Man, I wish they would get the RSN's available here in Denver. Crazy that AT&T Sportsnet isn't on DTVN and AT&T owns DTVN.
* First world problems, I know
* First world problems, I know
Roku smart tv
It’s an Insignia. But that’s a good idea I’ll try to hook up my Apple TV to that TV tonight and see if it helps. It would be a shame to have to switch to an Apple TV on a smart tv. I actually like the built in Roku softwareThat might be the issue. When I ran streaming apps via an Xbox 360 I had similar issues. However, when I moved to using an AppleTV those issues went away. There may have been a volume control internal to the Xbox that I just could not find but I have since upgraded to an Xbox One and added the AppleTV. Maybe this will be helpful if you have a Samsung TV: https://www.reddit.com/r/DirecTVNow/comments/8nssq9/issues_with_volume/
You need DirecTV to get Sunday Ticket (via that app). But unfortunately the rights for NFL Sunday Ticket are still exclusive to DTV, and not allowed with DTVN. If I was a student, or lived in a big apartment building I'd be eligible to get streaming only, but I'm not either.Service works fine. Maybe fix your equipment first.
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Why would they add NFL Sunday Ticket? DIRECTV Now isn't DirecTV so you would need the NFL Sunday Ticket app...which is available for Apple TV.
We have a TCL Roku Smart TV in one bedroom and honestly the DTVN app on it would make me think DTVN sucks. Poor responsiveness, lots of buffering. Volume is fine though. Its maybe 3 years old and I think the Roku engine in that TV is simply way underpowered. An ATV4K on a different TV, further from the wireless router, rocks with no lag.Roku smart tv
I own both. My smart tv is Insignia though and it’s really fast. My only problem is the volume issue. I might ultimately end up just getting an Apple TV. My only annoyance with Apple TV is that there’s no power button for the tv on the remote. There’s a volume button but no power button. The Roku remote is all in one.We have a TCL Roku Smart TV in one bedroom and honestly the DTVN app on it would make me think DTVN sucks. Poor responsiveness, lots of buffering. Volume is fine though. Its maybe 3 years old and I think the Roku engine in that TV is simply way underpowered. An ATV4K on a different TV, further from the wireless router, rocks with no lag.
Watching the ATL Braves on the latter (ATV4K) the TV is at about 1/5th volume and the audio is fine.
It’s not obvious and it doesn’t work on every tv, but the ATV4K will power on / power off the tv via the HDMI when you wake or sleep (hold tv button a few seconds). Works with both a 2008 Samsung and a 2016 Vizio. Doesn’t turn on an old Panasonic but will turn it off.I own both. My smart tv is Insignia though and it’s really fast. My only problem is the volume issue. I might ultimately end up just getting an Apple TV. My only annoyance with Apple TV is that there’s no power button for the tv on the remote. There’s a volume button but no power button. The Roku remote is all in one.
Interesting....I’m going to attempt that.It’s not obvious and it doesn’t work on every tv, but the ATV4K will power on / power off the tv via the HDMI when you wake or sleep (hold tv button a few seconds). Works with both a 2008 Samsung and a 2016 Vizio. Doesn’t turn on an old Panasonic but will turn it off.
DTVN does not support live pause and rewind and the pause action is very limited. If you really need live pause and rewind, try YTTV.
nothing wrong with my equipment. it's a service issue. just because it works for you doesn't mean it's fine.Service works fine. Maybe fix your equipment first.
You're either moving the goal posts or you weren't communicating well in your original post:
You're right, the *beta* DVR portion has its hiccups. User interface could be a little easier too. That wasn't what I was talking about though.
What it *does* do for me is it allows me to have television service not only at home but also at a vacation/weekend place -- all for MUCH less than just cable service at home.
Overall the service works well for me and for what I watch. Perfect? Nope. Didn't say it was perfect, so don't put words in my mouth.
I'm not really sure how adding additional local channels has any bearing on the development teams responsible for the DVR beta program, but I get that you're feeling frustrated. Though my experience has been that the DVR has been steadily improving over the past six months.
No. DTV Now doesn't offer CW in most markets from what I can tell. I tried a bunch of zip codes from different markets in their tool to lookup local channels and most didn't have CW listed.
Folks here can only go by the written word. Say what you mean.You said it was working good. I'm saying it's FAR from good. "Perfect" was an exaggeration.
Has never happened to me. I've seen mention of it so you're not alone, but again I've never seen that occur.- Sometimes I launch DIRECTV NOW and it asks me to relogin. It did this for several days straight one week. It is so painful to grab my iPhone from my bed room, launch 1Password, then paste in my password into DIRECTV NOW. It is so bad.
Wow, that sounds absolutely awful. I don't know how you can stand it.- Sometimes it doesn't remember that I gone through the mini "tutorial" on my Apple TV. So each time I launch the app, I see this little mini tutorial where it fades out my stream to darkness to show that I can swipe to change the channel
- Sometimes when I press menu to make the menu appear, the "What's on now" is outdated. So when I click on MSNBC's
DirecTV Now has absolutely nothing to do with the old satellite DirecTv. Its a streaming service, and a great one at that.People still use DirecTv? I pulled the plug in 2010.
You're welcome to hold a different opinion.
Of course, but I don't get why you have to *shrug* at my opinion.
Do I really need to explain what a shrug means? It was an expression that I possess a different opinion.
As for the app store reviews -- the reviews are interesting. Not many actually referencing DTVN on the Apple TV which is what I was talking about. A blind guy upset the ios app doesn't do voiceover. Another person pissed that it doesn't support chromecast. several others having trouble "casting" their show from their phone to their tv, various IOS app problems, people upset they see commercials, etc.
I wonder how many people who are reasonably happy with it ever bother to write a review. Personally I tend to only bother with it if I'm unhappy about something with an app.
Anyway, Iif the app store reviews help you to feel validated in your opinion, it'd good you found them.
When you shrug at a comment, it usually means you're annoyed in some way by that comment.
DVR is far from perfect. Since the first day of private beta (last year), the audio in the DVR slightly hiccups. It seems like a small annoyance but when you're trying to watch something, it becomes EXTREMELY annoying. It's never been fixed.
My guess is the person in charge of installing DVR servers completely miscalculated the performance of their hardware and likely is never going to get fixed.
My guess is there may be inconsistent policies between different content providers, with some disallowing forward-skip and some allowing full control. I don't use the DVR function a whole lot so haven't really tried to connect the dots.sometimes it allows you to skip forward 15 seconds and sometime it doesn't when you push the right edge of the remote. Not sure if that's an DTVN app issue or something to do with the Apple TV but it's annoying as hell not having it work all the time.
I was talking about when you first replied. It was ambigious. *shrug*I told you what I meant, any further misinterpretation is intentional on your part. Not my problem.
@pjwal you were dead on. LOL
I was talking about when you first replied.
you only replied about the shrugging comment.
Yep, glad you understand that concept even if you haven't really acted like you think it's true.one person’s experience doesn’t speak for all.
So was I. My point stands.
Yep, glad you understand that concept even if you haven't really acted like you think it's true.
*shrug* Works good here.
Yes, because the rest didn't merit response. I had initially written a response, but it wasn't anything positive so I deleted it on the basis that it didn't add anything to the thread.
Since you do insist on a response:
You are expending a great deal of effort to justify/validate your opinion. It's as if you lack sufficient self-confidence and thus need to drive others into agreeing with you. Whatever the reason for your dogged efforts to "be right", we're talking about subjective opinions based on individual usage characteristics and tolerances. Your opinion is yours to hold as you see fit, I have no interest in changing it.
Sure, you misunderstood. I clarified. Unsure why you can't let it go, but you do you.And yet again, it wasn't clear from your first reply
You're the only one of us feeling the need to discuss that to death. Have fun with it.So instead of continuing the discussion about the quality of the DIRECTV NOW service
Whatever gets your rocks off I guess. I find DTVN works good [fine] for my usage. You don't feel the same. Okay. Great. We've each expressed subjective assessments. I don't feel any need to "back up my stance" like some middle school playground pontificator. You're free to disagree, everyone else is free to disagree. If there's any meaning to draw from this, it is simply that I don't care whether you agree or disagree.That tells me that you're unable to continue to back up your stance on this issue.
#1 - such declarations are usually bullisht since most folks making them actually do go back to see. Then they get to stew in whether to get the last work or show themselves up as liars. Enjoy that dilemma.Feel free to reply, but I won't be reading anymore off-topic statements from you.