How to Stream Bama Games (no cable or satellite)

[techster79]

YouTube TV is offering 4K for $10/mo this year(goes to $30/mo next year). Games on ESPN will be in 4K.

 

[techster79]

YouTube TV is offering 4K for $10/mo this year(goes to $30/mo next year). Games on ESPN will be in 4K.

NBC and FOX as well

 

[tusks_n_raider]

Not sure if this will help anyone or not but in my shopping for a service I found a deal for Youtube TV.

Youtube TV 3 Month Promotion

If you sign up with this promotion you get your 1st 3 months for $10 off the normal price for $54.99 per month (64.99 per month normally) and you can cancel at any time.

If you wait until Kickoff Weekend on Sept 4th to sign up you will get to watch the entire regular season through Conference Championship weekend at that discounted rate and would then only have to pay the $64.99 rate for Bowl Season and the Playoffs.

I think this is what I'm going to do this Season since I've had good experiences with Youtube TV for College Football in the past.

 

[Mamacalled]

I'm a YouTube tv guy. Have had no issues.

 

[BamaFossil]

I use internet TV (Roku) and Hulu for content. A bit pricy IMO; but I get the major networks, the news networks, the ESPN usual channels (NOT ESPN+), and SECN. No SECN+ channels. Overall it's OK. I tried Sling. It's a bit cheaper... but beware whenever you decide to cancel. It's not easy. Just be sure you receive an email from Sling confirming that you've canceled. This oversight cost me an extra month on Sling. Quality-wise I can't tell any difference between Hulu & Sling.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I've been on YTTV + Google Fiber for about a year now. Not much to add to the above except the delay is not as great as some say. We have air in our kitchen (we're a mile from the ABC and CBS antennas and 2 from the NBC). I'll be watching in the study on the big TV with YTTV when my wife will hoot from the kitchen. I'd say 10-15 seconds, max...

 

[CrimsonNagus]

I think what YTTV is going to eventually charge for 4K ($20 extra a month) is ridiculous. At that point, it is more expensive then local cable options. FYI, make sure your devices is fully compatible with YTTV 4k, if you have the older Apple TV 4K, you are only getting 1440p max:

YouTube TV To Air Thursday Night Football, College Football Games, Premier League Matches in 4K – The Streamable
To access YouTube TV’s 4K features, you’ll have to add it to your subscription and have a compatible 4K streaming device that has YouTube’s VP9 codec — meaning your 2017 Apple TV 4K won’t work. These devices include:

• Chromecast with Google TV
• Apple TV 4K (2021)
• Amazon Fire Stick 4K (1st Gen)
• Android TV (Sony Bravia, NVIDIA SHIELD, etc.)
• Roku (4K Models)
• Samsung Smart TV (2016+)
• LG Smart TV (2016+)
• HiSense 4K Smart TV

Also, as far as FOX goes, you do not need this YTTV addon because you can use the FOX Sports app to watch their 4K events, using your YTTV credentials. I wish ESPN would do the same.

 

[bamaee04]

YouTube TV works great as long as you have a good stable/high speed internet connection. The only reason I dropped it was the increase in price, I believe they still don't have the History channel (one of the very few non-sports channels I ever watch), and the deal I got with Dish Network was the same price as YouTube TV for more channels and price guaranteed for 2-years. I'm convinced the best thing to do is just be prepared to shop around and drop whoever you have every year or two and take the best deal at the time...

 

[DogPatch]

Sling appears to be the cheapest way to get ESPN ... $35/mo and no contract.

Or, free with multiple email addresses and trial periods . . .

 

[TexasBama]

 

[BamaNation]

Or, free with multiple email addresses and trial periods . . .

… and no ethics

 

[Relayer]

Might want to look into UZZU TV. $8/wk, $20/mo, $120/yr. Ratings are mostly pretty good, if they are to be belived. My daughter says someone on her neighborhood FB watches the Braves and "works great".

 

[BamaNation]

Might want to look into UZZU TV. $8/wk, $20/mo, $120/yr. Ratings are mostly pretty good, if they are to be belived. My daughter says someone on her neighborhood FB watches the Braves and "works great".

Had never heard of UZZU so I tried to find some reviews. Seems like it is hijacking the feeds and probably not legal...

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This is just a general commentary and not directed at any particular member in this thread:

Just so y'all know my stance on this (and it's one I share with family, friends, and students): lifting these streams "just because you can" or "they don't try to stop me" or "it's easy to do" is, to me, the same as walking into a Publix and taking crab legs.

Somebody created the content (or a legit streaming service) and deserves to be legitimately paid for it.

 

[Relayer]

Had never heard of UZZU so I tried to find some reviews. Seems like it is hijacking the feeds and probably not legal...

When cord-cutting sounds too good to be true, it probably is | TechHive

This is just a general commentary and not directed at any particular member in this thread:

Just so y'all know my stance on this (and it's one I share with family, friends, and students): lifting these streams "just because you can" or "they don't try to stop me" or "it's easy to do" is, to me, the same as walking into a Publix and taking crab legs.

Somebody created the content (or a legit streaming service) and deserves to be legitimately paid for it.

Agree completely. If this is an illegal service please delete the post.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Might want to look into UZZU TV. $8/wk, $20/mo, $120/yr. Ratings are mostly pretty good, if they are to be belived. My daughter says someone on her neighborhood FB watches the Braves and "works great".

This site is not legal. Whenever a website has this on the homepage, you can bet they are doing something shady:

We are 100% legal and based in States.

Plus, this is a huge red flag:

We have no blackout restrictions! simple as that. Not convinced?

If they are not following blackout rules, and are truly based in the USA, then they have not legally signed any contracts with content providers because, no one, not a single TV provider, gets around blackout rules. I mean crap, the MLB can't even get around its own blackout rules for its own MLB.tv service. We are to believe this small time UZZU internet TV provider got this one of a kind, amazing blackout-less deal from MLB/Bally. Riiiiiiiiight.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Check this out:

Watch On iPhone/Apple TV (uzzu.tv)

So they can't have an actual app for Apple devices. You have to use this backdoor method to watch on those devices but, they are 100% legal. If they were working on an app for Apple devices they would not have these instruction and would just say Apple support coming soon. This tells me they can't get past Apple's approval process. I wonder why every other legit TV provider get an app approved by Apple but they can't?

 

[TIDE-HSV]

YouTube TV works great as long as you have a good stable/high speed internet connection. The only reason I dropped it was the increase in price, I believe they still don't have the History channel (one of the very few non-sports channels I ever watch), and the deal I got with Dish Network was the same price as YouTube TV for more channels and price guaranteed for 2-years. I'm convinced the best thing to do is just be prepared to shop around and drop whoever you have every year or two and take the best deal at the time...

They have it now. It's a free app you have to install...

 

[TIDE-HSV]

I think what YTTV is going to eventually charge for 4K ($20 extra a month) is ridiculous. At that point, it is more expensive then local cable options. FYI, make sure your devices is fully compatible with YTTV 4k, if you have the older Apple TV 4K, you are only getting 1440p max:



Also, as far as FOX goes, you do not need this YTTV addon because you can use the FOX Sports app to watch their 4K events, using your YTTV credentials. I wish ESPN would do the same.

I totally agree that it's ridiculously expensive. I'm set up for it (Google Fiber+Chromecast+LG OLED TV a year or so old), but I think I'll see how the games look in plain old HD first...

 

[B1GTide]

I totally agree that it's ridiculously expensive. I'm set up for it (Google Fiber+Chromecast+LG OLED TV a year or so old), but I think I'll see how the games look in plain old HD first...

Unless you have a huge TV, I think you will be fine.

 

[Padreruf]

Unless you have a huge TV, I think you will be fine.

I had a conversation with an ophthalmologist about screen resolution and our ability to tell the difference. He said that below 55 we really cannot see much difference. Above that and the resolution does matter...especially if you are younger and have "good eyes." I'm at 55", not so good eyes (developing cataracts and returning astigmatism), and have 1280 -- about the best I can see.