We get YouTube TV primarily to have a cable-like-equivalent in the Airbnb on the ground floor of our house and it’s the only service that lets you have sub accounts that keep DVR recordings/prefs completely separate.
This latest hike will have me rethinking that approach.
It's basically the same as Hulu Plus Live TV (currently $77, which I think answers the price question) except I think the bandwidth is better
But yeah prices for "Live TV" cable bundles are ridiculous and I don't know why they all insist on cable TV-guide style layouts for hundreds of channels
Me, when I forgot to cancel the trial - it was the only way to watch the Oscars without the Polish voiceover. I have no idea why there’s no legal way to watch it in English.
I am. "Regular" streaming services are terrible, and I don't mind paying to get everything *I* want in one place, get to share it with my whole family, and have it actually *work*.
Yes, we've gone back to cable TV. Unfortunately, it's better than 9 different shitty services.
used to subscribe, and would again if I had the $$
one of the best parts: automatically recording and saving shows/series, even simultaneous... It's very good for that
Everything. Full broadcast package, NFL Sunday ticket, NBA League pass, plus, like cable, I can subscribe to any of the services that would usually be separate apps (Disney, Max, Starz, Paramount+, AMC+) with the exception of Disney+.
Have there been constant price hikes? Yes. Is it any different than Comcast or DirecTV at this point? No. But no one does streaming better than Google, it has sports, and I can watch it on any device imaginable.
I'm not *happy* with it, but it's the best alternative I've found. 🤷♂️
Live sports are expensive, I think they make up a significant fraction of traditional cable bill costs. ESPN was, iirc, freaking out about the move to streaming, since their pricing & business model on cable depends on everyone who doesn't watch sports subsidizing the fees by paying the bundle rate.
Its not what you'd call a streaming service like Netflix or Hulu. Its basically providing cable TV without the cable company fully over IP. I think it ends up being slightly less featureful (I think in *handwave sports* ways) than cable, but also a good bit cheaper.
I don't know offhand anymore. Last time I had cable was ~2009. IIRC for the non-premium tier (No HBO/Showtime) it was like $70/month, so I'm assuming a good bit more now.
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This latest hike will have me rethinking that approach.
But yeah prices for "Live TV" cable bundles are ridiculous and I don't know why they all insist on cable TV-guide style layouts for hundreds of channels
Yes, we've gone back to cable TV. Unfortunately, it's better than 9 different shitty services.
one of the best parts: automatically recording and saving shows/series, even simultaneous... It's very good for that
Everything I subscribe to goes through YTTV.
I'm not *happy* with it, but it's the best alternative I've found. 🤷♂️