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Cord cutters, how do you watch live Celtics games?
« on: April 21, 2020, 02:31:26 PM »

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This quarantine has taught me how much money I am wasting on cable, so I am officially cutting the cord.
How do people watch Celtics games without CSNNE? Do they have an app to stream games or will I need to buy a Celtics NBA league pass?

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This quarantine has taught me how much money I am wasting on cable, so I am officially cutting the cord.
How do people watch Celtics games without CSNNE? Do they have an app to stream games or will I need to buy a Celtics NBA league pass?

I used YouTube TV for a while  That seemed to work ok.  I cancelled it because my wife was having trouble with it!
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I use league pass.


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If you’re living in the New England market you won’t be able to watch Celtics games with league pass.  They’ll be blacked out bc of local tv rights
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Are you fulling cutting the cord?  I use AT&T TV, which is streaming, but has live sports and channels.  Also significantly cheaper than traditional cable.
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2020, 08:27:47 AM »

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I recently changed over to YouTube TV and I really like it. It has unlimited DVR so as long as I put a show or sport team on my list, it automatically records it to no end. I also purchased Roku so I can have a remote and it works really well. One TV came with Roku so YouTube TV works better on that one. The one where I had to buy the device, every once in a while it would take some time for the game to load but it wasn't a big deal.

It also led me to invest on more streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and soon, HBO Max and it will still be less than what I was paying with cable.
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Like Gouki, I used Sportsurge for live games and nbafullhd.com for replays.
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YouTubeTV. Though, while it's technically "cord cutting" it's basically a cable package. It seems to be a little cheaper, but I still wish I could subscribe just to the nba. Because the only reason I got YouTubeTV was for basketball.

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I recently changed over to YouTube TV and I really like it. It has unlimited DVR so as long as I put a show or sport team on my list, it automatically records it to no end. I also purchased Roku so I can have a remote and it works really well. One TV came with Roku so YouTube TV works better on that one. The one where I had to buy the device, every once in a while it would take some time for the game to load but it wasn't a big deal.

It also led me to invest on more streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and soon, HBO Max and it will still be less than what I was paying with cable.

The thing I find useful about using the different streaming services rather than cable is that it's very easy to sign up and cancel. So if there's an HBO show you want to watch, sign up for a month and then cancel. You can stagger your subscriptions so that you're not paying for all of them at the same time and that really reduces the cost.

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I installed my own secret hidden cameras in the garden.  Just have to get all the other arenas.  8)

Mostly, I use buffstreams.  It's a pirate site, so if that matters to you obviously that wouldn't be an option, but the stream quality is good (at least it is on my laptop - I don't own a tv anymore).

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I recently changed over to YouTube TV and I really like it. It has unlimited DVR so as long as I put a show or sport team on my list, it automatically records it to no end. I also purchased Roku so I can have a remote and it works really well. One TV came with Roku so YouTube TV works better on that one. The one where I had to buy the device, every once in a while it would take some time for the game to load but it wasn't a big deal.

It also led me to invest on more streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and soon, HBO Max and it will still be less than what I was paying with cable.

The thing I find useful about using the different streaming services rather than cable is that it's very easy to sign up and cancel. So if there's an HBO show you want to watch, sign up for a month and then cancel. You can stagger your subscriptions so that you're not paying for all of them at the same time and that really reduces the cost.
AT&T TV has HBO for 5 bucks since they have common ownership (you get HBO, HBO 2, HBO Family, and HBO Latino).  Also get EPIX and CineMax in the regular package.  I think my package is like 50-60 bucks a month and I get all of the sports and kids channels I would use along with all the standard cable and locals.  It really is a lot cheaper.  I'm not in New England, so I don't get the C's unless I buy the NBA package, but I'd have to do that no matter the service I would use.
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I recently changed over to YouTube TV and I really like it. It has unlimited DVR so as long as I put a show or sport team on my list, it automatically records it to no end. I also purchased Roku so I can have a remote and it works really well. One TV came with Roku so YouTube TV works better on that one. The one where I had to buy the device, every once in a while it would take some time for the game to load but it wasn't a big deal.

It also led me to invest on more streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and soon, HBO Max and it will still be less than what I was paying with cable.

The thing I find useful about using the different streaming services rather than cable is that it's very easy to sign up and cancel. So if there's an HBO show you want to watch, sign up for a month and then cancel. You can stagger your subscriptions so that you're not paying for all of them at the same time and that really reduces the cost.
AT&T TV has HBO for 5 bucks since they have common ownership (you get HBO, HBO 2, HBO Family, and HBO Latino).  Also get EPIX and CineMax in the regular package.  I think my package is like 50-60 bucks a month and I get all of the sports and kids channels I would use along with all the standard cable and locals.  It really is a lot cheaper.  I'm not in New England, so I don't get the C's unless I buy the NBA package, but I'd have to do that no matter the service I would use.
is that the same as DirecTV Now?  I've had that a couple of times during the playoffs when the NBA goes to ESPN which isn't in my DirecTV satellite package

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I recently changed over to YouTube TV and I really like it. It has unlimited DVR so as long as I put a show or sport team on my list, it automatically records it to no end. I also purchased Roku so I can have a remote and it works really well. One TV came with Roku so YouTube TV works better on that one. The one where I had to buy the device, every once in a while it would take some time for the game to load but it wasn't a big deal.

It also led me to invest on more streaming services like Netflix, Disney+ and soon, HBO Max and it will still be less than what I was paying with cable.

The thing I find useful about using the different streaming services rather than cable is that it's very easy to sign up and cancel. So if there's an HBO show you want to watch, sign up for a month and then cancel. You can stagger your subscriptions so that you're not paying for all of them at the same time and that really reduces the cost.
AT&T TV has HBO for 5 bucks since they have common ownership (you get HBO, HBO 2, HBO Family, and HBO Latino).  Also get EPIX and CineMax in the regular package.  I think my package is like 50-60 bucks a month and I get all of the sports and kids channels I would use along with all the standard cable and locals.  It really is a lot cheaper.  I'm not in New England, so I don't get the C's unless I buy the NBA package, but I'd have to do that no matter the service I would use.
is that the same as DirecTV Now?  I've had that a couple of times during the playoffs when the NBA goes to ESPN which isn't in my DirecTV satellite package

Yeah, it changed names maybe a year or two ago.   Same platform.  I use it also. 

I like AT&T Now.  Pretty reasonable cost & you get both TNT & ESPN so you're pretty much covered outside of NBA TV if you're out of town & also use League Pass.


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I only rewatch Celtics beating Lakers .

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They never get old  :)