Nebraska Games without cable?

I was getting the old Slim channel lineup for $30/month, but I had to upgrade to the next higher tier at $45/month to get BTN. And the new Slim lineup is $40/month, so that's a bummer, but I chose to watch the Huskers rather than save the extra few bucks. At the end of the season I'm going to re-evaluate the services and may drop down to just Netflix and only get a TV service during the football season.

 
With the PS Vue price increase, I think the cheapest non-cable option that would cover all Husker games is YouTube TV at $35/month, followed by Hulu Live TV at $40/month. Either of those would include the various ESPN and Fox Sports networks plus BTN.

I wish Amazon had some live TV options...

 
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I've been a cord cutter since May and have used DirecTV Now until this past week when I switched to the Hulu Live TV, they have all the channels I want (all of the ESPN's, BTN, FS Midwest, CSN Chicago) for $10 less than DirecTV Now.  What channels I don't have like MLB Network or NFL Network, i'll use my sister's DirecTV user name and password to watch on their respective apps.  Sling TV was a no go for me as they don't have BTN or Fox News (ducking on the Fox News, LOL)

 
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RedDenver said:
FYI, any TV antenna will work, calling it an "hd antenna" is marketing.
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Yeah I realize that, since every channel is digital now.  It's just, I was surprised you can pick up channels without even an actual antennae, and amazon's "biggest seller" is a plastic square about the size of a mouse pad.  granted, the range is only 25-100, but was still pretty funny. 

 
I feel a bit like a fraud.  Currently we have Cox Essential which I guess is btn, btn alt, fox, foxsports, fsl, pmsespn etc.  It's included in the rent so might as well use it, Vue was nice though, if I was paying for this cable it'd be $80 plus taxes fees and charges. 

 
Hulu Live has exceeded my expectations.  Occasionally it will buffer but it's over before you know it and only happens every so often.  I basically have every single channel that I actually watched before when I had Comcast except for maybe the NFL network but I truly only watched that in pre season if anything.  

Hopefully they don't stray too far beyond the $39.95 price point.  Even if it the price does go up a little bit in the future to me it's probably worth it.

 
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BlitzFirst said:
If it had just a couple more networks, I'd switch from PS Vue.  It's missing some deal breakers though for the wife.  Still, am interested in how it does for you.
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I wish Sling had BTN otherwise I would've chosen that because they seemed to have the best overall selection and the only provider with Comedy Central (which would be one of the only non sports channels I care about). I will update later tonight on how it handles tonight's games.

 
Watching the MN vs Buffalo game right now on YoutubeTV. Has worked well without issue. Early when watching the UCF vs FIU game I had some slight buffering and lower resolution but it cleared up.

 
I'm starting to worry a bit heading into the season. Streaming worked just fine on my Roku last year for my wife. But we got an Apple TV in the off-season.

Netflix, Comedy Central, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, everything works fine. Hell, I stream 4K on my TV and UHD Blu-ray player on Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube all the time with ease.

When it comes to sports... well, that's another bag.

Watching the OSU/Indiana game there was a ton of buffering and freezes. Oddly enough, watching the annoying home crowd feed on ESPNU worked swellingly.

Watching the Browns on NFL GamePass looked like I was driving on a motorcycle down I-80 in the dead of summer.

Watcing the Gophers was a lot better quality, but still way too many freezes and buffers. FS1 worked fine though on the app.

If this craps out on me on Saturday... oooh boy.

 
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Not good quality or anything like that but recently if I'm alone, since I don't have cable and don't want to pay for youtube tv etc I will just search up on periscope if someone is livestreaming the game sooo someone should do us a favor stream the games every week on periscope :D

 
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