How do I stream games on Sony tv?

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by wheeler08

I don’t have a laptop dick. I have a smart TV with no web browser

Buy a cheap laptop for like $150. Done.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

Buy a cheap laptop for like $150. Done.

Even if he doesn’t have chromecast built in, there are many cheaper and more logical solutions available.

[chinaski]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

My god. Just buy an HDMI cable (possibly mini-displayport to HDMI) and plug your laptop into the TV. It's not rocket science.

Provide the specs for your laptop and I will link you to a cable. If you can't do this you don't deserve to watch shit.

This. It's very straightforward.


Cord Cutter here. DO IT. DirectTV is a rip-off, and 99.9% of the channels are bullshit anyway.

Also, I believe Amazon Prime allows you to watch all Thursday Night Football games.

[wheeler08]

Originally Posted by chinaski

This. It's very straightforward.


Cord Cutter here. DO IT. DirectTV is a rip-off, and 99.9% of the channels are bullshit anyway.

Also, I believe Amazon Prime allows you to watch all Thursday Night Football games.

Good deal, we have Prime

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by chinaski

This. It's very straightforward.


Cord Cutter here. DO IT. DirectTV is a rip-off, and 99.9% of the channels are bullshit anyway.

Also, I believe Amazon Prime allows you to watch all Thursday Night Football games.

Most of the games, not all. 11 I believe:

https://www.amazon.com/primeinsider/...-schedule.html

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by chinaski

This. It's very straightforward.


Cord Cutter here. DO IT. DirectTV is a rip-off, and 99.9% of the channels are bullshit anyway.

Also, I believe Amazon Prime allows you to watch all Thursday Night Football games.

I keep hearing this, but I have Dish with a sports package for $80/month.

To get fast enough internet, it's about $80/month. Then you've gotta pay for programming, still.

I fail to see where anyone saves.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

I keep hearing this, but I have Dish with a sports package for $80/month.

To get fast enough internet, it's about $80/month. Then you've gotta pay for programming, still.

I fail to see where anyone saves.

That's an exaggeration. You can stream 1080p video with a 3Mbps connection. Streaming 4K only requires 25Mbps. If you have a house full with 5 HD streams going at once, you might need $80/month internet. But that's certainly not necessary for most. Sounds like some ISP flunky fed you some bullshit...

• Netflix: 3–25 Mbps
• Hulu: 3–16 Mbps
• Disney+: 5–10 Mbps
• HBO Now: 5 Mbps
• 4K video: 25 Mbps
• Music: 2–10 Mbps
• Twitch: At least 4 Mbps download, 3–6 Mbps upload
• Mixer: At least 4 Mbps download, 2–4 Mbps upload

[KCTitus]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

I keep hearing this, but I have Dish with a sports package for $80/month.

To get fast enough internet, it's about $80/month. Then you've gotta pay for programming, still.

I fail to see where anyone saves.

your mileage may vary, as they say...I cut the cord in September.

Pre-cut, I paid a total of 250 @ month, that included a 50mbps internet connection, analog phone line, 'ultimate' TV package which included all channels verizon FIOS offered. I had to rent a DVR and two other cable boxes for other TV's.

Post-cut, I upgraded my internet connection from 50mbps to 1000mpbs, cut the phone line, returned the cable boxes and cut TV, subscribed to Playstation Vue, Starz, bought two Roku Ultimates...

My monthly expenditures went from 250 to about 170 @ month...80 buck a month aint nothing to sneeze at.

[FlaChief58]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

My god. Just buy an HDMI cable (possibly mini-displayport to HDMI) and plug your laptop into the TV. It's not rocket science.

Provide the specs for your laptop and I will link you to a cable. If you can't do this you don't deserve to watch shit.

This, it'll work with a tablet or smartphone too. I use my phone

[SupDock]

Firestick has a web browser. You could also download Firefox, etc on the firestick as an app.

[wheeler08]

Thanks for all the help guys, casting from computer once the games started took 2 sec. didn’t need to get out firestick. We’ll see how the stream goes for the chiefs game before I tell Directv to piss off. I also want to test out a free week of Hulu. I don’t even watch tv hardly anymore. But my wife watches all those Dr shows.

[wheeler08]

Originally Posted by olout

We got rid of cable TV years ago (can't remember how many) and have been using Frestick since then. Don't miss the cable at all. We have subscriptions to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, but with Firestick there are a lot of other channels you can get, many of them free. I usually get updated of how to use my Firestick effectively here

Yea my newest Sony Tvs have a different UI than the older one in living room. The older one had Hulu, but you couldn't get Hulu Live on it, and from what I read, you couldn't update it. So I ended up getting out the Firestick that hadn't been used in forever, and now we exclusively use it on that tv. We canceled Directv, and now have Netflix, Hulu Live, Prime, and Disney +. Disney + got free for a year from Verizon, then its only like $6 a month after and it goes on my cell phone bill, so I'll never notice it.

Thinking of canceling Hulu Live (Which just went up $10/month) after football season. I never have time to watch tv shows live, its always on the DVR. Its only like $5 a month for plain Hulu. I assume I can watch shows after a day or two from when they originally aired?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by wheeler08

Yea my newest Sony Tvs have a different UI than the older one in living room. The older one had Hulu, but you couldn't get Hulu Live on it, and from what I read, you couldn't update it. So I ended up getting out the Firestick that hadn't been used in forever, and now we exclusively use it on that tv. We canceled Directv, and now have Netflix, Hulu Live, Prime, and Disney +. Disney + got free for a year from Verizon, then its only like $6 a month after and it goes on my cell phone bill, so I'll never notice it.

Thinking of canceling Hulu Live (Which just went up $10/month) after football season. I never have time to watch tv shows live, its always on the DVR. Its only like $5 a month for plain Hulu. I assume I can watch shows after a day or two from when they originally aired?

If you have a FireTV stick, then you can use that to view almost every single game in one manner or another. Sideload the Yahoo Sports app, which will let you view all primetime games. Amazon Video offers Thursday night games. Use the Silk browser or install Firefox to view reddit streams. Sideload the Chiefs mobile app to stream every Chiefs game.