Curious of anybody’s made the switch from a service like DIRECTV to YouTube TV? If so, would you mind sharing your thoughts?
Pros?
Cons?
Thanks in advance.
Pros?
Cons?
Thanks in advance.
OT - YouTube TV
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I went from Hulu to YouTube TV. And I love it. Cost is pretty much the same. But I love the guide menu alot more. Sports on YouTube TV is fantastic
Youtube TV is great
Pros
Unlimited DVR
Easy to navigate
All the sports you want
No contract
Cons
Honestly none for me
Pros
Unlimited DVR
Easy to navigate
All the sports you want
No contract
Cons
Honestly none for me
We recently switched from Direct to YouTube. We really like it. Some things a bit funky like the DVR deal as it records a lot. We miss a few channels like Grit and Inspiration. There are so many shows on these free apps but you have to go back and forth.
A nice feature is you can have three TVs going at a time. When we go out of town to the farm we can watch it there now and we have our daughter on it in Colorado under our name.
A nice feature is you can have three TVs going at a time. When we go out of town to the farm we can watch it there now and we have our daughter on it in Colorado under our name.
I have zero idea why I still have DirecTV other than pure laziness.
It's expensive, and I hate everything they are about.
It's expensive, and I hate everything they are about.
We have YouTubeTV.
Pros:
1. You'll never have to reboot a cable box again.
2. Damn near unlimited DVR. You can watch something live while recording 10 other shows.
3. This is a big one. The fast forward is by far the best of all other platforms. (Yeah, try and fast forward on Amazon Prime when you're trying to watch Thursday night football. Absolute BS)
Cons:
1. No History channel.
Pros:
1. You'll never have to reboot a cable box again.
2. Damn near unlimited DVR. You can watch something live while recording 10 other shows.
3. This is a big one. The fast forward is by far the best of all other platforms. (Yeah, try and fast forward on Amazon Prime when you're trying to watch Thursday night football. Absolute BS)
Cons:
1. No History channel.
HULU guide is so fvcking bad. But at least half my tiles disappear everytime I go back to look for another channel.
Love Youtube TV - Only Con is you only get three streams with their standard plan. 4K plan lets you have more streams.
Cons: No MLB network (or Royals regional)
Pros: Literally everything else.
I will say, based upon my experience with my in-laws in their mid-70's - it's hard for some people of a certain age to adjust to the no "channel numbers" thing. I love YTTV for many reasons, but one of the best is that it's a Google product and is easily managed via a Google account. If you've spent an hour or more on the phone dicking with DTV you know what I'm talking about.
Pros: Literally everything else.
I will say, based upon my experience with my in-laws in their mid-70's - it's hard for some people of a certain age to adjust to the no "channel numbers" thing. I love YTTV for many reasons, but one of the best is that it's a Google product and is easily managed via a Google account. If you've spent an hour or more on the phone dicking with DTV you know what I'm talking about.
Switched from Dish/Direct to YouTube about 2.5 years ago. Recommend. The DVR is a bit wonky but it's nice having everything stored online. You do have to have reliable streaming internet with enough bandwidth for the feed, but most people have that now.
Would add the multi view has been a game changer. Watching four games at once is awesome!
Husker games I watch just the big red but will flip to multi view at commercials and then I know exactly when the game is coming back. Can’t say enough about the multiview for college Saturday!!!
Going to have get a monster TV for multiview now.
Switching the sound on muliview has been particularly nice in election season.
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Pros: Unlimited content recording
Many sports options
No longer with DirecTV
You can share your account with 5 different people
Cons: They don't partner with onlyfans, pornhub or skinemax.
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Many sports options
No longer with DirecTV
You can share your account with 5 different people
Cons: They don't partner with onlyfans, pornhub or skinemax.
xhamster to the rescue.
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One of my daughters has it. For the cost I wouldn't switch from my dish network.
Just can't get the channels we like to watch. Maybe eventually
Been a few years. Nice not having a contract. Con for me would be buffering speed but that is probably more a result of not living in a city. App on my phone is awesome.
This is LITERALLY me!
Every April I suspend my DirectTV until late August and I just watch stuff on my laptop. Then late August I fire DirectTV back up and start paying for it again. I am literally insane.
I don't watch a ton of TV and I don't have a wife that needs to watch her shows on killing people. So I can go without for the summer.
When they say unlimited DVR they mean it. I have it record every NCAA football game that is available to record as well as NFL games. The multiview is great but still wish you could pick the games you want to watch. I also like the option to catch up on games watching key plays.
I use it only during football season and then you can pause it for 6-7 months and easily resume once it’s close to football season again.
I use it only during football season and then you can pause it for 6-7 months and easily resume once it’s close to football season again.
It's no longer the screaming bargain it was when I first signed up, but it's fantastic. Unlimited DVR, watch from anywhere. No cons.
I'm in the process of switching from dish network to youtube tv. Zero regrets personally. Of there is a bit of learning. UI is different etc. I watch huskers, friends at night, and occasional late night sports.
I use a logitech harmony remote paired with my 4k onn box in bedroom and a verizon stream tv box (both android tv) in my living room.
My recommendation is to not use your built in tv app. Get an apple tv, or android tv box of your chosing.
Probably a roku (highest tier) or walmart onn 4k or 4k pro. Your experience will be better.
PS, if your wife needs lifetime or LMN, youtube doesn't have it, but there is another service that does. FRNDLY TV. It has about 50 channels including military history.
I think it starts at 6.99 a month if you do a yearly plan. There are 3 tiers you can chose from.
I use a logitech harmony remote paired with my 4k onn box in bedroom and a verizon stream tv box (both android tv) in my living room.
My recommendation is to not use your built in tv app. Get an apple tv, or android tv box of your chosing.
Probably a roku (highest tier) or walmart onn 4k or 4k pro. Your experience will be better.
PS, if your wife needs lifetime or LMN, youtube doesn't have it, but there is another service that does. FRNDLY TV. It has about 50 channels including military history.
I think it starts at 6.99 a month if you do a yearly plan. There are 3 tiers you can chose from.
There is another streaming service. Frndly tv. Starts at i think 6.99 a month but check prices. Includes history, military history, and lifetime/lmn for the mrs. It's what I used to sell my family on switching.
OP- you can do a free trial for a week. I tested it for a day and was sold and gladly returned all my cox boxes and remotes!
I recently got an onn device to try since the firetv devices have their glitches all the time. The onn device works really well! Seems to repond faster and not lag as much.
got you tube tv when it first came to Omaha..now I just use someone else's pass word..(free)
it and regular tv has all NU games..(except retard peacock games, 1 per year)
has big 10 network, sec...(no longhorn network)
besides peacock retard games, it's a ace
it and regular tv has all NU games..(except retard peacock games, 1 per year)
has big 10 network, sec...(no longhorn network)
besides peacock retard games, it's a ace
the interesting thing is you can basicly stream most college football games on regular you tube..
and one guy who does it alot is a asian kid in some asian country...and he's got at least 6k people watching his channel..and he allways shows himself on cam at the end of the game.
and one guy who does it alot is a asian kid in some asian country...and he's got at least 6k people watching his channel..and he allways shows himself on cam at the end of the game.
Weird - I switched to DirecTV streaming last month (from cable) and can’t believe I didn’t do it sooner. It came down to DTV or YTTV, I went with DTV so I could get the Royals. But I get why people prefer streaming now.
Yep have You Tube TV and FRNDLY as well for the wife. FRNDLY has some good old western movies as well.
I had it for about 2 years, then cut it as well. If it got ALL of the NFL and NCAA football games, I would consider it. But it does not, so see ya.
We switched to GF and YTTV about 2 weeks ago. Still getting used to the recording of shows etc…
There is a learning curve but we are saving around $40 per month so we have that going for us.
There is a learning curve but we are saving around $40 per month so we have that going for us.
The only con for me is YouTube TV does not air Roots Sports Northwest out of Seattle. This station is the flagship station for the Mariners. I am not a huge baseball fan, but I always had Root Sports NW in the past before switching to YouTube TV so then at least I knew who the good players were in baseball. Now I only know the big stars so that means no player on the Mariners. I think it may also carry the Kraken. I am even less of a hockey fan than I am a baseball fan. Roots also televises the state's high school football and basketball championship games, a few Gonzaga basketball games and Big Sky games. I would definitely watch those if I had access to them.
What service does get all of them? I'm not familiar with a platform that does. Pretty sure the NFL requires the purchase of NFL Sunday Ticket, which YTTV has. As far as all NCAA, it's gotten every single game and then some that I've ever wanted that wasn't a one off on another streaming platform like Peacock, which you're going to have to get no matter what provider you're using. I don't get what you're saying. I don't believe what you're saying is even possible.