AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion

Re:AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion by kevincrane on Sunday May 18, 2014 @08:51PM (#7765117)

MLB.tv only works for out of market games, and worked amazingly when I was in school across the country, but useless when I moved back, and I got a free subscription to stream NFL Sunday ticket for the season and directv had basically no competency in streaming so it almost never worked.

Honestly, I bought a TV antennae from best buy and a long HDMI cord for my laptop and that's satisfied all of my sports needs through OTA broadcasts and questionable streaming sites.

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Re:AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion by orbitur on Sunday May 18, 2014 @11:09PM (#7765511)

I, too, use questionable streaming sites (well, just one since it's been reliable for the last year or two), but the picture quality is often worse than standard def, and the sound is apparently funnelled through a tin can.

It's almost bad enough to make me want to pay for cable. Almost.

Unfortunately for me, I live in Canada, where OTA stations do not care about the NBA. And I refuse to buy the League Pass since any games broadcast on cable would be blacked out.

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