Streaming services versus Direct TV

[Oaktree]

I can't stand watching TV without the ability to pause one channel while watching another like I do on Dish Network. Are there streaming options that allow this?

Excuse the dumb question, but what do you mean by "pause one channel while watching another" and why would you want to do it? Never had Dish so not sure what you're referring to.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I'm "streaming" Direct TV right now as I write this, it works out great for me.

SR

 

[NoTrespassing]

Excuse the dumb question, but what do you mean by "pause one channel while watching another" and why would you want to do it? Never had Dish so not sure what you're referring to.

Our current dish box has 2 tuners. Some boxes offer 4 tuners now.

If I don't have a program recorded or "pause time" saved up, the way I watch TV is, I will start watching a program, say the nightly news and when a commercial comes on I will pause it and switch over to the other tuner, say the history channel or whatever. When a commercial comes on the history channel I will jump back to the nightly news and fast forward through the commercial that was on.

That way I never have to watch a commercial.

I might watch a football game and have fox news paused on the other tuner for instance.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Our current dish box has 2 tuners. Some boxes offer 4 tuners now.

If I don't have a program recorded or "pause time" saved up, the way I watch TV is, I will start watching a program, say the nightly news and when a commercial comes on I will pause it and switch over to the other tuner, say the history channel or whatever. When a commercial comes on the history channel I will jump back to the nightly news and fast forward through the commercial that was on.

That way I never have to watch a commercial.

I might watch a football game and have fox news paused on the other tuner for instance.

The second tuner can also be used on a second TV and controlled separately but we don't normally watch TV in the bedroom while the living room TV is being used. So, when you change the channel in the living room, the bedroom TV changes to the same channel.

 

[ray66v]

Our current dish box has 2 tuners. Some boxes offer 4 tuners now.

If I don't have a program recorded or "pause time" saved up, the way I watch TV is, I will start watching a program, say the nightly news and when a commercial comes on I will pause it and switch over to the other tuner, say the history channel or whatever. When a commercial comes on the history channel I will jump back to the nightly news and fast forward through the commercial that was on.

That way I never have to watch a commercial.

I might watch a football game and have fox news paused on the other tuner for instance.

+1

I do this too, with DirecTv. I would throw it all out the window, if I couldn't.

I get that they need to sell commercials. But, running the same commercials tens of thousands of times should be a illegal.

 

[Rmart30]

Direct was too much. We got a T mobile $50 a month unlimited box and stream everything now. The wife works from home and does all her zoom meeting etc on it and we run 14 wifi security cams. Has done fine for us.

 

[deserteagle71]

I just wish I had internet fast enough to even think about streaming anything. And no, I'm not about to pay for a Starlink setup. Cell signals are pretty weak also, and intermittent.

 

[ray66v]

I just wish I had internet fast enough to even think about streaming anything. And no, I'm not about to pay for a Starlink setup. Cell signals are pretty weak also, and intermittent.

I feel for you.

We had nothing faster than DSL here for 15 years. I could do some basic streaming, but it would usually be frustrating. The cable TV provider here is a trailer park system from another city. So, they were as good as nothing.

One day, a couple of years ago, I saw trucks installing lines on the state route nearby. And found out it was a fiber optic line. I had to pinch myself, because I never thought I would see fiber out here.

It took about 6 months for the local telephone company to notify us that it was their line, and if we want fiber that's like ten times faster, we can have it for the same price we are paying, with no contract??? That required another pinch.

Windstream spent like $2 Billion running fiber, and this was part of it.

So, keep the faith.

 

[ray66v]

We have moved from directv to youtube tv. We get the same channels including local. We also paid the extra 4k upgrade which gives us not only 4k content, but unlimited simultanious tvs at home, 3 streams outside of our home network, as well as streaming on the go from any mobile device. Also has no limit on the number of recorded programs, split screen for 2 to 4 programs on the same screen. I don't use the split screen but sports fans may like it. Our total bill is $85/month with no extra fees. Start or cancel service anytime.

With the 3 streams outside of the home we now use this same account for the bridal suite and grooms room at our wedding venue. We have been able to cancel 2 directv accounts and use 1 single youtubetv account saving me around $170/month.

The only thing I don't like is there are no tv numbers for channels in the guide, just names. After some frustration on this I found out you can custom arrange channels in the order you want from a computer so now all of my channels I watch are arranged at the top of the list.

Is there a way to avoid watching commercials with YouTube Tv?

 

[jk96]

Is there a way to avoid watching commercials with YouTube Tv?

Still have commercials. Only way to avoid would be to record your program then fast forward through them.