I tried Sling for almost a month.I started using youtubetv and have been very pleased with it.
I switched to YouTube TV on my Roku Streaming Stick +. My wife and I love it. YouTube TV is great for watching College Football.
I tried Sling for almost a month.I started using youtubetv and have been very pleased with it.
When I first cut the cord, my WiFi was setting beside a desk top computer. Buffering was a pain. THEN...My only complaint is with my Roku device. We have Youtube TV. It works great with anything except live sports. Then, it's constant buffering, freezing, and error messages about the quality of my Internet connection. The same Internet connection that is a consistent 60 mbps download speed. The same Internet connection and WLAN that can serve 4 streaming devices at the same time without a single hiccup. But for some reason, streaming live sports via Youtube TV on my Roku simply won't work. Indeed, I can stream it on my iPad or Macbook with no issue at all. And I'm not alone; I have found others having the same issue.
Try rebooting your Roku Stick. I put em on a couple of our TV's. Mine work well.My only complaint is with my Roku device. We have Youtube TV. It works great with anything except live sports. Then, it's constant buffering, freezing, and error messages about the quality of my Internet connection. The same Internet connection that is a consistent 60 mbps download speed. The same Internet connection and WLAN that can serve 4 streaming devices at the same time without a single hiccup. But for some reason, streaming live sports via Youtube TV on my Roku simply won't work. Indeed, I can stream it on my iPad or Macbook with no issue at all. And I'm not alone; I have found others having the same issue.
My Roku Streaming Stick and Broad Band work great on YouTube TV. The picture on my 4K Samsung is much better than the picture we got on Att Uverse.Posted this on the NS forum but figured I post here also since some people don't go over there:
So the time has finally come where AT&T / Direct TV did not offer me the same discounted rate as they have in previous years when my promotion ended. Typically, Direct TV would give me a $60 credit for 12 months when I would call to cancel. No dice this time. They offered me a lower package which did not include many of the sports channels so that was a no go. After 7 years of Direct TV and AT&T internet I have both set for cancellation at the end of the current billing cycle. Google Fiber internet will be installed this Saturday and then the end of March will finalize my Direct TV service. The internet change should be pretty seamless. So what to do now for TV? After doing a lot of research and talking to people who have tried all the services (including this forum) I'm going to try YouTube TV. I was excited at first but the more I read about it the more skeptical I'm becoming. Mainly due to picture quality issues. Most people who have switched to a streaming service from Direct TV have commented that it's a noticeable decrease in picture quality. Not bad per say but a noticeable downgrade. If so that may be a deal breaker for me. I plan to stream from a Roku which will be hardwired into the new Google Fiber modem so there should be no connectivity issue or latency there. As long as the picture quality is good everything else about the service sounds great. I'm actually going to be splitting an account with somebody so it will only cost me $20 per month for YTTV and then $50 for the Google Fiber internet. Total of $70 per month versus what I was paying which was $160. Just hope the picture quality is at least on par to what I had with Direct TV.
Has anyone here switched from Direct TV or a cable company to YouTube TV and noticed lesser picture quality with YTTV (or better)? The good thing is I have several months before football season starts to get everything settled..
You can get a router that has a greater range. Mine goes easily 100' past our house.I have started having buffering issues too since more homes have been built in this neighborhood. I will see if I can move my router like you did. Is there another way to make my internet signal stronger in the other parts of my house?
I built my home and wish I had known enough to do that...would have been much cheaper and better.Getting one or more range extenders are a great option. (You're technically setting up a mesh network). The Eero system, for example, will tell you how many stations to get and will connect the range extenders via Ethernet-Over-Powerline (it runs internet over your electrical system which is cool to me). I think that's the one my dad went with.
Because I'm extra like that, I had my house wired with Cat5e cables and hard wire connect my devices. Can't get radio interference that way
CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS are likely available on an inexpensive antenna. ESPN can be purchased standalone or as part of a HULU, Disney +, ESPN package for $12.99 per month. We surely don't need to pay for all of those channels on YouTubeTV to watch college football.Just an FYI....my YouTube TV is rising in price from $49.99 to $64.99 in August. Just in time for the season, if we have one. I will be canceling and probably won't be following games. I don't watch TV enough to pay that much for it.
You are correct, but I live in a very rural area that is too far from the broadcast antenna to pick up a digital signal. I don't think any of those other options carry a local network.CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS are likely available on an inexpensive antenna. ESPN can be purchased standalone or as part of a HULU, Disney +, ESPN package for $12.99 per month. We surely don't need to pay for all of those channels on YouTubeTV to watch college football.