Playstation Vue
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I've had PS Vue for a while and think it is great. I've had the $29 and $35 plans. ($35 gets you ESPN U, not many bball games left there now, plus your Vue info can get you into WatchESPN app anyway...)
I use it on FireTV (the box, not the stick), which has worked smoothly for live TV, Netflix, and Amazon video (we have Prime).
The fact that PS Vue has a simple DVR is awesome. When I tried it on Roku, it was not as user friendly as on FireTV - though updates could have changed that.
I use it on FireTV (the box, not the stick), which has worked smoothly for live TV, Netflix, and Amazon video (we have Prime).
The fact that PS Vue has a simple DVR is awesome. When I tried it on Roku, it was not as user friendly as on FireTV - though updates could have changed that.
The PS Vue DVR is pretty good if that helps. Also (going to place my "man card" on the table here) - you can check out the Feeln app for Christmas ($6/mo so the wife can have hallmark movies
https://www.feeln.com/prices-membership
I know exactly what you mean. But being hardwired doesn't mean you get infinite internet speeds. Yes, and some point if the speed is high enough you won't ever notice a difference, but the PS4 speeds are limited to what the software (iirc) allows. For instance, I get 175mbps hardwired into my router. I get 370 down and 560 up when using my iPhone connecting to my router.
So there is a difference and 'hardwired' doesn't always mean fastest.
But the speed the PS4 is going to get has nothing to do with 2.4Ghz vs 5Ghz as you imply.
More speaking to how the fire stick can get the 5ghz connection, which is in turn faster than a hardwired PS4. So if you internet is fast enough to allow this, you won't have any issue streaming on a Firestick.
Maybe I wasn't more clear to that.
I'm so jealous of you that can get good internet. I have the 100 Mbps down and 20 up, but never get close to that for download. I get great upload for some reason. I just ran speed test on my iPad and I'm getting 43 Mbps down and 17 up, which is probably one of the best I've ever had. But when I sit down to watch PSVue in the evening we get much less than 10 down. I've had it. Back to DTV and DSL I think. (DSL here is only 20 down and less than 1 up.) I guess that's what I get for being out in the country... err inside Ankeny city limits in a 5 year old house.
edit: Just ran it again and have 7 down and 17 up.
edit: Just ran it again and have 7 down and 17 up.
It's nice. Our town built a company to give the entire city 1gig internet. Ran out most competitors by now - its $50/m for life.
Tablo works great for watching and recording OTA shows via antenna. I would recommend doing your homework on the OTA DVR. It was easily the most expensive part of the cord-cutting setup and I use it the least...
Pros:
- Can Place antenna anywhere and connect directly to Tablo box. Tablo Box can either be hardwired (ethernet) or WiFi to your router.
- Can use 1 antenna for all TV's
- Can connect to Tablo thru app on Roku, ATV4, Chromecast, Android smart phones, etc...
-2-tuner is probably enough as there are very rarely more than 2 shows on OTA that you would want to watch at one time.
- Requires seperate external hard drive. Good is that you pick HD storage amount and can replace if it fails.
Cons:
- Guide and programs are really slow to load
- Only records OTA shows. Cannot record shows from PS Vue, Sling TV, etc... So depending on what you watch it can be a really expensive DVR for OTA only.
- Full guide support is $5/mo or $50/yr.
- Only 2-Channel Stereo sound. No 5.1 surround sound.
Pros:
- Can Place antenna anywhere and connect directly to Tablo box. Tablo Box can either be hardwired (ethernet) or WiFi to your router.
- Can use 1 antenna for all TV's
- Can connect to Tablo thru app on Roku, ATV4, Chromecast, Android smart phones, etc...
-2-tuner is probably enough as there are very rarely more than 2 shows on OTA that you would want to watch at one time.
- Requires seperate external hard drive. Good is that you pick HD storage amount and can replace if it fails.
Cons:
- Guide and programs are really slow to load
- Only records OTA shows. Cannot record shows from PS Vue, Sling TV, etc... So depending on what you watch it can be a really expensive DVR for OTA only.
- Full guide support is $5/mo or $50/yr.
- Only 2-Channel Stereo sound. No 5.1 surround sound.
Found this all fascinating. We just made the decision to drop Mediacom all the way around. We will going back to CenturyLink internet, one company I actually enjoy dealing with. The local tv service guy says he can install an antenna on my roof no problem. House is prewired, so all the local channels free on every tv. Last step is playstation Vue, we decided to try the $35 a month package. Gets me sports channels I don't have now, and I don't lose anything that I actually watch. Lets be honest, most of my watching is on Netflix anyway.
I have Sling TV (Blue) that has 3 streams and is not geo-locked like the PS Vue so I can use my Roku at another location when I travel or share login with a friend. I like it because I can add the Orange + sports pack to get the ESPN channels for College Football and Basketball seasons and then ditch for the rest of the year. April thru August is a big FU to ESPN and their sky high subscriber fees.
Sling TV is beta testing a cloud DVR right now on the Roku app. I am part of it and it works really well. It should be rolled out to all platforms and subscribers in a couple of months
Sling TV is beta testing a cloud DVR right now on the Roku app. I am part of it and it works really well. It should be rolled out to all platforms and subscribers in a couple of months
Not try to start a debate, but I greatly prefer Sling. Vue constantly buffered for me whereas I have no problems with sling. Of course same internet and on a Roku 4. Games are also much higher resolution than they are on WatchESPN also on the Roku. Someone earlier said they had the opposite experience. Try both and see which works best for your particular set up. They each have a free trial period.
Not to mention they are month to month. So you can not go wrong in trying any of them.
My wife watches 95% ota and records damn near every show, this is the most perfect invention ever for her and will eliminate a bill for watching mainly ota anyway except espn
This worries me some as the best I've ever gotten through my Mediacom connection is about 22mbps down. I'll be using a Ps4 and Rokus, though.
The client on the PS3 is probably the worst to use as a benchmark. 11 year old hardware + very little incentive for them to maximize performance in software. 20 Mbps down, if you're consistently getting it, will be more than enough to stream
Sorry, I'm not a tech dork and care about the lingo. It's not on wifi, is that better???
I'm doing a free trial of Vue this month. So far, I strongly dislike the guide. I'm using it on Roku so I'm not sure if apps for Fire or Apple are better. I wanted to record ISU-KSU game last night and the guide only could go like four hours in advance. Am I doing something wrong?
Edit: I just read that Hulu has a live TV service coming out soon. It is currently in beta.
Edit: I just read that Hulu has a live TV service coming out soon. It is currently in beta.
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Really? Where in Ankeny? On NW 26th I typically pull over our allotted (granted, its only 15-20), and pretty sure I talked to a neighbor who said he is right around his 100 download mark. Someone I talked to in central part of town was hitting their 100 number. Seems like you're getting screwed, I'd call them.