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    The YouTube TV Thread

    It seems to be related to the video processing they do to de-interlace the picture. Since the NBC networks are all 1080i, they need to apply image processing to turn 60 half-frames per second into 60 full frames per second. For the in-arena still photographers, they have radio transmitters on...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    Sure - they’re indexed in season and episode order. For what it’s worth, I prefer the way the library gets built because it matches the content catalogs of services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, CBS:AA, etc. Outside of news and sporting events, I don’t care what specific...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    Despite not having the Sinclair / FOX RSNs for half the year, Dish still signed up 1.348 new subscribers last year. (although they still ended with a net loss of 511k satellite subscribers, and a small net gain on Sling subscribers who also lost RSN access) [1] This is where the RSN model is...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    https://streamingclarity.com/fox-rsns-doomed-long-before-sinclair/ I think the sticking point is Sinclair wanting to negotiate all of their locals along with the RSNs.
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    On AppleTV and Roku, you can get back to watching live TV by pressing the "Play/Pause" button twice. Not as clean as a single button, but still seems to work okay.
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    When you add shows to your library, it automatically builds out the catalog indexing by season and episode. Here’s what it looks like on the TV interface:
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    YoutubeTV calls it the “Library” instead of a “DVR” because you pick shows and it assembles a Netflix-like catalog of those shows. It’s also built to steer you towards search to find content instead of using the guide. (hence the very limited guide display) Sling took the approach of taking...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    I couldn't make Sling work for me because of the lack of my local RSN (FOX Sports North) and 30fps on so many of their channels. If you can make it work for you, it's a great money saving option though.
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    This is where we have ended up with YTTV as well. We started off watching it the same way that we watched DIRECTV, and now we use it for all the same things you define above. Even though we're paying for network TV recordings with YTTV, it's just easier to watch them commercial free on Hulu...
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    Disney Plus +

    This is answered on their help pages. Article Content - Customer Service
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    Disney Plus +

    Just regular Hulu. Since the "standard" Hulu catalog is mostly made up of Disney properties (ie, almost all ABC, FOX, and Hulu originals) that's probably going to be the only product to make it in the bundle because they have more control over the costs. The Live TV add-on involves contracts...
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    Disney Plus +

    I hated the Apple TV remote too when I was swiping. You can just touch the top/bottom/left/right of the touchpad and you can move incrementally in that direction, just like the old directional buttons on the previous remotes. There are 3 main actions: swipe, touch/tap, and click. Swipe is...
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    Disney Plus +

    Part of the issue is advertising within the apps, not the linear channels. Fire TV might not get Disney+ as Amazon and Disney clash over ads
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    Disney Plus +

    A handful of original shows for Apple TV+ and the ability to sub to premium content channels isn’t quite the same as the deal Amazon Prime’s streaming catalog. If Amazon Prime Streaming was just Amazon Originals and Amazon Channels (the equivalent of what Apple offers), I think there would be...
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    Disney Plus +

    Wouldn’t surprise me if this takes a long, long time to hit that platform. Amazon has their Prime Video offering, where they are paying licensing fees to competitors of Disney for movies and TV shows as part of the Prime Video subscription service. On the Roku, Apple/Android TV, and mobile...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    Sling doesn’t have locals, so that eliminates the CBS problem there. You also can’t DVR Disney networks like ESPN on Sling. Hulu w/ Live TV forces you to watch commercials on all DVR recordings unless you pay the $10 “Advanced DVR” fee. If FuboTV has your locals, that might work. Otherwise...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    This is only the case on CBS-owned channels (CBS, CW, POP). For everything else, make sure you're selecting the DVR version when you pick the show out of your library. Note the yellow VOD and gray DVR tags. This is what it looks like on the iPad app: This is what it looks like on the...
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    AT&T WatchTV Shutting Down

    I can see ATT doing this, but I'd really like another source for that news. For the most part, the guy who runs that site seems to scrape through Reddit and turn those topics into headlines that will generate clicks. In particular, there was a rumor thread on the ATT TV NOW sub-reddit, and...
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    The PlayStation Vue Thread

    They recently used that as the platform to fill out the phone feature-set of their GSuite enterprise offering, and also used a lot of the background infrastructure to launch Project Fi. I think YoutubeTV has a future because every product launch has been highlighting targeted marketing as a key...
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    The PlayStation Vue Thread

    Sony Interactive Entertainment to Shut Down PlayStation Vue Well, looks like Sony’s venture into live streaming will be coming to a close.
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    Cord cutting advice for heavy DVR user

    The primary concern seemed to be around the number of things you can record on any given night. In this case, streaming providers take care of that because you don't have tuner restrictions. If you really wanted to, for most services you could set every single program on every single channel...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    This is a good example of where streaming "DVR" is very different from a device with a hard drive operating at your house. YoutubeTV, in particular, has one common content source. They are ingesting digital streams from all of their channel providers and storing those streams as a "gold" copy...
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    The YouTube TV Thread

    Yes, it will record all showing on all channels. Different providers deal with this differently; for example, Vue keeps replacing your item with the most recent recording. This could mean that the version you wanted to watch gets bumped out of your library entirely. In your movie example...
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    Cord cutting advice for heavy DVR user

    Short answer: it probably won't. If you're using whatever cheap gateway your ISP leased to you 5 years ago, and you're connecting via wireless, that's where things are more likely to have issue. DASH / HLS streams present the video player with a handful of different resolutions at various...
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    Cord cutting advice for heavy DVR user

    You should absolutely try it for yourself. Getting video from streaming providers is like commuting to work -- millions of people do it, but everyone has different experiences based on location. I left DIRECTV for YTTV because of video quality. I posted these images months ago, but here's an...
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