we started using an HDMI cord as opposed to chromecasting and ..

BANG !! .. Oh baby what a BIG TIME difference !! .. no more pixelated jumpy vision !!

Laid a butt whooping on 'kron.

I use Roku and Stream audio on my iPhone through TuneIn. It works great until someone calls me! Then I have to reset the audio.

Tuesday night for the men's game, I used the TuneIn App plugged into my home receiver, and essentially played with pausing/fast forwarding the game broadcast to get it synced. Once I perfected it, it worked out well. The drawback is that I can't flip channels or I lose that. Note in this example, I have TWC, so I didn't have to stream via Watch ESPN for this one.

I'm in agreement though on the ESPN3. I combine it with my "regular" cable, and can flip between any one of 25 games going on at a time on a Saturday.

Throw in the use of the Bananas Alert on Twitter (@BananasAlert) that gives me close game updates (you have to set up to get notifications for that specific handle) and I don't miss a good game finish if I'm planning to be in front of the screen watching hoops.



For example:


@BananasAlert Jan 26
No. 19 Indiana is headed to overtime at Wisconsin, all tied at 71 on ESPN! #BANANAS


@BananasAlert 11h11 hours ago
On ESPNU, No. 17 Baylor trails Oklahoma State 63-62 with 1:49 left! #BANANAS

I use AppleTV, too, and I've notice much less buffering and fuzzy picture problems than when watching on a computer, or a computer hooked to a TV.

Is it possible to record things from a Fire Stick/Roku/AppleTV? That's really the only thing holding me back from cutting my DirecTV at this point.

I think it would actually be a lot cheaper to put a Fire Stick in every TV in the house and have Sling TV and all the apps than pay for 900 channels when I only watched about 20 of them.

Some of the networks have Apps on Roku that allow you to watch the most recent episode within a week of it airing. Tivo has a product too, but its $14/mo.