- Jun 11, 2014
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Alrighty, guys, I have one weekend of viewing under my belt as a cord cutter and here are my observations.
First, the "WatchESPN" app rocks. I could watch any game the Worldwide Leader and ABC were covering - which is most of them. I did not miss a second of the Gator game on SECN and was able to peek in on Bammer, Clemmy, even USF and UVA - you name it. The FoxSports app is very good, too. I watched Stanford Friday night, and BYU-AZ last night with no issues whatsoever.
As far as I can tell, CBS is going to be a problem. It looks as if I'd have to pay a monthly fee to stream those bastids, meaning I missed TAMU yesterday. I'm not yet sure about ND on NBC - but that's not a killer for me. I'd like to have them, but.... We'll see next week if I can stream them when they play Nevada at home on NBC. I plan to look into an antenna to get the broadcast networks, which will solve my CBS problem. Or, I could go to a bar and watch us when we're the CBS game of the week (which, based on last night's performance, will probably be only twice - Chuggers and Humpers).
Some other thoughts: I have to get used to watching one game, because bopping back and forth between two (or more) requires a series of clicks on the remote and waiting a tick for the screen to load, rather than simply hitting one button. Not terrible and by last night, I was getting used to this - but it is a change. And when you do have to watch commercials, they literally are the same 2-3 over and over and over. If I see that asshat Dr. Pepper guy in his RV, or that Evan Williams bourbon commercial again, you may be reading about me on the news and not in a good way..... Finally, I do not have a DVR, which means no going back and watching a play I might have missed, or a score on the crawler at the bottom of the screen. DVRs without cable can be a bit of a challenge apparently, but I am beginning to look at this, too.
All in all, I am staying a cord cutter. While I am making some sacrifices as opposed to having cable - they are not enough to make me pay the $140-ish/mo or whatever my old cable bill was.
First, the "WatchESPN" app rocks. I could watch any game the Worldwide Leader and ABC were covering - which is most of them. I did not miss a second of the Gator game on SECN and was able to peek in on Bammer, Clemmy, even USF and UVA - you name it. The FoxSports app is very good, too. I watched Stanford Friday night, and BYU-AZ last night with no issues whatsoever.
As far as I can tell, CBS is going to be a problem. It looks as if I'd have to pay a monthly fee to stream those bastids, meaning I missed TAMU yesterday. I'm not yet sure about ND on NBC - but that's not a killer for me. I'd like to have them, but.... We'll see next week if I can stream them when they play Nevada at home on NBC. I plan to look into an antenna to get the broadcast networks, which will solve my CBS problem. Or, I could go to a bar and watch us when we're the CBS game of the week (which, based on last night's performance, will probably be only twice - Chuggers and Humpers).
Some other thoughts: I have to get used to watching one game, because bopping back and forth between two (or more) requires a series of clicks on the remote and waiting a tick for the screen to load, rather than simply hitting one button. Not terrible and by last night, I was getting used to this - but it is a change. And when you do have to watch commercials, they literally are the same 2-3 over and over and over. If I see that asshat Dr. Pepper guy in his RV, or that Evan Williams bourbon commercial again, you may be reading about me on the news and not in a good way..... Finally, I do not have a DVR, which means no going back and watching a play I might have missed, or a score on the crawler at the bottom of the screen. DVRs without cable can be a bit of a challenge apparently, but I am beginning to look at this, too.
All in all, I am staying a cord cutter. While I am making some sacrifices as opposed to having cable - they are not enough to make me pay the $140-ish/mo or whatever my old cable bill was.
