Some people have already started getting notices that they will be capped with 1TB of Data. or paying more if you exceed that. Now granted that is a lot of data but if you are streaming all day, everyday across multiple devices in addition to your internet browsing and downloads, you may hit that each month. But my guess is yes the cable companies will find a way to react to this by either raising prices or capping data or throttling you to a lower speed after x amount of data used similar to what Cell phone companies have done or are doing.
I have double-play with Comcast, but the tv is useless. It's just cheaper than stand-alone internet at the speed tier I'm getting. The tv is literally basic cable--just the locals, shopping channels, religious channels, and some sirius music channels. In standard def. I don't even have the cable box connected anymore. I'd rather watch the locals with my antenna for free in HD. It would be a huge jump in price if I added an HD DVR tv pkg that included all that I get with PS Vue. Plus if I wanted it in multiple rooms I'd have to pay for an additional box in each room. PS Vue can be used on up to five devices with one account. No equipment, other than a streaming device if you don't already own one.
Yes. Try it out. You get a week free trial. Then you can see which one you like better. I will say the PS Vue app on Roku is not great. I liked Sling's interface better with the channels on the bottom you can scroll through while watching something else. Roku has no channel guide with Vue. You have a menu like Netflix and you can search by channel or what's live at the moment, but once you are watching something you have to arrow out to the menu to change channels. Hopefully they improve that with an update soon. But other devices like Amazon Fire, Playstation, have channel guides with Vue. You can also cast from your iphone/android device if you have a Chromecast.
I do o for $80. I don't get the ESPNs and get the local but it does include HD for me and does have like Nick for the kids and USA in addition to just the basic local. To get alot more channels like all the ESPNs and what not, I think it was $120 but that is for 1 TV which is all I have connected right now. I do hate that about the cable companies of needing to rent a separate box for each TV.
I used Sling last year during football/basketball seasons. I have been using PS Vue since August of this year. The packages and pricing have changed somewhat with Sling since then, but i had the basic "Best of TV" and the sports extra package, which came out to $25. With the sports package, I was able to access all of ESPN's channels, plus a couple other sports channels like Bein and some outdoor sports channels. No Fox Sports anything. Sling now has two separate plans where with one you can get the Disney/ESPN family of channels and the other you can get the Fox family of channels, including the regional FSN channels. But you can't get both in one package. You'd have to pay for both packages. Sling's service was glitchy. It did get better over time, but they had lots of problems with high demand shows. Seems their servers weren't up to the task. Lots of angry customers. I don't know how reliable it is now, but it's got to be better than it was or they probably would have folded. The pros with Sling are you have more flexibility with mobile devices and it's available on more platforms. Plus, depending on your needs it can be cheaper. The cons are there's no DVR and the on-demand offerings are limited. You're also limited to one device at a time on the package that has the Disney/ESPN channels. The other package is up to three devices at a time.
Some do. I bought a Roku TV because it had a built in Roku interface that works the same as the separate device. Android TV's now get PS Vue as well. And some tv's have Google Cast built in so you can cast from your phone or tablet without buying a separate chromecast device. But it's usually better to have a separate device because they get updated more frequently and have more robust processing. Many people end up using a streaming device instead of the tv's smart functions.
Kind of interesting. I was curious to see what Directnow would offer, but I'm not sure it's enough to make the switch. I really like the pause functionality of Vue, and the DVR works great as well. My wife uses that a lot. Also, being able to sign into Watch ESPN has been nice, and has pretty much saved me from having to DVR our games, as the replays have been there since most are on ABC or ESPN.
