Contract expires October 30 - most think next weekend there will be no ESPN/ABC/SEC Network. Might want to think about how you are going to watch the Arkansas game.
ESPN Networks have one week left on YouTube TV
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Ditched YTTV months ago. Sling day pass. Maybe all I’ll ever do as long as its available.
I have YouTube tv and need input if sling tv is really better? And are they really leaving YouTube tv for good?? Wt17
I ditched YouTube tv because price sucked for what you get. Got Hulu bundle with espn and Disney. If you don't care for local tv or Disney sling is a better price. But sling doesn't have all local markets. Hulu live app sucks though since they don't offer multi view games but espn app does
I don’t give a fúck. Wife wants YTTV for her stuff. I’ll pay whatever to have ESPN for college football. One weekend in Starkville with 2 night minimum hotels, tickets, my drinking habits, sandwiched on a bleacher in front of fans that don’t want to stand up and scream on third down, and not being able to see other games during TV timeouts pays for at least 4 years worth of ESPN. And that is the reason for decreasing attendance.
You know I can remember when one of the three channels we picked up on the 60 ft antenna would start this crap about going off the air because of contract negotiations. I don’t ever recall missing anything I’ve ever wanted to watch. Just go ahead and raise my monthly rates and quit this BS. It’s just a ploy to prepare us for a rate increase.
Made a mistake only meant to reply to you Dawgbite, I remember the big *** antenna days then we had a tv that you could turn the big *** nob for like 3 other channels if lucky before that it was as the ole extremely heavy tv built into a heavy wooden cabinet. I live in the county so I never had cable even later on had them big 17ing *** satellite dish that moved to different satellites which was well later after the 3-4 channels we had which I’ve already spoken on about which was super old school. But don’t remember any of this 17 ery like today
I wasn't aware of the sling day pass, thanks for the heads up
ESPN unlimited has saved me a lot of money I was spending on YTTV. Especially with the Disney+ bundle that my 3 year old watches daily.
I have no issues switching around and minimizing my bill. But speaking as someone who went to a lot of trouble teaching his 85 year old mother how to use YTTV
Don't get too comfy w/ it, Disney has already sued Sling over it saying their deal with Sling giving them access to ESPN channels doesn't allow this type package. The truth in the middle is probably that it doesn't address it, not that it forbids it.
Amen. FYI. The Firestick remote is way simpler than any TV remote I’ve ever used.I have no issues switching around and minimizing my bill. But speaking as someone who went to a lot of trouble teaching his 85 year old mother how to use YTTV
Time to go back to cable. Cord-cutting was cool for about 5-7 years until each company started gouging. At this point, give me a simple interface with everything in one spot and the price is the same, if not better. I'm paying $200/month for hulu/disney/hbo/YT, etc. F that.
I cut the cord in January. MY tab , with so so internet was $270, nothing special.
I went to CSpire internet, and YTTV, and my cost is about $160, with much better internet.
So, jump, the grass is always greener.
Same here taught my 87 year old grandmother how to use YouTube TV. They need to get their shite straight but I also do have espn unlimited bc of the Hulu/disney plus bundleI have no issues switching around and minimizing my bill. But speaking as someone who went to a lot of trouble teaching his 85 year old mother how to use YTTV
I enjoy the remote to my 70inch LG OLED. Reviewed as the best tv money can buy. Caught on one of those one day deals from Best Buy. I love that it has Alexa and dedicated streaming service buttons. Also the magic wand and complete voice controls are cool. Haven’t ever seen a fire stick remote can’t compare but I’m sure it’s good.
For sports, there’s not really any difference.
I have absolutely no interest in either of them, outside of live sports. But Sling is the only one out of any of them that will offer you a day pass or weekend pass, even though it’s very obviously a hook to try and lock you into a longer subscription.
My gut tells me they’ll eventually put a cap on how many times you can do the day pass or weekend pass. Or they’ll get rid of it entirely. But it hasn’t happened yet.
Yeah that’s cool, but I’m like you unless it’s really working in their benefit and a lot of people are staying subscribed past or getting subscribed past the day pass or weekend pass rather likely will limit it. Hopefully not and I’ve been seeing all these messages on YouTube tv during sports center earlier telling people to go to the website to keep their networks.
Yeah, if they limit it, I’ll have to do something else. But I’m enjoying the ride right now. And it has to be great for Sling, too. 24 hrs for $6 is a lot better deal for them than a 7 day free trial.
And honestly, I wish this model would take off where you pay based on usage instead of just channel offerings. Kinda like with cell phone bills where you used to get X number of minutes. My wife and I each probably spend less than 10 hrs per month watching TV that we want to watch (not the kids stuff). Thus, it makes very little sense to pay for 720 hrs worth of unlimited content.
I just did DIRECTV streaming thru firetvs. Extremely happy so far. The sports interface of it is awesome. I hold down select and it pulls scores on the left 1/4 of the screen and I can click them to change to them.
Im at $95/mo on that with the sports package and the max package. Really think I can drop the sports package(only really gets me about 3 obscure channels not available on basic)
Im at $95/mo on that with the sports package and the max package. Really think I can drop the sports package(only really gets me about 3 obscure channels not available on basic)
