Anyone here using / used Directv Now? Currently paying through the nose for Optimum, and...
- Really don't watch much cable at all;
- We don't have Fios available where we are;
- I only really watch MLS / EPL / etc;
- Most other stuff we watch comes straight from Netflix / Amazon.
Their website is kinda dumb - just trying to find out if they carry YES. Anyone know?
I just dropped Fios and gone through the Hulu Live, YouTube TV, Sling, Directv trials...
Directv doesn't have a DVR option at the moment, so that's a deal breaker for me. Otherwise, good channel selection and guide.
Hulu has good content, but their guide is a mess. I need a traditional style guide. It's probably the most asked for thing with their service. Regular service is cheap, the live channel option puts it at the same of the others. They just launched the live, so I'll give them a slight pass, but it failed during the final minutes of the super bowl.
I wound up liking Sling & YouTube TV the best. I went back and forth between the two. Sling offers lots of on demand content...but in the end, I settled with YouTube. Guide is great, quality is great, DVR is limitless, it's simple and easy. You can have 5 separate logins and simultaneous streams going.
Best thing about all of them is they are month to month and you can cancel and change at any time.
I would definitely consider the Roku for a streaming device. It works flawlessly. The AppleTV is pricier but works great as well.
Besides the streaming services there is a ton of free channels you can add too. I feel stupid for paying for cable for so long.