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RoadTrip
RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,287 Founders Club
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Hopefully this is the appropriate board for the question:

Do any of you use YouTube TV exclusively for your TV watching? If so, what are your recommendations for sports etc?

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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,931 Founders Club
    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/119384/youtube-tv-advice

    Yes I do. I just canceled it today as my service is paid for through Feb 5th. I will resubscribe next football season. YouTube TV is the best for sports watching. I love it.

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  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,287 Founders Club

    So do you have cable or satellite for network television etc. when it's not football season? I was thinking about getting rid of cable altogether. I pay over $400/mo while YTTV woul be like $90 plus any add-ons like the NFL. I already have Netflix and Prime accounts. I think Paramount is included in the base package. During baseball I'd just have an MLB subscription. In the end, I was hoping I could get access to everything we watch now but for about half the monthly cost.

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,669 Standard Supporter
    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2040512#Comment_2040512

    The Throbber is a YouTube tv whore. Best provider out there

    Local TV stations come with the package. For The Throbber that was kind of funky to begin with because Elon’s magic satellites provide The Throbber’s internet. Missoula MT to Spokane to Seattle until Starlink got its reads dialed in.

    YTTV just added multi view to most of their sporting events which is nice


    You’ll dig it

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  • houseofpain247
    houseofpain247 Member Posts: 393
    edited January 11

    Youtube TV is absolutely ideal. Multi view is a game changer for football

    It has unlimited DVR and you can set it to just record ALL NCAA football, or you can have it record all Big 10.

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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,931 Founders Club
    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2040512#Comment_2040512

    I don't watch TV after football season. I watch a lot of YouTube and I use Amazon if I want to watch movies.

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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,829 Founders Club
    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2040625#Comment_2040625

    I’m in the same gulag as Stalin. I resume my YTTV subscription in August and pause in January/February.

    Like the Throbber said, you get all your local channels plus the basic set of channels you get through standard cable.

    I flip on the TV for 2 things: football and movies. YTTV has me 99.9% covered for all the football - I think the only channel I don’t get is CBS Sports Net or something like that but those are typically mountain west games.

    Just ensure your ISP and wireless set up are solid.

    HTH

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  • chuck
    chuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,819 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited January 11

    Fubo for me. I haven't compared that closely but Fubo is very sports oriented and has everything I've ever wanted to see plus a ton that I don't. They have some cheap add on packs that really cover bases I didn't know existed.

    I'm just saying look at it. Cost is about the same. I'll suspend mine for three months after the natty game with a single click, and it will magically turn back on in time for baseball.

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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,846 Swaye's Wigwam

    In traveling across the US and streaming (Starlink w/roaming) kept raising their prices. tried FUBO but tired of the endless circle, gave it up. Have a rooftop Traveler for DishTV on my trailer trash house, get all the channels my wife needs and I head to the sports room to watch sports. And Dish is easier than shit to set the guides up for easy viewing - I do not do NFL package, or MLB, NBA etc. so only need one sports package. Sling might be something to check out - its Dish streaming but not sure how it is.

    I can record tons of stuff and it has capability to do up to 16 shows at a time. I pay for Peacock as I love the EPL and have Prime to stream also. I pay $93 for Astound broadband one gig and $114 for Dish 330 channels of which I watch 10 max. Wife watches all sorts of weird shit

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  • El_K
    El_K Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,532 Swaye's Wigwam

    Switched to YouTubeTV about a year ago and have no regrets.
    We pay the extra for Showtime/HBO/Starz. We have my mom in an account and the Mother in law on another account. So it saves them money in their retirement years. Had to lay and extra $5/month to have 4 streams as you are limited to 3 streams I have to occasionally log in from home using my moms Gmail account to reset it for her.

    You do get the local channels I get the DFW channels. Mom gets the Seattle channels. MIL gets the DFW channels instead of the Shreveport channels

    Unlimited DVR. So you are not scrambling to delete shows as new shows get recorded. YTTV will record old and new episodes no matter what. So it is easy to have it record an old show you have been wanting to catch up on.

    There Is a learning curve with the interface, but it is nothing insurmountable.

    The multi view is pretty cool while you can watch four games at once.

    I can’t stand CC, but with shows they whisper on, you can turn on the CC and you can edit the font size.

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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,829 Founders Club
    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/comment/2041104#Comment_2041104

    Good point on the interface. It’s a little tricky and now that I’ve learned it, it’s part of the reason I don’t wanna switch and learn something new.

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