So I'm a HUGE DirecTVNow fan! Timing is everything. I took advantage of a few promotions they had back in January. They offered the "Go Big" package ($60) for the "Live a Little" price ($35) AND if you paid for 3 months in advance, you rec'd a 32GB Apple TV! Oh, and I called and was told, that price is not going to change! Initially, there was constant freezing, had to get out of the app and go back in but I haven't had any problems like that in a long time. I have SlingTV and wanted to compare. Although SlingTV has more on demand selections, because of the promo, I have double the channels for the same price and my local sports channel. I'm not too worried about a DVR, I cut the cord almost two years ago and haven't looked back. They do say DVR is in their future. Honestly, I'm leaning towards cancelling SlingTV. The only app I could sign in to when asked for a "service provider" was Watch ESPN and it froze all the time. One thing's for sure, I'll NEVER have cable tv again!
I've tried them all and I've settled on PS Vue. It's the only service that offers DVR, the only service that offers up to 5 streams and it connects to a ton of provider apps. Sling is pretty comparable but DirecTV Now is lousy as it offers only a handful of apps that you can use your credentials through. That's not to say that Vue is perfect. Last Friday night I wanted to watch a show on HBO that was streaming at the time and it's set as one of my saved shows but I wasn't able to rewind to the beginning while it was still recording. This is something I do often with DirecTV especially with content on ABC or NBC so that I can be far enough back that I can skip commercials. That is of course until I catch up with real time and have to suffer through it from there. However, it's not a deal breaker as most everything my family and I watch is on demand and/or via a DVR recording. My biggest problem with Sling was going to the main screen stopped everything. I also didn't like that some channels could be paused/rewound and others couldn't. DirecTV Now is basically a joke. It has constant buffering issues, the UI is WAY too simplified and, as you pointed out, it doesn't follow the Apple design rules for rewinding and fast forwarding. The good news is that consumers are finally in the driver's seat again thanks to all of these options that don't require a contract.
yep yep you make some great points. unfort no perfect service yet unfortunately. maybe this youtube tv will be good, but then again i'm not holding my breath since it will probably miss a couple channels here and there, guess we'll see
Mark Langston Dtvnow is what I have. Psvue doesn't even have a good guide. And it has no Viacom channels. It offers less channels than sling, yet it's more expensive. Dtvnow Guide is JUST like a regular cable guide, which is what I Love! And I love that it's simplified. That just means it's simple to use. I've had no problems with dtvnow. You say it's a joke but it offers the most channels out of the three. Yeah it sucks you can only stream on two devices but they have said that they're working on making it to where you can stream on more than two devices. Anyways I love Dtvnow and I highly recommend it to ANYONE Who is looking to switch.
@Krazy Muzik PlayStation Vue has a guide on its mobile formats. I have it on my iPad & iPhone. There's no guide on the Roku app, which I agree, is a bit of a pain in the ass. Hopefully, as they improve service, the guide will become a part of the viewing experience. Here's hoping...
Im also using PS Vue because DVR for all my favorite shows is awesome and the quality is great. The biggest reason I got it was because it was the only that offered Comcast sports network so I could watch all my Warriors game!
Directv Now is pretty cool live TV streaming service for people that want a no contract service. In my opinion DTV Now is better because they have by far more channel availability than the other live TV streaming services, specifically if you like football and sports overall hands down DTV Now is the best. Also, if you have AT&T for your cell phones under their New Unlimited Plans, you get an additional discount of $15 off the DTV Now packages for life. This to me sounds like a no brainer. I literally paying $30 a month for TV services. Pretty awesome.
Stellar Tv on Facebook has over 550 channels and includes ALL sports packages and ppv at no extra fee. It's only $40 a month and just buy it when you want. There's no contract. All HD. They have a free version too.
Perfect timing. I want to cut the cord or at least reduce our cable bill. I have not looked at any of these options so this has been very helpful. I enjoy your videos as you go into depth about the product and the pros and cons. Thanks for uploading...
Bobby Taylor Stellar Tv on Facebook has a free version and a pay version. The pay version has over 550 channels, ALL sports packages and PPV is included at no extra price. only $40 a month and no contract. Just buy a month when you want it. And you always have the free version no matter what. Free version is best for "on demand". Has practically every show and movie ever made. Even exclusives from Netflix, Hulu, HBO, etc.
As of Jan. 2019 Sling TV is the best if you combine it with an AirTV device. The Sling software is just far ahead of the competition and it's the cheapest service. Directv Now has the best overall channel lineup but the software needs improvement.
I think they all suck right now. They still have a long way to go. Vue & Sling still lack too many basic channels while Directv Now lacks basic features such as DVR. I will wait until these services mature a little more before any of them will be able to replace my current TV provider. Saving money is great but at the cost of content, features and overall usability the savings doesn't outweigh all the negatives.
These services are real good options we have to cord cutting BUT they slowly raising their rates like cable. Sling tv used to be $20 but now it’s $25...same with vue used to be $30 now $40
Roy Sears holy crap, you must have the mega package? If you don’t need to save money and rather have all the entertainment you can get, more entertainment to ya. If money was no object, I’d have every channel imaginable except for those church channels.
Good info. I have a high DTV bill for 250 channels of mostly commercials. I'm so old I remember when cable tv was commercial free. My son got the apple TV so I might be changing to that and try out sling.
Great Vid... But the cable companies still gets us... We still have to pay for internet. (Bastards) So with just the basic internet service which sucks.. 40.00 bucks and then with any of these services your reviewing, expect to pay an additional 40.00 bucks.. So I'm right back at 80.00 fucking dollars... Grrr.. Heres my Set up... 1. HD antenna(Free local Hd channels) 2. $50.00 HS Internet 3. My Favorite Media player or Fork... (You know what I'm talking about.) I lose on sports.. but we have to make sacrifices to save... But "to his, his own" Good luck to all, to who wish to cut the cord..
Papa McCheese you're lucky, in my city and area time warner is $69 for the internet and goes up to $100 just internet only! I wanted verse but they don't offer speeds above 3 Mbps in my area. Cable company is still sucking us dry!
Just get a TRULLY unlimited (no caps!) Simple Mobile prepaid phone plan for $50/mo and you can stream all you want, with DirectTVNow.com for $35/mo you get all the normal cable channels, all for a reasonable total cost. Yes it's $85 total with tax included, no hidden fees, which you would have spent or a lot more on the cable crooks, but at least it's completely mobile and the price doesn't fluctuate. You get about 40Mbps down/20Mbps up speed, and I even turned it into a hotspot to run a bunch of other devices off of the phone. A happy camper here. :)
I have sling tv with the amazon fs device and I love it! They have dvr lots of channels and for me Colombian tv which is why I got sling tv no other app offers me that and exelent quality just make sure you have a good internet company cause I’ve seen lots of people complaining about buffering issues! I haven’t had that problem not a single time!! So I’m happy with price and quality!! 😁😁
@techfreshness If you wish to switch to PlayStation Vue, you can use the Pluto TV app to watch live Bloomberg Television. Does Apple TV have a VICELAND app? I'm using that on my Roku to get content, though it's not live. I hope that helps. FYI-GREAT video. Lots of good information. Thanks for the love.😉
Ps vue has changed some since this video... I have it... I love it... just wish they has history channel and paramount and CW... Channel guide take some getting used to... I tried the direct tv now this past wknd, and also it has all the channels, it's so slow and glitchy.. it freezes at times for a second or so and it literally takes anywhere from 3 to 10 seconds for the picture to load up after u change channels...I know three other ppl who say the same thing so I know it's not my Internet speeds.... I'm working with amazon firestick. .... psvue works flawlessly... just needs those channels
yeah man cable is expensive! We have directv at our house and they are the worst. I started at $30 a month but after 6 months promotion was up the price just kept going up and we are almost at $80 monthly now. Big rip off and then when I call them the other day to tell them the satellite isn't getting a signal they said they would have to send a tech out to check it out and that the cost is $99 when the signal loss is not even our fault and there hasn't been any bad weather either. I told them I would rather cancel than pay the $99 and they said well your under a 2 year contract with a year left so if you cancel it's $15 to cancel and $20 a month for the remaining year until your contract is done. Yeah im so done with them. Great review video I'm so going with one of these services once I get out of my directv nightmare.
yeah man its such bs, the promo then jack up contract system is whack and one of the main reasons why i looked for these alternatives. i do love the dtv service but its just too expensive like you say
John Rivera Directv changed once AT&T took over. They got greedy. I've been with them for almost 7 years. A few months ago they. said my bill would be $50 NOPE try $90+. Called back the agent said I should just admit I can't afford my plan. I called again and lowered the plan lost 40 channels and was told the bill is $65. That bill was $89. Called again and was told by lowering my plan all I saved was 2 f**king $ to lose 40 channels!!!Same thing that happened to you happened to me with Comcast. Bill started at $33 went up to $100. Kept calling to ask for a lower bill All I got was attitude. Cut them off on Friday. The next Monday they called me my plan + HBO Cinemax for $29 including the boxes. I told them you see that hole up you a** take you plan and shove it up there. I called them for 6 months for a lower bill and all I got was attitude. I'm so done with cable. All that extra $$ my son to watch Nick ain't worth it. I think I'll try PlayStation vue with Chromecast. I'm a RUclips junkie anyways.
I Know what you mean. I started at 19.99 a month 17 years ago. Now paying 67. They suck when it comes to having the lowest package for California. It should be lower than what we pay now.
John Rivera Most people’s savings strategy goes like this. I’m gonna sit home on the weekend and not go out anymore to save money. So, I cancelled cable and all my movie channels and sold my Xbox. I’m gonna keep my Range Rover and it’s $700/mo payment and $300/mo gas bill to commute to work. Because I don’t drive my range on the weekend, I can save a few miles and it won’t depreciate as much. To entertain myself, I will rewatch my blu ray movies that I paid $20-$25 per movie that I only viewed once or twice. And people gladly bought 4 new releases per month. That’s a $100/mo. to watch 4 movies. Do you know how many trips to the theater or what type of tv package $100 can afford you.
Thanks for the video ... my cable bill is insane and when Im honest about it ... I only watch MAYBE 7-8 channels, time for a change. Thanks for the video, it really helped.
I’m shopping around too for tv! I’m looking either sling tv or fuboTV. Still trying to decide but I know both have dvr settings. Which is a big thing for me. I watch things like Disney channel, USA, mtv, BET, freeform, etc.
I liked the review. I personally had all of them, and I'm probably saying a lot in this post....but U did overlook just 1 of the BIGGEST downsides to having PS Vue. It doesn't have any Viacom channels (Mtv, BET, CC, Vh1, Nick, etc). The only 2 reasons as to why I have PS Vue currently is because it has NBA TV & the NFL Network included + about 60 channels for an estimated $35. To make up for losing Viceland, I just added it as an app. Desus & Mero have full episodes on their RUclips channel 😉
tis a very good point, i did make a point aobut missing channels, just not specifically viacom. but yeha its true, it sucks that there are so many tradeoffs with the channel lineups
thanks ryan. yep, its definitely an adjustment. psvue does have the best DVR ability as you can add shows to 'my shows' but definitely a legitimate concern
We've been using Sling for a while now and don't miss a DVR. Sure it was a nice luxury but all the channels let you stream episodes of most of their shows. Recording sports was nice with a DVR as some channels won't replay games.
yeh, its tough, even with that because my vid camera and youtube compresses and also my editor compresses. but psvue i think is the best quality, but not by a huge amount
I was able to switch to Directv Now when they had the Promo get 100 channels for $35 with no price increase as long as you don't change package. They also included HBO for a Year. And to seal the Deal if you bought 3 Months they give you 4th Gen Apple TV for Free. so that was by far the best deal of all Streaming options. That same package is now $60 a month.
My wife and I were debating whether to cancel cable and just make due with services like these and Netflix but then we discovered the HDHomerun Prime. Its a network tuner for your cable subscription via a cable card. Long story short, it saved us about 50 or 60 bucks because we can now use devices we already have (Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, Amazon Fire TV ext) to watch everything we subscribe to in HD and 5.1 audio.
oh interesting i never heard of that, its just like a 3rd party cable box? you didn't have any issue with getting the cable card from your cable provider then i guess, its been a long time since i had one of those. does it have dvr?
techfreshness Yeah its made by a small company called SiliconDust. Here's a link www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-PRIME-Cable-3-Tuner/dp/B004HKIB6E/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1488555469&sr=1-1&keywords=hdhomerun+prime. As far as the cable card, i had no issue getting one but the issue was trying to get it activated correctly. If its not activated correctly, you wont see all the channels you subscribe to. So I called until i got a rep that knows cable cards because 95% of the reps have no idea a cable card exist it seems lol. And yes it does have DVR but its in beta right now but its very stable. Ive had no issues in the 7 months ive been using it. It does cost 60 bucks to get access to the beta but after its out of beta, you get a free year and then its 60 bucks a year after that i think.
Great video, I'm also really fed up with cable and want to cut the cord like this week bit I was hoping you could answer a question or 2. I definitely need NFL so I want to ask if any of these channels offer the NFL red zone as well as NFL network?
hey darnell, i think psvue just added redzone, you can also watch cbs aired games through their app for another 5 bucks ia month i believe, and fox is on all the ones, sorry i don't follow nfl that closely to know what networks show nfl games, but hope that helps some
sweet, welcome, also sling tv has dvr capabilities now for $5 a month, plus they all have trial periods, so you can try them out on whatever device first see which one you personally like
After streaming from Prime, RUclips TV, Netflix, Pluto TV, Hulu and Sling, I'd say RUclips and Netflix are the best bang for the buck. Sling buffers so much and has so much fluff make it the worse by far. Also, the $$$ value for what you get is poor for Sling compared to YT & Netflix. I throw in Prime as an add on for the other benefits with Amazon. Bottom line get YT with Prime. Avoid Sling. Netflix is a necessary luxury.
Hey! What is your complete setup? can you please do a video on each piece. in the beginning you mentioned you were using apple tv, could I use that projector with one of my shields? I never really understood projectors. your situation looks really cool. great video unfortunately for me direct not on the shield yet but it's tolerable side loaded.
hey b, yeah of course you can use the projector for any device really, the projector just has hdmi inputs, so it essentially works just like a tv/monitor.
I just received sling for free with the purchase of my new Sony television for 3 months it was ok but doesn't Compare to my direc TV dish price Isn't an issue By the time I pay for the Movie channels and the air TV Equipment it's like I'm paying the same price if not more for direc TV dish I pay $70 some dollars for DirecTV dish for me I like the Convenience of DirecTV dish or dish satellite but that's just me just doesn't work for me
Direct TV isn’t even a thing anymore. It was bought bought by AT&T. I started paying $50 and now I pay $70 and not all the channels I started with are available anymore.
why pay for sling ? you can get mobdro has alot of tv shows and news and sports all for free , you can get free flix has tv and movies all for free mobdro has abc nbc cnn you should check it out. maybe you will like it and maybe you wont. maybe you have it. i dont pay any thing to watch tv and movies.
i am getting rid of directv, its all bullshit, theres more infommercial, ad and pay per view channels than anything. I have studied all the alternatives and am now using sling tv, with directv for tv and centurylink for internet combined on one bill it was 120 dollars a month, now i use sling tv and hughesnet together and my total bills are 70 a month, slingtv has every channel we love without all the bs, and for everything else i watch ihave hundreds of other tv and movie sites to watch where the shit is free. Im set for 70 a month
Good information would not pick any of these streaming services over Netflix hulu, have apple nothing so the box would not pick. For me a lot of confirmation on what wont get.
We changed from DirecTV on four TV's for about $200 per month to Playstation VUE because they had the Golf Channel. We are paying about $55 per month for 5 TVs. We are in the Dallas Market so we also get local channels. There are no channels we watched on DirecTV that we don'y get on the Playstation Vue. The only problem we have is it stops and starts a lot. Watching football in unbearable. This is not a result of our internet, because Netflix and other apps come in perfectly on multiple TVs at the same time. Hopefully Playstation Vue will get their act together and fix this..
Ps vue got rid of the select who is vueing at start up. Ive tried out all 3. PS Vue is by far the best. Watch up to 5 tvs at once. Directv allows 2. Sling allows 4 if you get the orange and blue package. Id say PS vue has best picture quality in my opinion.
hey tyler, i 100% agree, i've switched and have been pretty happy. although i still get the select who still screeen, its so annoying, i've treid everything to get it to go away too, i'm using an apple tv what do you use?
I cut the cord and found out I was actually paying more. Cox hooked me up with 220 channels 100 mbps internet and Home phone. for $35.00 more than I was paying for Internet alone. why would I pay $50 or $60 for a lagging streaming TV. Cable companies are starting to combat these streaming services. For one thing Cox informed me they were going to start enforcing the 1 terabyte limit. After that you pay $10.00 for each 500 gb. I was at 1.25 terabyte and I don't do downloading. that was just 2 members of the family streaming PSVUE and Hulu and Netflix.
for the best price point its roku leading the charge with 40$ for 4k support. the walmart version of premier plus is more worth the value with a bluetooth remote.
nice movie room almost as good as mine you need better cable management under the carpet maybe also wheres the popcorn machine? which projector you using ?
good question, its above my stove upstairs ha. i have one from like 1920's, i agree with you need the cable management, i still havent got the audio in yet, but its on its way finally1
I have been researching this too much and I am not sure what system I should go with because I will be leaving cable. I live in Mass. What do you recommend to watch new and past shows of a series? Probably would need a dvr also. And I am not sure between the Apple Tv, Amazon Firestick or Roku. I was thinking to have both Playstation Vue and Sling Tv to cover the channels we want. These are the channels that are important to us: NBC, Food Network, Travel Channel, Syfy, Disney XD, Cooking Channel, History Channel, PBS, Discovery Family, Destination America and Animal Planet.
Update on SlingTV: They have Cloud DVR, limit 50 hours now. Viewing on lap/desktop is through Chrome browser. I go through either PC or Roku box I got free with Sling subscription [don't know if still available]. As for my "DVR", I use a screen capture software and fullscreen on Chrome.
Also how do you get around getting some apps that REQUIRE you to have a major provider? Seems like you can't really watch Starz, HBO, etc live without a major provider.
A Screen that big and that much technology meant to entertain you means you have no social life. Depending on the day I may watch either 2 to 10 hours of TV a day. Weekends are sports and weekdays are some reruns ~ 2 hours. I get 40-50 channels over the air and never look at the majority of them. OTA picture quality is better than cable, satellite or fiber. I get the best picture quality I have seen and I have a 15 year old flat screen tube; perfect 1080i and the audio is better because Sony put kickass sound systems in those big boxes. I would never pay for anything but just Fios again. I signed up for phone/internet bundle and there will be no streaming here for additional money.
I Highly recommend cutting the cord! Sling TV is outstanding at $25 monthly vs DirecTV over $100 monthly + box & HD fees! We got the 2017 Sharp Aquos ROKU TV and a Sling TV Blue subscription. We cut the DirecTV cord & are luvin' every minute of it! Sling TV rocks. We inserted a 16g USB drive & it allows us to pause rewind fast forward up to 90 minutes. AWESOME! This new ROKU formatted Aquos TV is a must for Home Theater fans like us that gotta' have HD & surround sound (640 PCM Digital Stereo encoded with 5.1 matrix.). $25 a month provides our home with exact same channels as we had with DirecTV + a few extra sports channels(Score!). We are 100% glad to be rid of satellite TV. GO SLING TVer's GO!
Hi Tech, 1st off, I don't have a ROKU Box. My TV's a Sharp Aquos ROKU TV, so the feature is built into the set. Very nifty operating system to be sure. Now, to answer your questions.... Yes Sling TV offers rev/ff/rew but not on every channel. Example: EPIX Channels all allow the pause rewind fforward feature. I haven't inventoried every channel in my Blue pak yet for those features, but, l found some do, some don't. DVR Cloud feature is coming soon to Sling TV & that'll change everything! Now, I'm not sure how the Orange pak runs? But for $25 the Blue channel pak is unbeatable. ~peace
ah cool ok, man thats a good tv, maybe these softwares built into tv's are finally getting to be a usable state (ie, not slow as molasses) so the built in roku tv lets you pause what programming exactly, still little confused how it works ha
Getting an Apple TV for my living room. The mirroring is the main reason why-since I do the majority of my work, surfing, etc. on my iPad. I think the Sling TV format is very nice, as far as guide layout and navigation-better than PlayStation Vue, imo. The lack of DVR recording, single-source streams and video quality when watching sports (30 fps) were deal breakers for me, though I'm quite sure that Sling will fix that in the future.
We have to have DVR or full On Demand and it has to be multi-room, all 4 major networks, 4 simultaneous steams minimum and Tennis Channel Live .. any suggestions? Nice video .. "but' .. I'm not ready for a turd sandwich pseudo cable. Unfortunately, our cable TV bill (2 phone lines, 100/100 Mbps, and Cable with 12 channel Multi-room DVR) exceeds $300/mo with every HD channel you can think of and add to that every Premium channel. I was considering DirecTV .. we must have Tennis Channel Live (we also have Tennis Channel on Demand). Streaming doesn't concern me .. we have unlimited data and also have Netflix, HULU, RUclips Red and Amazon.
whew, yeah i agree with you, i wish there was something sans cable that met all of those requirements. unfort, you are right, its just turd sandwich pseudo cable for the most part at the moment, but i do think we are getting close. i almost passed out at your cable bill. ha, but thats luxury living, cuz you have every channel possible which is nice!
hey budd, thanks for the comparison. I been using sling now for 1 year plus, and they keep adding more channels, packages, and features. They added the DVR for 5$ extra a month to record 50 hours, i like the international selection since im from europe and like seeing whats over sees. When i started watching sling they didnt have NBCSN, thats where the premiere league soccer matches are on, but i messaged them a few times and they added the channel, i was really happy. Im never going to cable again.
I just got RUclips tv and really like it all the local channels which yea I could get free with antenna but then I gotta worry about it freezing and the picture cutting in and out and if one station is good another might not be I don’t want the hassle especially if I’m watching a show I don’t wanna be bothered by something also i like to have everything in one place and not have to switch back and forth from different apps or inputs I researched all of the company’s and so far I have it down too directv now and yttv I’ll have to wait to try directv now as I need a Apple TV First yttv app is built into my tv as of now I really need cw and mtv and the only one to have that is directv now I just hope there service is good and not crappy because yttv is solid no buffers no drop outs nothing and it just works
We've been Vue customers since April of 2017. I'm really impressed with the visual quality of streaming. We gave up Dish satellite for two main reasons. 1) We hated when we have bad weather, the signal either drops when we desperately need weather info or it gets covered in snow, and cleaning it isn't fun when it's 15 feet above your head. 2) We weren't about to pay $80.02/month. Yeah, I had channels on there that i loved, such as the Weather Channel, but we've since gotten weather radios. I love that our bill was slashed by nearly half with Vue. I'm considering Directv Now because I get TWC and some other channels that Vue doesn't have yet. Vue is still just barely younger than toddler stage, but come on. Directv Now already has TWC and History Channel.
hey texan, great comment. lots of good points there. yeah i've actually switched to vue myself and been happy. i recently just tried dtv now but i did not like the interface at all and the picture quality seemed slightly slightly worse. i wish vue was $35 bucks though, its worth 40, but 35 makes it a great value. have you considered seeing if there was a twc or history channel app you could use to supplement?
We got the Roku Premiere+ special with Sling a couple weeks ago. I must say, compared to Amazon tv (and your Apple tv), I really like Roku's newest box. Remote is really nice, no spindle, it's like an actual remote for a regular cable box. We also have an Amazon tv stick, and dang the remote is hard to work with compared to all the others IMO. We'll probably upgrade to Vue, as it seems to be the most 'bang for your buck with sports stations, discovery channels, including animal planet, which Sling doesn't have. Great video man, nice production.
I always think that we're saving even more, no matter what streaming service we get, because there are no tacked on taxes/broadcast? fees/box rental fees. It used to be $30 per month just for DVR and 3 fricken "unscramble boxes" that you have to pay for, just because they're greedy, for every tv in the house.
yeh its definitely a good way to free yourself of all those stupid kind of fees, i just got fed up with it. i'm glad you are enjoying your roku box, people really like them and i think it be my first choice after the appletv. vue is definitely the best service out there right now
Someone help. How closets live TV is this. Say I had a friend watching a game two hours away and we are texting over a TV show. How close is it to live TV like spectrum or regular DirecTV
Good video. I'd like to know your monthly data usage tho. If you're just watching a couple of tvs in the house it shouldn't matter but what if you're watching cable channels, netflix, youtube, and gaming etc. Could going over your cap cost you as much as having a cable/Internet bundle?
hey dion, the data usage is definitely a concern for those with datacaps...i mention about it towards the end of the video, i use very close to 1tb of data a month which is what my limit is. so yeah if you leave the tv on all day everyday you most definitely gonna run into those situations.
Pretty sure any of these streaming services eat up your internet. So at the end of the month you need unlimited internet and will have to pay more. Unless you don't watch tv or barely stream at all.
Direct TV now Sucks when it comes to live streaming, I have strong WiFi signal and when watching sports and streaming TV shows it constantly buffers and disconnects...dont know why anyone would cut cable loose for this crap!...what to save a lil 💰 money, cable is way more reliable..
it definitely is, not for the faint of heart ha. for me its the principal of it, but yeh sports is a huge issue, can't even watch a big game on espn app, it will just be constantly frozen. i know they purposely make teh experience bad, but one day it will hopefully all flip for the better
I tried out PS Vue and the mobile restrictions were really annoying. Have you tried RUclips's TV service yet? I'm wondering how these compare to it. I really wish TiVo would come out with a service like this. Back when I had cable TV, their DVR's were the best.
I love that projector screen setup that you have to watch movies, like your own movie theater. Can you tell us the brand and specs of the projector please? I’m thinking about building one at my house
BTW I don't work for Cox. I just think that streaming TV is being hyped up and its not really a good deal unless you just hate cable companies so bad you are willing to pay more. It now truly a la carte because you can't actually choose only the channels you want.
yeah it really depends on your personal situation, i tend to agree with what you are saying, some of these packages are just as expensive as cable! and the quality is lower
I just don't know what to do, I know one thing my cable bill started at $140 now its pushing almost $220 and I got rid of two boxes. Even if I pay 70 for internet and 70 for a plan it's still cheaper, the problem, all sports, good dvr and channel loss, the problem of cutting the cord is direct TV still gets my money from dtvn, and dish gets it from sling so y can't I just get that plan from them in the first place withe the dvr capabilities. It's just crazy to me we can't just have something perfect for a fair price can't even get local channels that are free on a antenna on most services.
I've been doing Vue for about a month, (used to be a DirecTV subscriber for 7 years but switched after they refused to lower my bill). Vue is okay but has some annoyances for me. #1 is it crashes fairly often. I'll be watching TV and it just stops. I think it might be my internet though as I am watching through an Invidia Shield and when I back out the Shield won't connect to anything. I restart my Shield and all is well. Doesn't bother me that much but it really bugs my wife and she just wants something simple like DirecTV used to be. #2 I don't like that you can't just remove the channels you don't watch from the guide. It puts your "My Channels" first but all the other channels are still there at the far right. #3 I don't like that the channels are listed alphabetically instead of by channel number. But I guess there aren't really channel numbers via the internet. #4 We find that a lot of times the last minute or so of a TV show is cut off when you watch via DVR.
my slingtv will crash once in awhile, but i didn't have the issue with vue. i have heard about the dvr issue from others too. the whole internet app tv system is a little rough around the edges for sure. if crashing is your main issue you could maybe try a new router?
For an update since this video was made, Directv Now has since released a cloud DVR. I used to be a Sling subscriber and I can tell you I liked the Sling cloud DVR better. I made the switch to Ditrctv Now though back when they first launched because they offered the Go Big package at an introductory price of $35 a month and Dtv Now offers way more sports channels and my local ABC, CBS & FOX stations so I get my local college sports. And since I'm a huge college football fan, that's a must (when I was on Sling I used an antenna for my local stations but because I'm so far from the towers my signal would cut out at times). Sling overs 50 hours of cloud DVR for $5 a month (since I was a beta tester I was rewarded with 100 hours of cloud DVR for free. Yeah, very nice). That's also another mark against the Dtv Now cloud DVR, currently you only get 20 hours a month and they raised the service $5 a month since the release of the DVR (and I was a beta tester for the cloud DVR and get the same lame 20 hours. Trust me, I've been in thier ear about this one numerous times). Over all I'm very satisfied with Directv Now for what I want and what I have to pay. As the guy in the video stated, if your just looking for a few good channels to watch Sling tv is great also.
hey shawn, thanks for the comment, there have been a bunch of changes for sure since this vid. i actually was using psvue for awhile and was liking that much better and preferred the UI over dtv, which was giving me issues with my login for some reason. then they raised their prices 5 bucks so i cancelled it. i can't believe psvue would already be looking to raise their prices already. so now i don't use anything, as i don't need it that bad, at 45 bucks a month i'm back up to regular cable prices, they really pissed me off. glad you are liking the dtv though, sounds like its working at for you at least1
I"m dumping Sony Vue and just keeping netflix, hulu, and Amazon. I found Vue VERY often cut off the last few moments of the tv shows that I saved in DVR, which REALLY SUCKED. With Hulu I don't get that problem. Cheers.
wow yikes, i didn't notice that but good to know thanks for commenting about it. There is no excuse for that kind of crap! Maybe youtube tv will be great.
So I'm a HUGE DirecTVNow fan! Timing is everything. I took advantage of a few promotions they had back in January. They offered the "Go Big" package ($60) for the "Live a Little" price ($35) AND if you paid for 3 months in advance, you rec'd a 32GB Apple TV! Oh, and I called and was told, that price is not going to change! Initially, there was constant freezing, had to get out of the app and go back in but I haven't had any problems like that in a long time. I have SlingTV and wanted to compare. Although SlingTV has more on demand selections, because of the promo, I have double the channels for the same price and my local sports channel. I'm not too worried about a DVR, I cut the cord almost two years ago and haven't looked back. They do say DVR is in their future. Honestly, I'm leaning towards cancelling SlingTV. The only app I could sign in to when asked for a "service provider" was Watch ESPN and it froze all the time. One thing's for sure, I'll NEVER have cable tv again!
I've tried them all and I've settled on PS Vue. It's the only service that offers DVR, the only service that offers up to 5 streams and it connects to a ton of provider apps. Sling is pretty comparable but DirecTV Now is lousy as it offers only a handful of apps that you can use your credentials through.
That's not to say that Vue is perfect. Last Friday night I wanted to watch a show on HBO that was streaming at the time and it's set as one of my saved shows but I wasn't able to rewind to the beginning while it was still recording. This is something I do often with DirecTV especially with content on ABC or NBC so that I can be far enough back that I can skip commercials. That is of course until I catch up with real time and have to suffer through it from there.
However, it's not a deal breaker as most everything my family and I watch is on demand and/or via a DVR recording.
My biggest problem with Sling was going to the main screen stopped everything. I also didn't like that some channels could be paused/rewound and others couldn't. DirecTV Now is basically a joke. It has constant buffering issues, the UI is WAY too simplified and, as you pointed out, it doesn't follow the Apple design rules for rewinding and fast forwarding.
The good news is that consumers are finally in the driver's seat again thanks to all of these options that don't require a contract.
yep yep you make some great points. unfort no perfect service yet unfortunately. maybe this youtube tv will be good, but then again i'm not holding my breath since it will probably miss a couple channels here and there, guess we'll see
Mark Langston Dtvnow is what I have. Psvue doesn't even have a good guide. And it has no Viacom channels. It offers less channels than sling, yet it's more expensive. Dtvnow Guide is JUST like a regular cable guide, which is what I Love! And I love that it's simplified. That just means it's simple to use. I've had no problems with dtvnow. You say it's a joke but it offers the most channels out of the three. Yeah it sucks you can only stream on two devices but they have said that they're working on making it to where you can stream on more than two devices. Anyways I love Dtvnow and I highly recommend it to ANYONE Who is looking to switch.
@Krazy Muzik PlayStation Vue has a guide on its mobile formats. I have it on my iPad & iPhone. There's no guide on the Roku app, which I agree, is a bit of a pain in the ass. Hopefully, as they improve service, the guide will become a part of the viewing experience. Here's hoping...
I wouldn't say DTV Now is a joke. It's just too new. I'm sure it'll improve as time goes on. But, for now, I'm digging the PlayStation Vue.
Im also using PS Vue because DVR for all my favorite shows is awesome and the quality is great. The biggest reason I got it was because it was the only that offered Comcast sports network so I could watch all my Warriors game!
Directv Now is pretty cool live TV streaming service for people that want a no contract service. In my opinion DTV Now is better because they have by far more channel availability than the other live TV streaming services, specifically if you like football and sports overall hands down DTV Now is the best. Also, if you have AT&T for your cell phones under their New Unlimited Plans, you get an additional discount of $15 off the DTV Now packages for life. This to me sounds like a no brainer. I literally paying $30 a month for TV services. Pretty awesome.
Stellar Tv on Facebook has over 550 channels and includes ALL sports packages and ppv at no extra fee. It's only $40 a month and just buy it when you want. There's no contract. All HD. They have a free version too.
I personally think that @SlingTV is the best!
Perfect timing. I want to cut the cord or at least reduce our cable bill. I have not looked at any of these options so this has been very helpful. I enjoy your videos as you go into depth about the product and the pros and cons. Thanks for uploading...
great! glad it was enlightening
Bobby Taylor Stellar Tv on Facebook has a free version and a pay version. The pay version has over 550 channels, ALL sports packages and PPV is included at no extra price. only $40 a month and no contract. Just buy a month when you want it. And you always have the free version no matter what. Free version is best for "on demand". Has practically every show and movie ever made. Even exclusives from Netflix, Hulu, HBO, etc.
confused, what is that a box?
techfreshness yes. Streaming.
does it provide hd channels? If so, how many?
As of Jan. 2019 Sling TV is the best if you combine it with an AirTV device. The Sling software is just far ahead of the competition and it's the cheapest service. Directv Now has the best overall channel lineup but the software needs improvement.
I think they all suck right now. They still have a long way to go. Vue & Sling still lack too many basic channels while Directv Now lacks basic features such as DVR.
I will wait until these services mature a little more before any of them will be able to replace my current TV provider. Saving money is great but at the cost of content, features and overall usability the savings doesn't outweigh all the negatives.
yeh i think i agree with you, they all have a lot of tradeoffs no matter who you go with. great comment
These services are real good options we have to cord cutting BUT they slowly raising their rates like cable. Sling tv used to be $20 but now it’s $25...same with vue used to be $30 now $40
Great video. I'm currently paying 250 a month in a cable bill
*falls over
I have a bridge in NYC I'm trying to sell. Goes great with your TV
Sounds about right, Direct TV bill was $280 for us.
and if it serves your household better than all of these builds, then that is all that matters
Roy Sears holy crap, you must have the mega package? If you don’t need to save money and rather have all the entertainment you can get, more entertainment to ya. If money was no object, I’d have every channel imaginable except for those church channels.
Good info. I have a high DTV bill for 250 channels of mostly commercials. I'm so old I remember when cable tv was commercial free. My son got the apple TV so I might be changing to that and try out sling.
Are you saying I can't watch Sling TV on my iMac desktop through a web browser like Safari/Firefox?
$25 for your Sling, but I bet your internet service cost is up there. Especially using Comcast/Xfinity
i pay only 40 bucks a month actually on promo
Great Vid... But the cable companies still gets us... We still have to pay for internet. (Bastards)
So with just the basic internet service which sucks.. 40.00 bucks and then with any of these services your reviewing, expect to pay an additional 40.00 bucks..
So I'm right back at 80.00 fucking dollars... Grrr..
Heres my Set up...
1. HD antenna(Free local Hd channels)
2. $50.00 HS Internet
3. My Favorite Media player or Fork... (You know what I'm talking about.)
I lose on sports.. but we have to make sacrifices to save... But "to his, his own"
Good luck to all, to who wish to cut the cord..
Papa McCheese that data cap thing he was talking about kinda bother me. It's like they are restricting us.
Papa McCheese you're lucky, in my city and area time warner is $69 for the internet and goes up to $100 just internet only! I wanted verse but they don't offer speeds above 3 Mbps in my area. Cable company is still sucking us dry!
Just get a TRULLY unlimited (no caps!) Simple Mobile prepaid phone plan for $50/mo and you can stream all you want, with DirectTVNow.com for $35/mo you get all the normal cable channels, all for a reasonable total cost.
Yes it's $85 total with tax included, no hidden fees, which you would have spent or a lot more on the cable crooks, but at least it's completely mobile and the price doesn't fluctuate.
You get about 40Mbps down/20Mbps up speed, and I even turned it into a hotspot to run a bunch of other devices off of the phone. A happy camper here. :)
Your house looks like my house
I have sling tv with the amazon fs device and I love it! They have dvr lots of channels and for me Colombian tv which is why I got sling tv no other app offers me that and exelent quality just make sure you have a good internet company cause I’ve seen lots of people complaining about buffering issues! I haven’t had that problem not a single time!! So I’m happy with price and quality!! 😁😁
Thanks for helping me understand how to save on my cable bills.
70 dollars a month you may as well keep direct TV satellite . I like a normal android tv box because I like to side load APKs to watch free movies.
@techfreshness If you wish to switch to PlayStation Vue, you can use the Pluto TV app to watch live Bloomberg Television. Does Apple TV have a VICELAND app? I'm using that on my Roku to get content, though it's not live. I hope that helps. FYI-GREAT video. Lots of good information. Thanks for the love.😉
apple tv does have the viceland app. thanks for the tip on pluto tv
Direct Tv or whatever cable Tv is basically them streaming you the content it's crazy.
The greatest overview I've seen so far on the 3 services! Thanks and keep up the great work!
Ps vue has changed some since this video... I have it... I love it... just wish they has history channel and paramount and CW... Channel guide take some getting used to... I tried the direct tv now this past wknd, and also it has all the channels, it's so slow and glitchy.. it freezes at times for a second or so and it literally takes anywhere from 3 to 10 seconds for the picture to load up after u change channels...I know three other ppl who say the same thing so I know it's not my Internet speeds.... I'm working with amazon firestick. .... psvue works flawlessly... just needs those channels
yeah man cable is expensive! We have directv at our house and they are the worst. I started at $30 a month but after 6 months promotion was up the price just kept going up and we are almost at $80 monthly now. Big rip off and then when I call them the other day to tell them the satellite isn't getting a signal they said they would have to send a tech out to check it out and that the cost is $99 when the signal loss is not even our fault and there hasn't been any bad weather either. I told them I would rather cancel than pay the $99 and they said well your under a 2 year contract with a year left so if you cancel it's $15 to cancel and $20 a month for the remaining year until your contract is done. Yeah im so done with them. Great review video I'm so going with one of these services once I get out of my directv nightmare.
yeah man its such bs, the promo then jack up contract system is whack and one of the main reasons why i looked for these alternatives. i do love the dtv service but its just too expensive like you say
John Rivera Directv changed once AT&T took over. They got greedy. I've been with them for almost 7 years. A few months ago they. said my bill would be $50 NOPE try $90+. Called back the agent said I should just admit I can't afford my plan. I called again and lowered the plan lost 40 channels and was told the bill is $65. That bill was $89. Called again and was told by lowering my plan all I saved was 2 f**king $ to lose 40 channels!!!Same thing that happened to you happened to me with Comcast. Bill started at $33 went up to $100. Kept calling to ask for a lower bill All I got was attitude. Cut them off on Friday. The next Monday they called me my plan + HBO Cinemax for $29 including the boxes. I told them you see that hole up you a** take you plan and shove it up there. I called them for 6 months for a lower bill and all I got was attitude. I'm so done with cable. All that extra $$ my son to watch Nick ain't worth it. I think I'll try PlayStation vue with Chromecast. I'm a RUclips junkie anyways.
Get DirectTVNow, works great for only $35/mo.
I Know what you mean. I started at 19.99 a month 17 years ago. Now paying 67. They suck when it comes to having the lowest package for California. It should be lower than what we pay now.
John Rivera Most people’s savings strategy goes like this. I’m gonna sit home on the weekend and not go out anymore to save money. So, I cancelled cable and all my movie channels and sold my Xbox. I’m gonna keep my Range Rover and it’s $700/mo payment and $300/mo gas bill to commute to work. Because I don’t drive my range on the weekend, I can save a few miles and it won’t depreciate as much. To entertain myself, I will rewatch my blu ray movies that I paid $20-$25 per movie that I only viewed once or twice. And people gladly bought 4 new releases per month. That’s a $100/mo. to watch 4 movies. Do you know how many trips to the theater or what type of tv package $100 can afford you.
Thanks for the video ... my cable bill is insane and when Im honest about it ... I only watch MAYBE 7-8 channels, time for a change. Thanks for the video, it really helped.
I’m shopping around too for tv! I’m looking either sling tv or fuboTV. Still trying to decide but I know both have dvr settings. Which is a big thing for me. I watch things like Disney channel, USA, mtv, BET, freeform, etc.
I liked the review. I personally had all of them, and I'm probably saying a lot in this post....but U did overlook just 1 of the BIGGEST downsides to having PS Vue. It doesn't have any Viacom channels (Mtv, BET, CC, Vh1, Nick, etc). The only 2 reasons as to why I have PS Vue currently is because it has NBA TV & the NFL Network included + about 60 channels for an estimated $35. To make up for losing Viceland, I just added it as an app. Desus & Mero have full episodes on their RUclips channel 😉
tis a very good point, i did make a point aobut missing channels, just not specifically viacom. but yeha its true, it sucks that there are so many tradeoffs with the channel lineups
You can cast your laptop screen of chrome through Google Cast and you get true 4k with the Android TV boxes.
This was a great video! My concern is the true lack of DVR. I use that all of the time.
thanks ryan. yep, its definitely an adjustment. psvue does have the best DVR ability as you can add shows to 'my shows' but definitely a legitimate concern
DVR coming to Sling. It's in beta testing right now.
yep yep, should be good hopefully, all the competition is great. even youtube tv coming out soon
We've been using Sling for a while now and don't miss a DVR. Sure it was a nice luxury but all the channels let you stream episodes of most of their shows. Recording sports was nice with a DVR as some channels won't replay games.
This was a great video, but please turn off the lights so we can get a general look at the image quality and detail
yeh, its tough, even with that because my vid camera and youtube compresses and also my editor compresses. but psvue i think is the best quality, but not by a huge amount
I was able to switch to Directv Now when they had the Promo get 100 channels for $35 with no price increase as long as you don't change package. They also included HBO for a Year. And to seal the Deal if you bought 3 Months they give you 4th Gen Apple TV for Free. so that was by far the best deal of all Streaming options. That same package is now $60 a month.
The $35 promo is till running (or maybe came back).
My wife and I were debating whether to cancel cable and just make due with services like these and Netflix but then we discovered the HDHomerun Prime. Its a network tuner for your cable subscription via a cable card. Long story short, it saved us about 50 or 60 bucks because we can now use devices we already have (Apple TV, Nvidia Shield, Amazon Fire TV ext) to watch everything we subscribe to in HD and 5.1 audio.
oh interesting i never heard of that, its just like a 3rd party cable box? you didn't have any issue with getting the cable card from your cable provider then i guess, its been a long time since i had one of those. does it have dvr?
techfreshness Yeah its made by a small company called SiliconDust. Here's a link www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-PRIME-Cable-3-Tuner/dp/B004HKIB6E/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1488555469&sr=1-1&keywords=hdhomerun+prime.
As far as the cable card, i had no issue getting one but the issue was trying to get it activated correctly. If its not activated correctly, you wont see all the channels you subscribe to. So I called until i got a rep that knows cable cards because 95% of the reps have no idea a cable card exist it seems lol.
And yes it does have DVR but its in beta right now but its very stable. Ive had no issues in the 7 months ive been using it. It does cost 60 bucks to get access to the beta but after its out of beta, you get a free year and then its 60 bucks a year after that i think.
Great video, I'm also really fed up with cable and want to cut the cord like this week bit I was hoping you could answer a question or 2. I definitely need NFL so I want to ask if any of these channels offer the NFL red zone as well as NFL network?
hey darnell, i think psvue just added redzone, you can also watch cbs aired games through their app for another 5 bucks ia month i believe, and fox is on all the ones, sorry i don't follow nfl that closely to know what networks show nfl games, but hope that helps some
techfreshness thanks for the info
Very informative!!!learned enough to make a decision finally!!!🤦🏽♀️Thanks!!!:)
sweet, welcome, also sling tv has dvr capabilities now for $5 a month, plus they all have trial periods, so you can try them out on whatever device first see which one you personally like
After streaming from Prime, RUclips TV, Netflix, Pluto TV, Hulu and
Sling, I'd say RUclips and Netflix are the best bang for the buck. Sling
buffers so much and has so much fluff make it the worse by far. Also,
the $$$ value for what you get is poor for Sling compared to YT &
Netflix. I throw in Prime as an add on for the other benefits with
Amazon. Bottom line get YT with Prime. Avoid Sling. Netflix is a
necessary luxury.
I Do not like That Sling Tv does not offer FoxNews
Thank goodness I saw your reply. I didn't get SlingTV because of that. It's silly not to have it for whatever the reason
Great breakdown video and beautiful tech, just subbed!!
yes! thank you
Hey! What is your complete setup? can you please do a video on each piece. in the beginning you mentioned you were using apple tv, could I use that projector with one of my shields? I never really understood projectors. your situation looks really cool. great video unfortunately for me direct not on the shield yet but it's tolerable side loaded.
hey b, yeah of course you can use the projector for any device really, the projector just has hdmi inputs, so it essentially works just like a tv/monitor.
techfreshness Okay Cool, Thanks.
I just received sling for free with the purchase of my new Sony television for 3 months it was ok but doesn't Compare to my direc TV dish price Isn't an issue By the time I pay for the Movie channels and the air TV Equipment it's like I'm paying the same price if not more for direc TV dish I pay $70 some dollars for DirecTV dish for me I like the Convenience of DirecTV dish or dish satellite but that's just me just doesn't work for me
Direct TV isn’t even a thing anymore. It was bought bought by AT&T. I started paying $50 and now I pay $70 and not all the channels I started with are available anymore.
why pay for sling ? you can get mobdro has alot of tv shows and news and sports all for free , you can get free flix has tv and movies all for free mobdro has abc nbc cnn you should check it out. maybe you will like it and maybe you wont. maybe you have it. i dont pay any thing to watch tv and movies.
Hi, Thanks for video.
Can You make tutorial video How to set Screen monitor into the Wall?
I have difficulties of it
Sling and Directv are the only services that give you the Viacom channels also
Good video. I just cut the cable. And I'm looking to get a service I'm actually thinking of PlayStation vue.
Great video, but, turn off the room lights and do it all over
Try Philo tv also
the only bad thing is this requires wifi. There a rising concern about the dangers of wifi signals on the human body.
i am getting rid of directv, its all bullshit, theres more infommercial, ad and pay per view channels than anything. I have studied all the alternatives and am now using sling tv, with directv for tv and centurylink for internet combined on one bill it was 120 dollars a month, now i use sling tv and hughesnet together and my total bills are 70 a month, slingtv has every channel we love without all the bs, and for everything else i watch ihave hundreds of other tv and movie sites to watch where the shit is free. Im set for 70 a month
there you go man good moves
Get DirectTVNow, works great for only $35/mo.
Homie, that media room👏😄
Good information would not pick any of these streaming services over Netflix hulu, have apple nothing so the box would not pick. For me a lot of confirmation on what wont get.
yeah i suppose its only if you want locals or some specific channels.
We changed from DirecTV on four TV's for about $200 per month to Playstation VUE because they had the Golf Channel. We are paying about $55 per month for 5 TVs. We are in the Dallas Market so we also get local channels. There are no channels we watched on DirecTV that we don'y get on the Playstation Vue. The only problem we have is it stops and starts a lot. Watching football in unbearable. This is not a result of our internet, because Netflix and other apps come in perfectly on multiple TVs at the same time. Hopefully Playstation Vue will get their act together and fix this..
Ps vue got rid of the select who is vueing at start up. Ive tried out all 3. PS Vue is by far the best. Watch up to 5 tvs at once. Directv allows 2. Sling allows 4 if you get the orange and blue package. Id say PS vue has best picture quality in my opinion.
hey tyler, i 100% agree, i've switched and have been pretty happy. although i still get the select who still screeen, its so annoying, i've treid everything to get it to go away too, i'm using an apple tv what do you use?
techfreshness , i use my TCL-Roku tv. Or i use amazon fire stick, roku stream device and google chromecast.
Cuttin the cord. Was deciding between Sling, Fubo, & PS Vue. Went with PS because they offered ALL the local stations. Ha! I'm in San Antonio.
I cut the cord and found out I was actually paying more. Cox hooked me up with 220 channels 100 mbps internet and Home phone. for $35.00 more than I was paying for Internet alone. why would I pay $50 or $60 for a lagging streaming TV. Cable companies are starting to combat these streaming services. For one thing Cox informed me they were going to start enforcing the 1 terabyte limit. After that you pay $10.00 for each 500 gb. I was at 1.25 terabyte and I don't do downloading. that was just 2 members of the family streaming PSVUE and Hulu and Netflix.
Apple TV is shit for playing MKVs though, no?
for the best price point its roku leading the charge with 40$ for 4k support. the walmart version of premier plus is more worth the value with a bluetooth remote.
Spectrum is forced and upsale so I’m gonna switch
I get 8000 channels includinng ppv for $39 mycapturepage.com/starfort96
nice movie room almost as good as mine you need better cable management under the carpet maybe also wheres the popcorn machine? which projector you using ?
good question, its above my stove upstairs ha. i have one from like 1920's, i agree with you need the cable management, i still havent got the audio in yet, but its on its way finally1
I have been researching this too much and I am not sure what system I should go with because I will be leaving cable. I live in Mass. What do you recommend to watch new and past shows of a series? Probably would need a dvr also. And I am not sure between the Apple Tv, Amazon Firestick or Roku. I was thinking to have both Playstation Vue and Sling Tv to cover the channels we want. These are the channels that are important to us: NBC, Food Network, Travel Channel, Syfy, Disney XD, Cooking Channel, History Channel, PBS, Discovery Family, Destination America and Animal Planet.
Update on SlingTV: They have Cloud DVR, limit 50 hours now. Viewing on lap/desktop is through Chrome browser. I go through either PC or Roku box I got free with Sling subscription [don't know if still available]. As for my "DVR", I use a screen capture software and fullscreen on Chrome.
Also how do you get around getting some apps that REQUIRE you to have a major provider? Seems like you can't really watch Starz, HBO, etc live without a major provider.
A Screen that big and that much technology meant to entertain you means you have no social life. Depending on the day I may watch either 2 to 10 hours of TV a day. Weekends are sports and weekdays are some reruns ~ 2 hours.
I get 40-50 channels over the air and never look at the majority of them. OTA picture quality is better than cable, satellite or fiber. I get the best picture quality I have seen and I have a 15 year old flat screen tube; perfect 1080i and the audio is better because Sony put kickass sound systems in those big boxes. I would never pay for anything but just Fios again. I signed up for phone/internet bundle and there will be no streaming here for additional money.
I Highly recommend cutting the cord!
Sling TV is outstanding at $25 monthly
vs
DirecTV over $100 monthly + box & HD fees!
We got the 2017 Sharp Aquos ROKU TV
and a Sling TV Blue subscription.
We cut the DirecTV cord & are luvin' every minute of it!
Sling TV rocks.
We inserted a 16g USB drive & it allows us to pause
rewind fast forward up to 90 minutes.
AWESOME!
This new ROKU formatted Aquos TV is a must for
Home Theater fans like us that gotta' have HD
& surround sound (640 PCM Digital Stereo encoded with 5.1 matrix.).
$25 a month provides our home with exact same channels
as we had with DirecTV + a few extra sports channels(Score!).
We are 100% glad to be rid of satellite TV.
GO SLING TVer's GO!
yep those roku boxes are great. but can you explain how the roku is allowing you to pause/ff/rew? it allows you to do that on the sling tv app?
Hi Tech,
1st off, I don't have a ROKU Box.
My TV's a Sharp Aquos ROKU TV, so the feature
is built into the set.
Very nifty operating system to be sure.
Now, to answer your questions....
Yes Sling TV offers rev/ff/rew but not on every channel.
Example:
EPIX Channels all allow the pause rewind fforward feature.
I haven't inventoried every channel in my Blue pak yet for those
features, but, l found some do, some don't.
DVR Cloud feature is coming soon to Sling TV & that'll change everything!
Now, I'm not sure how the Orange pak runs?
But for $25 the Blue channel pak is unbeatable.
~peace
ah cool ok, man thats a good tv, maybe these softwares built into tv's are finally getting to be a usable state (ie, not slow as molasses)
so the built in roku tv lets you pause what programming exactly, still little confused how it works ha
Nice screen bro!
Getting an Apple TV for my living room. The mirroring is the main reason why-since I do the majority of my work, surfing, etc. on my iPad. I think the Sling TV format is very nice, as far as guide layout and navigation-better than PlayStation Vue, imo. The lack of DVR recording, single-source streams and video quality when watching sports (30 fps) were deal breakers for me, though I'm quite sure that Sling will fix that in the future.
This video was excellent. I'm currently using DirecTv Now with an Apple TV and am very pleased, but still great to know the other options available.
We have to have DVR or full On Demand and it has to be multi-room, all 4 major networks, 4 simultaneous steams minimum and Tennis Channel Live .. any suggestions?
Nice video .. "but' .. I'm not ready for a turd sandwich pseudo cable. Unfortunately, our cable TV bill (2 phone lines, 100/100 Mbps, and Cable with 12 channel Multi-room DVR) exceeds $300/mo with every HD channel you can think of and add to that every Premium channel.
I was considering DirecTV .. we must have Tennis Channel Live (we also have Tennis Channel on Demand). Streaming doesn't concern me .. we have unlimited data and also have Netflix, HULU, RUclips Red and Amazon.
whew, yeah i agree with you, i wish there was something sans cable that met all of those requirements. unfort, you are right, its just turd sandwich pseudo cable for the most part at the moment, but i do think we are getting close. i almost passed out at your cable bill. ha, but thats luxury living, cuz you have every channel possible which is nice!
Well PS vue just went up $10 on all of their packages. So now they aren't worth it based on channels you get
Why does PS Vue have a better guide than Dish?
ha yeah good fing question
My apple tv doesn't have direct tn now!!
hey budd, thanks for the comparison. I been using sling now for 1 year plus, and they keep adding more channels, packages, and features. They added the DVR for 5$ extra a month to record 50 hours, i like the international selection since im from europe and like seeing whats over sees. When i started watching sling they didnt have NBCSN, thats where the premiere league soccer matches are on, but i messaged them a few times and they added the channel, i was really happy. Im never going to cable again.
I just got RUclips tv and really like it all the local channels which yea I could get free with antenna but then I gotta worry about it freezing and the picture cutting in and out and if one station is good another might not be I don’t want the hassle especially if I’m watching a show I don’t wanna be bothered by something also i like to have everything in one place and not have to switch back and forth from different apps or inputs I researched all of the company’s and so far I have it down too directv now and yttv I’ll have to wait to try directv now as I need a Apple TV First yttv app is built into my tv as of now I really need cw and mtv and the only one to have that is directv now I just hope there service is good and not crappy because yttv is solid no buffers no drop outs nothing and it just works
Where are you getting the PlayStation Vue guide from? It's not on the app in Roku. Is it available using Apple TV???
I hate that I can’t watch Monday night raw at 5 but it’s a sacrifice I made but other than that I love the Vue
We've been Vue customers since April of 2017. I'm really impressed with the visual quality of streaming. We gave up Dish satellite for two main reasons. 1) We hated when we have bad weather, the signal either drops when we desperately need weather info or it gets covered in snow, and cleaning it isn't fun when it's 15 feet above your head. 2) We weren't about to pay $80.02/month. Yeah, I had channels on there that i loved, such as the Weather Channel, but we've since gotten weather radios. I love that our bill was slashed by nearly half with Vue. I'm considering Directv Now because I get TWC and some other channels that Vue doesn't have yet. Vue is still just barely younger than toddler stage, but come on. Directv Now already has TWC and History Channel.
hey texan, great comment. lots of good points there. yeah i've actually switched to vue myself and been happy. i recently just tried dtv now but i did not like the interface at all and the picture quality seemed slightly slightly worse. i wish vue was $35 bucks though, its worth 40, but 35 makes it a great value. have you considered seeing if there was a twc or history channel app you could use to supplement?
We got the Roku Premiere+ special with Sling a couple weeks ago. I must say, compared to Amazon tv (and your Apple tv), I really like Roku's newest box. Remote is really nice, no spindle, it's like an actual remote for a regular cable box. We also have an Amazon tv stick, and dang the remote is hard to work with compared to all the others IMO. We'll probably upgrade to Vue, as it seems to be the most 'bang for your buck with sports stations, discovery channels, including animal planet, which Sling doesn't have. Great video man, nice production.
I always think that we're saving even more, no matter what streaming service we get, because there are no tacked on taxes/broadcast? fees/box rental fees. It used to be $30 per month just for DVR and 3 fricken "unscramble boxes" that you have to pay for, just because they're greedy, for every tv in the house.
yeh its definitely a good way to free yourself of all those stupid kind of fees, i just got fed up with it. i'm glad you are enjoying your roku box, people really like them and i think it be my first choice after the appletv. vue is definitely the best service out there right now
I have and like VUE. It's gotten a lot better over the last 2 years so it was always pretty good but it just keeps getting better.
Someone help. How closets live TV is this. Say I had a friend watching a game two hours away and we are texting over a TV show. How close is it to live TV like spectrum or regular DirecTV
Good video. I'd like to know your monthly data usage tho. If you're just watching a couple of tvs in the house it shouldn't matter but what if you're watching cable channels, netflix, youtube, and gaming etc. Could going over your cap cost you as much as having a cable/Internet bundle?
hey dion, the data usage is definitely a concern for those with datacaps...i mention about it towards the end of the video, i use very close to 1tb of data a month which is what my limit is. so yeah if you leave the tv on all day everyday you most definitely gonna run into those situations.
Hello, does Sling TV play UFC PPV like the one tonight which is UFC 234 PPV?
Pretty sure any of these streaming services eat up your internet. So at the end of the month you need unlimited internet and will have to pay more. Unless you don't watch tv or barely stream at all.
ha i don't actually, its so lame. 1tb/month
yep you are right, i mentioned that in the video, definitely a consideration for those markets with data caps. great point
yeah man it sucks, thats comcast for ya
DirecTV now is the best I've had it since launch so I get 100 channels for just 35 and hbo free for a year can't beat it
Direct TV now Sucks when it comes to live streaming, I have strong WiFi signal and when watching sports and streaming TV shows it constantly buffers and disconnects...dont know why anyone would cut cable loose for this crap!...what to save a lil 💰 money, cable is way more reliable..
it definitely is, not for the faint of heart ha. for me its the principal of it, but yeh sports is a huge issue, can't even watch a big game on espn app, it will just be constantly frozen. i know they purposely make teh experience bad, but one day it will hopefully all flip for the better
I tried out PS Vue and the mobile restrictions were really annoying. Have you tried RUclips's TV service yet? I'm wondering how these compare to it. I really wish TiVo would come out with a service like this. Back when I had cable TV, their DVR's were the best.
not yet since its not available in my area, what mobile restrictions are you talking about? yeh tivo dvr was way ahead of tis time for sure.
I love that projector screen setup that you have to watch movies, like your own movie theater. Can you tell us the brand and specs of the projector please? I’m thinking about building one at my house
thanks jahaziel, i'll do you even better: ruclips.net/video/GzXt5IW7Jrg/видео.html
BTW I don't work for Cox. I just think that streaming TV is being hyped up and its not really a good deal unless you just hate cable companies so bad you are willing to pay more. It now truly a la carte because you can't actually choose only the channels you want.
yeah it really depends on your personal situation, i tend to agree with what you are saying, some of these packages are just as expensive as cable! and the quality is lower
You still have to pay for WiFi and most of these streaming services freezes and no local channels so it’s like what’s the purpose
Good comparison. But do yourself a favour and center the projector. Kept bugging me that the picture was off.
I recently canceled my Fios. What's the best device for Sling TV? I see Roku, Air TV etc. I want the best one possible.
if you have any other apple stuff, i think the appletv is pretty good, else i would recommend a roku
techfreshness Appreciate it, no Apple products though. I'm kinda anti them.
amazon fire is the best one as the Roku app sucks . If you have an xbox one id just use that, since that's what I do
I just don't know what to do, I know one thing my cable bill started at $140 now its pushing almost $220 and I got rid of two boxes. Even if I pay 70 for internet and 70 for a plan it's still cheaper, the problem, all sports, good dvr and channel loss, the problem of cutting the cord is direct TV still gets my money from dtvn, and dish gets it from sling so y can't I just get that plan from them in the first place withe the dvr capabilities. It's just crazy to me we can't just have something perfect for a fair price can't even get local channels that are free on a antenna on most services.
totally agree, i boycott by saying if i can't easily watch it on my apple tv i don't need to see it
I've been doing Vue for about a month, (used to be a DirecTV subscriber for 7 years but switched after they refused to lower my bill). Vue is okay but has some annoyances for me. #1 is it crashes fairly often. I'll be watching TV and it just stops. I think it might be my internet though as I am watching through an Invidia Shield and when I back out the Shield won't connect to anything. I restart my Shield and all is well. Doesn't bother me that much but it really bugs my wife and she just wants something simple like DirecTV used to be. #2 I don't like that you can't just remove the channels you don't watch from the guide. It puts your "My Channels" first but all the other channels are still there at the far right. #3 I don't like that the channels are listed alphabetically instead of by channel number. But I guess there aren't really channel numbers via the internet. #4 We find that a lot of times the last minute or so of a TV show is cut off when you watch via DVR.
my slingtv will crash once in awhile, but i didn't have the issue with vue. i have heard about the dvr issue from others too. the whole internet app tv system is a little rough around the edges for sure. if crashing is your main issue you could maybe try a new router?
whats your internet speed at,.... or how do i increase the speed in other rooms, not close to the router
Was looking at SlingTV, but, the DVR options do not allow me to pause, fastforward, etc. bummer
DirecTV now has best picture quality on Roku
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For an update since this video was made, Directv Now has since released a cloud DVR. I used to be a Sling subscriber and I can tell you I liked the Sling cloud DVR better. I made the switch to Ditrctv Now though back when they first launched because they offered the Go Big package at an introductory price of $35 a month and Dtv Now offers way more sports channels and my local ABC, CBS & FOX stations so I get my local college sports. And since I'm a huge college football fan, that's a must (when I was on Sling I used an antenna for my local stations but because I'm so far from the towers my signal would cut out at times). Sling overs 50 hours of cloud DVR for $5 a month (since I was a beta tester I was rewarded with 100 hours of cloud DVR for free. Yeah, very nice). That's also another mark against the Dtv Now cloud DVR, currently you only get 20 hours a month and they raised the service $5 a month since the release of the DVR (and I was a beta tester for the cloud DVR and get the same lame 20 hours. Trust me, I've been in thier ear about this one numerous times). Over all I'm very satisfied with Directv Now for what I want and what I have to pay. As the guy in the video stated, if your just looking for a few good channels to watch Sling tv is great also.
hey shawn, thanks for the comment, there have been a bunch of changes for sure since this vid. i actually was using psvue for awhile and was liking that much better and preferred the UI over dtv, which was giving me issues with my login for some reason. then they raised their prices 5 bucks so i cancelled it. i can't believe psvue would already be looking to raise their prices already. so now i don't use anything, as i don't need it that bad, at 45 bucks a month i'm back up to regular cable prices, they really pissed me off. glad you are liking the dtv though, sounds like its working at for you at least1
So if I have a smart tv can I just sign up for sling and get the app? Or do I need to have Apple TV roku etc?
yep, assuming sling is avail on that particular smartv, then you good to go
Where do you get your internet?
I have fire tv and use PlayStation I don’t have to sign in every time on that device
I"m dumping Sony Vue and just keeping netflix, hulu, and Amazon. I found Vue VERY often cut off the last few moments of the tv shows that I saved in DVR, which REALLY SUCKED. With Hulu I don't get that problem. Cheers.
wow yikes, i didn't notice that but good to know thanks for commenting about it. There is no excuse for that kind of crap! Maybe youtube tv will be great.
That's Sony for you I would trust Dish (Sling) and DirecTV more for DVR
Thanks for some great information on cutting, I appreciate your effort at putting this together. Much respect for that huge TV man cave as well!
If your ISP has issues or shuts down....their goes your Sling TV