Does anyone use the DirectTv APP
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so if you have good network to the curb (e.g., fiber), no need for roof dish with DirectTV?
It's a streaming app through internet. Cspire offers it. I don't use it but my understanding it's DirectTV streamed no dish.
He is talking about the pure streaming version. No satellite involved.
Are you going to have free access to SEC NW +, also? We get a lot of games that way.
My father in law uses it. He likes it. It’s a lot like Apple TV. I don’t like the layout personally. But he hasn’t had any issues. It’s just a streaming service. And it’s one of the more expensive.
look at FUBO. It’s great and is geared towards watching sports
look at FUBO. It’s great and is geared towards watching sports
No, it doesn't look like i'll have access to SEC+. But sometimes you can log in to espn app under the DTV acct and get it that way, i was able to when i previously had Sat version of DTV.
I had switched from FUBO to YTTV. FUBO was good for sports, for some other things it was not so good. I might have gone back, but it's now owned by Disney. That's what the whole YTTV thing is about, Disney trying to force people to their own platform. What I'm paying for DTV now is about $20 less than what I was paying for FUBO.
Not bad takes some getting used to like the functions of setting up my own guide and then being able to move channels around it. So far I've notice a longer lag than YTTV at one point last night it was 30 seconds behind Hadad on X lol
Yes it does.
Directv satellite customers also get free Directv Streaming. You can down load the Directv App to your streaming device/phone/tablet and watch every channel in your package on any tv/phone/tablet anywhere.
I noticed the lag too. It's not horrible but it's longer than was average in YTTV.
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If you have any cable/satellite/streaming service that carries SEC network you get SEC+ on the ESPN app.
Downside is 45 second delay when watching sports. Your phone will go off 2 plays before a scoring play on the tv.
We still have Dish out here in the sticks. The streaming Dish app does well when Im away from home. We do not have fiber, so satellite a necessity. Still nothing on ever except for sports.
I knew that about YTTV, just not sure about DTV, they don't highlight that point, and it is important....to me.
DTV is really upping their game. I have the dish, and have been leery about cutting the cord because, well, I always expected that streaming service price points wouldn’t last, and here we are. I pay a little over $150 a month for the sports package (all ESPN channels, SECN, ACCN, NFL Network, etc.), HBO channels with complimentary HBO Max, Showtime channels, the soon to come ESPN Premium or whatever they’re calling it, Peacock Premium, and as of the other day, they’re giving me Paramount + for being a loyal customer.
For a long time I felt like a sucker for sticking with DirecTV. Now I feel like I’m coming out ahead.
For a long time I felt like a sucker for sticking with DirecTV. Now I feel like I’m coming out ahead.
I have it. Good picture. Decent guide interface. Not as good as YouTube TV though. But easily can get used to it. It has buffered during a game before. Gave a message about network congestion. Haven’t seen it any more.
it’s supposed to have more stuff in 1080 than the other streaming services.
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Nah. You can stream multiple sets easily on fiber. No problem. Just have a good router. I have my living room set wired Ethernet to the Apple TV and the others wireless. Never had an issue.
You have to have a clear view of the sky, but I’m in the sticks also and I use StarLink for Internet service. Works well for the most part. It will go out with a really heavy rain, but have never lost service for more than a minute or two.
I'm running three screens right now...no problem at all. I've got nominal 1 gig internet. It usually tests about 850 or so. I've run five HD streams before with no problems.
We do have ATT but we are the last customer on the line. It is super slow for streaming. Might do Starlink after the shutdown and life returns to normal.
I have the DTV streaming service with the genie. It's great. The thing I like about it is that with the genie, you can navigate directly to the channel with the remote versus have to scroll thru a bunch of stations to get where you want. If you're a surfer, it's the way to go. It's essentially the same format/layout as what you would have with the satellite service.
Maybe to start with but it's not cheaper than YTTV, plus you've got the genie too. I cut my costs by $30 a month switching to YTTV.
I'm wrong, that was an one month discount price. It'll actually be $60 higher per month after the first month. That's a no go for me!
We are supposed to be getting fiber in the next few months. When that happens, I’ll disconnect Star Link.
I bought a used Genie on EBay for about $40. It’s about as close to using cable as it gets. You have everything the app has only you can go directly to a channel by using the channel number. Only thing the picture quality is slightly better when using my Sony TV’s software. I read somewhere on the internet that it would be better than using a streaming service device. I was skeptical but I then compared the two and it was true. That may not be the case with all tv brands. The difference is subtle so may not matter to most but I’m now just using the app.