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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:00 pm
by TheCatt
Over the top TV service (over the top of your internet?).
Streaming for $20/month, includes:
Disney
ESPN
ESPN 2
AMC
Several others - Details here
You can buy a few other bundles (more sports, more kids, and one other) for $5/each.
I signed up today with this deal. $60 for 3 months + a Free Fire TV Stick
I already have Fire TV, but this way I can have a device that will travel with me, and have those channels.
So far it's pretty much what is says. Service vary by channel though. Some will let you pause, move forward/back, others won't. Some have TV-on-demand, some don't.
Canceling cable shortly.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:17 pm
by GORDON
Damn, the basic package would make everyone happy except the kid. Where's Nickelodeon?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:37 pm
by Leisher
That's missing WAY too many channels for us.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:38 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:That's missing WAY too many channels for us.
Same thing I say about cable.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:41 pm
by Leisher
Malcolm wrote:Leisher wrote:That's missing WAY too many channels for us.
Same thing I say about cable.
Your cable company sucks.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:48 pm
by GORDON
Leisher wrote:That's missing WAY too many channels for us.
The wife's main channel is Fox News. Mine is TBS and Adult Swim. Those are covered.
We would miss AMC for Walking Dead, she would miss Fox News.
I guess I would miss FX for Archer.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:25 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:Leisher wrote:That's missing WAY too many channels for us.
The wife's main channel is Fox News. Mine is TBS and Adult Swim. Those are covered.
We would miss AMC for Walking Dead, she would miss Fox News.
AMC just got added
Honestly, the only channel I really want this for is ESPN. I don't watch anything else live.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:33 pm
by Troy
Interesting. Some of those European soccer channels aren't viewable (streaming aside) without 100 dollar cable subs attached.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:31 pm
by GORDON
What's the DVR situation?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:39 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:What's the DVR situation?
None at present.
And only 1 stream at a time.
We recently bought the Amazon version of the leaf antenna for OTA networks.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:41 pm
by GORDON
Can you do a homebrew DVR routing it through a PC?
Also, 1 stream sucks.
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:46 pm
by TheCatt
Not that I know of yet. Perhaps they'll add it.
We only ever watch 1 thing at once (1 tv), so I'm not worried about it.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:30 pm
by GORDON
The single stream might be a deal breaker for me.
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:31 pm
by TheCatt
If it weren't for ESPN, I wouldn't even want TV. So I may cancel this in 3 months.
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2015 9:23 pm
by TheCatt
Restrictions, etc
More Pause/Rewind would be nice.
It's worked well for us, I used it a lot during the NCAA tourney, and the kids use it for the kid channels.
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 5:24 pm
by TheCatt
And... canceled. Then, back to cable.
It wasn't sling's fault. But it's summer, so hell if I care about having ESPN, and paying $30/month ($25 / month + taxes) so I can have Disney Jr for the kids isn't going to work.
Then, since we only have Internet, we can get phone + TV + DVR for $110/month (taxes + fees included). Which, net of internet + phone, means $40/month for TV, which means the DVR and all the extra channels are $10/month, net of Sling.
Re: Sling.TV
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 3:36 pm
by TheCatt
Signed up again. Got a free 30 days for buying a Fire tv stick. The downstairs tv doesnt have cbale, and ive been stuck on the laz boy all week.
Sling.TV
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:52 pm
by TheCatt
Signed up again, got 2 months for 1 month. Will cancel once that ends.
In the meantime,
YouTube.TV has been announced.
Stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more.
Never run out of DVR storage space.
6 accounts, 1 price.
$35/month. Cancel anytime.
I assume that 6 accounts means 6 streams at once? But, the cloud-DVR is attractive. I'll try it out whenever it comes out.
Sling.TV
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:09 am
by Troy
We've been using Sling for a few months now. Love it. Have the $40 best-they-got package. It's basically got every channel we'd ever want. ESPN to SYFY to HGTV to FX to FS1+2 and on...
An episode of The Expanse wasn't making it on to their in-demand system, so I tweeted at them. They responded pretty fast and got it up, solid customer service.
I guess my one complaint is that some of the channels are completely on-demand once they've aired. Like HGTV and Viceland. Then a few, like Comedy Central, are live only. So if I miss the Daily Show's first slot I have to wait for the second airing.
They sent us a free Roku for signing up. But it runs on the Apple TV so we don't use it. Might have thrown it away.
Sling.TV
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:52 am
by TheCatt
I use the free Fire TV Stick as a travel stick, so it goes with me to hotels and other places so I can stream my own stuff via Plex. That being said, I was foiled last week in the Bahamas, cuz the TVs were so old they didn't have HDMI ports.