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Re: YouTube TV

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Post by Groxx » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:03 PM UTC

flycaliguy wrote: post #65

riskable wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No kidding. The moment I saw the zip code requirement I knew it was going to be pointless. Not only that but $35? Come on. There's not $35 worth of programming there. It's just the same old dumbed down broadcast TV that has been in decline for over a decade. Compared to Netflix, Amazon, and even YouTube shows ABC, NBC, Fox et al just plain suck. As proof, after watching an awesome trailer for some new sci-fi show you…

Maybe I'm odd but Jeopardy and local news without a TV would be worth $35.

FWIW you can buy TV antennas / tuner cards for not-too-expensive (especially after comparing that monthly cost after a few months / a year). Though that is one more peripheral to carry around if you want to be mobile, so it's not exactly equivalent :)

Re: YouTube TV

#112

Post by Nexxxeh » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:04 PM UTC

koolba wrote: post #67

> $35/month That's a series chunk of coin for something that you can get for free with an antennae. I wonder how much of that is licensing. It's got to be a huge chunk of it. Also, who watches any of those crap channels anyway?!

That's for 6 simultaneous logins. Potentially that's <$6 per person. That's a lot of DVRs.

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by uladzislau » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:06 PM UTC

Is Google launching something that Apple passed on a while ago?

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by bitmapbrother » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:10 PM UTC

IanDrake wrote: post #19

I don't see the value proposition here. Can anyone explain what I'm getting for $35 (over cheap or free alternatives)?

1. Cable only channels in addition to OTA channels

2. Unlimited DVR

3. 6 accounts to possibly share.

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by throwaway287391 » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:11 PM UTC

bearcobra wrote: post #26

vinylkey wrote: post #18

> Stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more. What's included in "& more"? I can get the listed channels from an antenna.

The screenshots show channels like ESPN, USA, and FXX.

Kind of bizarre that they decided to highlight the free OTA networks most prominently in their marketing, when it's actually a cable replacement (or at least a partial one).

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by youdontknowtho » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:14 PM UTC

I'm just not seeing 35$ a month worth of value. Sit coms? Get a grip, man. I feel like they should pay me to watch them. TV is a wasteland. Some cable channels are pretty good. SciFi, Comdey Central, sometimes FX. (I don't like giving money to Fox, but Always Sunny is the funniest thing ever made.)

If they had a way to pick channels and only pay for those, that would be worth looking at.

EDIT: Do you still have to watch commercials? I don't see anything about commercials. If there are commercials then not just "no", but "hell, f*ck you for asking, no".

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by adictator » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:14 PM UTC

$35? That's a ridiculous price I think, especially people who have consciously cut the cord.

Re: YouTube TV

#118

Post by IanDrake » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:16 PM UTC

bitmapbrother wrote: post #114

IanDrake wrote: post #19

I don't see the value proposition here. Can anyone explain what I'm getting for $35 (over cheap or free alternatives)?

1. Cable only channels in addition to OTA channels 2. Unlimited DVR 3. 6 accounts to possibly share.

Thanks. I missed point 1 and 3. Point 2 has almost no value these days unless you don't have Hulu/Amazon/Netflix, which I guess some people don't.

I watched commercial TV for the first time in a few years the other day and lost interest in what I was watching because of it. I don't think I can go back now.

Re: YouTube TV

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:17 PM UTC

bitmapbrother wrote: post #114

IanDrake wrote: post #19

I don't see the value proposition here. Can anyone explain what I'm getting for $35 (over cheap or free alternatives)?

1. Cable only channels in addition to OTA channels 2. Unlimited DVR 3. 6 accounts to possibly share.

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Re: YouTube TV

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Post by andrewguenther » Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 11:18 PM UTC

youdontknowtho wrote: post #116

I'm just not seeing 35$ a month worth of value. Sit coms? Get a grip, man. I feel like they should pay me to watch them. TV is a wasteland. Some cable channels are pretty good. SciFi, Comdey Central, sometimes FX. (I don't like giving money to Fox, but Always Sunny is the funniest thing ever made.) If they had a way to pick channels and only pay for those, that would be worth looking at. EDIT: Do you still have to wa…

You can't bash on sitcoms and call SyFy "pretty good." In my opinion, half the stuff in SyFy is worse than sitcoms.