertised as a live TV stream, hence the lack of back catalog and DVR functionality

Its tempting, it would get me soccer and college basketball, and MNF

hell for another 5 I can get BeIN HD which gets me TONS of overseas soccer I cant get without giving DirecTV another like 30 a month

Except that nobody wants live TV except sports people. And if by MNF you mean Monday Night Football, I'd double check that.

 

[Ichinisan]

Except that nobody wants live TV except sports people. And if by MNF you mean Monday Night Football, I'd double check that.

Why wouldn't it have MNF?

Their site says you also have on-demand shows. You should be able to pause/resume or fast-forward/rewind that.

 

[cronos]

Except that nobody wants live TV except sports people. And if by MNF you mean Monday Night Football, I'd double check that.

Well, I don't know if you somehow forget but the title of this thread is 'Watch ESPN online....", so yes, absolutely it's for sports people. Not sure what you're arguing about. And it's the regular ESPN channel, so yes it will show MNF.

Replying the post above me: It doesn't have on-demand service for ESPN, at least not now.

 

[Ns1]

Whelp...

Free FireTV Stick or Roku Stick, or $50 off a FireTV or 50% off a Roku 3 when you prepay 3 months of SlingTV.

I'm so in.