I hate Sling

[BulldogBlitz]

What in the hell. It is the only service of the 5 or so that I stream which stops every 45 seconds or so to think about buffering. Florida just went from inside their 10 to inside aTm 10 between buffers.

POS

 

[jethreauxdawg]

Thats funny, I got on the internet to search sling error codes

I normally don't have many issues but tonight has been unbearable.

 

[MaroonNation]

Look. We have all been assured by multiple threads that there is no need for cable if you have a jail broke sling and the foil wrapper from a stick of gum. I was told I was crazy for paying for cable.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I went back to DISH Network. Got a great deal and no more buffers.

Also can stream as a backup if the weather is ******.

 

[state2013]

Try watch espn app.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

clear your cache. On my amazon fire TV, there's an option to do that under the settings/apps settings, and it helped immensely and immediately. your mileage may vary

 

[Captain Ron]

Try watch espn app.

Have been streaming all day with no issues on Sling. Having issues on Sling and Watch ESPN the last 30 minutes or so. My guess it is ESPN as every other channel seems to be fine.

Still works as well as having Dish while living in Florida when it went out with a light drizzle, which was a lot.

 

[Snave]

I just rage quit Sling. I think that was the only benefit is that you can drop the service without talking to a person for an hour.

 

[DawgsOnTheWing]

Error 5-419 when I got home from Starkville. Looking at FB comments its widespread this evening.

 

[HumpDawgy]

I had the same issues using PlayStation vue . I switched to YouTube.TV using a google chromecast and have not had many issues. Every once in a while it might freeze up and need to be recast, but not like vue that seemed to constantly buffer.

 

[Dawg1976]

Ha...I did too. Went back to PS Vue. Never had a problem with them. Higher price but much better product.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Have been streaming all day with no issues on Sling. Having issues on Sling and Watch ESPN the last 30 minutes or so. My guess it is ESPN as every other channel seems to be fine.

Still works as well as having Dish while living in Florida when it went out with a light drizzle, which was a lot.

It is ESPN. They always have issues in peak hours. They need to improve/increase their streaming servers if it is ever going to get better. That would cost them money though and ESPN has been trying anything and everything to save money.

 

[Dawg1976]

Last night it wasn't just ESPN. I even tried watching a movie and got the same buffering issues with Sling. I went to Sling's FB page and they had tons of complaints concerning buffering. Sling indicated they were working on it.

 

[The Peeper]

I used my Sling credentials last night to log into Watch ESPN because it typically has a better picture than Sling, I wasn't having any issues doing that