Do any of you use YouTube TV? Likes and dislikes?

[Nevilledog]

We just started a one week trial cuz we want to get rid of our very expensive cable.

TIA

[mobeau69]

1. If you have fast internet, do it.

According to my daughter and son-in-law.

[Nevilledog]

2. I think it's fast, but what the fuck do I know? LOL

First thing hubby did was start recording a bunch of things at once.....goober.

[msongs]

10. u can see your internet speeds at speedtest.net mine is 360mbps download nt

[bluedigger]

21. My internet sucks and it works well.

Having to scroll through the channel guide to switch channels is the biggest drawback, but if you edit out all the crap you don't want, it's not that bad. You get used to it.

[Freedomofspeech]

3. We have had You Tube TV for a year now.

Cable was getting very expensive and we wanted the ACC network to watch Pitt sports. We can get all of our local channels but we also have Amazon Prime and Netflix. It took a little while to navigate You Tube TV but we really are happy that we made the switch.

[Nevilledog]

4. We have Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Starz....we realized we rarely watch regular TV.

Usually just for sports, and we can get that thru YouTube.

[Freedomofspeech]

6. We also have Acorn TV and Britbox because most shows we watch are British TV.

[Phoenix61]

17. I have Acorn but wasn't sure if it would be

worth it to get Britbox. Is there enough difference between them?

[Doreen]

11. Not counting the prime ( as I am on someone else's account)

does those others cost together per month?

[csziggy]

13. I pay BritBox yearly

$69.99 a year. If I remember correctly, it's about $6.99 a month so the yearly price is cheaper.

Acorn TV is $5.99 a month.

[frazzled]

5. Have thought about getting it

Mainly because it is the only streaming service that includes PBS (or at least the only one 5 or 6 months ago, when I was looking into it).

We actually did a few days’ free trial, and the streaming works flawlessly. The main downside for me was that you can’t toggle between channels with a simple “previous” button on a remote, and the channel guide was a bit of a nightmare. We tried to rearrange it, but it kept flipping back. Seemed clunky to navigate.

If you like sports, which I don’t, it has a kazillion sports channels. I was afraid my husband would want to be watching sports all day.

We still may get it, but we felt like we weren’t quite ready yet. When the pandemic dies down, we may get it, because the cable bill is too high.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. You can watch a lot of PBS programs online

I just watched a documentary on Keith Haring the other day. I am a PBS donor though. I don't know if that matters.

[frazzled]

8. We are donors as well, and have Passport

But I just like to watch live. I’m at a computer all day, and need to walk away and stretch out on the sofa at the end of the workday. Not all the programs are available online.

[csziggy]

14. If you are a regular donor to PBS you can get a "passport"

And get streaming for free. It's not live broadcast but most of the shows are available. I get it through my local PBS station so their locally produced shows are included.

[frazzled]

18. It's complicated

We do a lot of streaming, but in the busy evening, I like to just turn on the set to watch the national news and the local public affairs hour without having to diddle with the Apple TV and the Passport app. Besides, you have to have a valid provider anyway to be able to access the app on your television. As I said, I don’t want to watch on my computer or iPad. There’s more than one person viewing together.

[csziggy]

19. I use a Roku stick and I just added PBS and signed in with my Passport account info

I had to set up the Passport on the PBS account I give regular donations on, but that was the only hassle.

We have Rokus on various TVs in the house and apparently the Roku account shares the Passport info among them.

[Nevilledog]

23. I have a concern about the recording capabilities for sports.

We rarely watch sporting events in real time, or there might be multiple games at one time. There doesn't seem to be a way to extend the recording time for live events. For example, the tivos we use now give you the option to extend the recording time for up to 3 hrs. Missing the end of games that go into overtime will suck.

[fishwax]

26. It doesn't record sporting events to a specific time, but rather stops recording after its over

Remember that YouTube is tied to google. If you were to have gone to google in the middle of, say, the Bills Patriots MNF game tonight and search Bills Patriots, you'd've gotten an up-to-the-minute score, including the time remaining in the game. Because google knows what's up. And YouTubeTv doesn't stop recording live events until the event is over. I record a lot of live sports, and have never missed an ending with it.

There is one drawback for recording sports in that (on very rare occasions), the event listing might not reflect all the relevant data that you've put in to your recording preferences. For instance, I'm an Oklahoma Sooners fan, and I have YouTubeTV set to record every sporting even that involves the Sooners. When it comes to regular season games, it's never missed one. But for the Cotton Bowl on Wednesday it is possible that YouTubeTV has the programming just as Cotton Bowl, without the specific teams, so I'll have to double check that this will be recorded. I've had the service for about two-and-a-half years now, and this has been an issue only maybe twice or three times. (Each time I caught it beforehand.)

[Nevilledog]

27. We're doing the 1 week trial right now.

It didn't cut off the bowl game I recorded that went into overtime, so that eased some of the concerns. It will be interesting trying to record Nascar races.

Thanks for the input

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Cut the cable several months ago.....

have YouTube TV, Amazon Prime, and Netflix.

Does it all for me and at about $100 a month less!

Don't know what I've missed as compared to the old "cable" - so I guess it doesn't matter!

[CurtEastPoint]

12. I am contemplating this and I have Hulu and NF and Prime.

Can I get local channels w/YouTube TV and can it record? Those are my questions! Thanks!

[bluedigger]

20. Yes, and yes, sort of.

It will keep a library of shows you designate, so you can watch Newshour or Rachel when you want. Sporting events, too. But they don't stay there forever.

[MyOwnPeace]

22. I agree........

But I remember "recording" things when I had cable and would later have to erase them to make room for something else I "had to have" but never watched the last "had to have!"

[yellowdogintexas]

24. we are nearly 3 years cable free.

We have a ROKU and subscribe to Netflix and Hulu plus Prime comes with my Amazon membership. I think Netflix is just under $15, and Hulu is maybe $7 (I have ads) We also have PBS Passport Also, Free Speech TV is a free channel on ROKU

I watch a lot of You Tube but do not have You Tube TV. My favorites are the twins reacting to music, It's a Southern Thing, Glenn Kirschner, crafting and cooking

[stopbush]

15. We've had YTTV for a couple of years. Better and cheaper than cable.

Love the fact that the steaming services can be viewed in all your devices, or by anyone with whom you’d like to share the apps.

[csziggy]

16. I don't use YouTube TV but I use Sling

Which includes MSNBC & CNN and most channels normally carried on cable.

Problem is, the cable channels all have ads and with ad free streaming on the other streaming channels I now hate ads so I don't watch most of the channels.

Sling Blue channels is $30 plus their News Package for $5 plus taxes add up to about $40 a month. Their menus are easy to navigate and apparently they are no longer charging for their DVR thing since it is listed as free on my account.

[Zorro]

25. I've cycled through all the major streaming services

First was AT&T Now. Had local channels. Got it to binge on GoT (it came with HBO included). Dropped it when they jacked up the rates $10/mo.

Next was Hulu + Live TV. Had local channels. Dropped it when they jacked up the price twice in one year.

Then it was Youtube TV. Had local channels. Dropped it when they jacked up the price $10/mo.

Youtube TV had the most variety of channels. They all had MSNBC, which is the one live broadcast we wanted to have. All 3 had adequate recording capabilities, with Youtube TV having the best.

We now have Sling Blue + News and Latino options. It's significantly cheaper than any of the other services. It has only the local NBC channel. But combined with the plain Youtube app + Pluto app + Roku app + Netflix + Amazon Prime + PBS Passport, we have more than enough viewing options to watch just about anything of interest.

If local channels are a must, try one of the flat TV antennas. You will be surprised at the number of local channels you can pick up.

[MacKasey]

28. Been using YouTube Tv for a year

I record everything I watch so I can fast forward thru commercials.

For what I watch, it is the best.

Only thing I am annoyed about they dropped Tennis channel.

It would be great if they would add history and a&e, I would trade them for Fox stations , except for local fox, the rest are useless.