![]() You can also stream content for free, especially when you are struggling to pay for multiple subscription-based streaming services every month.Įven though Kodi is a cross-platform app, it is not available for Roku devices. Users can install various extensions or ‘add-ons’ to get access to on-demand movies, TV shows, and live channels that are usually not available on first-party services. It is the most versatile streaming software available for a vast range of devices. If you do some research you can put together a collection of services that gives you FAR more than "just" a Sling account, for a total price that comes in about the same or possibly lower than even the lowest priced Sling tier.Now, some of you are already familiar with the media management software Kodi. You just have to search Amazon to find the lists of what all qualifies for the lower rate to see if you or someone in your family qualifies or not).īottom line. And lastly, I have a half-price Prime account (they discount for low income and students and such. ![]() I also have Netflix and Disney+ (those are my priciest ones and I may drop one of them with the new price increases but we'll see). I'm a TV fiend so I do also have a few other services like Peacock ($5 with ads) as it gets me NBC shows as well as their streaming only "originals" along with SOME sports. And Frndly has a few things I love that Philo doesn’t. Less if you don't mind some commercials on Discovery network shows) so I'm still saving even more than I did on Philo. The two combined are somewhere in the neighborhood of $14 or $15 a month (with ad-free discovery+. My own setup has been Philo (grandfathered at the old $20 price) for most of that time and am just now switching to Frndly with a Discovery+ account to pick up those channels which I'm "losing" by switching. I haven't had traditional cable in 3 years and I don't miss that giant bill one bit. And depending on your location you may well be able to get the broadcast channels via digital antenna. Only catch is they don't do the basic "broadcast" networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox) or sports networks, but IF she happens to mainly watch cable networks, they are fantastic. Maybe $25 now) or Frndly ($7 a month with cloud dvr)īoth offer a wide array of live cable TV channels PLUS a cloud dvr service so you can "record" and watch without commercials on your own time frame AND on demand (with commercials) so you can still watch past shows even if you didn't have something set up to record. With luck, she will get used to it and I can drop Cable TV.ĭepending what channels your wife primarily watches you might want to check out Philo ($20ish a month. today I'm going to sign up for SlingTV and have my wife test drive it for the next 30 days. I had it hooked up, setup, and running, inside of 15 minutes, while my wife was on the phone (and away from the TV). A Roku would be a lot less effort and 100 times better. And everything else needed to be configured, disfigured, re-figured. The main streaming service that I was interested in was not officially supported. Another couple of evenings of fiddled around and everything worked. ![]() So after a couple of evenings of fiddling around, I plugged in the R-pi, only to discover that the Universe hates me. It supported the streaming services I wanted and could play my local media. Since i had a spare Raspberry Pi, I figured I would build a Kodi media streamer. ![]() Our CATV provider has been pushing us to drop our TV package, I've been complaining about the price, but my wife has been giving a lot of pushback. ![]()
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