Canceling Direct TV

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I'm sure people have posted this before, I'm tired of spending $200 a month on crap internet and a ton of channels I don't watch. What's the best way to catch the races if I just purchase a good internet package through Charter?
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When supercross rolls around, check out PlayStation Vue.
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Stickers wrote:
NBC Gold, bro
Zycki11 wrote:
Yep, what about SX?
Fox Sports App. Not sure if the the Fox 6 races come on it but there will be a way to view it.

Edit: you may need a friends login for Fox app.

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Good idea, I want out of direct tv too, heard some stuff about sling tv? Idk
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Paging TXDirt... Cheerful
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Joko wrote:
Good idea, I want out of direct tv too, heard some stuff about sling tv? Idk
Don't do Sling....go with the Vue.
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rancor19 wrote:
Paging TXDirt... Cheerful
He knows his stuff , when it comes to this stuff.
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Anyone know anything about the Fire Stick?
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Zycki11 wrote:
I'm sure people have posted this before, I'm tired of spending $200 a month on crap internet and a ton of channels I don't watch. What's...
I'm sure people have posted this before, I'm tired of spending $200 a month on crap internet and a ton of channels I don't watch. What's the best way to catch the races if I just purchase a good internet package through Charter?
PlayStation Vue for Supercorss and NBC gold for moto. PlayStation Vue is awesome because you can cancel at anytime, and if you suscribe again your recordings are still available.
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rancor19 6/10/2017 4:53pm
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mx295 wrote:
Anyone know anything about the Fire Stick?
TX will tell you to go with the Fire TV Box because the menus(and other things, I believe, are better)

Then you just use the NBC Sports Gold ap for outdoors and buy Vue for FS1 and FS2 for SX. Throw in an MXGPTV subscription and you're covered Cool
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Zycki11 wrote:
I'm sure people have posted this before, I'm tired of spending $200 a month on crap internet and a ton of channels I don't watch. What's...
I'm sure people have posted this before, I'm tired of spending $200 a month on crap internet and a ton of channels I don't watch. What's the best way to catch the races if I just purchase a good internet package through Charter?
Take a read thru this
http://m.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Angry-cable-customers-pleas…
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I did the same thing this past season. PlayStation Vue is the way to go. You'll just need Apple TV or Roku to stream to your TV. Good luck--I'll never go back now.

FWIW, you can use your Vue account to sign in on the Fox Sports app just like you would with Directv.
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aeffertz 6/10/2017 5:41pm
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Supercross also offers a streaming package iirc. All ya' need is internet. I ditched tv years ago and haven't looked back.
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Zycki11 6/10/2017 5:47pm
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I don't have playstation. Do you have to have one for vue?
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aeffertz wrote:
Supercross also offers a streaming package iirc. All ya' need is internet. I ditched tv years ago and haven't looked back.
What?! Since when has sx offered a streaming package?
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I cut the cord with Dish for the same reason years ago. The only thing I wanted was MX/SX and I had to keep upping my channel lineup (and cost) and I couldn't stand it anymore. Was going to sports bar to watch, but then I signed up for YouTube tv at $30/month. HD coverage of supercross and motocross with their online DVR. 6 email accounts you can share - I've shared with family - but I guess that would be $5 / month per email if you shared (!?)
There are ads but seems to be less than dish/cable. When NBC sports gold came out I also got that. If SX goes online too I may drop YouTube but it's so cheap and easy I dunno.
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Firebox from Amazon and Vue is the best option. Playstation Due can be accessed through the Firebox, so you do not need a Playstation. TXdirt helped me a ton with all the details. With Netflix it will be about $85 per month with everything I could ask for and more.

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logan_140 6/10/2017 9:22pm
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mx295 wrote:
Anyone know anything about the Fire Stick?
Mine is hacked with kodi. Super easy to do watch whatever I want to. Even movies in the theatre
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rancor19 wrote:
Paging TXDirt... Cheerful
jeffro503 wrote:
He knows his stuff , when it comes to this stuff.
Yes he does and he will say VUE.

To answer a question above, you dont have to have a Playstation to get VUE.

Also, the link like Early posted, answers a lot of questions. There are also a lot of threads to choose from, in regards to cutting the cord. A sticky, with the conglomeration of all of the threads, in one place, for this topic may be useful.
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Zycki11 wrote:
I don't have playstation. Do you have to have one for vue?
No, you just need a smart tv. On roku, there's a Vue app.
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Get a firestick then you can download firedll. Put in code 68007 and you will download UK TV app. Both FS1 & FS2 work perfect on it. I was messing around with it last night. You can also add Kodi App and get a ton of shit. Just Google Firedll codes. Kodi 16.1 & 17.3 are on there too
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greenmx5 6/10/2017 11:37pm
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My wallet is happy after getting rid of direct tv. I tried direct tv now since it was streaming and about 60 a month. It would cut out and be shitty quality even though I pay for 75mbps internet. Got PlayStation vue for 45 a month and that's a lot better than 150 for direct
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running playstation VUE and NBC gold.
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Zycki11 wrote:
I don't have playstation. Do you have to have one for vue?
nosredna297 wrote:
No, you just need a smart tv. On roku, there's a Vue app.
kzizok wrote:
You dont have to have a smart tv:[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/06/10/199706/s1200_IMG_3348.jpg[/img] https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article/PlayStation-Vue-Supported-Devices/
You dont have to have a smart tv:

https://support.us.playstation.com/articles/en_US/KC_Article/PlayStatio…
I really need to give the Vue another shot. The only reason I ditched it after the free 1 month trial was because I couldn't record anything. Then TXdirt informed me that I could add certain shows as a " favorite " and it would record them and set them in the cloud....I had no idea.

As far as Kodi goes , I love it. I have it on my Amazon fir " box " ( Not stick! ) and it works great , but I mainly use Kodi on my HTPC. The Firebox works about 5 x faster than the stick , and it's upgrade-able with a mini SD card. There is so much free TV out there , most don't know about.

One other thing , and this is important! For all your local channels......get yourself a good HD antenna.....as you will soon find out , most ALL your local channels broadcast in full 1080p and you won't have to pay a penny for it. There are other channels out there that you'll pick up that you probably didn't know existed. The Vue + all your local channels with an HD antenna + kodi.....you'll be in heaven during the winter months.
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Still haven't found a solution to NFL Sunday ticket though..
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logan_140 wrote:
Mine is hacked with kodi. Super easy to do watch whatever I want to. Even movies in the theatre
I just got a hacked one, so far its works great but i haven't had it long enough to try FS1 or FS2 for supercross. You haven't had any problems with supercross?
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aeffertz wrote:
Supercross also offers a streaming package iirc. All ya' need is internet. I ditched tv years ago and haven't looked back.
agn5009 wrote:
What?! Since when has sx offered a streaming package?
Outside of North America only

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