Unless you really love sports or need to have streaming access to every live broadcast TV network, YouTube TV is a terrible choice. Yes, having an unlimited DVR function is nice, as is the ability to have up to four simultaneous streams. But the sports networks and local broadcast affiliates take up about half of the 40 or so announced channels. If you watch a lot of cable television, you're going to be unhappy with what YouTube TV doesn't include: Turner Networks (CNN, TNT, TBS, Cartoon); Viacom Networks (MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Nick, TV Land); Scripps Channels (Food, HGTV, Cooking, Travel), A&E Networks (A&E, History, Lifetime). While $35 is a nice pricepoint, for another $10 a month, you can get a much larger package of channels from an OTT competitor, albeit not always with every local network TV affiliate.
Right now, the best option is probably Sling or Playstation Vue. DirecTV Now is still too buggy an the Hulu offering is still in a private Beta. Sling's biggest issue is that you can only have one stream of some of the networks and their DVR function is still in Beta. Vue has an unlimited DVR function and lots of channels. But their user interface seems to have been designed by someone who doesn't watch television.
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@aysrick So true re: Vue. Running it through Roku prevents the eyes from bleeding, but just.
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Hmmmm.... Google Fiber (ISP only) $70 + YouTube TV $35 + what it it called, YouTube Red? $10 .. dam, dudes. I'm not mad. Just dayum...
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@jimcanto you get YouTube Red for free with a $10 Play Music subscription...still same pricing, just an extra service for same cost so better value.
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$35 to watch networks that show ads every 5 minutes.
I'm paying for content, I don't want to be bombarded with a gazillion ads I don't care to watch.
No thanks :P
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Can't wait until we Canadians get to have a crack at it. :)
Bold announcement on the day the internet broke...
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Looks impressive, price is great. Can you add premium channels like HBO or Showtime? I know HBO Now is available on it's own for $15/mo. But curious if they will offer it for cheaper.
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@martymankins It does say "SHOWTIME® available for extra monthly charge" in the bottom right of the welcome page. Not sure about HBO but I suspect not, at least for now.
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@martymankins So far, they're only offering Showtime as an add-on. And there's no word yet on the price.
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