PS Vue/Sling TV

[catastrophe]

Went streaming shopping for FB season again.  PS Vue overall still seems like the best bang for buck, BUUUUUT I ended up going with DirecTV Now because they just revived a promotion that if you prepay for 3 months you get a free Apple TV.  I'll probably switch to Vue after the 3 months.

[pissclams]

https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-tv-adds-14-cities-now-available-to-half-of-us-homes/

[catastrophe]

Ok, scratch that. After 3 months I'll probably switch to Youtube TV. Unless anyone has a login they wanna share.

[WillieWatanabe]

i've been on PS Vue the last few months and they seem to have more issues with their streams than Directv now did. Might look around again when their price jumps.

[kso_FAN]

i've been on PS Vue the last few months and they seem to have more issues with their streams than Directv now did. Might look around again when their price jumps.

What kind of issues? I haven't had any major issues with mine.

That said, if YouTube TV comes to my area, I'll probably switch to that.

[michigancat]

I might do youtube tv when they get a fire tv app. I never watch sling except for NBA playoff games tho

[ew2x4]

i've been on PS Vue the last few months and they seem to have more issues with their streams than Directv now did. Might look around again when their price jumps.

I jumped to Vue from DTV Now as well. It's light years better. You might have network issues? Vue has been fantastic for me.

[star seed 7]

What is so great about YouTube TV?

[ew2x4]

What is so great about YouTube TV?

It doesn't even have HGTV.

[kso_FAN]

What is so great about YouTube TV?

It has all the sports I want, all local market stations (ABC, CBS, etc; mainly for NFL purposes) and is $35. At this point it doesn't matter though because I can't get it anyway.

[star seed 7]

Ok, I just read about it. That does sound good

[AppleJack]

Vue just rolled out local Fox and ABC to go along with CBS in KC.   

[Phil Titola]

Anybody do offline DVR? I know Hulu doesn't. That would be the feature that would make me jump

[Trim]

I recommend comcast xfinity.

[WildcatNkilt]

Vue just rolled out local Fox and ABC to go along with CBS in KC.   

Their price also jumped $10. 

[WillieWatanabe]

i've been on PS Vue the last few months and they seem to have more issues with their streams than Directv now did. Might look around again when their price jumps.

What kind of issues? I haven't had any major issues with mine.

That said, if YouTube TV comes to my area, I'll probably switch to that.

The video stops while the audio continues. Usually after 1 minute the video will come back. Or the video and audio will skip back 10 seconds then continue. Something usually happens once an hour or two.
My internet speed isn't great, but nothing has changed this whole time. With DirecTV now i only had an issue every couple days.

[catastrophe]

What is so great about YouTube TV?

It has all the sports I want, all local market stations (ABC, CBS, etc; mainly for NFL purposes) and is $35. At this point it doesn't matter though because I can't get it anyway.

I also believe they also allow/encourage something like sharing between 6 people. Like, you can even have 6 different settings and logins maybe. If you start splitting up $35/month it makes the cost of getting sports to your eyeballs next to nothing.

[catastrophe]

Like, I swear Google is really just not interested in making money.

[ew2x4]

Been using Vue for a while, but i stumbled onto something magical. Anyone heard of Vader Streams? Because ho-lee crap.

[wetwillie]

Any KC area cats tried YouTube TV yet? 

[mhkpasa]

Any KC area cats tried YouTube TV yet?

The roomie and I have been trying it for about a month now. I like it. Works best with the latest gen chromecast. The app itself works great on my Android phone, & IOS (ipad air first-gen). I'm either using it on my Ipad for secondary games, or using either app to cast to bedroom TV or living room TV. I like the DVR function, eg, I searched in-app for Mr. Robot Season 3 episodes to be recorded, or every new The Price Is Right.

I haven't messed with the iPad to Apple TV compatibility yet. Would be a complete package for any user if it gets native Apple TV, Firestick, PS4, XBox apps. (which maybe exist?)

So far, it has performed much better than WatchESPN & FoxSportsGO for the same games.

[The Big Train]

This is rough ridin' extortion!

[The Big Train]

With the 1TB a month cap idk how [you] does it without going over your data limit streaming everything. It’s just me and I consistently hit the 500GB a month range.

[star seed 7]

i don't have cox

[puniraptor]

I don't think Cox would be very competitive here