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Aug 27, 2019, 4:40 PM

So I tried to give SlingTV another try since Walking Dead is coming up in a month or so. It's the only way to get AMC without having to go with YouTube TV.

Well, any hoo. Sling is fucking awful. Even after 5 years, they can't get buffering/rewinding/etc. to work right.

I guess given Hulu's double-whammy of having ACC Network and having #### near everything else BESIDES AMC, I might be sitting TWD out this year and/or stream illegally. Not worth it.

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We've been happy with Sling overall


Aug 27, 2019, 4:43 PM

Playstation Vue SUCKS. Audio would get out of whack, then it's crash. Consistently, and often on multiple Roku devices. Hulu has worked well too. Using the trial right now for the game. Wife says she'd switch if not for losing the Hallmark channels on Sling. I'm like IDGAF about any of it.

I think a lot has to do with the hardware you use to stream basically.

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Re: We've been happy with Sling overall


Aug 27, 2019, 4:48 PM

That's probably true. I have more success with the XBoxOne, but Roku is barefuly functional.

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If you think about it, imagine all the devices Sling, et. al


Aug 27, 2019, 4:52 PM

has to create and maintain apps for. Android. iOS. Roku. X-box, PS4, Sony/Vizio/etc. smart TV's. Windows desktops. Mac desktops. Then the regular internet interface. It's a ton of work for them to maintain all that stuff over so many platforms.

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As a web/app developer, I sympathize.


Aug 27, 2019, 4:57 PM

It just doesn't seem like they've come as far as Hulu/YouTube in the past several years.

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PSVue has been magical for me


Aug 27, 2019, 9:32 PM [ in reply to We've been happy with Sling overall ]

Similar reliability to any provider I’ve ever had

For cheaper.

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I have a feeling it works flawlessly on a PS3 or 4


Aug 28, 2019, 7:54 AM

But we have mostly Roku devices. Do you use Roku or a Playstation?

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All roku***


Aug 28, 2019, 9:29 AM



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Well, it is only TWD, that show has been


Aug 27, 2019, 4:44 PM

walking dead for years now.

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Gotta give a little credit.


Aug 27, 2019, 4:48 PM

I was about to be done, but last season reinvigorated some of my interest.

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wat's rong w/ youtubeTV?


Aug 27, 2019, 4:48 PM

SRS kweshun is SRS

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Nothing, except I already pay for Hulu Live + HBO.


Aug 27, 2019, 4:49 PM

which is like 70 bucks. So adding another $50 for just one channel isn't economical for me. I would try HBO, but I have so much crap saved on Hulu that I hate to start fresh.

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Would try YouTube Live****


Aug 27, 2019, 4:50 PM



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Get Philo for $16/month. It has AMC plus 40+ other channels


Aug 27, 2019, 4:57 PM [ in reply to Nothing, except I already pay for Hulu Live + HBO. ]

with some overlap of your current Hulu.

Much less than the 50 you would pay for youtube live.

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Re: Get Philo for $16/month. It has AMC plus 40+ other channels


Aug 27, 2019, 4:59 PM

...noted. This seems to have some more niche channels...thanks for the tip....

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I think it's ok


Aug 27, 2019, 4:51 PM [ in reply to wat's rong w/ youtubeTV? ]

but I find myself watching Netflix more often.

It's $53/Mo.....so it's approaching the same as a satellite company.
My problem is having to use it with roku which isn't that great.
My internet doesn't reach my bonus room very well.

I would say my tv experience has dropped approx 45% switching from Dish Network to Youtubestv.

On a positive side, youtubestv is not blocked at work.

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you still have the stick?


Aug 27, 2019, 4:59 PM

With the 'older' Rokus, I never had good luck on Wifi...I know your's isn't older, but I'd assume that the wifi antenna (I could be making this up) isn't as capable as those in the roku 'boxes'....

You don't have an ethernet port on that thang, right?


and I've been wondering about the work blockage.

we just switched to a Fantasy Football platform that I can get here, too....#bonar

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Just left DirecTV NOW and switched to Hulu


Aug 27, 2019, 4:58 PM

Directv now had lost cbs and nbc and didn't have ACCN so we decided to switch. Really happy with it so far.

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I must say this cordcutting stuff is an amazing phenomenon


Aug 27, 2019, 6:34 PM

to observe. Where normal, usually rationally-thinking men turn into some sort of super-couponing UDP cat ladies just to save a few bucks a month.

For the cost of a few sixers of your wittily-named cutesy-flavored microbeer, you could have a reliable, absolutely perfect satellite picture of every channel you desire. No buffering, no missing channels, no passwords required.

Bottom line: Get off that wallet. If you pay for a Yugo, you don't get to drive a Cadillac.



Happiness is......a fully functioning remote control. Long live super-slomo replay.

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Why you gotta bring cutesy flavored micro's into it?


Aug 27, 2019, 8:17 PM

I aint cut a cord.

And the good ones come in 4 packs.

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I could save bucks going from cable to satellite


Aug 27, 2019, 9:37 PM [ in reply to I must say this cordcutting stuff is an amazing phenomenon ]

but is it reliable especially when I live in an area with big thunder storms weekly this time of year?

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I've saved $6000


Aug 28, 2019, 8:50 AM [ in reply to I must say this cordcutting stuff is an amazing phenomenon ]

and still watch everything I want to watch (and WHEN/WHERE I want to watch it) with minor headache/troubleshooting


we get it, tho.
You like paying for 700 channels you don't watch, and drinking #### beer.

and that's ok, too

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lutz***


Aug 28, 2019, 10:01 AM



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Why pay $150/month to watch 2 hours of TV a week?


Aug 28, 2019, 10:02 AM [ in reply to I must say this cordcutting stuff is an amazing phenomenon ]

That is what is not economical to me. And the pain in the butt with streaming is equaled by the pain in the butt of finding out why DirecTV just increased the bill by $15 every few months.

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my on-demand hulu subscrip actually went DOWN $2/mo


Aug 28, 2019, 10:04 AM

a few months ago

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Free TV changing frequencies has really messed me up


Aug 28, 2019, 6:58 AM

Had numerous local channels until this past weekend. Local station - that plays ALL of the best CFB games - announced frequency change and need to re-scan channel. I have lost all of the major channels - even the TV3 just 15 miles from me.

Anyone else have this problem and find a solution/antenna that works?

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John 3:16; 14:1-6


TWD sucks #### anyways


Aug 28, 2019, 8:48 AM

quit watching after they killed every major character off and took 2 seasons to show something that should have happened in 8 episodes.

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