We're Thinking YouTube TV
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (94568)
United States
January 17, 2025 7:25pm CST
So, as you know, I made the decision on Tuesday to cancel cable to save $175 a month, which was the portion of our cable bill that covered the TV portion. Our service ended Thursday evening.
After several conversations, as well as inputs from my myLot friends, YouTube TV is the one that seems to stand out.
Many people I talk to, even outside of here have told me that the ones who stuck with not having cable had YouTube TV. We can get it for about $85 a month and seems to have all we want. Several cable channels we enjoy as well as local stations.
We have not made a decision yet, but YouTube TV seems to be the one that is front and center.
Has anyone had any experience with YouTube TV? What are your thoughts? Any other recommendations?
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7 responses
@kaylachan (73496)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4h
Depends on what you’re looking for in t.v. As Karen mentioned, Roku is a good free option, with a lot of free apps and some live content such as news and sports. However, if you don’t want to go down the subscription rabbit hole, then Youtube tv is a good option. For me it’s 82/month (plus state and local taxes) and if you sign up with a YouTube account, then there’s usually a three-month free trial.
As you know George loves his nascar. And, that’s been the only real way to get anything remotely close. Any other service (while cheeper) often required compromise.
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@kareng (64470)
• United States
5h
We put in Starlink, just need to get a new Smart TV. Cancelled DirectTV and the internet and the Starlink bill is less than what we were paying for both of those. Internet is super fast now and only outage is when the electricity goes out.
Currently have Roku on television set in the bedroom and there are loads of television shows and movies on there. No monthly fee, just purchase the stick and install. It's about $30.
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@FourWalls (70050)
• United States
1h
I don’t have any streaming service, so I can’t help you with a review.
@lovebuglena (45022)
• Staten Island, New York
3h
Does YouTube TV allow you to watch live TV?
We have FIOS now for TV + Internet. The bill is 200$ monthly, if it didn’t go up. That’s a lot.
@NJChicaa (120719)
• United States
1h
I'm one of those who recommended it. I've had it for several years. My dad had the account but you can have up to 6 people on it so I was on it the whole time. My sister has taken over the account but I'm still on it.
There truly isn't anything missing from YouTubeTV that I would want to see aside from Cooking Channel. I would pay the $$ myself to have the TV access.
@2ndchances24 (9657)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
1h
That's basically all we watch these days since we cut the cord
from cable tv & we get our you tube t v from the internet -fiber optics
from our phone company that has to have a smart tv to get all
the channels we want for a 100 $ a month, I just bought me a
43 in smart tv for 150$ today at Walmart with all my favorite channels.
@Dena91 (16788)
• United States
2h
When we cut the cord in 2017 we went with SlingTV on our ROKU and an over the air antenna for local channels. We are satisfied with the service. We pay $45/month for sling. They have different packages to choose from. We went with the orange line up. Plenty to choose from that lineup for us. Hope you like YouTube Tv
We have 60 apps downloaded on the Roku to watch. Our main viewing ones are Sling, Roku, Tubi, Pluto, FreeVee and YouTube apps
