Electronics Playstation Vue is available nationwide now. - Page 2

**007** · 03-16-2016, 12:02 AM

$30 per month for 55 channels including ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, FS2. Can't say for certain if it is worth that price but it does give SlingTV a run for its money at that rate.

You have to go to the $35 plan to get the regional sports channels though.

Vue does not have a Bandwidth limiter like Sling does. I would prefer Sling for that option alone. Not sure why Vue doesn't offer the ability to knock the bandwidth down if you don't want all HD all the time.

BryanBusby · 03-19-2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

How many stations actually broadcast in 1080p?

Yes true, but I'd rather have 1080i than 720.

Sling sent everything, upconverted, at 1080p iirc.

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Mildly tempting, but I've weaned myself off of pay TV enough these days that SlingTV is plenty for me.

I had to give up SlingTV. It pooped itself during popular events and I really disliked that my wife could watch nothing if I were watching something on WatchESPN. Only one stream was a big inconvenience.

**007** · 03-19-2016, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

Mildly tempting, but I've weaned myself off of pay TV enough these days that SlingTV is plenty for me.

The main reason I'm considering it is for access to Royals baseball on FSMW

**DaFace** · 03-19-2016, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

The main reason I'm considering it is for access to Royals baseball on FSMW

Yeah, if they'd give me Altitude Sports so I could watch Avs games, I'd be all over this.

ragedogg69 · 03-21-2016, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BryanBusby

I had to give up SlingTV. It pooped itself during popular events and I really disliked that my wife could watch nothing if I were watching something on WatchESPN. Only one stream was a big inconvenience.

yeah I cannot believe Sling has not figured out that is one of the top complaints of it service. If I am using a third party app, it should be unrelated to log in to the main sling account. That and when I tried the service, a crash was not unexpected at the worst times. Have they fixed those?

I think the number one complaint for Vue is the west coast feeds. I had DirecTV for over a decade. I am used to getting the east coast feeds for everything. Supposedly, Vue gives you the feed for your timezone. That is pretty much a deal breaker for me considering I can get a HD torrent with commercials removed hours before the show would air on Vue. Is there a way around the west coast feeds for Vue?

**007** · 03-24-2016, 05:52 PM

Not very impressed so far. Live sports is low quality and not HD at all. Also it appears that fox sports will be the Midwest feed rather than Kansas city's

ragedogg69 · 03-25-2016, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Also it appears that fox sports will be the Midwest feed rather than Kansas city's

correct. I would get Fox Sports West, not Fox Sports AZ. However, if you do some searching, you'll find HD Fox Sports regionals have m3u8 links online. The links are not 24/7, but seem to go live with games.

**007** · 03-25-2016, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by ragedogg69

correct. I would get Fox Sports West, not Fox Sports AZ. However, if you do some searching, you'll find HD Fox Sports regionals have m3u8 links online. The links are not 24/7, but seem to go live with games.

Not familiar with that. Where are said links. The only streams I have ever found that are decent are wiz1.net links

kccrow · 03-25-2016, 11:31 PM

Vue looks really inspiring. It has pretty much all of the channels the wife and I actually watch. I'd be much more inclined to get it if they offered it on their Sony BDP boxes, which it looks as though that isn't going to happen just yet. We have a couple of the BDPs for streaming netflix, plex, and watching blu-ray disks. I'd imagine I could hook up a ChromeCast, but why the **** should I have to spend another $35 when Sony could easily offer Vue to their own ****ing box?

ragedogg69 · 03-26-2016, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Not familiar with that. Where are said links. The only streams I have ever found that are decent are wiz1.net links

A majority are found in the phoenix add on for Kodi.

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I'd imagine I could hook up a ChromeCast,

Do not get me started on ChromeCast. Or as it is now known GoogleCast. It does some basic things, but there is so much more potential that google refuses to use it for. There are so many 3rd party addons that can find direct links to video on a webpage, but chromecast does not do that natively. I should be able to just click the chromecast icon and paste a link in it. Cast buddy will ahve to do.

lcarus · 03-28-2016, 08:32 AM

I tried the free week trial of Vue last week. The only reason I'd even consider it is for sports. And it kept messing up really badly during the awesome Friday night NCAA games I was watching. So that's that. Immediately cancelled.

kccrow · 03-29-2016, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ragedogg69

A majority are found in the phoenix add on for Kodi.

Do not get me started on ChromeCast. Or as it is now known GoogleCast. It does some basic things, but there is so much more potential that google refuses to use it for. There are so many 3rd party addons that can find direct links to video on a webpage, but chromecast does not do that natively. I should be able to just click the chromecast icon and paste a link in it. Cast buddy will ahve to do.

I hear ya on the ChromeCast. I really do like Sony's BDP boxes. I mean, you can stream pretty much everything. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Plex, etc etc etc. You can order their game service and play any PS3 game you want with a Sony PS3 controller. You can watch Blu-Ray disks. It has a USB port to watch your own content. I mean, they are pretty damn good straight out of the box for what most people would want to use them for. Obviously you have the home media system geeks that want to play with alot more, but the standard person isn't going to jack with all that shit. So, adding Vue as a service available on these would make them kind of a one-stop-shop in terms of streaming television entertainment. Sony has a good thing, they need to take the next step.

**RockChalk** · 07-19-2016, 08:09 AM

Anyone still using Vue? I started a free trial of it yesterday and the quality appears to be much improved from what people were saying back in March.

Bummed the Fox Sports Network feed was showing UFC instead of Royals, but I have AtBat and an a GPS go-around, so I just sent the stream from my phone to the tv.

Strat · 07-19-2016, 11:11 AM

I'm doing the free trial this week also. The workaround I found is to use the Vue credentials on the Fox Sports Go app. Not sure what device you are using, but this works great on a FireTV stick.

**RockChalk** · 07-19-2016, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Strat

I'm doing the free trial this week also. The workaround I found is to use the Vue credentials on the Fox Sports Go app. Not sure what device you are using, but this works great on a FireTV stick.

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03-16-2016, 12:02 AM
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	Playstation Vue is available nationwide now. $30 per month for 55 channels including ESPN, ESPN2, FS1, FS2. Can't say for certain if it is worth that price but it does give SlingTV a run for its money at that rate. You have to go to the $35 plan to get the regional sports channels though. Vue does not have a Bandwidth limiter like Sling does. I would prefer Sling for that option alone. Not sure why Vue doesn't offer the ability to knock the bandwidth down if you don't want all HD all the time.
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03-24-2016, 05:52 PM	#20
007 Shaken. Not stirred. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Casino cash: $14060126 VARSITY	Not very impressed so far. Live sports is low quality and not HD at all. Also it appears that fox sports will be the Midwest feed rather than Kansas city's __________________ My dear girl, there are some things that just aren’t done. Such as, drinking Dom Perignon ’53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs.
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03-25-2016, 11:31 PM	#23
kccrow MVP Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Michigan Casino cash: $3257078	Vue looks really inspiring. It has pretty much all of the channels the wife and I actually watch. I'd be much more inclined to get it if they offered it on their Sony BDP boxes, which it looks as though that isn't going to happen just yet. We have a couple of the BDPs for streaming netflix, plex, and watching blu-ray disks. I'd imagine I could hook up a ChromeCast, but why the ** should I have to spend another $35 when Sony could easily offer Vue to their own **ing box?
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03-28-2016, 08:32 AM	#25
lcarus Everybody Lies. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: 22 Acacia Avenue Casino cash: $1879928	I tried the free week trial of Vue last week. The only reason I'd even consider it is for sports. And it kept messing up really badly during the awesome Friday night NCAA games I was watching. So that's that. Immediately cancelled.
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07-19-2016, 08:09 AM	#27
RockChalk Dirty Bit Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Lake of the Woods Casino cash: $3840002	Anyone still using Vue? I started a free trial of it yesterday and the quality appears to be much improved from what people were saying back in March. Bummed the Fox Sports Network feed was showing UFC instead of Royals, but I have AtBat and an a GPS go-around, so I just sent the stream from my phone to the tv. __________________
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07-19-2016, 11:11 AM	#28
Strat Rookie Join Date: May 2009 Casino cash: $10008325	I'm doing the free trial this week also. The workaround I found is to use the Vue credentials on the Fox Sports Go app. Not sure what device you are using, but this works great on a FireTV stick.
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