Offseason Cord Cutting: YouTube TV or Hulu TV?
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Frozen Frog
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What the thoughts on FuboTV from those using it? I am thinking of switching from Hulu and Philo. I would keep the Disney bundle.
gohornedfrogs
Tier 1
I tried YouTube TV for two weeks back in January and I loved it. My only complaint is that it doesn't allow full screen rewind / fast forward like you get with cable or DirecTV. I plan to switch full time when AT&T jacks up their prices in a year (they offered me deep discounts for a year when I threatened to cut the cord).
My TVs are all fairly new, and they have the YouTube TV app built in, so the program guide was really good. I did find that the interface, recommendations and search were excellent, especially compared to DirecTV.
For purposes of comparison, I have pretty much an open pipe with DirecTV. My bill had gone up to around $275 per month before I threatened to cut the cord. The same lineup with YouTube TV, including all of their sports, HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime, would drop to about $125 per month. That's $1800 a year I can spend on golf!
My TVs are all fairly new, and they have the YouTube TV app built in, so the program guide was really good. I did find that the interface, recommendations and search were excellent, especially compared to DirecTV.
For purposes of comparison, I have pretty much an open pipe with DirecTV. My bill had gone up to around $275 per month before I threatened to cut the cord. The same lineup with YouTube TV, including all of their sports, HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtime, would drop to about $125 per month. That's $1800 a year I can spend on golf!
Purp
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I looked into Fubo, but they don't have the Fox Sports regionals (about to become Bally), which was the main attraction. I also seem to remember you can't use it on as many devices per account like I can with YTTV. I think we get up to 8 devices. I've also read that the recording options on Fubo aren't nearly as good as YTTV.
BrewingFrog
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flyfishingfrog
Active Member
the plan I am trialing has 10 screens and 1000 hours of recording time - so guessing they upgraded their plans
flyfishingfrog
Active Member
only used it for a day, so maybe not the best person to answer but I like the interface better than Philo for sure. Never used YouTube so don't know how it compares.
Frozen Frog
Active Member
Thank you. My dog doesn't get to handle to remote so I decide what we watch. The joys of being single. As for the RSNs I think I have given up on them. I can watch national broadcasts or listen to games on the radio. I came to grips with their Baylor a long time ago.
nwlafrog
Active Member
I cut the cord with Directv. Looking at streaming services. Can I add FSSW to Hulu+Live? It’s not in my channel lineup for my region.
edit: or would I just stream games from the fox sports app?
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The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
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It's complicated
TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
The regional fox sports networks were removed last fall from Hulu+ and I am not sure what to do about that. I need to look into it with Rangers season starting.
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TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
Fox Sports Oklahoma is changing to Bally Sports Oklahoma. Here's what we know
Jenni Carlson, Oklahoman
The Thunder game on Wednesday night won’t be on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
No more Thunder games will be from that day forward.
Now, Thunder fans, before you throw that remote through your flat screen, let me soften this news a bit. Even though change is coming again to Thunder broadcasts, this change isn’t nearly as disruptive as what’s you might've endured over the past few years.
Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...-what-we-know/ar-BB1f4LEy?ocid=BingNewsSearch
Jenni Carlson, Oklahoman
The Thunder game on Wednesday night won’t be on Fox Sports Oklahoma.
No more Thunder games will be from that day forward.
Now, Thunder fans, before you throw that remote through your flat screen, let me soften this news a bit. Even though change is coming again to Thunder broadcasts, this change isn’t nearly as disruptive as what’s you might've endured over the past few years.
Read more at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...-what-we-know/ar-BB1f4LEy?ocid=BingNewsSearch
Ron Swanson
Full Member
I’m confused by Ya and Brewing Frog saying there isn’t a guide on YouTube TV? There is most definitely a guide.
YA
Active Member
It is was dang near impossible to find with Amazon Fire. It took extra steps that my wife would never figure out. So to keep the peace and my sanity, I stayed with Direct TV
nwlafrog
Active Member
YouTube TV seems to have better choices for my sports in my zip code and more value as far as cloud storage and the ability to watch on multiple TVs at the same time without paying extra. I’m thinking I’ll just have to take advantage of the trial periods on HULU, YouTube, and Fubo and go from there.
Ron Swanson
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The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
Full Member
One of the things I liked about YTTV was the guide, which is much better on a Firestick than a Roku.
Ron Swanson
Full Member
We have both Roku and Firestick and it’s the exact same on both. Also the exact same on the YTTV app that comes with my Samsung TV.
The Artist Formerly Known as PhormerPhrog
Full Member
You're right. I was thinking of Vue. RIP.
