I tried DirectTV Now. I am a fan of streaming TV but not DirectTV Now. Their cloud DVR is unreliable. They were price competitive when I started but raised the price in my 4th month making them over priced. The refused to fix their data base causing me to only receive Houston channels in Seattle. The day I canceled they ran my CRedit card for the next month.
I am going to try Google TV to see if they are any better. For now I am using Dish/Intellian I3.
Just because it's something we like to do, we have tested most of the streaming services. Based our views on our viewing habits which is a lot of sports and then a few other channels like A&E.
Sling is pretty solid with a decent selection of channels. However, they're really short when it comes to local channels and regular network television.
Directv Now has become pricey to get the sports channels you want. Like others they've not made deals to have A&E, Lifetime and other associated networks. Also, they cloud and dvr service is the poorest of all.
Vue also lacks the A&E and certain other Disney properties. Their DVR only saves for 28 days. Their streaming quality may be the best, but if you're looking for regional sports you're forced up a level too.
Hulu is probably the simplest and most straightforward for all but requires an upgrade to get more DVR and to be able to fast forward. They have the best selection of channels in their cheapest plan of anyone, however. We did experience one problem on only one channel though and they could not correct it. The audio and video would get out of sync. First place you'd notice was closed captions but then you'd see it worsen in other ways.
You Tube TV. Again no A&E or that group of channels, but overall quality very good and unlimited DVR space plus great on demand.
Philo. Ok, they're small time compared to the others, but an interesting group of channels starting with A&E and others that the other streamers don't carry. Picture might not be as sharp but overall their system works very well.
Cable companies are losing lots of customers to streamers. Their way of fighting back is giving better deals on packaging and raising prices on internet only. Of course you need high speed internet to use streamers. And that's why we still have Directv on the boat, because while cruising the cost of internet is greater than any savings.
We do still have cable and satellite at home (along with some streaming) but for the vast majority of people, I'd say streaming is the answer. If it were not for the number of tv's and for business purposes of keeping up, then we'd definitely be using a streaming service or two.
