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    • dafyreD
      dafyre @RojoLoco
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      @RojoLoco said in DirectvNow:

      I just noticed Sling TV has both the cartoon network and adult swim as separate channels. Are they 2 different channels or are they trying to fudge it to seem like they have more stuff?

      I'll check the Adult Swim channel tonight. I think they just play the Adult Swim stuff 24x7 instead of having to wait until after dark.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Ah I see, SlingTV is very complicated and confusing. They don't show you all of the options. Their website doesn't even show the options that they advertise to me on Facebook. But if you switch your language to Spanish, then the menu expands, then switch your region to Italy, then the stuff that they advertise on US Facebook shows up as an option and the $15 is there. That's, um, a bit crazy.

        Can you change your SlingTV packages month to month? Or is there some limitations on that?

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        • dafyreD
          dafyre @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

          Ah I see, SlingTV is very complicated and confusing. They don't show you all of the options. Their website doesn't even show the options that they advertise to me on Facebook. But if you switch your language to Spanish, then the menu expands, then switch your region to Italy, then the stuff that they advertise on US Facebook shows up as an option and the $15 is there. That's, um, a bit crazy.

          Can you change your SlingTV packages month to month? Or is there some limitations on that?

          As far as I know you can change them at any time. I've only had to make one change, and that was to add the Kid stuff, lol.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @dafyre
            last edited by

            @dafyre said in DirectvNow:

            @RojoLoco said in DirectvNow:

            I just noticed Sling TV has both the cartoon network and adult swim as separate channels. Are they 2 different channels or are they trying to fudge it to seem like they have more stuff?

            I'll check the Adult Swim channel tonight. I think they just play the Adult Swim stuff 24x7 instead of having to wait until after dark.

            Isn't their stuff on demand anyway?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @dafyre
              last edited by

              @dafyre said in DirectvNow:

              @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

              Ah I see, SlingTV is very complicated and confusing. They don't show you all of the options. Their website doesn't even show the options that they advertise to me on Facebook. But if you switch your language to Spanish, then the menu expands, then switch your region to Italy, then the stuff that they advertise on US Facebook shows up as an option and the $15 is there. That's, um, a bit crazy.

              Can you change your SlingTV packages month to month? Or is there some limitations on that?

              As far as I know you can change them at any time. I've only had to make one change, and that was to add the Kid stuff, lol.

              What sucks is what I'd want is $35 - $55 which is outrageous for the tiny bit of casual viewing I'd consider. I could buy everything that I want to watch directly for less and own it forever.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

                @dafyre said in DirectvNow:

                @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

                Ah I see, SlingTV is very complicated and confusing. They don't show you all of the options. Their website doesn't even show the options that they advertise to me on Facebook. But if you switch your language to Spanish, then the menu expands, then switch your region to Italy, then the stuff that they advertise on US Facebook shows up as an option and the $15 is there. That's, um, a bit crazy.

                Can you change your SlingTV packages month to month? Or is there some limitations on that?

                As far as I know you can change them at any time. I've only had to make one change, and that was to add the Kid stuff, lol.

                What sucks is what I'd want is $35 - $55 which is outrageous for the tiny bit of casual viewing I'd consider. I could buy everything that I want to watch directly for less and own it forever.

                I wonder if you are in the minority there?

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender
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                  Does anyone know if Sling is location dependent? I know that Netflix is, what you see is based roughly upon where in the world you are because of licensing for that part of the world.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said in DirectvNow:

                    Does anyone know if Sling is location dependent? I know that Netflix is, what you see is based roughly upon where in the world you are because of licensing for that part of the world.

                    They claim that they are not.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                      last edited by

                      @Dashrender said in DirectvNow:

                      Does anyone know if Sling is location dependent? I know that Netflix is, what you see is based roughly upon where in the world you are because of licensing for that part of the world.

                      Where in the world that they think you are. If they get confused, you get the wrong programming.

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                      • RojoLocoR
                        RojoLoco @dafyre
                        last edited by

                        @dafyre said in DirectvNow:

                        @RojoLoco said in DirectvNow:

                        I just noticed Sling TV has both the cartoon network and adult swim as separate channels. Are they 2 different channels or are they trying to fudge it to seem like they have more stuff?

                        I'll check the Adult Swim channel tonight. I think they just play the Adult Swim stuff 24x7 instead of having to wait until after dark.

                        That's cool. That's some of my favorite no-brain watching fodder.

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

                          @Dashrender said in DirectvNow:

                          Does anyone know if Sling is location dependent? I know that Netflix is, what you see is based roughly upon where in the world you are because of licensing for that part of the world.

                          Where in the world that they think you are. If they get confused, you get the wrong programming.

                          You're experienced this problem before - I recall your posts last or two years ago about that issue.

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                          • ntozierN
                            ntozier
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                            Some day some content provider some where will let you piece meal pick the channels that you want... and charge you a nice low rate. I'd probably be happy to pay $4.99/mo for 7 channels that I got to pick.

                            I'm seriously not impressed by Sling's pricing.

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                            • Minion QueenM
                              Minion Queen
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                              I am the same way. I have like 4 channels I want and I would be happy to pay for them. But I do not care about 99% of any of them on any subscription plan. So just not worth it.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said in DirectvNow:

                                @scottalanmiller said in DirectvNow:

                                @Dashrender said in DirectvNow:

                                Does anyone know if Sling is location dependent? I know that Netflix is, what you see is based roughly upon where in the world you are because of licensing for that part of the world.

                                Where in the world that they think you are. If they get confused, you get the wrong programming.

                                You're experienced this problem before - I recall your posts last or two years ago about that issue.

                                Yeah, right now Netflix seems okay, but everything else thinks that I am in Canada when I am in Texas.

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                                • brianlittlejohnB
                                  brianlittlejohn
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                                  I cancelled my cable and am going with sling.tv. There are about 3 channels I watch to watch live sports and that is pretty much it, so considerable savings over traditional cable, still expensive.

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                                  • Minion QueenM
                                    Minion Queen
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                                    @brianlittlejohn now that makes sense.

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre @Minion Queen
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                                      @Minion-Queen said in DirectvNow:

                                      @brianlittlejohn now that makes sense.

                                      Yepp. We have Cable Internet, but not cable TV. Cut our Cable bill by $40 bucks.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender
                                        last edited by Dashrender

                                        I tried out Playstation Vue - expensive - $65 for the package I want including HBO, but cheaper than the $130+ I pay for cable.

                                        But my internet will go up with I cancel cable and phone, so I won't be saving even $65. Time to pull the trigger.

                                        Playstation Vue is OK, still not as nice as cable though - and the DVR functionality is a bit weird.

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                                        • brianlittlejohnB
                                          brianlittlejohn
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                                          My Cable bill is dropping roughly $60/month (half of that is taxes on the cable tv side) so the $20 for sling.tv isnt bad.

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                                          • DanpD
                                            Danp @brianlittlejohn
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                                            @brianlittlejohn Sling is supposed to be beta testing their cloud DVR product starting this month on Roku devices. From what I read, they will eventually expand it to include other devices.

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