Play Station Vue, price increase

[pmack65]

FYI For those who have or are interested in a streaming service I have Vue with a cost of $45 per month. I just received an email stating they are increasing the price for new customers to $55 per month, existing customers will receive the increase in 3 months. It's not worth the money, navigating is terrible, no guide and extremely confusing when recording a program. Personally I will seek out a new service immediately.

 

[Go Budaw]

Thanks for the heads up. My Fire TV gets here tomorrow and I was planning on cutting the cord in favor of Vue by early next week. I was a little leery about the price as it was already the highest of all the streaming services, but now I think I'll look to either DirecTV Now or Sling.

Unfortunately, prices will probably continue to go up with all the streaming services until the demand naturally corrects itself and stabilizes. There is too big of a gap between the cable / satellite and streaming service nominal pricing structures as it stands right now, and the pendelum is about to swing back in favor of the providers. Contrary to popular belief, streaming services are a gold mine for them compared to cable / satellite as it costs them jack **** to bring the content to customers in terms of actual hardware. And yet they are still charging 80% of the intro rate of a cable or satellite package for 50% (or less) of the channels and a much lower picture quality. I am surprised that Vue was the first one to break ranks and increase their rate though.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

It's only a matter of time before they start creeping up in price.

 

[Cousin Jeffrey]

My $35 package will be going up to $45.

 

[missouridawg]

I'm not happy about this either. Just cut the chord like 3 weeks ago and already got a price increase.

 

[civildawg88]

For that price you might as well just get cable

 

[Rezdog]

Never understood the need to cut the cord. I pay $120 a month for Uverse cable and internet. When they go up in 2 years I will switch back to Comcast.

 

[missouridawg]

Never understood the need to cut the cord. I pay $120 a month for Uverse cable and internet. When they go up in 2 years I will switch back to Comcast.

Would love to see your bill breakdown cause $120 per month for uverse internet and TV is a good deal. I was paying $210 a month for a mid-tier internet and TV package with HD and the Sports pack upgrade. I wasn't having to rent the cable boxes either, so my bill was smaller than I could've been.

 

[aTotal360]

I'm paying $138/month for 50mb interwebs and 220 channels (includes all SECN channels and Starz) and a DVR with Xfinity. I think it's their "Double Play" bundle. I knocked down $35/month by simply haggling with them over the phone.

 

[Xusuromohses]

Surely you all realized that as demand went up, so would the price.

 

[Xusuromohses]

Would love to see your bill breakdown cause $120 per month for uverse internet and TV is a good deal. I was paying $210 a month for a mid-tier internet and TV package with HD and the Sports pack upgrade. I wasn't having to rent the cable boxes either, so my bill was smaller than I could've been.

My ATT UVerse is $160 after fees. That's the basic digital cable with HD/DVR (no upgrades) and medium to low level internet I think. I could probably get it lower but they always call my bluff. Maybe it will work now that cutting cable is a real option.

 

[DAWG61]

Probably time to just ditch paying for cable/television, it's absurd what they are charging people for it now

 

[DawgESQ]

Never understood the need to cut the cord. I pay $120 a month for Uverse cable and internet. When they go up in 2 years I will switch back to Comcast.

Personally, I think cord cutting is really more for the people who are satisfied with Netflix/Hulu only as their source of entertainment. Trying to replace your cable channels with non-traditional streaming services like Vue or Sling was never going to be a long term solution.

Live sports is still the biggest issue, but here's my cost breakdown. $80/month CSpire Fiber. $12/month Hulu. $12/month Netflix. Free OTA Antenna. I'll then price dictate whatever service is the best for football season, keep it Sept-Dec and then cancel. Likely costing me $140 for the 4 month period.

My Comcast bill (which I renegotiated for a lower rate every 2 years) was regularly around $170. My new monthly bill is $92 (Hulu+CSpire, we had Netflix either way).

$2040/yr vs. 1244/yr (I included my 4 month PS Vue subscription for football) = $796 saved yearly. I could save even more with a cheaper internet package, but that 1gbps is too good.

 

[Xusuromohses]

I'm with you. I decided a while back that if I cut cable, it was going to be to watch less TV, not to try and save $30/month and watch the same amount with less convenience.

 

[Dawgzilla]

I haven't gotten the email, but I also currently have the $35 package. At $45 per month, VUE is still the best streaming option due to the cloud DVR. If DTVNow ever gets things sorted out and offers a cloud DVR, then it will be a very competitive option. Same with Sling.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Personally, I think cord cutting is really more for the people who are satisfied with Netflix/Hulu only as their source of entertainment. Trying to replace your cable channels with non-traditional streaming services like Vue or Sling was never going to be a long term solution.

Why do you think this? I get everything someone can get on cable of Directv for much cheaper.

 

[patdog]

What streaming service do you use? I haven't found one yet that has the channels I want to watch.

 

[sandwolf.sixpack]

I haven't gotten the email, but I also currently have the $35 package. At $45 per month, VUE is still the best streaming option due to the cloud DVR. If DTVNow ever gets things sorted out and offers a cloud DVR, then it will be a very competitive option. Same with Sling.

Sling offers a cloud DVR for $5/month.

 

[Go Budaw]

Why do you think this? I get everything someone can get on cable of Directv for much cheaper.

Its all about what channels you like. Personally, I could have just the ESPN's + SECN, FX, and local channels and I'd be fine. Wife likes Bravo and E! but could probably do without one and be fine. With all the on demand content available these days, the DVR isn't really a big deal for me either. I think the biggest overlooked investment with the streaming services is internet speed. You need probably 50 Mbps minimum and possibly up to 100Mbps depending on how many devices you want to stream from simultaneously. That's almost always going to run you $70/month on average, whereas you can easily run the non-realtime services like Netflix and Hulu on a 10-20Mbps very easily and just pay $30-35 for internet.

 

[JackShephard]

Why do you think this? I get everything someone can get on cable of Directv for much cheaper.

There's no way. I get Dish's top package for $87/month. I've had Dish for 10 years (maybe more) and I've never paid over $90/month. I get fiber internet, the lowest package, for $45/mo. If I cut the cord, I have to go to the top fiber package if I actually want to watch a decent amount of TV. That's $100/mo by itself. Add $45/$50 for decent streaming options and I'm way over. Even if I kept the same internet, that's a minimal difference for the hassle. To each his own, but I hate blanket statements.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Sling offers a cloud DVR for $5/month.

AFAIK you still can't record ESPN (or any other Disney owned channels) on Sling. I primarily use my could DVR for football.

 

[Dawg1976]

Same here. Although I like Vue, I can get by on Sling's $20 package. Did it a couple of years ago and it was fine. And I think for $5 more you can add additional sports channels including SEC nw. Will add that in the Fall.