What the heck Dish Network!

[BigD]

This kind of stuff is only going to drive people to Hulu and YouTube TV.

Did it two months ago. Told dish to go take,a flying leap and signed up with Hulu. Now I am paying half as much.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

You've obviously never had great sex after a Hallmark movie during the holidays.

Nothing like having your woman scream, "Come home to me, Trevor, bring it home, you rough cowboy!"

Ok, maybe that's more "Lifetime" movie shtick, but the content is similar.

Go rub one off after a football game like the rest of us!

 

[BigD]

YouTube tv and Hulu are almost identical in channel lineup, the only difference is YTTV is five bucks more a month. I have Hulu and have had zero problems. I love it.

I agree. Left dish two months ago and couldn’t be happier with Hulu.

 

[Ree4]

Just convinced my Financial Advisor to cancel Direct TV, as of yesterday he is now using Hulu.

 

[BigD]

Do it man. Don't be like all these other fools who ponder it and say they've been wanting to do it for a some time but just can't . Then bitch when the satellite or cable company are in negotiations. Just freaking do it. It's painless, a free trial. No f'ing reason not to at this point.

I'm laughing at people now who are in the middle of these negotiations. NO REASON TO BE AT THIS POINT! People just need to DO IT!!

Good point Hulu will let you have a free trial for one week, no obligation. Can you imagine DISH or Direct TV doing that?

After a week I asked how much it cost. Less than half of what DISH cost??? My response; “Dish is bullshish.”

 

[Casey388]

This is the reason why I am happy with my Hulu Live subscription. Haven't had this happen with that yet *fingers crossed*.

 

[pythagoras]

"I can’t think of a single reason why anyone would stay with Dish or cable"

Believe it or not, for some of us our only good option for decent internet service is cable. If we don't package phone and TV along with the broadband access, the cable company just charges more for internet. I would think that's a good reason to stay with cable.

What you quoted and what you said originally doesn't portray that answer at all. I guess I also live in civilization and have options too.

 

[hawkeyes87]

So, questions for those of you streaming tv:

(I still use cable, supplemented by Hulu non-tv)

1) are you using wi-fi, or ethernet?

2) any buffering issues after you've been flipping around a lot?

 

[Brayton]

This is the reason why I am happy with my Hulu Live subscription. Haven't had this happen with that yet *fingers crossed*.

I assume I need a Roku TV..Dont have one. But if thats all i need, ill go buy one today, switch to Hulu and throw Dish in the ditch.

 

[okeefe4prez]

So, questions for those of you streaming tv:

(I still use cable, supplemented by Hulu non-tv)

1) are you using wi-fi, or ethernet?

2) any buffering issues after you've been flipping around a lot?

You do get buffering. But on YouTube TV, if you have this thing called "cast" or something, you can pick the channel on your phone. Say you're on ESPN and it cuts to commercial. You look at your phone and it shows a look in to each game, so if ESPN2 is on commercial, you can scroll across and find something not on commercial. It sucks that you can't really flip channels like on cable, but it has its upside, too.

 

[ssckelley]

You call up and say, YOU ARE NOT HONORING MY CONTRACT for the programming you agreed to. Say F you then get a streaming service. It's not worth the f'ing headache and stress.

Unfortunately some of us country folks don't have the high speed internet that you city folks have that can support streaming on 4 televisions plus the laptops and mobile devices my household has.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

So, questions for those of you streaming tv:

(I still use cable, supplemented by Hulu non-tv)

1) are you using wi-fi, or ethernet?

2) any buffering issues after you've been flipping around a lot?

1) Using Wi Fi. No problems. Make sure you have a nicer or fairly new router. I upped my download with my Internet Co. but it wasn't too much $$ in the end.
2) I don't have any buffering at all where it stalls and you are staring at a spinning wheel. I don't notice any latency. There prob is but only a few seconds and I could care less. Don't even notice it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

I assume I need a Roku TV..Dont have one. But if thats all i need, ill go buy one today, switch to Hulu and throw Dish in the ditch.

I have Roku sticks for each of my TV. Both are smart Tv's but I like the stick. The Roku remote is a nice simple remote.

Listen, I had to sell my wife on this chit and she loves it. If she approves, you all ain't gonna have an issue.

Oh, the Roku sticks are like $45-50 I believe. Made up all my equipment costs fairly fast after streaming for a couple months so don't get all worked up about the initial hardware costs.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Unfortunately some of us country folks don't have the high speed internet that you city folks have that can support streaming on 4 televisions plus the laptops and mobile devices my household has.

Yea. that sucks. I can't believe there are still those pockets without an adequate solution. I have a staff person that has to have a satellite internet provider. She's in the worst setting of my staff in the field around Iowa. I notice some bad latency when Skyping or Zooming her but not really anybody else and there are about 16 of them.

 

[BigD]

Unfortunately some of us country folks don't have the high speed internet that you city folks have that can support streaming on 4 televisions plus the laptops and mobile devices my household has.

Yeah that’s where Dish and Direct TV have a captive audience.

 

[KCRC]

You do get buffering.

That's all I needed to know. I won't switch until the technology actually works. I'm not going to sit through the same frustrations I have with my computer and phone while I'm trying to relax and watch TV.

It's bad enough when everything went digital. Now I can't channel surf anymore, I have to use the guide. You old guys will remember the old cable where you could change the channel and the channel would actually change. Now if you change the channel, you have to wait 6 or 7 seconds before you see what's on the next channel. Anyone know where I can get non-digital cable these days. Even my antenna has to be digital.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

That's all I needed to know. I won't switch until the technology actually works. I'm not going to sit through the same frustrations I have with my computer and phone while I'm trying to relax and watch TV.

It's bad enough when everything went digital. Now I can't channel surf anymore, I have to use the guide. You old guys will remember the old cable where you could change the channel and the channel would actually change. Now if you change the channel, you have to wait 6 or 7 seconds before you see what's on the next channel. Anyone know where I can get non-digital cable these days. Even my antenna has to be digital.

Wuut? Not experiencing this at all. I am also not experiencing any buffering. I don't think OK4P was responding to what true buffering is. I think he's talking about something different.

There is no way so many people are going to live streaming if this buffering is a problem. No way. think about it. I think you may just be looking for an "out" card to not have to change. At least try the free trial period and you would know. Literally takes about 20 minutes to get going.

 

[okeefe4prez]

That's all I needed to know. I won't switch until the technology actually works. I'm not going to sit through the same frustrations I have with my computer and phone while I'm trying to relax and watch TV.

It's bad enough when everything went digital. Now I can't channel surf anymore, I have to use the guide. You old guys will remember the old cable where you could change the channel and the channel would actually change. Now if you change the channel, you have to wait 6 or 7 seconds before you see what's on the next channel. Anyone know where I can get non-digital cable these days. Even my antenna has to be digital.

Dude, it's like 3 seconds, but with youtube, you can see what is actually on by looking at your phone. I hated it for like the first hour, but after spending a whole day watching football that way, it's pretty awesome. I sure do miss the old analog TV where you could just channel surf, though.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Wuut? Not experiencing this at all. I am also not experiencing any buffering. I don't think OK4P was responding to what true buffering is. I think he's talking about something different.

There is no way so many people are going to live streaming if this buffering is a problem. No way. think about it. I think you may just be looking for an "out" card to not have to change. At least try the free trial period and you would know. Literally takes about 20 minutes to get going.

It's not a buffer, but there is a 2-3 second lag between either a Chromecast or Firestick if you cast when you change the channel. But the upside is you can see a preview of each game.

 

[Chickenlounge]

Dude, it's like 3 seconds, but with youtube, you can see what is actually on by looking at your phone. I hated it for like the first hour, but after spending a whole day watching football that way, it's pretty awesome. I sure do miss the old analog TV where you could just channel surf, though.

Why can't you channel surf? If you press "down" on the Roku remote in YouTubeTV it brings up all the similar channels at the bottom of the screen. When I'm watching football, i simply do this and it shows me all of the other games currently on. I can scroll across to a game I want to watch and click on it. Maybe 1-2 seconds for the new stream to come up, but it's not difficult.