One week in...what's the lounge verdict on streaming now?

I had Sling last year, and I don't know if it was Sling, or Comcast cutting my bandwidth, or extraterrestrials, but I got really worked up about buffering and getting cut off in the middle of the games. I remembered this Sling tidbit, only when I found my last password, which had been reset multiple times and was finally changed to: Slingyoulongrunningslewofprofanities.

So this past weekend I had Sling AND Hulu going. (I had to put a free Sling trial on a second Roku, because no matter how I tried, I couldn't shake Sling from the first one). After seeing Hulu for the first time, and the ease with which I could surf relative to Sling, I dropped Sling immediately. Looked like all HD to these failing, old, eyes, too.

But NOW come the Hulu problems: No ESPN 3 (at least for me) and NO ACCNetwork Extra. Daaaah! This streaming stuff is getting old. Youtube TV appears to have the same exact limitations of content that are going to exclude me from the upcoming Hokie games.

Am I Reddit bound now? In for a big bar tab at the sports bar? Anyone got anything?

Posted: 09/05/2018 at 5:22PM

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One week in...what's the lounge verdict on streaming now? -- Coach McGuirk 09/05/2018 5:22PM

My biggest complaints is the Cloud DVRs -- hokiehunter07 09/06/2018 09:18AM

Can you use a Tivo (or other DVR) with these services? -- EDGEMAN 09/06/2018 2:25PM

Find a relative with Direct TV -- Newt 09/06/2018 12:29AM

PSVue. Sling has never had good technology. -- hoosnowahokie 09/05/2018 10:22PM

Where are you seeing the YouTube TV will exclude the upcoming games? ** -- Hokie5150 09/05/2018 6:06PM

I don't have Youtube, but I put my zipcode in on their site and it showed -- Coach McGuirk 09/05/2018 6:50PM

You can watch ESPN3 programming through the Watch ESPN app and using -- Hokie5150 09/05/2018 8:19PM

Yup. Youtubetv didn't record the megacast coach's chat for the game -- Tafkam Hokie 09/06/2018 08:52AM

Delete** -- Hokieman1987 09/05/2018 5:52PM

I went with DirecTV Now. Love it. Awesome picture quality. ** -- fsghokie 09/05/2018 5:40PM

Same here. I’ve been really happy with it. ** -- reestuart 09/06/2018 08:45AM

Is directTV now a streaming service? Or do you have to have a dish? ** -- HokieSignGuy 09/05/2018 5:42PM

Streaming, no dish required. -- fsghokie 09/05/2018 5:45PM

I cut the cord and went with Hulu but switched to YouTube TV. -- Bon Air Hokie 09/05/2018 5:37PM

All the ESPNs with youtube TV? can you also get access to all those on -- HokieSignGuy 09/05/2018 5:41PM

Yes, you can access from all your devices with YouTube TV. ** -- Hokie5150 09/05/2018 6:04PM

Yes, I watched the end of the PSU-Appy St game on the way to Tally -- Tafkam Hokie 09/06/2018 08:50AM

I've not had any real issue with buffering and we only have crap DSL. ** -- Hokie5150 09/06/2018 08:52AM

All I have is the pathetic 10mbps Shentel connection. -- Tafkam Hokie 09/06/2018 09:09AM

What he said....yes! ** -- Bon Air Hokie 09/05/2018 11:50PM

Satellite dish / directv not an option? ** -- astrohokie 09/05/2018 5:31PM

We have it here, but it doesn't look like an attractive option. -- Coach McGuirk 09/05/2018 5:39PM

Have heard people like YouTube TV. It comes with a "cloud" DVR. -- EDGEMAN 09/05/2018 5:30PM

They do. $40/month with unlimited cloud DVR. Had problems at first not -- Hokie5150 09/05/2018 6:04PM

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