WTH? I have it and love it but fear this is just the first of a string of price hikes to come. Anything decent out there to consider?
Yeah. We started using this when playstation tv ended. Looked at hulu also, but their sports coverage wasn't nearly as good as YTTV. Even with the price increase and also paying an internet provider, I'm still saving about $70.00 monthly over the cable / internet package we had before leaving cable.CLTWolf said:
It's still worth it, it was a steal at 50 bucks a month.
You forgot Philo and ATT Watch TVncsualum05 said:
I posted some thoughts on the football board along with CLT. There are several other live TV streaming services out there but you won't find one with the channel lineup, DVR capability, and good quality of YTTV. The price increase is pretty steep but they have added and are continuing to add a lot more channels. I believe they are up to 85 or so now. Here are some others.
Hulu Live: Probably one of the most popular along with YTTV. You get live TV plus the Hulu library. However you have about 20 less channels and in order to have an actual DVR with decent storage and fast forward you have to pay $10 more a month. So that advertised $54.99 basically goes to YTTV price.
ATT TV Now is also $55/ month for the base package but think their channel lineup is bad, quality is bad, and I'm not sure ATT even gives a crap about the service anymore.
Fubo TV was about $55/mo but I heard they're going up too. They also don't carry ESPN or ABC. I heard they are getting them in August but with that comes a price increase.... they are losing Turner networks as well. I've never tried the service.
Sling: Seems cheapest on the surface. If you get orange+ blue it's around $45/ month but that has no DVR and really a pretty small channel lineup.
My advice: every service increases yearly... but don't forget so does cable. I would look into the other streaming services but you need to look at what's most important to you. CHANNEL LINEUP.... number 1. Secondly how important is the DVR. Those 2 things along are why YTTV is still the best deal in my book.
I would not consider a traditional cable service again b/c even though Spectrum or ATT can mail you these promotional offers that LOOK better on the surface you have to remember that there are RSN carriage fees, broadcast fees, equipment rental fees, installation costs, sometimes contracts, DVR fees, etc. Then there's the matter of the huge price hike after the 1 year promotion is up.
I was trying to do apples to apples service comparison which I why I didn't mention those. ATT Watch TV is being phased out I think. It's only available to ATT customers. Philo is a good service if you want a cheaper live TV with cable networks. It just doesn't have sports, news other than cheddar, and local networks. But I have Philo as well and it's 3 streams, and unlimited DVR although it's gone in 1 month. With the YTTV increase and addition of viacom I no longer need Philo and will probably drop it soon. Sounds like you have a good deal going and of course the only sports on now are re runs.IseWolf22 said:You forgot Philo and ATT Watch TVncsualum05 said:
I posted some thoughts on the football board along with CLT. There are several other live TV streaming services out there but you won't find one with the channel lineup, DVR capability, and good quality of YTTV. The price increase is pretty steep but they have added and are continuing to add a lot more channels. I believe they are up to 85 or so now. Here are some others.
Hulu Live: Probably one of the most popular along with YTTV. You get live TV plus the Hulu library. However you have about 20 less channels and in order to have an actual DVR with decent storage and fast forward you have to pay $10 more a month. So that advertised $54.99 basically goes to YTTV price.
ATT TV Now is also $55/ month for the base package but think their channel lineup is bad, quality is bad, and I'm not sure ATT even gives a crap about the service anymore.
Fubo TV was about $55/mo but I heard they're going up too. They also don't carry ESPN or ABC. I heard they are getting them in August but with that comes a price increase.... they are losing Turner networks as well. I've never tried the service.
Sling: Seems cheapest on the surface. If you get orange+ blue it's around $45/ month but that has no DVR and really a pretty small channel lineup.
My advice: every service increases yearly... but don't forget so does cable. I would look into the other streaming services but you need to look at what's most important to you. CHANNEL LINEUP.... number 1. Secondly how important is the DVR. Those 2 things along are why YTTV is still the best deal in my book.
I would not consider a traditional cable service again b/c even though Spectrum or ATT can mail you these promotional offers that LOOK better on the surface you have to remember that there are RSN carriage fees, broadcast fees, equipment rental fees, installation costs, sometimes contracts, DVR fees, etc. Then there's the matter of the huge price hike after the 1 year promotion is up.
I switched to Philo a few weeks back. $20 a moth is great for their channel lineup. You aren't going to get all the sports channels, but I fill that gap with bars, friends houses, and usually you can just find a link for each game anyways.
ATT Watch TV is extremely bare bones, but is the cheapest thing out there at $15 per month