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Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by adubashi on Thursday March 16, 2023 @04:56PM (#35188473)
As much as I hate to admit it, I'll probably still pay it because it's just so much superior to other cable offerings(recording, multiple devices). And there's no other way to watch live sports.
Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by commiepatrol on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:17PM (#35189597)
*legally. There are plenty of ways to watch live HD sports.
Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by whartung on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:24PM (#35189697)
Our TV bill just went up and I'm debating exploring YT TV.

What I want is the main Sports Networks (FS1, FS2, ESPN, ESPN2), my Regional Sports Network (but that's a Bally channel now -- and that's kind of a bit of a mess at the moment), and MLB TV (the cable channel, not their own MLB service).

I also want "DVR" for everything, and I want to be able to skip the ads (ideally with a +30s button).

I typically watch my games delayed so I can skip the ads, or even just plain "later". We DVR everything else.

Will YT TV let me do that?

Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by godtoldmetodoit on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:51PM (#35190026)
YT TV DVR is best in class in my experience. You can set it to record every NCAA men's basketball game that ever airs if you want, or just your team etc.
Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by n0zmer on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:22PM (#35189659)
Conveniently too. Last year I went to a friend's house to watch a football game and he refuses to pay for YouTube TV or any sports streaming because 'theres free streams on the internet'.

He had to get up every 5 minutes to refresh Chrome on his laptop he had connected to the TV or find a new stream because they get taken down so quickly.

70$ a month is well worth ever dealing with that shit

Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by heyheyhey on Thursday March 16, 2023 @06:35PM (#35189835)
Agreed.

I've been streaming sports illegally almost 20 years now. I'm fine dealing with the ad-infested websites and constant refreshing of streams taken down for once a month events like UFC fights.

But for every day? I'll gladly pay the $1-2 a day to never deal with that.

Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by joshstrange on Friday March 17, 2023 @02:12PM (#35200730)
IPTV providers are about as close as you can get to a perfect sports experience (TV/Movies have had a superior piracy experience for well on a decade+ now) and illegal IPTV providers leave a /lot/ to be desired. I don't use them since I don't care for sports but I've seen others use them and they are way better than the random "mirror 1, mirror 2, mirror 3..." sports piracy sites. However the quality is still iffy and you have to jump through hoops as providers are taken offline.

At the end of the day if I wanted to watch sports I'd just throw enough money at the problem to watch them legally. When it comes to TV/Movies, on the other hand, you cannot pay for the best experience (legally) which is really sad.

Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by cozzyd on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:38PM (#35192226)
I just have an antenna. If it's not on ABC/CBS/NBC/Fox then... oh well.
Re:YouTube TV raises subscription to $72.99, inching closer ... by jen20 on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:30AM (#35216831)
I have YouTube TV now and was pleasantly impressed with the software on Comcast Xfinity when I saw it recently.

Meanwhile YouTube TV on the Apple TV is a shit show, with non-native controls that lag, search that barely works and no integration with system services so searching for a channel by voice doesn’t work. And it still doesn’t free me from having to pay for Fox News!

Unless the software stops being the moral equivalent of electron on the TV, I’ll be moving back to cable when I next move house.