Recently had the price for my internet only promo from xfinity expire. They offered me internet and their "new" instant tv for 50 bucks which is 10 bucks less than what i was paying before for their 200mbps internet only plan. Installed the xfinity stream beta app on my rokus and its basically comcast cable streaming. interface is clunky and its live tv only, with no dvr. I have my own modem their may be a dvr option if you lease your modem/gateway thru them. Don't think i'd be able to give up yttv dvr for everything but it may work for some.
When I play YTTV it comes in clear for about 5 seconds. Then the screen flashes black and goes less clear. What is causing that? 200 MB internet and everything else I stream comes in perfect.
What streaming device, or tv app? I’ve never experienced it but sometimes I’ll notice a slight out of sync audio and I just force stop the app and relaunch and it’s fine. Don’t notice this on my rocks, but do on my fire tv.
Last night I had terrible problems with Fox 4k HDR stream. I have a wired gigabit connection to the back of the device and it spent the entire time buffering back and forth between something like a 720ish bitrate and 4k hdr bitrate, or downright going black or pausing. YTTV was stable with their 1080 or 720 feed, I didn't look to see which one it was.
I don’t have gigabit but had the same issue on Roku. Streamed to my phone and it worked well, which makes me think it was a FoxSports app issue.
Since Vue went away I’ve been using Yttv through my smart tv app and it’s shit. Hopefully it’s better through the ps4.
Same. LG and YTTV don’t get along for whatever reason. No issues with Netflix. Apparently it’s well documented on reddit.
That's a fair point, but I don't care so are you gonna fite me or not? And you can watch it on nfl.com anywayz...or so I hear.
$70 for 75/75 mgs. Once you get over 25 mgs, you really only notice it when you are downloading (not streaming) big files.
Totally willing to concede. What other activities do you realize a significant difference between 25 mgs and 75? I could be overlooking having a large number of users but regular web browsing won’t be effected much. Most streaming services push between 4-8 mgs per stream.
Would you clarify what you mean by "mgs"? Lower case implied to me you were referring to megabits, but your second post seems like you may be referring to megabytes, in which case I'd say we are in agreement. 25MG/s = 200Mbps. In any event, IMO there's a perceivable difference in even web browsing when comparing gigabit to 100Mbps connections. Other things that come to mind that benefit from faster connection speeds are things like Nest cameras and other home automation things that kind of "operate in the background" and use a large amount of data
interestingly enough, my nest system (1 hello doorbell, 2 IQs, 2 plain janes) perform no better on 1000/1000 than they did on 400/20. Gigabit seems slower, actually. Distance from routers and hard wired extenders is the same.
I meant not much of a difference between the 25 mpbs and 75 mpbs. I was just using a shitty abbreviation. I think there is going to be a significant difference between 25 mpbs and gigabit of course. But being able to tell the difference 50-100 mpbs is going to be very difficult for your average end user imhv.
Think I've finally convinced my parents to cut the cord and get YouTube TV. Their monthly bill would drop from $145 to $50. If Comcast ever puts an internet cap on them, they can always pay another $50 for unlimited data if they need to. Still would save them $45 a month.
Anyone have an IPTV recommendation? Bonus points for integrating with Roku or casting via Android phone. I have fire sticks but would rather not use them.
All of the major ones will support casting and integration with smart devices, specifically roku. The consensus pick is well documented in this thread (YouTubeTV) and while it's not perfect, it's competition is very similar and there actually aren't many things to materially differentiate them. I think the things that affect TMB users are: nuances to specific periphery (but not fringe) sports channels and how you like the interface. Cost, general channel lineup, and picture quality are washes. I tried multiple and landed on YTTV due to preferring the interface, and already having multiple things in the Google ecosystem. To be specific. I do not know how well YTTV is supported on the roku platform, but YTTV is going to the strongest for Android (phone) uses and considerations. It's a good time to cut the cord and we are getting closer to critical mass on 4k for live sports. Pretty much every year, another domino falls as a major sporting event gets bumped to 4k.
Which device do you have? I took a peak at 2019 hardware from all of the players and Roku's seemed to be the weakest.
Just to clarify you are asking for something that is not YouTube, Hulu, DirecTv or any of the major players? It's so hit and miss, last one I had got shut down and spawned up as something else. I think they are getting pretty good at shutting shit down at this point but I will say a ton of them have a free trial or a 2-3 day trial for cheap as a proof of concept.
Yup. I'm looking for the grey market IPTV. I use YTTV as my daily driver. Was looking at Eastern IPTV but didn't integrate well with Roku
Hello cable cutting crew, I just cut Comcast TV, but keeping internet. Are there any work arounds to streaming ESPN, NBC sports, etc. on a regular basis?
Do you all have your own YTTV or split via family groups? My sister mentioned she was going to YTTV so I added her on mine and we’re splitting.
I have the world's shittiest selection of internet options, pretty much I have one cable internet choice or Hughes net available at my house Next choice is a line of sight wireless that would require an 80ft tower mounted on my roof I have the cable and just ran a speed test and got 10.2 download speed I have streamed to 4 TV's and one phone simultaneously with no issue I feel like people saying they can tell a difference at that higher speed are just justifying their choices Now 5 years go when the fastest download I could speed test was in the 3 range, I could only stream to 1 tv and if my wife started browsing Facebook, it would buffer..... I can say there is a difference at lower speeds
Ya I did 4 TVs at same time on 25 Mbps. Looks the same as my 300 Mbps now. My only problem is the shitty att modem and its placement. Only reason I’m on 300 is bc same price after dropping directv and getting a promo to keep internet with att. And yes, the 300 is legit bc I usually speed test closer to 400.
I dropped Cox Cable for our local Electric Coop that has 1 Gig speeds for same price as 100 meg from cox. Cox hasn't dropped their price to compete so I told them to fuckoff and haven't looked back. $70 for gig speeds is nice.
When i called to drop cox they countered with gig internet at $100. I said "Do you understand the words that are coming out of your mouth? $100 Introductory rate(raise to $120after 6 months) is still higher than a flat $70 from the co-op for an already ran fiber service."
Same here. I live in a fucking grandfathered area where my provider is shit. Verizon started to bring fiber into the area, was nearby for a few years but construction tore it up and they Yao faced fixing it.
Thinking of getting rid of satellite and moving to streaming. My concern is picture quality of streaming. I have Netflix and the picture quality of that type of streaming is excellent so I'm not referring to that. However, I signed up for a trial of YTTV so I could compare picture quality of live streaming (ESPN, local channels for sports) to satellite. It's very apparent that YTTV's picture is not as vivid or clear as satellite. Is this just the way that it is? Or are there settings where I can improve the quality of the live stream?
I've never noticed a discernable difference in resolution between Netflix and YTTV using my set up. Both are as clear as any cable/satellite feed I've seen.