YouTube TV

[BlueSince92]

You just can't use the DVR for SOME of the ESPN channels like the SEC. But you can for a lot of the ESPN channels. Plus, any game that's on an ESPN channel can usually be watched later from WatchESPN or ESPN3 for free if you have a login.

Ah, thanks.

 

[Samurai Cat]

I cancel YouTubeTV soon as the basketball season is over. Usually I fire it back up for football but not sure I’m gonna watch the train wreck this coming year yet. We never have time to watch tv during the summer anyways.

This is what I do. I'll "pause it " after the final four and reactivate it for college football

 

[know1]

This is what I do. I'll "pause it " after the final four and reactivate it for college football

The last few years with Cal, I just canceled YTTV at the end of college football. I'd listen to our basketball games on the radio the rest of the regular season or watch the ones on network TV or at a bar or friends' house.

 

[specialkd24]

Nobody likes the price increase ... but I still think it is a good bargain compared to traditional cable or satellite. And everyone's situation is different ... my wife likes other channels in addition to sports. It is all in one place, I can watch on my phone or computer easily from anywhere. No need to get 4-5 other services just to replace this one. BUT I can see why some of you would.

The best way to approach any service is be willing to switch, get locked into a cheaper rate, and switch in two years when the price goes up. I used DirecTV for 14 years until it got too expensive. Then I switched to Spectrum and it was fine for 2 years until they doubled the price. So I switched to YTTV, and even with this increase, is still $60-70 less than I was paying for Spectrum.

 

[jedwar]

I'm going to do what other have suggested here, wait till ball season is over and pause it till football starts up. Plus I'm going to add a buddy and we are going to split the costs. Yes I'm that cheap.

 

[TankedCat]

seems like you should be able to subscribe to ESPN, play $20 a month and get all their channels.

sports are the only thing I watch on Youtube TV

 

[Reber3]

Find a friend/relative with cable and have them add SEC Network to their package. You can then use their login on the ESPN app to stream games. Obviously, you should pay for the SEC adder instead of them. It’s <$10/month.

 

[rick64]

We're still running with Spectrum as our ISP, cable provider and DVR box. We have to play their little game every 2 or 3 years and threaten to leave. I'm not sure it's much a savings anymore to cut the cord as it used to be.

 

[know1]

We're still running with Spectrum as our ISP, cable provider and DVR box. We have to play their little game every 2 or 3 years and threaten to leave. I'm not sure it's much a savings anymore to cut the cord as it used to be.

Except for the months I have YTTV or now Sling for college football, my TV bill is $6.

I'm quite certain it's much cheaper.

 

[know1]

seems like you should be able to subscribe to ESPN, play $20 a month and get all their channels.

sports are the only thing I watch on Youtube TV

ESPN is launching that next year. It will likely be more like $50.

 

[sportspm]

YoutubeTV offers 25 day free trials. All you need is an email and a credit card. From what I can tell it doesn't do an IP check when granting the trial. Gmail accounts are free😎

It’s only a 3 day trial now, unless they changed it recently

 

[EliteBlue]

Their greed is insatiable. They not only raise prices, but they increase advertisements. Ads in game, ads on uniforms, floors, walls, quick "breaks" if someone is mildly injured, and the ever painful TV timeouts every 4 minutes even if there was a time out seconds ago.

Then you get games on CBS and it's just unbearable with the ads. I'm convinced they have an agreement to add 1-2 minutes to every under 4 timeout, and at least 5 to halftime, especially during March Madness.

Yet they need to charge more in monthly fees. GREED (thanks to our investors first mentality).

I’d kill for the soccer style in game ad system instead of TV timeouts. Mute the game, run the 30-60 secs of ad sound and imaging in a split screen or banner ad while we can still watch the game. Only break away for strategic timeouts and halftime