YouTube TV vs DirecTV Now vs Sling TV vs PlayStation Vue: Face-Off!

[Longtallsam]

This article is recently updated, but still has some inaccuracies. For example, you say YouTube offers 52 channels and does not include TBS, I just checked my YouTube Live listings, and I have 59 channels, including TBS.
Also, when doing the side by side comparison, why not include the Sling Orange + Blue as an option, since it can be had for $40 and would be a fairer comparison to the others, for the same price.

 

[aurefpourkarimi]

Hello, I used SlingTV, Hulu, FuboTV but they were really very expensive for me, so, for this reason, I tried to find cheaper services. I found BCE Premium TV and I'm using it recently and I am very satisfied. Over 100 premium HD Sports channels ( Sky Sports, BT Sport, Bein Sports, Fox Sports, NBCSN, TSN, ESPN, ... ) only $15/month or $70/year. I suggest it to everyone really has worth it.

 

[dainapoo]

I've tried Sling, Playstation Vue, YouTube and DirectTV Now. I've kept DirectTV now only because I signed up early and got a deal for 100+ channels for $35. It's $40 now. I'm never been completely happy with the service compared to the other three, but I keep it because of the deal. Your report is, however, incorrect. For a long time, I've gotten ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX, not as you reported. Thanks.

 

[ajlego]

I'd like to see a quality of and customer service review from you rather than the endless drone of feature faceoffs. I'm a Hulu Live subscriber. When we first subscribed to Hulu the quality of service was terrible with seemingly endless buffering and of course when I called it always reset my modem, reset my router, reset all 4 of my Roku devices to factory defaults yet Hulu was my only buffering among the other streaming services we subscribe to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Avorn TV, Britbox, and PBS. We nearly canceled but the service gradually was improving with less buffering. Today buffering is non-existent that we can tell. I'm not endorsing Hulu but that's our experience with it. We tried YouTube TV prior to Hulu but back then they didn't support Roku devices and still don't offer the History channel.

 

[David Knapp]

With Sling TV, if you have a satellite ISP, you might not be able to get get any local programs. I have Sling TV blue. My ISP is ViaSat. Sling uses the IP to determine your location. If your player doesn't have a good GPS, Sling cannot give you any local programs. The Sling tech support says there's no workaround. Other services might have the same problem. My IP says California but I live in Virginia. Sometimes I get San Diego programs, other times it was I supposed get no local selections. I think this should be mentioned in the article.

 

[David Knapp]

See my prior comment. For you folks living in rural areas without wired broadband, you might not be able able to get any local channels. Here in the piedmont of the Blue Ridge, no stations are available by an outside antenna.

 

[zimotekjh]

How can you call this good comparison if you don't compare VIDEO IMAGE QUALITY?