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Posted on 9/28/18 at 6:41 pm to TheBob
Thanks for all the feedback guys.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 6:45 pm to thatguy
I travel a lot and your internet needs to be hauling arse or you’ll be watching a buffery glitch-fest. I’m currently on google fiber which streams everytjing else fine, but youtube.tv -though having a nice channel lineup - was unusable for live events.
I’m now on dtv for $25 a month (through at&t) and it’s been great. Just my experience, though.
I’m now on dtv for $25 a month (through at&t) and it’s been great. Just my experience, though.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 6:48 pm to thatguy
Don't know about the product but their commercials are fricking annoying
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:10 pm to thatguy
Before football season last year I needed a way to get ESPN after having scratched my almost 200 dollar universe package and just keeping internet.
Sling was the cheapest way to get ESPN. It was lame. Yes I could watch football, but no DVR function on ESPN sucked. I was used to uverse, and a 30 to 40 minute delayed start, and fast forward through commercials into the 4th quarter before catching up with live action.
Not with sling. Then only stream on one device, so no game in the house and on the patio at the same time. Lame.
I was on wireless from xbox or roku. Resolution went terrible and it would lag and freeze sometimes go completely black from connection speed. I have 25 megs down but bandwidth. So picture was usually crappy.
It was cheap, but that's it.
I'm trying hulu now because you are supposed to be able to DVR ESPN with it. It works.
Same problem with picture resolution though. It automatically adjusts resolution per your connection speed. I'd have to turn off every device in the house to keep an HD picture.
Sling was the cheapest way to get ESPN. It was lame. Yes I could watch football, but no DVR function on ESPN sucked. I was used to uverse, and a 30 to 40 minute delayed start, and fast forward through commercials into the 4th quarter before catching up with live action.
Not with sling. Then only stream on one device, so no game in the house and on the patio at the same time. Lame.
I was on wireless from xbox or roku. Resolution went terrible and it would lag and freeze sometimes go completely black from connection speed. I have 25 megs down but bandwidth. So picture was usually crappy.
It was cheap, but that's it.
I'm trying hulu now because you are supposed to be able to DVR ESPN with it. It works.
Same problem with picture resolution though. It automatically adjusts resolution per your connection speed. I'd have to turn off every device in the house to keep an HD picture.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:21 pm to browl
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Yes I could watch football, but no DVR function on ESPN sucked.
I havent missed a dvr. Espn3 has replays.
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Then only stream on one device, so no game in the house and on the patio at the same time. Lame.
They have a package for multiple streams.
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I was on wireless from xbox or roku. Resolution went terrible and it would lag and freeze sometimes go completely black from connection speed. I have 25 megs down but bandwidth. So picture was usually crappy.
I had to go to a hardwired fire tv to finally get it to not do what you described.
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I'm trying hulu now because you are supposed to be able to DVR ESPN with it. It works.
Im almost ready to go to Hulu TV. It would be like a couple dollar difference than sling and Hulu separate subscriptions so its not a rush.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:21 pm to browl
Youtube TV. Has the best UI and DVR. Frame by frane forward. You can tell when a game went overtime by the length of DVR. Knew the saints went OT this Sunday when it recorded for 4 hrs
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:22 pm to thatguy
You get local affiliates on YouTube TV.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:27 pm to thatguy
This post was edited on 6/14/20 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:28 pm to thatguy
Sling froze too much for my liking I went with direct tv now
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:38 pm to FLObserver
Thanks to this thread I just ordered a roku stick (have a fire stick right now) and youtubetv. Unlimited cloud dvr, sec network, and a good channel package. Thank you! 
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:39 pm to thatguy
Tried sling it freezes to much
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:54 pm to tigersmanager
What type of internet package would I need with YouTubetv? I know what I have now won’t be sufficient unless I want constant buffering
Posted on 9/28/18 at 7:57 pm to thatguy
Have had PSvue for close to a year. It meets all my sports needs. All the espn’s, cbs sports, SEC network, MLB, and others. Pretty much has everything that we like.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:15 pm to thatguy
Had Sling TV for a few months; made the switch to PSVue about a year ago and it's much better. It just recently added my local Fox and NBC channels also, which is nice. Was thinking about YouTube TV but last time I checked it, they didn't have Bravo so it was a no-go with the wife.
This post was edited on 9/28/18 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:27 pm to FLObserver
If you are anyway internet savvy then you can just pay for internet and watch everything else through the web. Even HDMI it up to the TV. UFC PPV fights, sports, movies, etc can be streamed for the most part. Some stuff may be hard to find but most popular stuff is out there for free to stream.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 8:53 pm to DawgGONIT
You're definitely correct. I mean I go to reddit every Sunday to watch whatever NFL games I want to, but it's a pain in the arse to switch between games, and the streams can be inconsistent. It's worth paying the relatively small amount each month for some level of reliability and ease of use, plus not having to run my laptop to the TV, which I then can't use.
Posted on 9/28/18 at 9:32 pm to SuperflyLSU
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Had it last year for football season. Was not a fan of it at all. The app was laggy and pretty worthless for watching live sports. Ended up basically just using it for the ESPN app login.
Ditto. The most annoying part to me was the video lagging behind the audio, often by 30+ seconds. Never again.
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