Locast.org Service

try YouTube TV....Has about everything we need except the History channel and I use Philo for that. It's all streaming but you can save programs to the cloud and have on demand.

Correction: app is from DirecTv apps. NOT Fire Stick

Locast.org (not .com) is available on PC's, and with IOS and Android apps including for the FireTVstick. The app is also available on the Dish Hopper series receivers and some DirecTV receivers. Locast locals streaming covers 13 mostly major cities, including 9 of the cities currently off DTV due to the CBS dispute.

I subscribed to Locast (which carries only local broadcast channels) for a couple of months at $5 per month and I liked it, but it has no DVR. A few times I would record a program on Locast with the built-in Windows screen recorder, but that meant I couldn't do anything else on my computer until the program was over. If they ever get a programmable DVR I might subscribe again and even pay a little more. One other drawback is they don't have the secondary channels like 27-2, 27-3, etc., only the base channels like 27-1.

DallasSteve wrote:
I subscribed to Locast (which carries only local broadcast channels) for a couple of months at $5 per month and I liked it, but it has no DVR. A few times I would record a program on Locast with the built-in Windows screen recorder, but that meant I couldn't do anything else on my computer until the program was over. If they ever get a programmable DVR I might subscribe again and even pay a little more. One other drawback is they don't have the secondary channels like 27-2, 27-3, etc., only the base channels like 27-1.

If you're using a streaming device like the Firestick for Locast viewing, adding the FitzyTV app will give you a DVR option for Locast and many other streaming services for as little as $5/mo. Note also that Locast is starting to back fill their channels with the sub-channels. LA for instance, lists 45 channels, and San Francisco 48.

How To Cut The Cord But Keep Live TV & DVR For $10/month

Dutch_12078 wrote:

DallasSteve wrote:
I subscribed to Locast (which carries only local broadcast channels) for a couple of months at $5 per month and I liked it, but it has no DVR. A few times I would record a program on Locast with the built-in Windows screen recorder, but that meant I couldn't do anything else on my computer until the program was over. If they ever get a programmable DVR I might subscribe again and even pay a little more. One other drawback is they don't have the secondary channels like 27-2, 27-3, etc., only the base channels like 27-1.

If you're using a streaming device like the Firestick for Locast viewing, adding the FitzyTV app will give you a DVR option for Locast and many other streaming services for as little as $5/mo. Note also that Locast is starting to back fill their channels with the sub-channels. LA for instance, lists 45 channels, and San Francisco 48.

How To Cut The Cord But Keep Live TV & DVR For $10/month

Dutch

Have you used this with Locast? Will it allow you to schedule future programs to record? That would be just about perfect for me. I may give it a try.

I have never understood why Directv and Dish do not combine a OTA broadcast antenna with their satellite dish in metropolitan areas and mix the feed into the house receiver. OTA signals are strong in metro areas and locals could be provided without paying fees.

Been using locast a couple of days. Picture quality is spotty. It will go from HD to worse than SD. It change back an forth 3 times while typing this post. Yesterday I couldn’t even get on most of the time.

hpdrver wrote:
I have never understood why Directv and Dish do not combine a OTA broadcast antenna with their satellite dish in metropolitan areas and mix the feed into the house receiver. OTA signals are strong in metro areas and locals could be provided without paying fees.

It would not be free since it involves extra equipment and support. And it's a duplication of locals from the satellite. Can't see any motivation for them.

DallasSteve wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:


How To Cut The Cord But Keep Live TV & DVR For $10/month

Dutch

Have you used this with Locast? Will it allow you to schedule future programs to record? That would be just about perfect for me. I may give it a try.

I haven't tried it, Steve, since I'm not in Locast coverage areas often enough to justify it. Fitzy's DVR service gets mixed reviews, and I think one of the problems is the lack of guide coverage far enough out for planning recordings. Fitzy keeps making improvements though, so hopefully that'll change at some point.