YoutubeTV 2025 price increase

[Jimbo]

No one is paying $150/mo for Paramount Plus.

Who said anything about spending how much money ?

 

[Jimbo]

You are correct, so why spend so much more on Traditional Live TV if the content you do watch, is available via streaming, in better quality and a less expensive price.

While I do not like to watch reruns, I know that many do, but that is not my point, which is, why pay for them on Satellite/Cable TV, where they use those rerun channels to pad their channel count, which then gets the bill to the $150 range and above, when you can get the exact same rerun content for free via Pluto and the likes.

I agree, I am still about 2 years behind on just new content, but at least I have so many options in regards to new content, which you no longer have with Traditional Paid Live TV.

After Football Season, hopefully more time to watch, for example, I will have all day Saturday/Sunday to binge watch, since it will not be consumed with Football.

And there are many things I do wish to watch, so many new shows, which we no longer get on Traditional Live TV.

Same answer, but I do have to say, P+ is my favorite service, love the originals and the fact you get CBS shows in real 1080P and 4K, which is not even a option with DirecTV.

Even on YTTV, while it is a 1080P picture, it is up converted, while better then DirecTV/Dish/Comcast/whomever, nothing beats native 1080P and of course, 4K video quality.

I am just sayin, I prefer the streaming services, for the better Video/Sound, more new content then I could ever watch, the same content from Networks/Cable Channels, movies, sports, including HBO and Showtime, for roughly $70-80 a month.

Personally I don't like having to bounce around Apps and then have to do the same on the next TV and the next.

As for saving Money, thats great ....

I have D* paid in advance for a few months yet, then I may move on (after 20+ years).

 

[Bruce]

Personally I don't like having to bounce around Apps and then have to do the same on the next TV and the next.

I find it as easy as changing channels.

 

[Jimbo]

I find it as easy as changing channels.

Takes much longer, Really hard to bounce back and forth to watch a few Games without missing parts of it.

 

[savarese04]

Takes much longer, Really hard to bounce back and forth to watch a few Games without missing parts of it.

This is why using native tv apps is awful (not saying you do, but calling out the experience in general). Switching is a nightmare.

Another reason I use apple tv because it suspends/lets you move between apps similar to how you move between phone apps. SO FAST without having to fully exit and select the previous app from the menu

 

[Jimbo]

This is why using native tv apps is awful (not saying you do, but calling out the experience in general). Switching is a nightmare.

Another reason I use apple tv because it suspends/lets you move between apps similar to how you move between phone apps. SO FAST without having to fully exit and select the previous app from the menu

So, it sounds like when you leave the app, it doesn't close, as others do ...
How do you Close an app then, is it always running in the back ground ...

 

[Bruce]

So, it sounds like when you leave the app, it doesn't close, as others do ...
How do you Close an app then, is it always running in the back ground ...

For the Sony, sometimes I would have to go into the menu to close an app or have to restart the TV.

Myself, Ronnie, a few others have posted to you multiple times, that using the internal apps are not a good gauge on how fast and seamless streaming can be.

Get yourself the new Roku Ultra, only $79 at Amazon right now, use it instead, it will be so much better for you as you keep going into streaming more and more.

For example, if you want to close an app on the Ultra, hit the home button, done, unlike having so many extra steps, using the internal apps on the Sony.

 

[Jimbo]

For the Sony, sometimes I would have to go into the menu to close an app or have to restart the TV.

Myself, Ronnie, a few others have posted to you multiple times, that using the internal apps are not a good gauge on how fast and seamless streaming can be.

Get yourself the new Roku Ultra, only $79 at Amazon right now, use it instead, it will be so much better for you as you keep going into streaming more and more.

For example, if you want to close an app on the Ultra, hit the home button, done, unlike having so many extra steps, using the internal apps on the Sony.

I'm not throwing my current REMOTE away.

I already have a Roku Ultra, I use them on sets that don't have Apps available, which currently is only at work.
(Although, I could put one in the hot tub room.)

 

[NYDutch]

For the Sony, sometimes I would have to go into the menu to close an app or have to restart the TV.

Myself, Ronnie, a few others have posted to you multiple times, that using the internal apps are not a good gauge on how fast and seamless streaming can be.

Get yourself the new Roku Ultra, only $79 at Amazon right now, use it instead, it will be so much better for you as you keep going into streaming more and more.

For example, if you want to close an app on the Ultra, hit the home button, done, unlike having so many extra steps, using the internal apps on the Sony.

Firesticks are similar to the Roku in that respect. Just hit the home button to exit the app you're currently using. I'm even using a Firestick on our new Roku TV to bypass the onboard apps along with being able to use it with an HDMI splitter.

 

[Bruce]

I'm not throwing my current REMOTE away.

Definitely never posted that.

I already have a Roku Ultra, I use them on sets that don't have Apps available, which currently is only at work.
(Although, I could put one in the hot tub room.)

This is where I am amazed, you constantly complain about streaming, that things are changing and you do not like it.

Multiple people here, have given you advice on how to have a better experience with streaming, but it seems like you do not want it to be a better experience, like you are happier when you have something to complain about.

We have now, past the half way mark on the transition to streaming, Traditional Cable/Satellite is dying, definitely not doing anything to improve their services.

It is time to get used to the technology, we are giving you good advice, take advantage of it.

 

[b4pjoe]

So, it sounds like when you leave the app, it doesn't close, as others do ...
How do you Close an app then, is it always running in the back ground ...

Double-press the TV or Home button on your remote
Swipe left to view all the apps running in the background
Navigate to the app you want to quit and swipe up on the clickpad or touch surface

If you've disabled the touchpad on your Apple TV remote, you can double-click the up arrow to close an app.

Apple recommends you don't force quit an app unless it becomes unresponsive. The tvOS operating system manages memory dynamically, ensuring apps run optimally. So there is no need to close apps unless there is an issue with it.

 

[Bruce]

Double-press the TV or Home button on your remote
Swipe left to view all the apps running in the background
Navigate to the app you want to quit and swipe up on the clickpad or touch surface

If you've disabled the touchpad on your Apple TV remote, you can double-click the up arrow to close an app.

Apple recommends you don't force quit an app unless it becomes unresponsive. The tvOS operating system manages memory dynamically, ensuring apps run optimally. So there is no need to close apps unless there is an issue with it.

He does not have a Apple TV.

Just uses the internal apps on his Sony,which I can speak from experience, are a pain in the *** to close.

 

[b4pjoe]

He does not have a Apple TV.

Just uses the internal apps on his Sony,which I can speak from experience, are a pain in the *** to close.

I never said he did. He was replying to someone who said, "Another reason I use apple tv because it suspends/lets you move between apps similar to how you move between phone apps. SO FAST without having to fully exit and select the previous app from the menu" and he asked that person, "So, it sounds like when you leave the app, it doesn't close, as others do"?

 

[comfortably_numb]

Just hit the home button to exit the app you're currently using

I don't think that actually closes the app on Firesticks, though, and I think that's the reason they become so slow and buggy. I think once an app is open on a Firestick, it stays open in the background even when you hit the "home" key. You can force-close an app in the settings menu, but that's a PIA.

 

[NYDutch]

I don't think that actually closes the app on Firesticks, though, and I think that's the reason they become so slow and buggy. I think once an app is open on a Firestick, it stays open in the background even when you hit the "home" key. You can force-close an app in the settings menu, but that's a PIA.

That's possible and I don't notice because our Firesticks shut off with the TV's, shutting everything in the background down of course. Our primary Firestick 4K/16 also has an added 64 meg of external memory that helps I'm sure. I'll look into it when we're not in the middle of watching a program.

 

[Bruce]

I never said he did. He was replying to someone who said, "Another reason I use apple tv because it suspends/lets you move between apps similar to how you move between phone apps. SO FAST without having to fully exit and select the previous app from the menu" and he asked that person, "So, it sounds like when you leave the app, it doesn't close, as others do"?

Misunderstood.

Wish he would purchase a Apple TV ( or the Roku Ultra), it would be so much more better for him, than using the increasingly slowing down internal apps on his TV.

 

[comfortably_numb]

our Firesticks shut off with the TV's, shutting everything in the background down of course

That's a good setup for a Firestick; you get a fresh boot each time.

 

[NYDutch]

That's a good setup for a Firestick; you get a fresh boot each time.

It confuses our guests sometimes, when they see the Roku TV logo on the front and then the TV boots up with the Firestick logo on the screen.