Royals SlingTV or YouTube TV?

Fish · 03-27-2018, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

You conveniently left off the price.

No, I didn't. I was paying the exact same price to get everything I wanted to see on Sling. Blue and Orange packages together is $35. One or the other was not sufficient for me. And even with both, I still couldn't get the regular NBC channel. Or all Royals games because the Fox Sports channel wasn't the KC based one. No DVR was a huge difference too.

**DaFace** · 03-27-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

No, I didn't. I was paying the exact same price to get everything I wanted to see on Sling. Blue and Orange packages together is $35. One or the other was not sufficient for me. And even with both, I still couldn't get the regular NBC channel. Or all Royals games because the Fox Sports channel wasn't the KC based one. No DVR was a huge difference too.

Yeah, I'm grandfathered in to the DVR for free, so I'm a little biased in that regard. And as you say, it just depends on what channels you watch. The $20/month Orange package takes care of everything I ever watch.

sedated · 03-28-2018, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

Or all Royals games because the Fox Sports channel wasn't the KC based one. No DVR was a huge difference too.

A lot of that has changed over the last year or two.

The Fox package includes about 4 or 5 local FOX channels (beyond Fox Sports Midwest). Fox Sports KC is one of them, and I frequently see Cincinnati Reds and some other games too. While it's not nationwide, we aren't stuck with the "Midwest" (STL) version.

And Sling has DVR for $5/month.

Fish · 03-28-2018, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by sedated

A lot of that has changed over the last year or two.

The Fox package includes about 4 or 5 local FOX channels (beyond Fox Sports Midwest). Fox Sports KC is one of them, and I frequently see Cincinnati Reds and some other games too. While it's not nationwide, we aren't stuck with the "Midwest" (STL) version.

And Sling has DVR for $5/month.

I had Sling all last year. It didn't carry all the Royals games. Which was one of the main reasons I'm paying for any streaming at all. In addition, if you wanted both ESPN and FSN, you have to get both the orange and blue packages. Add in the DVR, and the price is now higher than Youtube TV. And I still didn't get NBC, which isn't reliably available on my OTA antenna either.

sedated · 03-28-2018, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish

if you wanted both ESPN and FSN, you have to get both the orange and blue packages. Add in the DVR, and the price is now higher than Youtube TV.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a single reason to have ESPN when it isn't college basketball season. Sunday night baseball? Maybe 30 for 30, but those end up on Netflix eventually.

But yeah, it's all about what works for you. Sling just fits my personal needs, and I haven't tried YTTV to even comment on it.