kpholmes Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 My roommates and I are canceling my DirectTV service and opening a new account under one of their names so we can get the $59.99 Sunday Ticket/Premium Service for 5 months. With the service they'll give us a free HD DVR. We'd like to have three other DVRs in the house, but after the first "advanced receiver" you have to pay $99 upfront for each, in addition to the $5 a month lease... so $300 initially and $15 a month thereafter. If we just went with standard receivers, all we'd have to pay is $15 a month. Does anyone have their own home made DVR setup on a standard receiver? Or know of some links to good setups? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 My roommates and I are canceling my DirectTV service and opening a new account under one of their names so we can get the $59.99 Sunday Ticket/Premium Service for 5 months. With the service they'll give us a free HD DVR. We'd like to have three other DVRs in the house, but after the first "advanced receiver" you have to pay $99 upfront for each, in addition to the $5 a month lease... so $300 initially and $15 a month thereafter. If we just went with standard receivers, all we'd have to pay is $15 a month. Does anyone have their own home made DVR setup on a standard receiver? Or know of some links to good setups? Thanks You can build a HTPC (Home theatre PC) that can record. I don't know how computer savy you are or how your patiance is. HTPC's arent necessarily made for convenience, rather more of a hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 You can build a HTPC (Home theatre PC) that can record. I don't know how computer savy you are or how your patiance is. HTPC's arent necessarily made for convenience, rather more of a hobby. kp's a Mac-ster. Try out ATT U-Verse. Everything I've heard locally is that it's the bomb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpholmes Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 kp's a Mac-ster. Grew up on PCs though. I consider myself fairly PC savvy. Try out ATT U-Verse. Everything I've heard locally is that it's the bomb. Will look into it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Agent Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 kp's a Mac-ster. Try out ATT U-Verse. Everything I've heard locally is that it's the bomb. That's what we have. DVRs in every room. Much better than DTV IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 That's what we have. DVRs in every room. Much better than DTV IMO. Yes, but do you get the Sunday Ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Yes, but do you get the Sunday Ticket? This might get buried here, but call me koo-koo, but I really don't miss having Sunday Ticket. I enjoyed it while I had it, but it's grown too expensive, and I enjoy going out and watching games at a sports bar much more. And if I don't manage to get out to the sports bar, watching whatever is on broadcast TV and following my fantasy teams in other games via the internet has proven to be more than enough. With the Ticket, I ended up just zeroing in on a couple of games where I had the most players anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 This might get buried here, but call me koo-koo, but I really don't miss having Sunday Ticket. I enjoyed it while I had it, but it's grown too expensive, and I enjoy going out and watching games at a sports bar much more. And if I don't manage to get out to the sports bar, watching whatever is on broadcast TV and following my fantasy teams in other games via the internet has proven to be more than enough. With the Ticket, I ended up just zeroing in on a couple of games where I had the most players anyways. +1000. Dallas comes on regular TV enough around here and I do enjoy the bar for a few hours if need be. Sure beats the $300+ for NFL ticket. I guess if I liked a smaller market team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Agent Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Never was a fan of the Sunday Ticket for the price. Plus, you can get Playboy TV for a lot cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 +1000. Dallas comes on regular TV enough around here and I do enjoy the bar for a few hours if need be. Sure beats the $300+ for NFL ticket. I guess if I liked a smaller market team... Yeah, in SoCal, we'd often just get one morning game and a crappy afternoon game. Now in the hotbed of football, we get plenty of options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 (edited) This might get buried here, but call me koo-koo, but I really don't miss having Sunday Ticket. I enjoyed it while I had it, but it's grown too expensive, and I enjoy going out and watching games at a sports bar much more. And if I don't manage to get out to the sports bar, watching whatever is on broadcast TV and following my fantasy teams in other games via the internet has proven to be more than enough. With the Ticket, I ended up just zeroing in on a couple of games where I had the most players anyways. I'm with this guy. Hell, I didn't even get the NFL Network last year and just watched the Thursday games streaming on my laptop. Edited August 25, 2009 by AtomicCEO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 This might get buried here, but call me koo-koo, but I really don't miss having Sunday Ticket. I enjoyed it while I had it, but it's grown too expensive, and I enjoy going out and watching games at a sports bar much more. And if I don't manage to get out to the sports bar, watching whatever is on broadcast TV and following my fantasy teams in other games via the internet has proven to be more than enough. With the Ticket, I ended up just zeroing in on a couple of games where I had the most players anyways. Must be nice... I would be forced to watch the Niners or Raiders if it wasn't for the ST. The only way I'm getting ripped off is if I don't have it, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I'm with this guy. Hell, I didn't even get the NFL Network last year and just watched the Thursday games streaming on my laptop. Ditto, don't have NFLN (Time Warner) and just "watch" it online. Must be nice... I would be forced to watch the Niners or Raiders if it wasn't for the ST. The only way I'm getting ripped off is if I don't have it, IMO. Yeah we get the Cowboys and Texans for sure, and usually another morning and afternoon game... that is, if I stay home. The sports bar will have everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Ditto, don't have NFLN (Time Warner) and just "watch" it online. Yeah we get the Cowboys and Texans for sure, and usually another morning and afternoon game... that is, if I stay home. The sports bar will have everything. How do you stream it? If this is under the table stuff, PM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yeah we get the Cowboys and Texans for sure, and usually another morning and afternoon game... that is, if I stay home. The sports bar will have everything. The region definitely matters. When I lived in CT, every week like clockwork, we'd have Patriots, Giants, and Jets. We had to, because they were all local teams. But out here in CO, we get Denver... and then the best games on. They usually lean toward showing AFC West teams, but it isn't a hard and fast rule. We usually just get the good national game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) How do you stream it? If this is under the table stuff, PM? Or wait, I think I was thinking of the NBC game. At one point, our NBC affiliate was in a contract dispute with Time Warner and I had to watch NBC Sports online broadcast. There are ways to stream the NFLN game, though. I'd just Google it. Edited August 26, 2009 by darin3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 How do you stream it? If this is under the table stuff, PM? Sopcast and TVAnts are apps for it, or justin.tv sometimes had a flash stream to the browser. Hmm... there used to be a webpage that aggregated all the links to sports streams, but I seem to have deleted the link. When the season starts I'll have to find it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 The only time I'd ever see a Giants game here in DC is if they are playing the Skins. Or Dallas because there's plenty of JJ nutsak hangers in this area (yes TIM I mean you!). The price of the Ticket is way less over the course of a year than me going to a sports bar, plus I don't have to worry about travel after a couple of beers. It is an absolute necessity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdrudge Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Sopcast and TVAnts are apps for it, or justin.tv sometimes had a flash stream to the browser. Hmm... there used to be a webpage that aggregated all the links to sports streams, but I seem to have deleted the link. When the season starts I'll have to find it again. I've tried all three a few times over the last few seasons, mainly if I had to work on a Sunday but wanted to still have the game on. I was always disappointed with all of them. The biggest thing was if it actually worked. Most of the time the stream was broken or extreamly overloaded. The times that it did work the quality was poor...no better then a typical youtube video. For me, I just haven't found even a SD-quality feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I've tried all three a few times over the last few seasons, mainly if I had to work on a Sunday but wanted to still have the game on. I was always disappointed with all of them. The biggest thing was if it actually worked. Most of the time the stream was broken or extreamly overloaded. The times that it did work the quality was poor...no better then a typical youtube video. For me, I just haven't found even a SD-quality feed. Yeah, it's a compressed signal... but it's the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Let's get back on topic!! What are the best DVRs out there. I've heard some of them are totally unreliable and difficult to program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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