August 23, 20187 yr I'm mainly interested in streaming football games for my 3 tv setup imgur> Deciding between Roku, Chromecast and Amazon Fire Stick.
August 23, 20187 yr What's cheaper? 3 Rokus, 3 separate Chromecasts or Fire Sticks? If that doesn't matter, I'd think the Roku would be the better option. No interest in Apple TV? Edited August 23, 20187 yr by mdmost
August 23, 20187 yr I would go Roku as the easiest to use platform, but I have no idea how to stream football games through it. With a Sling subscription?
August 23, 20187 yr Yeah, I dunno about this. Seems like sports are the weakest aspect of streaming services. Seems a more likely scenario would be one TV tuned to an OTA channel (eg ABC), one to a cable channel, and one to a streaming service (watchespn, foxgo).
August 23, 20187 yr Author 43 minutes ago, mdmost said: What's cheaper? 3 Rokus, 3 separate Chromecasts or Fire Sticks? If that doesn't matter, I'd think the Roku would be the better option. No interest in Apple TV? I'd love to have an apple tv, but it's not in my budget currently.
August 23, 20187 yr Author 1 hour ago, Lobwedgephil said: How many threads for the same question? Different questions actually. I'm asking for recs on streaming devices.
August 23, 20187 yr Well, I don't know about how you'd actually get football via streaming, but as a general (basic and cheap) streaming device for Netflix and Amazon I've been satisfied with my Roku Express+. I think it cost about $30. Doesn't support 4K though, or 5 ghz wireless--only 2.4. And no voice-operated search.
August 23, 20187 yr but I have no idea how to stream football games through it. The answer to this might determine which device to get.I personally do one TV on my U-verse box and one TV running WatchESPN via AppleTV. That gives me pretty good flexibility in games.You could also run WatchESPN through Chromecast or possibly Firestick or Roku. What’s your plan there?
August 24, 20187 yr I have a couple Fire TVs and use them with Hulu Live and NFL Sunday Ticket. I don’t have an issue at all watching any of the games I want in college or NFL. I think I saw Fire TVs on Amazon earlier for 40 bucks, down from 70. I also bought Ethernet adapters for the Fire tv so they use hard wired instead of WiFi connections and haven’t had any streaming issues at all. Love the Fire TV over my Apple TV (granted it’s an older generation) to the point where I bought another fire TV on prime day to replace the Apple TV.
August 24, 20187 yr Author Are they now broadcasting games in 4k/2160p? My tv is a 4k, just wondering if a 4k streaming would make a difference if they are or are not broadcasting the games in 4k?
August 24, 20187 yr 46 minutes ago, Shmitty said: Are they now broadcasting games in 4k/2160p? My tv is a 4k, just wondering if a 4k streaming would make a difference if they are or are not broadcasting the games in 4k? No. There are some games DTV shits out in 4K, but you need a specific DTV STB.
August 24, 20187 yr Author 16 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said: No. There are some games DTV shits out in 4K, but you need a specific DTV STB. so i should get the regular Roku instead of the Roku 4k?
August 24, 20187 yr Now you guys got me thinking more about Rokus. I joined the first DTV now bundle with a free apple tv and loved it. I no longer have that and have just been watching on my laptop and what not due to traveling this year. I want to get DTV now again and was hard set on the apple tv but are the rokus that good?
August 24, 20187 yr Fire TV, download silk browser, Google MLB streams, NFL streams, cfb streams reddit. Place eye patch and enjoy
August 25, 20187 yr What services are you using for the games? I think that would be an important factor to deciding.
August 25, 20187 yr Need you experts to walk me through this situation so I can make sure I have proper plan. I will be at the coast during the Tulsa game. The place I am staying does not have LHN, but I do at home. I am assuming I should be able to log into LHN somewhere on my iPad and connect it to the tv using their WiFi and play the game? Hopefully WiFi doesn’t suck too bad.
August 27, 20187 yr Need you experts to walk me through this situation so I can make sure I have proper plan. I will be at the coast during the Tulsa game. The place I am staying does not have LHN, but I do at home. I am assuming I should be able to log into LHN somewhere on my iPad and connect it to the tv using their WiFi and play the game? Hopefully WiFi doesn’t suck too bad. If the LHN is on the ESPN app you can log in to your cable provider and watch there.
August 27, 20187 yr 23 minutes ago, CooterBrown said: If the LHN is on the ESPN app you can log in to your cable provider and watch there. Won't be able to cast it to a tv unless you bring along a stick (fire or chromecast) and the hotel tv has a spare HDMI.
August 27, 20187 yr Author 15 hours ago, TwiceHorn said: Won't be able to cast it to a tv unless you bring along a stick (fire or chromecast) and the hotel tv has a spare HDMI. Why not call ahead and ask them for one?
August 28, 20187 yr HDMI out from TV to adapter for cell phone. Adapter connects to Iphone. Log into watch espn app, all set from there. Ive done it many times and wifi is not needed, provided you have a good data plan on cell phone. I've also used a $50 over the air antennae for locals, that's some of the best HD you can get, especially CBS. I have also used an HDMI mirroring adapter, $16 at walmart (but you cant be too far away from main box) to split a screen from living room to outdoor TV. To the OP, there are lots of options to get multiple games going.
August 28, 20187 yr Author 12 hours ago, jdhorn92 said: HDMI out from TV to adapter for cell phone. Adapter connects to Iphone. Log into watch espn app, all set from there. Ive done it many times and wifi is not needed, provided you have a good data plan on cell phone. I've also used a $50 over the air antennae for locals, that's some of the best HD you can get, especially CBS. I have also used an HDMI mirroring adapter, $16 at walmart (but you cant be too far away from main box) to split a screen from living room to outdoor TV. To the OP, there are lots of options to get multiple games going. like multiple streaming devices?
August 28, 20187 yr Yeah, I would call ahead. I have been at hotels where they require you to login from the device, so it's a pia on a stick. So if they require that, you might bring a laptop or your phone with an hdmi adapter so you can login, then connect that device with a hdmi cable you also brought.
August 29, 20187 yr On 8/24/2018 at 5:17 AM, Zepol87 said: Now you guys got me thinking more about Rokus. I joined the first DTV now bundle with a free apple tv and loved it. I no longer have that and have just been watching on my laptop and what not due to traveling this year. I want to get DTV now again and was hard set on the apple tv but are the rokus that good? I have a Roku and an Apple TV. For the most part I like the Roku a lot better, but for me the Apple TV is better if you want to stream something from your laptop / mobile device to your TV. Hell, the mlb app on Roku makes the Roku worth it by itself.
August 29, 20187 yr I'm thinking about getting a Roku as well. What type of bandwidth is recommended for streaming (tv/sports/movies) off of them? ISP's are scarce in my area, most reasonable deal is Suddenlink. 450 mbps for $50/mo, or 1 gig for $85/mo. I'm trying to get away from satellite that's just as expensive ($90/mo).
August 29, 20187 yr I have sling and a chromecast and a coat hanger OTA that I made. Pretty much covers all sports that I want to watch sans LHN.
August 29, 20187 yr 35 minutes ago, SurlyBDR said: I'm thinking about getting a Roku as well. What type of bandwidth is recommended for streaming (tv/sports/movies) off of them? ISP's are scarce in my area, most reasonable deal is Suddenlink. 450 mbps for $50/mo, or 1 gig for $85/mo. I'm trying to get away from satellite that's just as expensive ($90/mo). I live in a shithole third world country where 10 Mbps is a luxury and the Roku works fine. You won’t have any issue. Edited August 29, 20187 yr by Fudge Nuggets
August 29, 20187 yr Author 52 minutes ago, midtown said: I have sling and a chromecast and a coat hanger OTA that I made. Pretty much covers all sports that I want to watch sans LHN. Roku has the LHN
August 29, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Shmitty said: Roku has the LHN What do you mean? There is a standalone app for LHN?
August 29, 20187 yr Author 9 minutes ago, RD3 said: What do you mean? There is a standalone app for LHN? Sorry, my folks have a Roku and were watching the LHN on it.
August 29, 20187 yr 8 minutes ago, Shmitty said: Sorry, my folks have a Roku and were watching the LHN on it. I have a Roku and I watch LHN via Directv Now app but not an LHN app. I'd dig an LHN app if they had it...
August 30, 20187 yr ESPN is the LHN app basically. Unfortunately no on demand stuff though., but dtv now doesn't have any content either.
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