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You don’t have to apologize when something like your network glitched. It happens to all of us and I think it’s a good thing to show someone trying to cut the cord just how simple it is to recover. It happens so rare these days . Have a good day.
Hey Luke-Sorry about the loss of your grandmother. Memories will definitely keep her alive. I loved your blooper, as it keeps everything real. Thanks for your daily updates, as I look forward to them as do thousands
When I went with Dish in 1999, I had to buy the receiver & dish/LNB combo. Maybe Direct/Dish may have to go back to that. Buy your equipt and then no fee early termination fee. But it probably would go in today's world. But this may force Direct/Dish over to streaming only...
DirecTV can try and blame the FCC all they want but them not being able to charge junk fees won't be their reason for raising prices, cooperate greed will be the reason. First off they are significantly more expensive than anyone else so it isn't like they were saving people money. Second, they can easily move people over to the app if cost of the equipment is so high. What this really tells me is that this was such a huge profit source for no extra work they are afraid of losing it. If it were really about recovering cost of equipment then they would charge each individual customer for that cost.
DirecTV should be exempt. The termination agreement is not junk, because its market is different and requires a totally different pricing scheme. DirecTV spaces out the installation expenses into the entire contract, and the early termination fee is a huge chunk of this. The target customer base is not likely capable of just moving to an app for television service, and the expense is worth it to many of those customers, since it is pretty much their only option for television service in their locale. Those lot do not have a Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox, Brighthouse Networks or any other wireline provider to offer television service. Frontloading the necessary equipment and installation expenses is not at all like having a local cable installer connecting to the neighbourhood distribution system and connecting a few cable boxes in someones house and is expensive, time consuming and requires mounting and pointing a dish, sometimes in awkward spots. Comparatively speaking, yes, it might be a bit profitable for DirecTV in some situations, but in others, it costs more than the contracted fee. When you factor in all of the necessary equipment that the local cable company does not have to pay, satellite television is similarly priced.
@@GeorgeVCohea sorry but their market isn’t any different than anyone else. As I said before, they already charge more than any other TV provider yet offer the exact same product and in some cases a lesser product for more money so whatever extra cost there is for their satellites is already baked into the price of the service. Also, about 5 years ago they announced that they would no longer be launching satellites & wanted to move people to that crappy box that they were trying to push on people then when that didn’t work they started allowing people to sign up for regular DirecTV but use the same app as the streaming service. This is 100% a junk fee because there is ZERO equipment cost to them for people to use the app that they can get on their own streaming device.
@@kenyattaclay7666 In many rural locales, which is DirecTV’s huge market, customers almost certainly do not have access to quality Internet and likely cannot easily stream with what they can obtain. If it were only a matter of downloading an app to their streaming player, then DirecTV would not be a good choice for those lot. It is best for customers, who do not have any other television options, and for whatever reason, cannot relocate. Also, the cost of installing and pointing a dish and wiring is not baked into the price of service, DirecTV has offered a cheaper DIY installation kit for decades. . If you want to argue about pricing and the cost of satellites, then you are missing the point. Satellite television is more expensive and not desirable for anyone, who does not have to have it to receive _“cable”_ television. I wish, it weren’t the case, but too many people do not have access to better options. DirecTV, or a third party, may just have to start issuing a separate contract for installation and equipment services.
Time to end Pay TV.... satellite or Cable.....we should not be paying for TV 😮....I have not been on pay tv or Cable for seven years....I would not go back...even in the 1970s..I was one of those....did not believe in paying for TV...we used antennas and a dish. ..we got everything back than😮.. .
4K on physical media looks great, although most movies in 4K are of little interest to us. 4K on streaming doesn't look all that much different than 1080p. That may be due to video compression on streaming. I wish most of the live TV stations, currently in 1080i or 720p, would transition to 1080p. That would be especially nice for sports programming.
4k makes a big difference with larger TVs. We have 55” in BR with sitting area, a 60” older Sony in LR with HD only. We always watch on 4k TV and yet my husband says not that big a deal to him yet he only watches 4k TV. We are in late 60’s and stream only. Gave up DISH Network probably 10 -15 years ago as I was sick of their pricing changes and we of course used a DVR and couldn’t imagine watching live TV. Stream everything mainly news and how-to videos on UA-cam but also can watch from TV apps that came with LG TV. Don’t use as many movies to entertain as years ago because they are crap now! All woke crap these days!!! Cord cutting is only way to fly!!!
This DirecTV complaint is bull, they don’t want customers to use the dish anymore. They even have a huge commercial advertising campaign with pigeons complaining about the lack of a dish being required.
MLB rules "blackout" rules blackout, for example, Tampa Bay and Miami games no matter where they are playing for the entire state of Florida. Yes, I am a Rays fan and live in Florida 🥵
I already have the at-bat subscription; which renews in March. So Next year I think I will consider this option plus Yes if they don't get rid of the blackouts.
I have a question currently I have ESPN Disney and Hulu bundle and I have Max $10 plan standalone what would be the difference if I switched Max Hulu and Disney handmade ESPN a standalone how many channels would I get what would be the difference ESPN standalone app when I get ESPN 2 and 3 and all the ESPN stuff cuz I don't think it's all included in the bundle I'm not sure though which bundle would you go with if you were me and which one would you leave stand alone
I'm confused by your story on MLB. MLB has always, or at least for several years, been available stand alone through the MLB streaming app. About this time last year, MLB put access to all teams on sale for $39.95 for the remainder of the season, and I bought it. I watched every Orioles game for the rest of the season and playoffs through the MLB app on my Roku, Shield, and FireTV. So, what's different now?? Also, on the 4K issue, I'm less interested in the higher video resolution than I am having access to movies that have Dolby Atmos audio. So, I have been considering the higher Netflix tier that offers 4K and hi-res audio. Sorry for your family loss, Luke. May peace be with you and yours. ~Frank
Yes, you're confused. MLB Network is a TV network that's available on cable. It has games, features, movies and in studio shows. It's like ESPN with its sports programming, NFL Network with football, NBA wth basketball and NHL with hockey. The only difference is that the MLB Network only shows baseball. It has games a few times a week in addition to talk shows about baseball, including analysis and highlights. It also shows movies such as Field of Dreams.
@@timphelps605 Yes, I know about the cable channel. That's not what I was talking about. I was talking about the subscription service. I just watched some free games on the streaming subscription service over the All-Star break.
Hi, Luke, I heard that Bally Sports Bankruptcy confirmation hearing got postponed again, but the voting and opt-out deadline for teams to wherever or not if they going to remain on Bally Sports for the upcoming 2024-2025 NHL and NBA seasons and 2025 MLB season.
4k is absolutely unnecessary. 30 years of home automation and I still don't get the whole 4k fascination. Waste of money. p.s. thanks for wasting that money.
I like 4K but 4K+HDR is unrealistic for sports since HDR is a post production process. That is most likely why Max isn't offering the new sports service on 4K.
That is total BS. DirecTV sends used equipment to new subs, and even those who have working dishes and own their own equipment from before AT&T bought it, are still required to commit to a contract to come back (and no longer allowed to use their owned equipment). DirecTV is flat out lying here. If they are worried, charge up front for installation for new customers, and stop requiring a contract for any upgrade or reactivation of a currently working system.
i have YTTV since 2017 when they launched it & i cut the cord & sill having the YTTV since then , never pause or cancelled it since & still to this day is best of the best piss on the rest 👍👌
@@SFBenjaminKyoutube tv is high as hell..no way in hell id pay what they want when I can get literally thousands of channels for what you are paying in a partial month..I can get tv for 45 dollars a Yr and it has 23k channels..youtube might have 200 and im being generous..
MLB starting a streaming channel for $6/month? I live in the Angels viewing area. With the year-over-year performance of the team they'd have to pay me $6/month (maybe more!) to watch those games. Put a winning, title contending team on the field and I'd consider watching it. / On a more positive note the Angels broadcast their games on Bally sports so if Bally goes bankrupt that would be an easy decision to go on the new streaming platform. HD vs 4K? Its easy to tell the difference between both. I look at the price tags on both in my local retail store and HD looks great. Sorry about the death of grandma, but it seems she had a long and interesting life much like my mom who came over in the aftermath of war-ravaged Europe; what more can you ask for?
Although 4k is better, I am perfectly content with regular HD TV, I don't think it's worth the extra cost right now. Maybe in the future when everything is available in 4k I will change to it.
People born with fewer color cones in their eyes typically have a hard time seeing the difference between 4k and HD. For a male, I have more than normal.
@patrickmartin4996 cool. For those of us cursed with better color eyesight SD looks like absolute watered down garbage compared to HD. HD looks like an amateur painting compared to a master when compared to 4k UHD
I think that's stupid they charge more for 4K specially these days, when ALL THE TVS u wanna buy is 4K for few years now ..i guess they wanna milk people anyway they can mother fathers ..must be they freaking democrats
My largest TV is 55". I'm not interested in 4k. Not that much 4k content. And if I have to pay more for 4k content, it's a definite NO. 👎. HD is fine for me!
ATTENTION LUKE: I see you as one of the most honest people on the Internet. With that said... is D-Wave, ReWave, Wave Max, etc. worth buying to watch TV or are all these a piece of worthless junk. I'm hearing many pros and cons and I know that your honest view on this would satisfy me and many other TV viewers.
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The New Disney+, Hulu, & Max Bundle Deal Is Now Live Starting at Just $16.99 a Month cordcuttersnews.com/the-new-disney-hulu-max-bundle-deal-is-now-live-starting-at-just-16-99-a-month/
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Instead of using the FireTV home screen, you could use a computer connected to TV to display a wallpaper
Don’t you dare get rid of the bloopers. It’s part of what makes this channel. Fun to watch. As well as informative.
You don’t have to apologize when something like your network glitched. It happens to all of us and I think it’s a good thing to show someone trying to cut the cord just how simple it is to recover. It happens so rare these days . Have a good day.
Bloopers are my favorite thing about channels... it just shows the realness of each person. totally fine with me
Hey Luke-Sorry about the loss of your grandmother. Memories will definitely keep her alive. I loved your blooper, as it keeps everything real. Thanks for your daily updates, as I look forward to them as do thousands
Luke, I’m sorry for your loss! Thank you for always keeping us informed.
Bloopers are a part of life. Nothing is perfect. 😄
😢sorry for your loss Luke! Praying for all family.
Luke, sorry for your loss. Keep the bloopers, they are funny. Appreciate the work your team puts into the news.
Thanks for all you do!
I'm sorry about your loss
🙏🏿 prayers up for your family.
When I went with Dish in 1999, I had to buy the receiver & dish/LNB combo. Maybe Direct/Dish may have to go back to that. Buy your equipt and then no fee early termination fee. But it probably would go in today's world. But this may force Direct/Dish over to streaming only...
I think their is no way to watch everything on one streaming services only if watch TV 24 7 and not sleep.
I canceled Directv, and if I didn't return the equipment, I would have been charged for it. The equipment was 10 years old.
Love the bloopers btw.
My prayers for your family for the loss of your grandmother 👵
Directv didn't want my equipment and didn't even give me a good recycle option.
UA-cam TV still has shows on 720p. Most are 1080. I have Netflix with 4k and really do not see the difference.
I personally love my Dolby Vision/Atmos tv and sound system
bloopers are fine with me
love the bloopers
Direct TV is using this as an excuse.😂😂 Who do they think they are fooling?
DirecTV can try and blame the FCC all they want but them not being able to charge junk fees won't be their reason for raising prices, cooperate greed will be the reason. First off they are significantly more expensive than anyone else so it isn't like they were saving people money. Second, they can easily move people over to the app if cost of the equipment is so high. What this really tells me is that this was such a huge profit source for no extra work they are afraid of losing it. If it were really about recovering cost of equipment then they would charge each individual customer for that cost.
DirecTV should be exempt. The termination agreement is not junk, because its market is different and requires a totally different pricing scheme. DirecTV spaces out the installation expenses into the entire contract, and the early termination fee is a huge chunk of this. The target customer base is not likely capable of just moving to an app for television service, and the expense is worth it to many of those customers, since it is pretty much their only option for television service in their locale. Those lot do not have a Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox, Brighthouse Networks or any other wireline provider to offer television service. Frontloading the necessary equipment and installation expenses is not at all like having a local cable installer connecting to the neighbourhood distribution system and connecting a few cable boxes in someones house and is expensive, time consuming and requires mounting and pointing a dish, sometimes in awkward spots.
Comparatively speaking, yes, it might be a bit profitable for DirecTV in some situations, but in others, it costs more than the contracted fee. When you factor in all of the necessary equipment that the local cable company does not have to pay, satellite television is similarly priced.
@@GeorgeVCohea sorry but their market isn’t any different than anyone else. As I said before, they already charge more than any other TV provider yet offer the exact same product and in some cases a lesser product for more money so whatever extra cost there is for their satellites is already baked into the price of the service.
Also, about 5 years ago they announced that they would no longer be launching satellites & wanted to move people to that crappy box that they were trying to push on people then when that didn’t work they started allowing people to sign up for regular DirecTV but use the same app as the streaming service. This is 100% a junk fee because there is ZERO equipment cost to them for people to use the app that they can get on their own streaming device.
@@kenyattaclay7666
In many rural locales, which is DirecTV’s huge market, customers almost certainly do not have access to quality Internet and likely cannot easily stream with what they can obtain. If it were only a matter of downloading an app to their streaming player, then DirecTV would not be a good choice for those lot. It is best for customers, who do not have any other television options, and for whatever reason, cannot relocate. Also, the cost of installing and pointing a dish and wiring is not baked into the price of service, DirecTV has offered a cheaper DIY installation kit for decades.
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If you want to argue about pricing and the cost of satellites, then you are missing the point. Satellite television is more expensive and not desirable for anyone, who does not have to have it to receive _“cable”_ television. I wish, it weren’t the case, but too many people do not have access to better options. DirecTV, or a third party, may just have to start issuing a separate contract for installation and equipment services.
Time to end Pay TV.... satellite or Cable.....we should not be paying for TV 😮....I have not been on pay tv or Cable for seven years....I would not go back...even in the 1970s..I was one of those....did not believe in paying for TV...we used antennas and a dish. ..we got everything back than😮.. .
4K on physical media looks great, although most movies in 4K are of little interest to us. 4K on streaming doesn't look all that much different than 1080p. That may be due to video compression on streaming. I wish most of the live TV stations, currently in 1080i or 720p, would transition to 1080p. That would be especially nice for sports programming.
This is why I left directv their prices and their lies
Now MLB Network will be available for streaming just like the NFL Network and NBA TV.
Hopefully the NHL Network would be next 🏒
Well look who it is....our old friend Network Unavailable lol!
4k makes a big difference with larger TVs. We have 55” in BR with sitting area, a 60” older Sony in LR with HD only. We always watch on 4k TV and yet my husband says not that big a deal to him yet he only watches 4k TV. We are in late 60’s and stream only. Gave up DISH Network probably 10 -15 years ago as I was sick of their pricing changes and we of course used a DVR and couldn’t imagine watching live TV. Stream everything mainly news and how-to videos on UA-cam but also can watch from TV apps that came with LG TV. Don’t use as many movies to entertain as years ago because they are crap now! All woke crap these days!!! Cord cutting is only way to fly!!!
Sorry for your family's loss. :(
HD is good enough for me .
This DirecTV complaint is bull, they don’t want customers to use the dish anymore. They even have a huge commercial advertising campaign with pigeons complaining about the lack of a dish being required.
Verizon DSL having problems it keeping blinking on and off plus the price jumped very high. What is the best internet.
MLB rules "blackout" rules blackout, for example, Tampa Bay and Miami games no matter where they are playing for the entire state of Florida. Yes, I am a Rays fan and live in Florida 🥵
There is an easy way around that. Use a VPN.
But the network shows aren't blacked out.
I already have the at-bat subscription; which renews in March. So Next year I think I will consider this option plus Yes if they don't get rid of the blackouts.
youtube tv dosent have MLB Network anymore for since last year
I have a question currently I have ESPN Disney and Hulu bundle and I have Max $10 plan standalone what would be the difference if I switched Max Hulu and Disney handmade ESPN a standalone how many channels would I get what would be the difference ESPN standalone app when I get ESPN 2 and 3 and all the ESPN stuff cuz I don't think it's all included in the bundle I'm not sure though which bundle would you go with if you were me and which one would you leave stand alone
I'm confused by your story on MLB. MLB has always, or at least for several years, been available stand alone through the MLB streaming app. About this time last year, MLB put access to all teams on sale for $39.95 for the remainder of the season, and I bought it. I watched every Orioles game for the rest of the season and playoffs through the MLB app on my Roku, Shield, and FireTV. So, what's different now?? Also, on the 4K issue, I'm less interested in the higher video resolution than I am having access to movies that have Dolby Atmos audio. So, I have been considering the higher Netflix tier that offers 4K and hi-res audio. Sorry for your family loss, Luke. May peace be with you and yours. ~Frank
Yes, you're confused. MLB Network is a TV network that's available on cable. It has games, features, movies and in studio shows. It's like ESPN with its sports programming, NFL Network with football, NBA wth basketball and NHL with hockey. The only difference is that the MLB Network only shows baseball. It has games a few times a week in addition to talk shows about baseball, including analysis and highlights. It also shows movies such as Field of Dreams.
@@timphelps605 Yes, I know about the cable channel. That's not what I was talking about. I was talking about the subscription service. I just watched some free games on the streaming subscription service over the All-Star break.
I ONLY WANT TO WATCH MY HOME TEAM. Screw blackouts. I just won't watch it. AM/FM radio is just fine for MLB.
Hi, Luke, I heard that Bally Sports Bankruptcy confirmation hearing got postponed again, but the voting and opt-out deadline for teams to wherever or not if they going to remain on Bally Sports for the upcoming 2024-2025 NHL and NBA seasons and 2025 MLB season.
If DTV raises my rates, one more time, I will cancel AT&T are bloodsuckers.
MLB needs to control all regional Sports Networks
4K is not all that to me HD is fine.
4k is absolutely unnecessary. 30 years of home automation and I still don't get the whole 4k fascination. Waste of money.
p.s. thanks for wasting that money.
I like 4K but 4K+HDR is unrealistic for sports since HDR is a post production process. That is most likely why Max isn't offering the new sports service on 4K.
That is total BS. DirecTV sends used equipment to new subs, and even those who have working dishes and own their own equipment from before AT&T bought it, are still required to commit to a contract to come back (and no longer allowed to use their owned equipment). DirecTV is flat out lying here. If they are worried, charge up front for installation for new customers, and stop requiring a contract for any upgrade or reactivation of a currently working system.
Leave bloobers. Love them. Just like watching TV bloopers 😅
😂😂
UA-cam TV IS cable TV. Only difference is that it's delivered through an internet connection, not an coax cable.
You can cancel when you want which cable didn't allow they. Similarities but different options as well.
i have YTTV since 2017 when they launched it & i cut the cord & sill having the YTTV since then , never pause or cancelled it since & still to this day is best of the best piss on the rest 👍👌
@@SFBenjaminKyoutube tv is high as hell..no way in hell id pay what they want when I can get literally thousands of channels for what you are paying in a partial month..I can get tv for 45 dollars a Yr and it has 23k channels..youtube might have 200 and im being generous..
UA-cam tv doesn’t even have MLB network. Bad example to use.
But it did have the MLB Network. It's unlikely UA-cam TV will have it again. So, this is the best alternative.
MLB starting a streaming channel for $6/month? I live in the Angels viewing area. With the year-over-year performance of the team they'd have to pay me $6/month (maybe more!) to watch those games. Put a winning, title contending team on the field and I'd consider watching it. / On a more positive note the Angels broadcast their games on Bally sports so if Bally goes bankrupt that would be an easy decision to go on the new streaming platform.
HD vs 4K? Its easy to tell the difference between both. I look at the price tags on both in my local retail store and HD looks great.
Sorry about the death of grandma, but it seems she had a long and interesting life much like my mom who came over in the aftermath of war-ravaged Europe; what more can you ask for?
How about the network shows such as MLB Central, MLB now, baseball tonight and quick pitch? You can see those shows with this package.
My Internet isn't even fast enough to steam 4k.
Although 4k is better, I am perfectly content with regular HD TV, I don't think it's worth the extra cost right now. Maybe in the future when everything is available in 4k I will change to it.
I can’t tell the difference between 4k and Hd
Only on a huge screen. Smaller screens I notice no difference.
People born with fewer color cones in their eyes typically have a hard time seeing the difference between 4k and HD. For a male, I have more than normal.
@@thedude5040 4K has never been important to me anyway. There is still a lot SD even out there, let alone HD.
@patrickmartin4996 cool. For those of us cursed with better color eyesight SD looks like absolute watered down garbage compared to HD. HD looks like an amateur painting compared to a master when compared to 4k UHD
@@thedude5040 I grew up with SD, maybe even 360i, so even 480 is an improvement. To me having access to content is more important that the pq.
Could care less about 4K.
I have a 4K TV. Not much content. But you watch 1080p content with the TV.
You like 4k?
I think that's stupid they charge more for 4K specially these days, when ALL THE TVS u wanna buy is 4K for few years now ..i guess they wanna milk people anyway they can mother fathers ..must be they freaking democrats
I also could care less about 4K.
You like 4k?
@@timphelps605 Don't cate HD is good enough for me.
to be 100%honest I can't tell the difference I think HD looks as good as 4k
My largest TV is 55". I'm not interested in 4k. Not that much 4k content. And if I have to pay more for 4k content, it's a definite NO. 👎. HD is fine for me!
Cable is going down. Nobody wants to watch the crap product they are pushing. Sorry for the negativity, but, oh, no, I'm not. Done w/cable.
ATTENTION LUKE: I see you as one of the most honest people on the Internet. With that said... is D-Wave, ReWave, Wave Max, etc. worth buying to watch TV or are all these a piece of worthless junk. I'm hearing many pros and cons and I know that your honest view on this would satisfy me and many other TV viewers.
Could care less about 4K......
My TV was on sale. 4K.
You like 4k?
I don’t get HD better I don’t know what 4K is
I like your info, but listening is painful. You seem to be speaking too fast and are tongue-tied
@@accelmargn Don't ever listen to Petros Papadakis.