Questions for Those with Sling

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except maybe PS Vue, but I don't have a PS, i guess that's a requirement???

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It is not, Sony is just awful at marketing. You can use PS Vue with a Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, Chromecast, etc.

I have Sling. It works well enough for us, but we don't watch much TV, honestly. I mostly just need it for football. I don't have any buffering issues. A lot of people dislike the UI, but it's fine once you get used to it. There's a fullscreen channel guide like a cable box, and there's a bottom bar channel changer that scrolls horizontally while the current channel is still in view. Both need work, but they're functional. If you pick a channel and just watch, you won't have any trouble. If you like to channel surf, maybe look into something else.

One drawback is the channels on the Orange package are limited to 1 stream.

Also, some see this as a negative, and some see it as a positive, but Sling doesn't offer locals to stream. Instead, you buy a device called AirTV, which costs about $80 (one time), hook it up to an antenna, and it puts your locals in the channel guide in the SlingTV interface, for free. Believe it or not, but your local stations add a LOT to the prices of the other streaming services, and a lot of times they get blacked out during contract disputes. You avoid all of that by using an antenna.

The severity of tone in these "I'm going to pick a streaming service" is hilarious.

Literally every one of them has a free trial and none of them have contracts. You don't even have to call in to cancel.

Trying them all (for free) and see which jives with your taste.

PSVUE
YoutubeTV
FUBO TV
Sling
ATTNOW (DIRECTNOW)
HULU LIVE TV
PHILO (no sports)

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