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It's hard to stream live sports cuz my internet is slow. Would any service be better than others for this?

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You can get Dish or DirecTV. Dish is considerably cheaper and will give you all of the SEC football games.

I don't have any streaming services year round. I used Sling for football season only. I think I had to get Sling +blue. Will be doing the same this year and then canceling after the season.

Edit: It looks like it's Sling +Orange actually.

vin diesel said:

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It's hard to stream live sports cuz my internet is slow. Would any service be better than others for this?

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Yes…cable or satellite…you need roughly 7 Megabits per second worst case for an HD stream. Though the services should detect bandwidth somewhat, exceeding the requirement by roughly 2-3x is preferred. And avoid all other network usage if at minimums.

JustisWalkert said:

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I just switched to Hulu from DirectTV and have a question about recording games. Suppose a game goes beyond the scheduled time, as they usually do. Does Hulu keep recording untill the game is over or should I set the next game on the same channel to record just to be sure?

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"Sports recordings will generally be extended 30 minutes beyond the scheduled end time in case games run long. YouTube TV may also detect the specific end time of a game and extend the recording to that point.
All other recordings will be extended 1 minute past the scheduled end time in case programs run long."

https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/7129564?hl=en#zippy=%2Crecording-extensions

LatinAggie1997 said:

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I've used Hulu + Live for cfb and had no issues. For those that know, why makes YouTube TV better?

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It's been a long time, but for me the Hulu Live interface was just terrible. I found YTTV to be much easier to navigate.

https://cordcutting.com/how-to-watch/college-football/

for the benefit of the slow-witted...I have Hulu already, but have never used it for football. do I need Hulu plus? if I want to watch a pirated livestream on YouTube, do I just search for the game at gametime?

I typically have paid for SEC Network during football season, but can't this year because I refuse to give up my cable card and charter/spectrum won't allow me to add channels unless I do. so I guess I'm streaming.

(also, am I the only one who thinks $72 a month is expensive?)

vin diesel said:

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It's hard to stream live sports cuz my internet is slow. Would any service be better than others for this?

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Don't know where you live or what services you have available. I have AT&T 2 GB internet, and I have no problems at all with streaming whatever I want.

I started with their 1GB service and never had problems, then when 2GB became available in my area, I upgraded and it works great. Now they have 5GB, but I don't really see the need since my 2GB works fine.

Whatever your choice, if you're really that slow now then expect to pay more to speed it up.

Like several others have said, YouTube TV will get you pretty much every channel that covers TAMU football - plus, they carry your local channels. ESPN+ also helps, and gets you coverage of Aggie Baseball, and I would suspect other sports as well. If you are a golf fan, ESPN+ includes a Golf Channel premium subscription.

TyperWoods said:

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Whichever one you choose, be prepared to miss 3/4 of the 1st quarter at least due to the Colorado State vs. Akron game going long.

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If you have an ESPN subscription through your streaming service, then you can watch the game on the ESPN app and not have this problem.

Your comment is accurate to a great extent except if it's on a linear that they shift to ESPNN sometimes without promptly putting the listing up where you can find it…at least historically. And almost all football games are in linears. The one time when just being on SECN+/ESPN+ is an advantage…

greg.w.h said:

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Your comment is accurate to a great extent except if it's on a linear that they shift to ESPNN sometimes without promptly putting the listing up where you can find it…at least historically. And almost all football games are in linears. The one time when just being on SECN+/ESPN+ is an advantage…

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Admittedly, I make most of the football ball games in person, so I might not have as much experience dealing with this, but I haven't encountered this problem with the app. I wonder if it depends on how you access the game? On the ESPN app, you can follow the link to a channel, and I could see where that would result in the same problem, but I usually follow the specific link to the game, and in my experience, that has gotten me to the game and not the linear channel.

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jja79 said:

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No idea what you're talking about.

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so I gathered...

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During the conference realignment craziness, one of the Oregon regents participated in their meeting deciding to go to the B1G via zoom on his cell phone

while on the golf course.

during his round.

which he supposedly refused to cancel or postpone.


Kinda sums up what happened to the Pac 12 in a nutshell.

About to pull trigger on YoutubeTV for the purpose of the season.

Will cancel in Jan.

Is there any downside to YoutubeTV?

Is there a better way?

I switched to YTTV a month ago. I don't care for the app's interface, but I'm saving $26 per month over DirecTV Stream. It works fine. I simply don't like the layout.

87 was ONLY 35 years ago!!

dabo man said:

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I switched to YTTV a month ago. I don't care for the app's interface, but I'm saving $26 per month over DirecTV Stream. It works fine. I simply don't like the layout.

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What is it you don't like about it? We've had YTTV for a while with no issues. You can arrange the channels any way you want

If you got youtubeTV do you see additional ads on youtubeTV?

Also does having YoutubeTV kill the ads on regular youtube?

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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If you got youtubeTV do you see additional ads on youtubeTV?

Also does having YoutubeTV kill the ads on regular youtube?

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On the first question, you might see some different ads, but not additional adds on YouTubeTV. Sometimes, you can skip the add that is playing to watch a "Zen" video.

On the second question, no, that is YouTube Premium. Totally different.

twk said:

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greg.w.h said:

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Your comment is accurate to a great extent except if it's on a linear that they shift to ESPNN sometimes without promptly putting the listing up where you can find it…at least historically. And almost all football games are in linears. The one time when just being on SECN+/ESPN+ is an advantage…

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Admittedly, I make most of the football ball games in person, so I might not have as much experience dealing with this, but I haven't encountered this problem with the app. I wonder if it depends on how you access the game? On the ESPN app, you can follow the link to a channel, and I could see where that would result in the same problem, but I usually follow the specific link to the game, and in my experience, that has gotten me to the game and not the linear channel.

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Their search is poor, but I would check linear channel then the alternate broadcast channel and check SECN/SECN+. They were late putting the stream up. Hopefully fixed now. Have t run into lately tbh.

Keep in mind that I'm using a firestick. The channel list mode is fine. Here's an example of something I hate.

I subscribe to Cinemax. They aren't grouped together by default, which is asinine, so they're my only favorites. 5 Star Max is my first channel, most of the Max channels are in the middle, and then Thriller Max is near the end of the channel listing.

A major annoyance for me, when there's a movie coming up, and I want to watch it, I should be able (within the channel listing) to go to the right, press the center button, and watch it. That doesn't work though. I have to press the back button, access the search feature, and start entering the movie's name.

Here's another annoyance. My recent searches aren't saved. I've found myself wanting to finish a movie and having to google search because I couldn't remember the name of the movie that I'd watched half of the week before (Kill the Irishman in this case).

But like I said, all of my issues are cosmetic/personal taste. The picture quality is on par with DirecTV Stream (that's a compliment), and the service is $26 per month cheaper.

Are you not saving the movies you are watching?

And it sounds like you were trying to watch a movie that hadn't aired yet. It's regular tv, just through the internet

Cinemax shows the same movies all month long. I'm not trying to watch anything first run. I can stream it before the scheduled showing. I just have to search on the movie title. I should be able to stream it directly from the program guide, something DirecTV Stream allowed me to do.

There is also Fubotv.

Fubotvs Elite which has 4K is about $10 More (I think as its been a while) than Youtube tv with the 4K add on due to Bally RSN.


Youtube TV has the Turner stations, so NBA,CNN and Turner ClassicMovies.

Fubo has Bally and ATT Sportsnet, so your Texas Pro Teams.

With Fubo you lose CNN but pickup Newsmax, TheFirst, CNBCWorld, Bloomberg for news(all of those but CNBCWorld can be had for free on other apps).

For the wives, they both have Hallmark but Fubo also has Great American Family.

Youtube TVs DVR is unlimited, Fubos is 1000 hours and you have to manage it.

Fubo has a great feature for getting game stats, but I think Youtubetv has added them.

I like Fubos guide better.

Youtube TV starts putting up suggestions pretty quick(so they know a lot about you).

Both have add ons for premium Movies but not completely the same.

Fubo has an addon with Outdoor Channel, Sportsmans Channel, World Fishing Network.

Whichever you use, load and authenticate both the FoxSports and ESPN app before the season, in case you need a backup (game going long etc).

trailrunner said:

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I don't have any streaming services year round. I used Sling for football season only. I think I had to get Sling +blue. Will be doing the same this year and then canceling after the season.

Edit: It looks like it's Sling +Orange actually.

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This. YouTube TV would be great, but I refuse to use any Google products that I can avoid.

ArmyAg97 said:

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trailrunner said:

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I don't have any streaming services year round. I used Sling for football season only. I think I had to get Sling +blue. Will be doing the same this year and then canceling after the season.

Edit: It looks like it's Sling +Orange actually.

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This. YouTube TV would be great, but I refuse to use any Google products that I can avoid.

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Fubotv would be an alternative. Bonus is you dont pay for CNN either.

https://www.fubo.tv/welcome/channels

dabo man said:

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Cinemax shows the same movies all month long. I'm not trying to watch anything first run. I can stream it before the scheduled showing. I just have to search on the movie title. I should be able to stream it directly from the program guide, something DirecTV Stream allowed me to do.

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I see what you mean, but it just doesn't work that way. If you add something to your library, you can watch it any time, pick up where you left off, etc.

I had no idea YTTV didn't carry LHN! I always had it blocked when I had cable.

Can someone confirm if you can pause a live game with YoutubeTV?

Yes. However, for some reason with my Roku not very long. However, if you have it set to record, you can go back and an option is to "resume from last watch". Plus with recording you can rewind.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Can someone confirm if you can pause a live game with YoutubeTV?

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if you recording you can

not shure if you can if you aint recordings but think so

Tried them all and like Hulu Live the best for the buck. YouTube TV is a close 2nd. Sling and Direct Stream are low on the pole. They are missing the PAC12 network, but does that really matter?

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Can someone confirm if you can pause a live game with YoutubeTV?

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Yes you can

Slightly off topic, but I thought I'd try here too.

I signed up for Youtube TV so I could watch Fightin Texas Aggie Football on the TV this season. When I completed the purchase Google sent the receipt, and all of the account information to some random old gmail account that I used to have. No clue how it got logged in there, and I have zero access to it anymore.

Been trying all of the customer service options to no avail. Talked to Youtube TV people for nearly an hour only to find out that Google has to fix it.

Does anyone know how to contact google directly to get them to recover an old account? Online account recovery is worthless at best.