Wichita State hopes to score nationally with new multimedia partnership

[SubGod22]

It would be nice to have a clearer idea of pricing and packages on the Cox site. Outside of that, I've never had a lot of issues.

[ShockerFever]

If you haven't checked out Contour from Cox, you should.

My brother has the 6-tuner DVR, another 2-tuner DVR, and 1 additional HD box. You can initiate a recording and watch from all 3 boxes. He has 3 TB of storage (about 1,000 hr of SD recording), the S&I tier, Variety tier, and bonus tier. He bundled with the Premier level internet (50 mb/s) and home phone for under $180/mo.

He also gets the Contour app, which allows him to watch a lot of shows on his iPad in his house live, or on-demand outside his house. It really is cool.

My issue with Dish and Direct was always having to sign a 2 year contract with only the first 12 months at the promotional rate.

I'm pretty sure nothing like that is offered here. You can probably get about half that here for the same price.

Either way, they are a distant 4th or 5th in quality, reliability, pricing, you-name-it for tv/internet service. I just can't believe how many people put up with such an inferior product. I've had UVerse for a couple years now and have not had ONE problem the entire time. Not ONE.

[ShockerFever]

I'd guess their local area blackout would be either based on IP address geolocation or by the cable service you used to log in to the service with -- which would then block you from watching telecasts even if you were, say, in Oklahoma City trying to log in to ESPN3, because you pay for cable in Wichita. If it's the former, you could theoretically get around it with a proxy server, if you could find one fast enough to stream a game through (you'd probably have to pay for it). If it's the latter, you could theoretically get around it by using an out of town friend or relative's cable information for ESPN3. I don't know if it still works this way, but I logged into ESPN3 for the first time from my wife's family's house in Seattle, and for at least a year ESPN3 was going off of their cable service before it finally got around to asking for my own info.

Justin.tv might be another source. I've watched FSU games on there in the past. Theoretically, you could set up a stream from an out of town person onto Justin.tv that others could then view.

Not that I would recommend doing any of that, of course.

Good info but damn, what a hassle. I just wish the Athletic Department would get the picture and realize losing a few more bucks may be better in the end when your product is displayed to A LOT more viewers. If they think I'm gonna succumb to Cox Garbage, they're flat wrong.

[wufan]

I'm pretty sure nothing like that is offered here. You can probably get about half that here for the same price.

Either way, they are a distant 4th or 5th in quality, reliability, pricing, you-name-it for tv/internet service. I just can't believe how many people put up with such an inferior product. I've had UVerse for a couple years now and have not had ONE problem the entire time. Not ONE.

I have it as well. Every channel offered by cox (all premium channels) all in HD. Record and watch in any room. Three HD DVRs. High speec Internet for $220. In McPherson we get Cox out of Wichita, so it should be the same package.

The DVR browser is basically the same as Dish.

If you just want basic cable with Kansas Now 22, it's like $18.00 a month...and you get to watch the Shockers.

[ShockTalk]

I'm pretty sure nothing like that is offered here. You can probably get about half that here for the same price.

Either way, they are a distant 4th or 5th in quality, reliability, pricing, you-name-it for tv/internet service. I just can't believe how many people put up with such an inferior product. I've had UVerse for a couple years now and have not had ONE problem the entire time. Not ONE.

I have it as well. Every channel offered by cox (all premium channels) all in HD. Record and watch in any room. Three HD DVRs. High speec Internet for $220. In McPherson we get Cox out of Wichita, so it should be the same package.

The DVR browser is basically the same as Dish.

If you just want basic cable with Kansas Now 22, it's like $18.00 a month...and you get to watch the Shockers.

I've got it here in Wichita.

[ShockerFever]

For $180?

[ShockTalk]

For $180?

$180s, same as DSB's brother but without the 2 lesser boxes. With just the 2 of us, one flat screen. We won't get rid of the tube TVs until they shoot cr*ps.

[wufan]

For $180?

It's $180. With all tiers except premium channels. I added all HBOs, Showtimes, Cinnemax, Epix, Starz. I should probably cancel those and get Netflix.

[ShockerPrez]

Due to budget constraints, XBOX ONE will not be making an appearance in my home. Debating if the 360 goes in for repairs or not. It is the only option I have to play college basketball...

Try gamestop. They have refurbs for no more than a hundred. As long as your hard drive is still okay.

[Kung Wu]

Man I'm so old. I just can't imagine $180 per month for television. That's $2160 per year. If you put that much in an IRA and made 5% on it per year starting 35 years old, you'd retire with 1.7 million dollars in the bank. If you did the same thing at 25 years of age you'd retire with $3.1 million in the bank. (Assuming retirement at 65 years of age)

[kcshocker11]

Gee I get almost all of that free on the internet, hook my Sony Bravia up to myMac and ba da bing!

[im4wsu]

Man I'm so old. I just can't imagine $180 per month for television. That's $2160 per year. If you put that much in an IRA and made 5% on it per year starting 35 years old, you'd retire with 1.7 million dollars in the bank. If you did the same thing at 25 years of age you'd retire with $3.1 million in the bank. (Assuming retirement at 65 years of age)

I think your totals were for $2160 per month, not per year. Using 5% and 2160 at the beginning of each year, after 30 years, the total would be $150,683 and after 40 years, $273,973.

But I understand your point.

[WstateU]

Man I'm so old. I just can't imagine $180 per month for television. That's $2160 per year. If you put that much in an IRA and made 5% on it per year starting 35 years old, you'd retire with 1.7 million dollars in the bank. If you did the same thing at 25 years of age you'd retire with $3.1 million in the bank. (Assuming retirement at 65 years of age)

I think your totals were for $2160 per month, not per year. Using 5% and 2160 at the beginning of each year, after 30 years, the total would be $150,683 and after 40 years, $273,973.

But I understand your point.

Well screw you @im4wsu:; I want @Kung Wu: to be my financial planner! He had me turned upside down for a minute…

[ShockerPhi]

Man I'm so old. I just can't imagine $180 per month for television. That's $2160 per year. If you put that much in an IRA and made 5% on it per year starting 35 years old, you'd retire with 1.7 million dollars in the bank. If you did the same thing at 25 years of age you'd retire with $3.1 million in the bank. (Assuming retirement at 65 years of age)

I'm going to use this advice. Although, today's 25 year old will probably be seeing a retirement age of 70 or 75 I would imagine. But hey, that's just mo money.

[1979Shocker]

Man I'm so old. I just can't imagine $180 per month for television. That's $2160 per year. If you put that much in an IRA and made 5% on it per year starting 35 years old, you'd retire with 1.7 million dollars in the bank. If you did the same thing at 25 years of age you'd retire with $3.1 million in the bank. (Assuming retirement at 65 years of age)

Hey, why stop there. Don't use electricity, water, gas, trash service, etc and you can save even more.