NCEP: Sling TV

[jln]

I want to cut cable and switch to Sling TV. Anyone have it and love It? We'll save about $40-50 a month by getting rid of our bundled cable/internet and having an internet only plan with Sling. We currently already use Netflix and Hulu for streaming on Chromecasts.

[jln]

May 24, 2017 11:24:54 GMT -5 carmenere said:

We have it. It's fine, in fact it's great in theory, but it has some bugs. I love that H can add all the sports channels during football season and cancel them when it's over.

What bugs have you noticed?

[NitaX]

I used to have Sling, but switched to PlayStation Vue because of its multi-stream/device capability.

[heyjude]

Yes we have it. It's fine.

[heyjude]

I hated hated hated Comcast so this is vastly superior. We don't watch a ton of TV though and we are not big sports fans. We have an antenna for regular TV and honestly we may use that more for simply watching PBS over the air for free.

[robyn]

We've had Sling for about six months after cutting cable in June of 2015. It's fine. The HGTV channel has saved me since the election, because it's completely mindless entertainment. We have had some of the freezing and delay issues, but not enough to not make it not worth the cost. We also stream it through a fire stick. If you have TMobile, they offer the basic package for $14.99 rather than $19.99.

[moreace01]

I had it - maybe late 2015, early 2016? I had problems with freezing and delays - major, major delays. And also it would cut to commercial a LOT. I felt like it just wasn't ready for primetime, you know? I would hope the service is better now. I switched to PlayStation Vue and the service was better but the interface for my Roku was just utterly useless so I gave up and canceled that too.

During this time, I never actually cut cable and used it as a backup. I still have cable (or Directv I guess is what I have).

[iammalcolmx]

May 24, 2017 11:26:40 GMT -5 NitaX said:

I used to have Sling, but switched to PlayStation Vue because of its multi-stream/device capability.

OK I have Sling right now because I wanted to watch the RHOA Reunions Live I may switch to this. Another topic of discussion for you this weekend.

[iammalcolmx]

May 24, 2017 11:37:04 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

Got it. Love it. I don't care for TV but mr. is still a CNN addict so this suits him well. With cable we were paying ridiculous amounts of money for hundreds or garbage channels that nobody ever watched.

Why don't you use the CNN App for free?

[SallyJ]

We had it and got rid of it because of the slow loading/buffering, freezing, poor picture quality. We use a combination of Playstation Vue, a TV antenna with Tablo & Amazon Fire TV so we also have DVR capability, Netflix, Hulu. It cost us about $250 to get up and running, but we pay <$20/month vs. the $150/month with DirecTV.

[NitaX]

May 24, 2017 11:42:56 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

May 24, 2017 11:26:40 GMT -5 NitaX said:

I used to have Sling, but switched to PlayStation Vue because of its multi-stream/device capability.

OK I have Sling right now because I wanted to watch the RHOA Reunions Live I may switch to this. Another topic of discussion for you this weekend.

Is Bravo not on Sling? I know it's on PS Vue.

[iammalcolmx]

May 24, 2017 11:46:07 GMT -5 NitaX said:

May 24, 2017 11:42:56 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

OK I have Sling right now because I wanted to watch the RHOA Reunions Live I may switch to this. Another topic of discussion for you this weekend.

Is Bravo not on Sling? I know it's on PS Vue.

Oh it is. I was just embarrassed the entire reason I got Sling was to watch that ratchet ass reunion. Now that it's over I am not completely sold on keeping Sling but we have Rokus everywhere except the bedroom which has the Play Station.

[NitaX]

You don't need the PlayStation for Vue. They have a Roku app.

[eclaires]

We use PS Vue and use it with our two rokus. I like it better than sling.

[2curlydogs]

So, cutting cable in our house would have been a divorcable offence because Soccer.

But I just found this:

www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=EPL.mp4&title=Watch%20The%20Premier%20League&subinfo=the%20entire%20season%20on%20NBC*%20and%20NBCSN&priceline=*Regional%20restrictions%20apply&cta=Start%207-Day%20Free%20Trial&irad=356365&irmp=330866


So now I know what I'm doing with my afternoon is pricing this all out. Bring on the spreadsheets!

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May 24, 2017 11:26:40 GMT -5 NitaX said:

I used to have Sling, but switched to PlayStation Vue because of its multi-stream/device capability.

Same for us.

[pugz]

we cut cable last year when Sling started carrying our local Fox sports channels so we could get our local baseball games. So we pay $50 a month for high speed internet (Google Fiber) and then depending on what season it is and what we want to watch we use Sling, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant to watch our shows. We also have a digital antenna for the local channels.

[susiebw]

We used to have Sling as well. I only ever used it so the kids could watch Disney, and DH used it for sports. We got rid of it for lack of use, I think. We haven't had cable for years, and Sling was the "bridge" to make cutting that cord a little easier for DH, I guess. We got Hulu when we dropped Sling, and still don't really use it except for a few Hulu originals (there was a particular show that was the impetus for us getting Hulu to begin with, and we've just never cancelled after we watched that show). We're mostly a Netflix and Amazon family.

[jene]

We have sling. It's worked well for us. We had some issues early on with it freezing/crashing, but that seems to have gotten better lately

[iammalcolmx]

May 24, 2017 12:24:55 GMT -5 mr+ms said:

May 24, 2017 11:43:30 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Why don't you use the CNN App for free?

Is it the complete CNN programming 24/7? We should use that if so! SaveSave

Yes they have CNN Live.

[Miss Phryne Fisher]

We used to have it, it was pretty good.

It was crap during the Olympics though. Literally no olympics available in my area for some reason.

[tracita]

We have it and haven't had any issues. We use it through the Roku. We watch CNN, HGTV, ESPN, and kids programming.

[phunluvin82]

We have it and I like it overall. I do like that we can sort of add and cancel premium channels at will so we don't pay for them all year round if our shows aren't running.

I haven't had too many issues with bugs or freezing, buffering, etc, but we did before we got an extender for the wireless. Our signal was sort of weak in the living room prior to that, so that was not Sling's fault but it did effect it more than our other services. We could usually switch to Netflix or Amazon and get something to stream. So I would say a fast connection and strong signal are crucial for Sling, more so than some other services.

[onomatopoeia]

We tried it out, but ended up going wth Hulu Live for multi-device streaming as well as DVR capabiliies.

TBH, when we cut cable I think it was a bit more of a shock to DH and the kids than they expected. Hulu LIve is less of a "step down" than Sling. I still miss my DVR "list" from DirectTV but I definitely don't miss the bill.

We also have Amazon prime.

[Deleted]

We have it and have for awhile. At first we had issues with crashing and loading times but it's a lot better now. We figured out it works way better with Roku, and not so great with the amazon fire stick. We also figured out the internet at our old house was bad, we moved and I don't think it has frozen, or had slow loading since.

[elletr13]

I'm interested in doing this once our Comcast contract is up in August. We already have Roku.

I am confused between Sling Orange & Sling Blue? I just need to make sure we can get college football (specifically, SEC) in the fall. It looks like SEC network is only available on Orange? Is one (Orange v blue) better than the other?

[Captain Catnip]

May 24, 2017 12:08:43 GMT -5 2curlydogs said:

So, cutting cable in our house would have been a divorcable offence because Soccer.

But I just found this:

www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?bgvideo=EPL.mp4&title=Watch%20The%20Premier%20League&subinfo=the%20entire%20season%20on%20NBC*%20and%20NBCSN&priceline=*Regional%20restrictions%20apply&cta=Start%207-Day%20Free%20Trial&irad=356365&irmp=330866


So now I know what I'm doing with my afternoon is pricing this all out. Bring on the spreadsheets!

H watches European football on PS Vue.

[downtoearth]

Jun 1, 2017 15:54:58 GMT -5 elletr13 said:

I'm interested in doing this once our Comcast contract is up in August. We already have Roku.

I am confused between Sling Orange & Sling Blue? I just need to make sure we can get college football (specifically, SEC) in the fall. It looks like SEC network is only available on Orange? Is one (Orange v blue) better than the other?

I would have to look at ours, but you can turn groups of channels on/off per month. So you can turn on certain sports packages just when you want them.

[cherryvalance]

We've had it since last summer and love it. We just mapped out what channels we were watching frequently and made sure to choose the package with those (but ended up adding the Bravo package for RHOA).

I haven't had freezing issues, but I do find it annoying to switch between channels. We're saving about $70-80/month, so I can deal. We kept Netflix and have a Firestick for more variety.

[Jalapeñomel]

How much do you spend a month on different programming?