i can vouch for the awesomeness of sling tv as a cord cutter with fiber. they recently announced they'll be getting nfl network and redzone as add-on packages before the next season, so that's one sport down: http://blog.sling.com/announcements/sling-tv-to-launch-nfl-network-and-nfl-redzone/ as for nba, the league does offer league pass for streaming. it's spendy and a subpar product, based on the times i used it a couple years ago. -cassie > On Aug 16, 2016, at 23:18, B-o-B De Mars <mr.chew.baka at gmail.com> wrote: > > OpenElec on a Raspberry pi 2 or 3 will get you sports. My son & I use one all the time. Love it. > >> On 8/16/2016 9:11 PM, Linda Kateley wrote: >> Yea we have like every device Apple TV fire ps4 >> >> Still need to figure out how to get sports >> >> On Tuesday, August 16, 2016, Matthew Junk <mattwj2002 at gmail.com >> <mailto:mattwj2002 at gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Just a thought.... >> >> Has anyone looked into Sling TV or Playstation Vue? >> >> http://sling.tv/ >> >> and >> >> https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/ >> <https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/> >> >> Not exactly Linux friendly, but Sling TV especially works on a lot >> of different platforms. >> >> Also, don't forget there is over the air TV aka TV antenna. >> >> Roku, Fire TV, or Android TV (ie Nexus Players) also offers a lot of >> good streaming content. >> >> Those are my thoughts. >> >> I hope it helps. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Matt >> >>> On 08/16/2016 10:49 AM, Linda Kateley wrote: >>> >>> I just need packer football games and I am gone from cable! >>> >>> linda >>> >>> >>>> On 8/16/16 10:46 AM, Sandwhich Eyes wrote: >>>> cable is a billion dollar industry, but try and record a show on >>>> dvr; it is hit or miss. take control of your entertainment linda. >>>> i want to get rid of cable too, but the wife says it is easy to >>>> point the remote at the tv and have the content picked out in the >>>> traditional format. i see that it will work just fine without it; >>>> the hard part is finding what really interests you in a sea of >>>> options as opposed to XYZ show starts at 7pm... >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Sandwhich Eyes >>>> <sandwhicheyes at gmail.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sandwhicheyes at gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>> also it makes finding content easy compared to going to >>>> something online at syfy.com <http://syfy.com> etc. my 4 year >>>> old went through the addon channels and found vimeo and a >>>> bunch of videos on how to make films including making a pig >>>> man face and video editing. a good teacher shows them where >>>> to look, not what to see.... >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Sandwhich Eyes >>>> <sandwhicheyes at gmail.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sandwhicheyes at gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>> kodi/openelec not sure if i am on the right path here >>>> for you. i use this for my kids and it has sports channels. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Linda Kateley >>>> <lkateley at kateley.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','lkateley at kateley.com');>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> With all these threads today was hoping you all could >>>> help. >>>> >>>> I just got the 1g fiber in hopes of getting rid of >>>> cable. I want to move to all digital content. We have >>>> tv/movies mostly taken care of ... but.. looking for >>>> alternatives for sports. 3 boys in my house and they >>>> can't live without sports. NFL and NBA mostly. We can >>>> get espn streaming but need the big 2 before we can >>>> cut the cord. Any ideas? >>>> >>>> linda >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tclug-list at mn-linux.org');> >>>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tclug-list at mn-linux.org');> >>> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>> <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20160817/47beadb3/attachment-0001.html>