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I think the biggest knock on Sling is the lack of local networks. You will still need a good antenna and be in a good area that can receive these "antenna" channels.
I just received a letter that our service price is getting increased to $60/month.
Agreed. It buffers way too much even at lower quality settings. I have it until the 15th and was using it while SFU came back from the dead. It’s okay, but overall quality is meh.
of the promo vs long term price as we plan to use the service for 5-7 years. We can probably do lesser internet but since we both game, we need at least 1000 GBs or unlimited a month. Any opinions? I'm gonna go through and revisit a lot of pages now. 
Interested in this too. Planning to upgrade our main family room device from a second gen fire stick to something with a better processor, etc (and plan to connect it via ethernet). Hoping to purchase during a good black Friday deal.Birdie048 said:
Well, picked up the Roku Ultra at Target ($20 off plus the 5% Target Card discount), and played with it all weekend..
We pay $50 a month for the Google fiber 100MBS. We do have the 1000MBS available.
Yeah, I've looked at that. Not sure I care enough to spend that kind of dough. Still on the fence. May try and find that Costco deal you posted about.
You can probably get by with 2 and definitely enough with 3.
Oh...the thread police are going to be here shortly...tread lightly!!!!!
what does the app on the roku allow you to access? Just live content? DVR/Cloud DVR or whatever they offer now?
Live content, and stuff that you have saved on another Xfinity DVR in the same house. What that means is that you still have to have an Xfinity DVR in the house somewhere (you can't replace all the units in the house). You can't watch pay per view stuff, though.
Nice though...keeps from having to rent another box from them.
Yup, it should. We currently just have a roku stick, which from time to time has to be reset for the wifi to work properly. Not sure if it's the hardward (the roku) or the software (the beta app) that's causing the issues. We'll likely upgrade to an ultra to see if that does it.
Also good to know as we may be allowing our son to put a TV in his room and he could be able to watch normal content without a cable box(when we built the house we purposefully did not put cable jacks in the kids rooms thinking we would not allow them to have TVs in their room...now, of course, he is in there watching netflix on an Ipad anyway).
Funny, my experience has been the opposite. Sling has been far better in the pic & buffering than DTVN. I've had zero issue with Sling.
Interesting... I use the stream app all the time. I download my recorded shows to take with me...
Not sure how much you are overpaying anymore. I keep reading the thread and know friends who cut the cable to save money. Then I ask what they use and they mention multiple streaming options plus add ons and by the time you add up what they pay in those, they are paying about the same thing I am for Direct or others with Xfinity.Interesting... I use the stream app all the time. I download my recorded shows to take with me...
It never dawned on me to drop most of my cable boxes and just use the app... yes I still overpay for cable and LOVE IT
You must do so with Roku units (and newer ones). It's the Xfinity app, and it's in beta currently. They may start charging for it, though.Interesting... I use the stream app all the time. I download my recorded shows to take with me...
It never dawned on me to drop most of my cable boxes and just use the app... yes I still overpay for cable and LOVE IT
The cable box in our bedroom we were paying $6 a month for I think - and it was replaced with a roku. Also, the roku allowed us to watch recorded shows, which the previous one didn't.
well i dont pay for any boxes technically - I have my original bundle price but is that App different then this app?
It's a different app, yes. I don't know anything about the google play store. I mean I have that app on my apple iphone, and it works fine - but doesn't work on my TV. For the TV, I use this one....https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/activate-xfinity-tv-app-on-roku
Thanks. Its the "same APP" but looks like they are releasing it for Roku. I mean I can stream live TV on my phone or PC and chromecast it... etc
Can you steam DVR'd content?Thanks. Its the "same APP" but looks like they are releasing it for Roku. I mean I can stream live TV on my phone or PC and chromecast it... etc
So same but different
Yes, I can stream and/or download (can stream via cell 4g also), also live tv (with limitations) and some on demand
Looks like I've got a couple weeks if I want to check out season 3 of Handmaid's tale.
I have Hulu live and it works well with multiple TVs and devises at one time. How many can you use with YoutubeTV?
I think 3 or 4 at one time. Pretty much unlimited how many different tablets/TVs you can have it set up on.
FYI on NFL Network, if you have Amazon Prime they show all the Thursday night games on Prime video.
Was trying to ride out PS VUE until the end of January, but it froze on me three times during NFL pre-game yesterday. Maybe they're just giving up on tech support.
I was going to do the exact same thing but experienced that too and came to the same conclusion. The tech guys are probably already bailing for other streaming companies. Just makes sense.
I briefly thought about switching from Hulu but unless I am missing something I am concerned with not being able to use multiple devises at one time. My Hulu account I believe is unlimited and I think YouTube Tv has a limit. I know that is not a problem for most, but we are a family of 6 and have multiple TVs in basement that we watch football on during the weekend. First world problem, but maybe a consideration for others.
