I thought streaming was supposed to save money (2024)

BlueBallz

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  • Friday at 1:02 PM
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Jack2936 said:

I have a free real debrid account. Never tried premium. Does it make a difference with iptv channels in kodi?

Edit: I have the crew addon. Lots of iptv streams. some of them work well, but buffering is an issue.

For me, premium made a world of difference and so low cost it’s worth it. I started for just a month subscription, then saw it was worth going to 3 or 6 months and renew.

Phil_The_Music

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  • Friday at 1:05 PM
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BlueBallz said:

I have the Crew add in as well. I usually start with Cinema just because I like the interface if I’m looking for a movie to watch, since it has more of a preview than Crew. However if I’m searching for a specific movie or show, I may start with Cinema and switch over to Crew if I can’t find it there.

Cool, thanks!

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Jack2936

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  • Friday at 2:17 PM
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BlueBallz said:

For me, premium made a world of difference and so low cost it’s worth it. I started for just a month subscription, then saw it was worth going to 3 or 6 months and renew.

Yeah. Did some reading. Not sure it'll help much with iptv streams, but it might. sounds like it makes a difference with everthing else. $9 for 3 months is worth a try. Thanks.

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  • Friday at 2:23 PM
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ESPN+ is tremendous if you’re an all-around sports freak. Bunch of college events across A LOT of sports, 3/4 tennis majors, PGA Tour Live, Masters, PGA, etc., a lot of European football, and mean tattooed guys fighting in an octagon/ring just to name a few.

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BlueBallz

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  • Friday at 3:11 PM
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Jack2936 said:

Yeah. Did some reading. Not sure it'll help much with iptv streams, but it might. sounds like it makes a difference with everthing else. $9 for 3 months is worth a try. Thanks.

Yeah, Real Debrid is only good for non live streams, it’s not for IPTV. I used to have a few good IPTV streams, one through the Crew add on, but it got shut down.

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  • Friday at 3:26 PM
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Ron Mehico said:

kodi blows. Constant buffering, hard to navigate, some shows missing, just not worth it to me.

I use kodi it never buffers

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BigBlueAlphaDog

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  • Friday at 3:35 PM
  • #128

Yes, real-debrid doesn't do anything for live streams/broadcasts. Might be beneficial for movies and recorded tv shows.
Seems to depend on the build and add-ons utilized.
I've used rd in the past, but haven't needed it in quite a while.
YMMV of course...

catsfanbgky

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  • Friday at 5:59 PM
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I think the platform my son uses for all of his pirating is CatchOn TV or something like that. All of them freeze / buffer from time to time.

KYExtemper

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  • Friday at 6:28 PM
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For some of these platforms you gotta check if other things you are subscribed to give you free subscriptions to things. Like I have WalMart+ and that gives me free Paramount. I have Cricket for a phone bill and that gives me free HBO Max.

As someone else said, ESPN+ is a good value depending on what you watch. I used it for WKU basketball games, college baseball/women's softball, PGA TOUR Live, and the NHL put its version of NHL TV on there so that works great too.

Skyguyb27

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  • Friday at 9:17 PM
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Catfanlou said:

I get direct TV streaming and include HBO max ESPN for $140 per month . Then I subscribe to Hulu, Paramount plus , Apple TV , Amazon prime all for about $12 each per month . Trying to figure where the savings are . Now to see UK play a baseball game they want me to subscribe to ESPN plus for a hundred bucks a year .
Am I doing something wrong ?

It’s only cheaper “if you know a guy”. To
many companies made a living out of ads. Even Amazon and Twitch are covered in ads now.

Cold Stout Beer

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  • Yesterday at 5:40 PM
  • #132

I put DTV on a 3 month summer hold and switched to YouTube TV since my favorite sports aren't on. Saving a bunch of money these 3 months. I like it and would switch BUT there is one issue and it's stopping me. I can watch the Youtube app on my Samsung smart TV, no problem. All is perfect. BUT I can't listen to surround sound that way. So I got an Amazon Firestick and plugged it into the back of my Denon reciever and added the Youtube TV app to Fire TV and it works fine with my TV and surround sound BUT the picture is not great. So I went to switch my Samsung TV picture settings to the same as they normally are and the ones such as "color" and "movie" setting are greyed out. I can't set the picture the way I want it. Deal breaker and frustrating.

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  • Yesterday at 9:19 PM
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specialkd24 said:

You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $10.99 for a month if you want (you don't have to pay for a year).

I get the ESPN+ w/Disney and Hulu for 14 a month ..
Netflix is free with my phone plan
I think my internet is about 85/month

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