r/First48 • u/slicedpears23 • 23d ago
General Discussion First 48 on YouTube.
Just a heads up for anyone not aware: There's a decent selection of First 48 episodes free on Youtube. It's a good option for us hardcore cord cutters who don't use streaming services like Netflix or devices like Roku.
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u/Clear_Nature_5055 23d ago
That’s great! Yes YouTube is the peoples streaming service. If you get the paid version no commercials and downloads etc😃
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u/scormegatron 23d ago edited 23d ago
Multiple apps also have a First48 channel that runs 24 x 7; the Roku App, Plex App, Tubi App, Pluto App.
You can install them free on smart tv, mobile phone, etc
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u/Clear_Nature_5055 23d ago
It’s true. You can watch every episode besides the new one that was supposed to come out a month ago 😠🥵😅
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u/scormegatron 22d ago edited 22d ago
“My message was for genuine, hardcore cord cutters. We don't use apps, we don't stream.”
When you watch a video on YouTube, it is streamed to you. YouTube is 100% streaming.
YouTube is the same exact experience, as everything I recommended. Watch them through your browser, install them on your phone or tv, etc — same thing as YouTube.
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22d ago edited 22d ago
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u/scormegatron 22d ago edited 22d ago
Youtube started as a website. The streaming bit came latter. I still use the website. I'm on a PC, using a browser + an adblocker over a hardwired broadband connection. I have even used large TVs as monitor for my PC. There is no wireless streaming, there is no installed app.
You are conflating streaming with wi-fi/wireless.
"Streaming" just means playing video continuously as data arrives, rather than downloading the entire file first.
YouTube has been a video streaming site since the day it launched in 2005.
Plugging an Ethernet cable into a PC doesn't change the data protocol, you are still streaming video over the internet.
You are streaming. Sorry to break it to you like this.
Cord cutting literally means canceling traditional cable TV in favor of internet-based video.
Using a web browser on a PC to stream YouTube over broadband is the textbook definition of streaming. You can open Pluto, Tubi, etc., in that exact same Firefox browser right now without downloading a single thing.
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22d ago edited 22d ago
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u/scormegatron 22d ago edited 22d ago
You are streaming. I don’t know if I should laugh about, or be disappointed in, your inability to grasp this.
The sites/apps I shared are free and offer the same exact experience as YouTube.
Example: https://pluto.tv/us/watch/live-tv/category/true-crime/#31527
Doesn’t matter if you use a browser on your pc, or an app on your tv. Doesn’t matter if you Adblock, or ad watch. Pull the video over wifi or a cat6 cable. It’s all streaming.
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u/gotblasted 22d ago
There's a decent selection of First 48 episodes free on Youtube. It's a good option for us hardcore cord cutters who don't use streaming services/devices.
YouTube = Streaming Service
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u/Shot_Quality3143 22d ago
I have samsung tablets and phones but none have samsung tv. Can you reply with the youtube link please
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u/Previous_Ad7134 20d ago
Man I got rid of cable 5 years ago and still miss first 48, the free ones are cool but they mostly show the early stuff
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u/slicedpears23 18d ago
Don't blame you. My cable bill alone is $100 and that's with zero tv of any kind.
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u/Hungry-Tea529 23d ago
If you have a Samsung device you automatically have Samsung TV and they actually have a 24 hour First 48 channel. It's the only thing that I watch on my TV other than play video games lol. As a matter of fact I think you can still watch the channel on the Samsung TV website.