[jswirs]

Originally Posted by BlueSkies2

We're ditching AT&T tv service (streaming) and like some sports channels. Wondering what streaming options would allow us to get ESPN, FS1, Golf channel & Tennis channel. Like not having a contract.

Anyone have a favorite? Many new options but we'd like to know what others think of each service, their customer service, features, etc.

Love to hear from you.

Thanks!

We tried several streaming services and chose Sling, which is a better fit for me since I am a tennis fan and many others do not carry the tennis channel.

[banjobob]

We are You Tube subscribers and love it Century link internet and Discovery plus and Roku, too much to watch huge variety of shows and movies $65 bucks month plus internet, best value for us.

[Marge Mitrano]

We use UTubeTV

[dewilson58]

YouTube TV.
It travels any where.
Can have it in different locations.

[UseYourBrain]

[QUOTE=EdFNJ;1907377]YoutubeTV is excellent as they provide cloud DVR service and 85 channels but at $65/month + Internet (about $50 on low side) + tax it's pretty close to cable service. I have Xfinity 400Mbps (actually get close to 500Mbps) internet and still got quite a bit of buffering on YTTV when I "borrowed" my kids account for a week when they switched 2 months ago to try it out. Xfinity, as much as I hate them, for example is 125 channels with 100Mbps service for 2 TVs is only ~$130 including tax using your own modem or another $15 with theirs. Either way you need a cable modem to buy or rent. I still don't see the real bargain in streaming services YET as they really aren't that great of a bargain. You save a few bucks but not a great deal and, like cable, they do go up in price as YTTV did last July from $50 to $65.


The cost comparison here is not really valid. It assumes you won’t pay for internet if you don’t stream. If you are going to have internet no matter what, the cost comparison should only be of the tv services. Streaming is much cheaper.

[mcwood4d]

We are snowbirds so dual locations were important. Some services limit use of live TV streams in different locations. Our choices (in order) are; 1. Youtube TV for all the reasons mentioned above 2. Prime because of the shipping and video 3. Netflix since it offers more variety than we could ever want.

[mikemalloy]

There are definitely advantages to streaming. First, there's no contract. Second you can take it anywhere and if you use roku you can hook up when you're traveling. Third, there's none of those equipment charges that are never mentioned by cable companies. We have 4 tvs and using streaming saves a lot of money. We started with Youtube TV and enjoyed it. But they then raised their rates because they were adding 6 worthless to us channels. We switched to Hulu and found it good but not as easy to navigate as Youtube. We considered other streaming packages. Spectrum didn't offer the Golf channel. When we looked at Sling it didn't have some channels we watched such as Fox Business. That may have changed. Steaming seems to be the way to go if you have sufficient internet bandwidth.

[LTarter]

If you use Sprint for your cell phone, they give you Hulu for free. They also pay for your AAA membership for two people. Our unlimited plan is less than 30.00 a month for cell service.

[Streamers]

Hi, I have a streaming service that gives you any channel you want, all local, sports, movies like HBO etc. it costs about 20 dollars a month. I can give you a demo if you are Interested.

Sue
860-946-9110

[Bellj30]

Sports TV

[Ralpro1]

I use Sportztv. It's only $10 a month and it does provide all the channels everyone has mentioned previously. The service is a little inconsistent but at $10 it's an amazing value.

[Dick47]

I switched to FUBO and it has worked great. FUBO has probably the most sports channels as well as many of our other favorite channels including The Weather Channel.

[dejees]

Originally Posted by BlueSkies2

We're ditching AT&T tv service (streaming) and like some sports channels. Wondering what streaming options would allow us to get ESPN, FS1, Golf channel & Tennis channel. Like not having a contract.

Anyone have a favorite? Many new options but we'd like to know what others think of each service, their customer service, features, etc.

Love to hear from you.

Thanks!

If you have T-Mobile cellular, they have interesting packages for streaming with no contract. Must be a T-Mobile customer to sign up. If you need the big 4, NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX including all the other Orlando broadcast station, go to locast dot org. For $5.50/month you can’t beat it. Had to do the dot notation since the forum won’t let me post internet links

[bjd0105]

We use Hulu and love it

[Guitarman1951]

We use You Tube TV for around $60 a month vs the $175/mo that AT&T was charging us. It has about 70+ channels including local Orlando and the golf channel. Not sure about the tennis channel. Works well with our 100GBS internet service via Xfinity. That service is $66/mo but would have that either way. We also stream Netflix, Amazon Prime, Acorn and PBS. Once you get used to the somewhat cumbersome start up it's certainly worth the money and options difference. Be sure you have a wifi capable TV. We have LG and Samsung TVs.