The biggest downfall to Sling in my opinion is the lack of the Discovery channels. I just purchased three Rokus and returned all of Comcast’s equipment. When looking at the streaming choices, no Discovery channels ruled Sling out at the get go. I’ve opted for the DirecTV Now service and after two days, so far, so good. Reply
I should’ve waited until I read your review before signing up for Sling. I can’t get ABC unless I pay $5 extra for an add-on package. No CBS and the video on NBCSN is not 60 fps so fast sports like hockey look crummy. I canceled. Will probably go back to DirecTV Now. Just tired of waiting for the DVR. Reply
cbs all access has a live feed plus on demand and is only $6 a month. we get that cause we can’t always get cbs being rural Reply
Direct TV Now, aka AT&T TV Now, just raised their price to $60 per month for the cheapest package to get Discovery channel. I am considering Youtube TV as it looks to have even more channels and is still at $50 per month. Could you do a review of YouTube TV? Reply
Hi Mike, you can read our review of YouTube TV here: https://cordcutting.com/services/youtube-tv/reviews/ Reply
Absolute scam. After reviewing and trying there channel selection cancel immediately no more then 30 min. They refused to refund the money. Do not fall for 30 day free trial. The second the get your credit card they WILL CHARGE it. They WILL NOT ISSUE REFUND. Reply
I had sling a year ago but canceled it because of buffering on all devices. I had bandwidth allocations on all devices and a 300mb connection. Internet speed or bandwidth was not the issue. Went to Hulu and the buffering issue immediately disappeared. Unfortunately Hulu changed its lineup so I needed an additional service. That, with price increases this year, basically raised the price for me 40%. In one year! Hulu might as well be Time Warner (the “we’ve changed our name to Rectums” people). Going to try Youtube next. I liked Sling except for the buffering, but I would want a free trial to see if they have truly fixed the horrible buffering issue on live sports. Reply
You said you would not pick Sling for your parents so then what would you pick. We are in our 70’s and use computer, and iphones but don’t want something that will be confusing or frustrating. Reply
Right now, I’d say YouTube TV and Hulu are the easiest to use and the most straightforward in how they’re priced and structured. I’d recommend one of those if you’re looking for a relatively simple sort of live TV service. Thanks for reading! Reply
I’d actually recommend Philo TV!! $20 a month and 59 (that’s right 59!) cable channels for ONLY $20 a month and that includes unlimited DVR. We cancelled Sling TV after their recent price increase when they added Fox News, CNN HLN and MSNBC channels. We don’t watch any of those news channels anyway so we switched to Philo TV and love it! Reply
I absolutely ABHOR SLING after 2 months of trying to trouble-shoot with them and having wasted hours watching shows that we recorded only to find they quit halfway through and then having to purchase on iTunes to watch the ending. SLING and APPLE TVs do not get along and SLING’s response is always that it is Apple’s fault. We’ve NEVER had a problem with any other streaming service on our AppleTVs. I went thru all of their laborious scripted trouble-shooting to try to overcome the ‘bad data’ on DVR – never any effort on their part – always on ours. We went back to PHILO and have never been happier. Reply
The best is BCE Premium TV. We are using it for a long time. Over 100 Premium Sports Channels ( Sky Sports, BT Sport, Bein Sports, Fox Sports, NBCSN, TSN, ESPN, … ) only $20/month or $85/year. just search “BCE Premium TV” on Google you will find it easily. Reply
BEWARE!!!!! Does’t work on all equipment. Canceling instructions are not clear. Charged my account and would NOT REFUND. Reply
Do not subscribe to Sling TV if you care your money. They will add an unavoidable commercial which will force you to miss your favorite show. YouTube is much better and more loyal; if you are paying you don’t have to see the commercials. Customer care do not resolve the issue but rather disconnect the call. Never seen such unprofessional attitude from any other company. Reply
I got Sling tv and it was a bad decision. I signed up and was supposed to get ten hours free of the DVR and didn’t, so I started paying $5.00 a month the get. Then noticed that I was supposed to get it free. I customer service and they had me on hold for over an hour. Had to call back just to tell that they can’t give a credit or reimburse. This company has the worst customer service I ever had to deal with. I will cancel my subscription with them. Reply
I have no cable and no TV provider. I use Roku with YouTube TV. YouTube TV just cancelled The Tennis Channel. As a tennis fan, The Tennis Channel is the only thing that I want to add, although I am willing to pay for additional sports channels if that’s what I have to do to get the tennis. I already get the major networks and ESPN on You Tube, so Sling looked like a decent option, but reading the review and the customer service complaints make me very wary of signing up even for a “free” trial. What is the best option? Reply
it went from ok t absolutely unwatchable… the changes made this week are making me cancel…. it cant be watched on my laptop and i have ms 10 and they just changed it and its pizelated no matter the video quality you chose… they changed the whole look with n way to customize.. dvr doesnt show where you are in the recording. in a 22 min show they add 13 mins of commercials. when you open the dvr recordings, when you have multi episodes they have them stacked with the most recent episode on top and there is no way to scroll to the bottom to watch them in order. they stacked all of there nonsene on the top of the page, where before it had a tab of my tv, and you could just scroll to the channel you are looking for. there are places on the page where there is no way to scroll to navigate the pages!!!!! i will be cancelling .. so pissed at the changes and lack of them caring about fixing any of it Reply
I have been canceling sling for 4 months now 4 automatic withdrawals They are still charging my account ! I CANNOT afford it any longer I have done on line cancellation every time never to a human I will cancel Again on line Unless anybody knows another way to stop this please Write back in this comment section Reply