In my experience, no.
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All of the players, Playstation Vue, Directv Now, Sling TV, Youtube TV, etc. all provide free trials. Don't commit to one of them without trying all of them. It costs you nothing.
Personally, Playstation Vue was 10x better than all of them and we've had it since November. $74.99 but it includes every channel I possibly want including HBO, Showtime, EPIX, etc.
Personally, Playstation Vue was 10x better than all of them and we've had it since November. $74.99 but it includes every channel I possibly want including HBO, Showtime, EPIX, etc.
belowpar said:
All of the players, Playstation Vue, Directv Now, Sling TV, Youtube TV, etc. all provide free trials. Don't commit to one of them without trying all of them. It costs you nothing.
Personally, Playstation Vue was 10x better than all of them and we've had it since November. $74.99 but it includes every channel I possibly want including HBO, Showtime, EPIX, etc.
Grandfathered in with Directv Now at $35, it would be hard to switch at this point only for DVR (which i do miss on occasion, but not as much as I expected). It includes HBO for free at this time (but so does xfinity), plus it includes more channels that I watch and doesnt miss any (comedy central). For the additional $40 a month I could theoretically rent any episodes that I miss (many are now on demand through the individual apps though) for a couple bucks through amazon or apple instead of recording them and still be way ahead. Once the grandfathered price goes away then it won't be nearly as much of a no-brainer, but until that point it is hard to step away from the deal that Directv Now has put in place. I might change my tune when football season comes along though.
Is the grandfathered price going away? My understanding was that it was this price unless you cancelled and then wanted to go back at a later date, but I could very easily have that wrongWoMD said:belowpar said:
All of the players, Playstation Vue, Directv Now, Sling TV, Youtube TV, etc. all provide free trials. Don't commit to one of them without trying all of them. It costs you nothing.
Personally, Playstation Vue was 10x better than all of them and we've had it since November. $74.99 but it includes every channel I possibly want including HBO, Showtime, EPIX, etc.
Grandfathered in with Directv Now at $35, it would be hard to switch at this point only for DVR (which i do miss on occasion, but not as much as I expected). It includes HBO for free at this time (but so does xfinity), plus it includes more channels that I watch and doesnt miss any (comedy central). For the additional $40 a month I could theoretically rent any episodes that I miss (many are now on demand through the individual apps though) for a couple bucks through amazon or apple instead of recording them and still be way ahead. Once the grandfathered price goes away then it won't be nearly as much of a no-brainer, but until that point it is hard to step away from the deal that Directv Now has put in place. I might change my tune when football season comes along though.
My thoughts exactly on DTV Now. As long as i'm locked in at $35/mo, I can't justify switching to any of the other services. It's got all the channels I want. No DVR does suck, but their on demand content pretty well covers the things I would have DVR'd anyway. Still hoping some DVR functionality will show up eventually though.
Slight update. I'm working with them now in testing a scheduler for live TV function within Playon. This would allow the Playon to, on a given schedule or on-demand, record from a live stream. Live streams can be recorded manually right now, but I wanted a way to schedule a single live recording that I wouldn't have to manually start and stop, and a way to schedule a recurring recording, for things that aren't on the on-demand.nwspmp said:For what it's worth, PlayOn TV just added a DirecTV Now channel, allowing for "DVR" like service on that platform and it works with the HBO included.gougler08 said:This, almost all the shows I like are on demand so I just watch them the following day...easyTexasAggie008 said:
If you live in a city, get rabbit ears on amazon for $30-40....problem solved. If this is a "deal breaker" for some of you (not having CBS or ABC on the actual service), you're missing out imo.
Even the DVR thing is a little over blown....log into the AMC or FX ap (or whatever), and watch the show the next day. Like, for Americans and Walking Dead thats what I do and besides having to sit through a few commercials it really isn't a major deal.
I just upgraded mine and found the shows to record and told it to subscribe. Now it checks the on demand streams daily and auto records the show, which is auto dumped into my Plex system.
As an added bonus, it allows the live channels on the dtvnow to stream to my Roku devices as well, on the local network, via Roku media player and the UPnP inthe Playon software.
Not for live event auto recording, but good on the show time shifting, especially since i don't always have time to watch before they leave streaming availability.
Not built into the DirecTV Now app, but it's finally coming along.
First setup I've had that has allowed the cable/sat services to be cancelled without major wife disapproval!
nwspmp said:Slight update. I'm working with them now in testing a scheduler for live TV function within Playon. This would allow the Playon to, on a given schedule or on-demand, record from a live stream. Live streams can be recorded manually right now, but I wanted a way to schedule a single live recording that I wouldn't have to manually start and stop, and a way to schedule a recurring recording, for things that aren't on the on-demand.nwspmp said:For what it's worth, PlayOn TV just added a DirecTV Now channel, allowing for "DVR" like service on that platform and it works with the HBO included.gougler08 said:This, almost all the shows I like are on demand so I just watch them the following day...easyTexasAggie008 said:
If you live in a city, get rabbit ears on amazon for $30-40....problem solved. If this is a "deal breaker" for some of you (not having CBS or ABC on the actual service), you're missing out imo.
Even the DVR thing is a little over blown....log into the AMC or FX ap (or whatever), and watch the show the next day. Like, for Americans and Walking Dead thats what I do and besides having to sit through a few commercials it really isn't a major deal.
I just upgraded mine and found the shows to record and told it to subscribe. Now it checks the on demand streams daily and auto records the show, which is auto dumped into my Plex system.
As an added bonus, it allows the live channels on the dtvnow to stream to my Roku devices as well, on the local network, via Roku media player and the UPnP inthe Playon software.
Not for live event auto recording, but good on the show time shifting, especially since i don't always have time to watch before they leave streaming availability.
Not built into the DirecTV Now app, but it's finally coming along.
First setup I've had that has allowed the cable/sat services to be cancelled without major wife disapproval!
Bro! Get with me on FB to help with a few things please sir
. I've been getting my wife used to DTVNow little by little during the first few months and finally cut DTV last week so full fledged cord cutter now! I want to get an antennae attached to the satellite mount to go out to each TV but that can wait. I also need to setup Plex since I have a NAS and a spare machine that I can setup some type of DVR on. It's been a few days for my wife trying to adjust to on-demand vs DVR and I need to get something setup soon or she might revolt.
I'm about tired of them not adding apps (like for roku or xbone) and not adding DVR when they said it was coming soon.
Its been out since november and nothing has changed...
Its been out since november and nothing has changed...
Can anyone tell me if I can use a TiVo Bolt with Directv Now as a DVR?
You can't.
Boooooooo.
Just got the email that it works with roku now
My family made the change to Directv Now this week. We have Cat5 lines in every room so we are using AppleTv's connected with Ethernet cords and the app responds faster than my old Directv Genie. So far so good, hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
You should already be good for college football season. ESPN networks and Fox are covered by DirecTV Now and CBS usually streams for free, or at worst you'd pay $5/month for the full CBS app.texag06ish said:
hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
AggieFrog said:CBS usually streams for freetexag06ish said:
hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
Umm...no.
WoMD said:AggieFrog said:CBS usually streams for freetexag06ish said:
hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
Umm...no.
Um - yes. CBS app on the phone streamed our games last year for free. Just mirror your phone on the TV.
AggieFrog said:WoMD said:AggieFrog said:CBS usually streams for freetexag06ish said:
hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
Umm...no.
Um - yes. CBS app on the phone streamed our games last year for free. Just mirror your phone on the TV.
Even without a tv service login? If so, my apologies.
WoMD said:AggieFrog said:WoMD said:AggieFrog said:CBS usually streams for freetexag06ish said:
hoping they lock down locals in DFW by football season.
Umm...no.
Um - yes. CBS app on the phone streamed our games last year for free. Just mirror your phone on the TV.
Even without a tv service login? If so, my apologies.
Yes, you can watch for free on the CBS Sports app.
1. Get an HD antenna
2. Get an HD antenna
3. Get an HD antenna
4. Profit
2. Get an HD antenna
3. Get an HD antenna
4. Profit
Whoop04 said:
1. Get an HD antenna
2. Get an HD antenna
3. Get an HD antenna
4. Profit
That's a lazy answer. I'm in The Woodlands on the north side of Houston. The antennae are SW of Houston in Missouri City. I would have to put a 35' mast on top of my two story house to hope to receive the signals.
Not everyone can just "get an HD antenna" and start receiving local channels.
dlance said:Whoop04 said:
1. Get an HD antenna
2. Get an HD antenna
3. Get an HD antenna
4. Profit
That's a lazy answer. I'm in The Woodlands on the north side of Houston. The antennae are SW of Houston in Missouri City. I would have to put a 35' mast on top of my two story house to hope to receive the signals.
Not everyone can just "get an HD antenna" and start receiving local channels.
They make them with at least 50 miles of reception (if not more) so you may be able to make it work. You could get college station channels as well
Chill bro
gougler08 said:dlance said:Whoop04 said:
1. Get an HD antenna
2. Get an HD antenna
3. Get an HD antenna
4. Profit
That's a lazy answer. I'm in The Woodlands on the north side of Houston. The antennae are SW of Houston in Missouri City. I would have to put a 35' mast on top of my two story house to hope to receive the signals.
Not everyone can just "get an HD antenna" and start receiving local channels.
They make them with at least 50 miles of reception (if not more) so you may be able to make it work. You could get college station channels as well
No magical antenna is going to overcome line of sight issues.
I used to live in the woodlands (near branch crossing and woodlands pkwy) and was able to receive all of the houston locals ota without any problems. Antenna in the attic sitting on cardboard boxes aimed at houston (standard uhf/vhf bought at radioshack).
I can pick up most of the locals from lake conroe with attic antenna and radiant barrier. cbs is a problem station for me though because my antenna is built for fringe uhf not hi band vhf.
I can pick up most of the locals from lake conroe with attic antenna and radiant barrier. cbs is a problem station for me though because my antenna is built for fringe uhf not hi band vhf.
Everyone that has DirecTV Now that lives in the GHA should go to Root Sports website and enter in that we want DTV-NOW to bring on the channel. That's the only thing holding me up from cutting the cord completely.
Root Sports
Root Sports
Nice find...it's really the only thing I misscrowman2010 said:
Everyone that has DirecTV Now that lives in the GHA should go to Root Sports website and enter in that we want DTV-NOW to bring on the channel. That's the only thing holding me up from cutting the cord completely.
Root Sports
Same thing. Since Root is owned by AT&T, the hold up has to be the Rockets and Astros right?crowman2010 said:
Everyone that has DirecTV Now that lives in the GHA should go to Root Sports website and enter in that we want DTV-NOW to bring on the channel. That's the only thing holding me up from cutting the cord completely.
Root Sports
If it were the Rockets and Astros holding it up it would seem silly for Root to have your solicitation email sent to DTVNow.RPM said:Same thing. Since Root is owned by AT&T, the hold up has to be the Rockets and Astros right?crowman2010 said:
Everyone that has DirecTV Now that lives in the GHA should go to Root Sports website and enter in that we want DTV-NOW to bring on the channel. That's the only thing holding me up from cutting the cord completely.
Root Sports
I think DTVNow and Root are run as subsidiaries of AT&T and probably have some semblance of corporate separateness.
I got an email from AT&T.
DirecTV Now added to Roku today!
Streaming has been improved in speed and quality.
They've added new on demand titles.
When watching a show you can go back to the beginning in case you missed the first part of it.
To compensate for DVR, you can go back 72 hours on any channel.
DirecTV Now added to Roku today!
Streaming has been improved in speed and quality.
They've added new on demand titles.
When watching a show you can go back to the beginning in case you missed the first part of it.
To compensate for DVR, you can go back 72 hours on any channel.
I don't think it's any channel yet? Only a select few no?
GT_Aggie2015 said:
I don't think it's any channel yet? Only a select few no?
That's correct but it's a growing list.
Come on Root Sports. Tired of watching the Stros only when they play the Rangers
agdaddy04 said:
Come on Root Sports. Tired of watching the Stros only when they play the Rangers
x100000
agdaddy04 said:
Come on Root Sports. Tired of watching the Stros only when they play the Rangers
Do you have an Apple TV?
Yes, why?
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