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AT&T Unveils 'DirecTV Now' Streaming Television Service

I'm very disappointed that the Boomerang is part of the most expensive package. I'd watch Boomerang over Disney. It should be included in the basic package.
Boomerang is the only channel I would be interested, so no point to pay that much for it :( I don't ever watch sport. I'll try the $60 package reduced to $35 just because of the promotion.
 
Cut the cord months ago.
Between Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now(when I need to see my shows) I'm all set.
 
Razeus said:
That's the most ridiculous thing I've read all day. I have three stream sticks and they all work flawless. All services available without the arbitrary blocking of services (ie Amazon, Spotify) to enhance Apple's services.
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not true ..... I am not blind apple product fan..... let me say it again ..there is NO comparison between Apple TV and Roku .... ...
I do not wanna do the comparison ... macrumors page might get timed out... ...

its the same difference like Toyota VS Lexus ...

AND BY THE WAY .. I HAVE BOTH ....


Apple product is all about simplicity they way it get your job done...

name a few ...
setup : do you know how long it take time to setup apple tv wifi ... none 0 second ...it picked up your wifi credential from your iPhone profile...
vs Roku I am trying to work around with that crazy remote ... as I can't use my roku app to enter my password and all until roku is on wifi...

power management ... HOW DO YOU TURN OFF ROKU .... NO WAY.. and it does consume power on stand by mode ...

apple TV is intelligent enough to turn it off knowing no program is being broadcasting ... and when you touch the remote ... VOILA ... my TV, my pioneer elite receiver and everything gets turned off ... I dont even have to touch my any remote..

in case I dont need the HIFI sound coming ..I can put my apple tv in pass through and turn my Beats Studio on ... VOILA .. I Get sound i my ear .. lol... and it all happens seamless ..


and NOW with new TV app .. I do not have to go all the different apps to watch my programs ... which I watch regularly ...

I wish you all the very best .. please enjoy your stick:) ... lol

I am going to watch all my media... my 1080P Movies sitting on mac .. my Netflix, my HULU.. sling tv and now Direct TV..

and one more thing .. ITS NOT APPLE WHO BLOCK THE AMAZON AND SPOTIFY APP ....
it is the Jealous companies who are not releasing their app on ATV and hurting there own customer network....

pardon all my typo and mistake as I am typing on my iphone while driving ... lol ....
 
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LatinaC09 said:
Netflix has had some good success with original content shows lately and they are purely based on subscribers.
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They do....and it's causing some friction with the content providers they buy from. I compare Netflix to a 'Day Old' bakery.

Their model was to buy leftover content from the main bakeries (studios) and sell them as an all you can eat at a discount price. The Main Bakeries thought it was great. They had already made money selling it to their customers. This content was useless, if they could make more money selling it cheaply to the Day Old Bakery....more money for them. They were still churning out fresh content that users paid a premium for.

Now the Day Old Bakery decided they wanted to make fresh content too. That puts them in a direct competition with the Main Bakeries they had bought content from. The Main Bakeries are suddenly not so eager to sell the content that makes up the bulk of the Day Old Bakery inventory.

That's where Netflix is right now. They've built up a big enough business off old content to be able to afford buy new content. But make no mistake, their subscriber base is largely on their overall library...not just new content.

The question will be if the main studios start cutting content available to Netflix. There is no way Netflix survives on solely on original programming as a subscription service. They need the huge library to draw in a large number of customers. to that extent, it's really no different than a cable channel...they just offer content 'on demand'

It'll be interesting to watch...
 
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bbeagle said:
DirecTV is basically dropping their service of getting the signal to you - no satellite dishes, no receivers, no dvrs, no installation at your house, much less support because you're using all your own hardware.

YOU are paying for your own internet costs to get the service to you.

And DirecTV is just giving you a discount of approx. $50/month for you to do this. How much does your internet service cost? $50 or more? It seems like a wash or a bad deal.
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But what if I am going to pay for internet regardless. That is a sunk cost. And most people that would be interested in this have an Apple TV or some other streaming device regardless as well.
 
DVDxR said:
It's TV. It's not a necessity or a human right. They can, and will, sell it how they see fit. Don't bitch about them making a profit on it though. If you don't like it don't buy it. Don't torrent it either. By torrenting you are, in a way, supporting it by contributing to the popularity of a show or movie, which just goes to help justify the price. The only way is to not consume it at all. Anything else is hypocritical.
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I don't do either. But the point is for a lot, (most?), people in the world, they don't get a choice.
 
rittchard said:
I thought I read Verizon had streaming rights for NFL games, but then I just read this:

http://www.recode.net/2016/4/5/11585872/twitter-beats-amazon-verizon-for-global-nfl-streaming-deal

From CNET:

"DirecTV Now doesn't include a parallel for DirecTV's popular NFL Sunday Ticket product, which unlocks the ability to watch to every Sunday pro football game even if you're watching in an area where that game isn't being broadcast.

NFL content is tricky, generally, on DirecTV Now. Verizon has an exclusive mobile live-streaming deal with the pro football league, which means that DirecTV Now won't have mobile live viewing of games. Some local broadcast networks that aren't owned and operated by their parent company may not make NFL games and other primetime content available live, with some available a day after airing."
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Verizon has the rights to stream local broadcast games. Those games are blacked out on Sunday Ticket across the board anyway. Sunday Ticket streams everything else just fine as I use it on my phone all the time and I certainly don't have Verizon. CBS Access blacks out NFL games on the live feed too.
 
ksnell said:
But what if I am going to pay for internet regardless. That is a sunk cost. And most people that would be interested in this have an Apple TV or some other streaming device regardless as well.
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You're right.

DirecTV Now: $50 + $50 internet = $100
DirecTV: $100 + $50 internet = $150

To me, the extra $50 to have reliable TV between the hours of 7-9, be able to record shows, an easier interface, is worth the extra $50.

But I think it's the future. Internet speeds and reliability will get better, along with features. I think in the next 10 years, everyone will be getting TV over the Internet.
 
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mantan said:
They do....and it's causing some friction with the content providers they buy from. I compare Netflix to a 'Day Old' bakery.

Their model was to buy leftover content from the main bakeries (studios) and sell them as an all you can eat at a discount price. The Main Bakeries thought it was great. They had already made money selling it to their customers. This content was useless, if they could make more money selling it cheaply to the Day Old Bakery....more money for them. They were still churning out fresh content that users paid a premium for.

Now the Day Old Bakery decided they wanted to make fresh content too. That puts them in a direct competition with the Main Bakeries they had bought content from. The Main Bakeries are suddenly not so eager to sell the content that makes up the bulk of the Day Old Bakery inventory.

That's where Netflix is right now. They've built up a big enough business off old content to be able to afford buy new content. But make no mistake, their subscriber base is largely on their overall library...not just new content.

The question will be if the main studios start cutting content available to Netflix. There is no way Netflix survives on solely on original programming as a subscription service. They need the huge library to draw in a large number of customers. to that extent, it's really no different than a cable channel...they just offer content 'on demand'

It'll be interesting to watch...
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On the flip side, when Netflix first started streaming no one thought there was a market for it so they got the day old bread for super cheap. Once they proved that people really like eating day old bread then the Main Bakeries either stopped selling their old bread to Netflix (and started selling it direct to customers themselves) or they jacked up the wholesale price that Netflix had to pay.

Going with original content was the only way Netflix could grow because there's no certainty about what third party content would be made available to them. It's a similar arc to new cable/TV stations. I don't know if you remember when FOX was the new kid on the block, but they were basically all reruns until they started some of their own original programing with COPS, Married... with Children and The Simpsons. Same with HBO. First it was third party movies, then some original programing with boxing and comedy specials and finally original script programing and documentaries.

For Netflix, the big growth potential is in other countries which is why they've been branching out so much the last year or two.
 
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bbeagle said:
You're right.

DirecTV Now: $50 + $50 internet = $100
DirecTV: $100 + $50 internet = $150

To me, the extra $50 to have reliable TV between the hours of 7-9, be able to record shows, an easier interface, is worth the extra $50.

But I think it's the future. Internet speeds and reliability will get better, along with features. I think in the next 10 years, everyone will be getting TV over the Internet.
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100% agree. Once this has DVR and pause/play/rewind (they note 2017 as a target for it) it will get really interesting.

I am just salivating at the day I can stop paying leasing fees on clunky DVR boxes and can instead buy whatever box I want and use a better UI.
 
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Looks pretty retarded. Maybe in the future but way too much cost for so little. That said there's probably idiots out there ready to buy this junk
 
cardfan said:
Looks pretty retarded. Maybe in the future but way too much cost for so little. That said there's probably idiots out there ready to buy this junk
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As opposed to the overpriced cable bundles forced down our throats?

You must live in some bizarro world I'm not privy to. In this world, these OTT services are pretty value packed relative to big cable.

Color me "idiot" ready to buy this junk as it's 30-40 a month cheaper than cable for all the key channels I want/need.
 
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Moorepheus said:
Two streams kind of sucks when you compare you get 5 with them right now. No DVR is a killer for me, we hardly watch anything live anymore, except maybe sporting events, even those are DVR'd, just in case I we need to run out, etc.

As for the cost of equipment currently with the providers, I agree, it's out or this world. I would love to get rid of the boxes and cable, but I want DVR service, so right now I will not switch.
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You need PlayStation vue
 
camarograna2 said:
You need PlayStation vue
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Yeah that is why I think I will end up keeping Vue long term. For $45 they give you 90 channels, DVR functionality, tv everywhere logins for practically everything, and 5 streams at one time. I don't really stream away for my house, so to me this is a better value and worth the $10 more. If Directv adds the extra features it is missing as of now by the end of the free trial. I may consider ditching Vue. But at least for now I can compare both services till then.
 
Still no email or info and the signup page is still
tooloud10 said:
Yeah, that's kinda what I want to know, too. All those prices are immediately 20% cheaper if you can.
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Exactly what I'm interested too.;)

Still no email or info and the signup page is still there and it is the 30th everywhere except HI/AK.
 
magicman32 said:
As opposed to the overpriced cable bundles forced down our throats?

You must live in some bizarro world I'm not privy to. In this world, these OTT services are pretty value packed relative to big cable.

Color me "idiot" ready to buy this junk as it's 30-40 a month cheaper than cable for all the key channels I want/need.
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I realize that and trust me, I'm the kind of person who will always try to pay the least, but this isn't the same as satellite tv. First, you're using bandwidth. That doesn't affect me but others have caps. Second, 4k streaming will suck, not that it offers this. Third, you'll watch commercials all day long with no ability to pause or use dvr. And even when this stuff gets added, you'll be watching commercials with no ability to skip them.

I get the minimum package on directv that gets espn and pay around 50 a month. It does require a phone call every 12 months or so to threaten to cancel to get more credits but it's still the best option. Netflix is also a must for the kiddos. Comcast business is a must for internet since I'm a bit rural with little options and it's capped out here for residential, but it's 80 a month for 60mbps.

I don't really watch live tv anymore, just shows on dvr list. Even sports i'll record and watch later so i can skip commercials.

BTW..bizzaro world is over paying what many seem to do for iphones, plans, and other things on here. And here we are griping about saving 30-40 a month for a stuttered streaming service with commercials you can't skip?
 
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Posted this on the other thread. Site is up to sign up. If you sign up online it looks as if the only option is to have it shipped. The twitter help page says AT&T stores will be able to sign you up and give you the device the same day.

What is odd is they said the app has been pulled as they are testing it, and making final preps for launch later today. You would think that it would be tested and ready by now.
 
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