Email regarding Sunday Ticket from YouTube TV

[Stash]

One of the fun things we discovered is the roku/firestick/smart tv can be taken out to the patio for movie night or.....gameday!

How do you transport the TV?

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Yes, there are rumors of a la carte.

Some thought it meant customers would be able to buy specific team games only. But that's unlikely because Apple backed out due to the NFL not wanting to change the format.

Are you sure........my understanding Apple wanted to charge less than DirecTV to attract more customers but NFL said no, they wanted the price to stay in the same range as DirecTV, maybe it was both price and format.


https://www.tomsguide.com/news/appl...nday-ticket-and-that-leaves-amazon-and-google

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/17/23513966/apple-nfl-sunday-ticket-negotiations-exit

 

[jazzcat22]

Honestly, at this point, I don’t watch anything over broadcast television. I have a collection of digital movies, and the rest is all streaming apps like Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Prime Video, and Peacock.

The only thing I did watch on broadcast were NFL games.

Based on that, I’m looking for the smartest, cheapest option to give me what I’m looking for.

About the same. I watch sports, and stock market news during the day. Rarely other regular tv shows.
Netflix, HBO Max, get Hulu free with TMoble phone service. And have Amazon Prime.
Though I am about to suspend Netflix for a while until they get better shows on it.

with the Roku, as that is the platform on my TV, I get a lot of free other apps. For movies and tv shows. FreeVee which is part of Prime, Filmrise, Watch Free Flix or something like that, Crackle. Tubi.

I plan to dump DTV over the summer, as soon as I researched, again, what I think works best. Like I did last summer. YT TV. Was actually mine I was looking at and even DTV Stream was ok but still more expensive that YT. If myself only I would have done it already. As that was my plan after football was over. But I had to keep DTV on dish to get ST for free. Now I can choose what I want. It don’t want to go YT TV just for the games.
I have other people in the house also that want and need certain channels. Plus all the crap on the DVR. I think I will tell them they have until September to clear it all out. However they can re record it, it is all repetitive shows.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

How do you transport the TV?

I use a projector

 

[Dallasfann]

That sucks, sounds like they are going to force people to have YouTube TV in order to get Sunday Ticket.

I have had Sunday Ticket since the early 90s, but this could be a deal breaker for me.

YouTube TV has been awesome. $65 a month for pretty much every major channel. Direct TV needed to lose that deal with NFL. Finally you don't have to pay $200 a month with directtv and get a dish to buy the ticket.

 

[mahoneybill]

Cut Direct TV and went to Fubo streaming. Saw 75 % of games live and if not followed ESPN game cast and picked up recorded NFL replays

Saved mega dollars and pleased with the quality of stream

Do have the fastest 1200 mps via Xfinity so no real game delay issues

 

[Mr Cowboy]

I've had YT TV for about 5 years now, and can't really complain much about it. It is so much better than Direct TV. So long as you have good internet service. I have Google fiber, have up to 5 TVS connected at once. I have Roku and firesticks on the TVs that are not smart. I use the same YT TV service at my ranch and at our river house. No need to get another dish at each either location.

The biggest issue for me is that they have not upgraded the app and interface since i have had the service. It is not the easiest to navigate.

Just about everyone has a Google account, which makes this service easy to sign up, pay, upgrade etc. Your Google account does it all. Gmail, youtube, YouTube tv, YouTube music and Google fiber in one sign in.

 

[john van brocklin]

Yeah same here. Not that I need it for any Dallas games. But I like to watch the Bengals and any other game that is good and not what they give me on my local telecast of the game sucks.

I am in the skins market, so I don't get all the local boys games.
Direct TV has been a blessing.
I am afraid i will not be spending money on utube

 

[SlammedZero]

Honestly, at this point, I don’t watch anything over broadcast television. I have a collection of digital movies, and the rest is all streaming apps like Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Prime Video, and Peacock.

The only thing I did watch on broadcast were NFL games.

Based on that, I’m looking for the smartest, cheapest option to give me what I’m looking for.

Same. I don't even think we have any "bunny ears" on any of our TVs anymore. Even NFL games I just end up streaming, either with a legit app or otherwise.

 

[BigD5]

It is so dumb that in a day and age where I can watch Rice play every game on their schedule with just basic cable, but yet I can’t watch the Dallas cowboys every week or whatever team I want to follow

 

[BigD5]

YouTube TV has been awesome. $65 a month for pretty much every major channel. Direct TV needed to lose that deal with NFL. Finally you don't have to pay $200 a month with directtv and get a dish to buy the ticket.

Nope. Instead you pay $50-100 a month for internet service PLUS $20 for Netflix, $10 for Hulu, $8 for Disney Plus, $7 for Paramount Plus, $10 for Amazon Prime and $15 for HBO Max

Now of course you don’t need any of that to get Sunday Ticket. But the cord cutting isn’t much different than just having cable or satellite all over again at this point

 

[xwalker]

I'm dying to know how Sunday Ticket will work in sports bars. The amount of bandwidth needed to have 20+ TVs streaming HD video is pretty significant. Are sports bars going to need to run ethernet to every TV? I'm sure there are some nervous bar owners out there. We have a sports bar nearby where every booth has its own small TV, and on Sundays you can tune into whatever game you want. Presumably, every one of those TVs would now need a Roku or something like it in order to get Sunday Ticket, plus a way to supply internet to each of them. Yikes.

No, they just need video distribution amps. Often called splitters.

The 1st link is a 1 on 4 out HDMI splitter.

The 2nd link is an HDMI to Coax converter which is a more likely method for sports bars.

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[SteveTheCowboy]

How do you transport the TV?

We have the big home theater tv. And we have two smaller portable ones in the den and master bedroom. Either one can easily move. Just plug into the electrical outlet and voila....outdoor tv.

We could actually move the big one....but dont want any .....accidents.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

You

Honestly, at this point, I don’t watch anything over broadcast television. I have a collection of digital movies, and the rest is all streaming apps like Netflix, Paramount, Disney+, Prime Video, and Peacock.

The only thing I did watch on broadcast were NFL games.

Based on that, I’m looking for the smartest, cheapest option to give me what I’m looking fo

youtube tv streams your local market, plus some select ones. For example....we get tampa news stations...but we also get tcm, which is extra on our spectrum.

Using vpn.....you could get any cities program. Might be workaround for games.

r.

 

[BotchedLobotomy]

Until there’s an ability for me to pay a‘ la cart, I will continue to use other high quality options that cost me nothing.

 

[Stash]

I use a projector

I’ve thought about making the investment for a projector and screen. I have a nice shed/outbuilding that looks like a smaller version of my house that would likely be an ideal place to hand the screen.

 

[Hoofbite]

I think I’ve read that there will also be a stand alone option.

Only thing that makes sense. People with Directv aren’t going to sign up for something else just for Sunday Ticket. I use Hulu Live so it’s no big concern for me. I can switch easily if need be but I won’t pay $300/year for it. Not after using my brothers school email to pay $130 or whatever it was. I’ll either watch redzone or just pirate it somehow.

 

[Doomsday]

YouTube TV has been awesome. $65 a month for pretty much every major channel. Direct TV needed to lose that deal with NFL. Finally you don't have to pay $200 a month with directtv and get a dish to buy the ticket.

I can't watch local teams like the Nuggets or Avalanche games on YouTube TV and pay around $140 a month for DirecTv.

 

[Dallasfann]

Nope. Instead you pay $50-100 a month for internet service PLUS $20 for Netflix, $10 for Hulu, $8 for Disney Plus, $7 for Paramount Plus, $10 for Amazon Prime and $15 for HBO Max

Now of course you don’t need any of that to get Sunday Ticket. But the cord cutting isn’t much different than just having cable or satellite all over again at this point

Oh I agree that we are coming full circle. Also your post is sort of moot when you add in the fact that you also pay for internet with DirectTV. I for one am happy I don't have to have some dude come install a satellite on my house and sign a contract to pay for NFL ticket.

 

[VACowboy]

Are you sure........my understanding Apple wanted to charge less than DirecTV to attract more customers but NFL said no, they wanted the price to stay in the same range as DirecTV, maybe it was both price and format.


https://www.tomsguide.com/news/appl...nday-ticket-and-that-leaves-amazon-and-google

https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/17/23513966/apple-nfl-sunday-ticket-negotiations-exit

Apple backed out because they wanted to charge less and because the NFL forbids partners to use "future technology" in broadcasting its product. Apple wasn't about to agree to that for 10+ years, especially with AR in the very near future.