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DirecTV Now?
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So far so good yesterday on my ATV.
Switched between watching the wife's shows on Lifetime and Shawshank on Spike with a little stutter here and there but not worse than watching on the apps themselves. I'm digging it so far. Didn't check to see if any local channels in UT were available but I'll try it out today.
Switched between watching the wife's shows on Lifetime and Shawshank on Spike with a little stutter here and there but not worse than watching on the apps themselves. I'm digging it so far. Didn't check to see if any local channels in UT were available but I'll try it out today.
I noticed the same thing. With this DTNow I set my volume at about 8-10 because otherwise it is way too loud.
So far it's working tonight as opposed to last night (fingers crossed).
It does seem a little louder than other apps, but I'm not noticing any audio distortion.
It does seem a little louder than other apps, but I'm not noticing any audio distortion.
Have you noticed any slight lipsync issue? I was watching the Golf Channel this afternoon and I noticed the sync being slightly off. Went to the U-Verse Golf Channel feed and it was fine. Just curious whether this is a general issue (more than me, more than Golf Channel) or just a local glitch.
Volume is definitely louder than my U-Verse feed.
My only constant tech issue is that I have channels freeze every now and then without restarting.
I didn't see a whole lot of quality content over all those 100 channels. So I'll go with the smaller and less expensive package from Sling. Antenna for PBS and local stations can fill in the rest.
Suggestion.... get the Channels app and pair it with an OTA tuner from SiliconDust. That way you can use the ATV for everything
Sounds like a good approach. I've read a little about SiliconDust. Will look into it, thanks!
Still having channel freezes around dinner/primetime on the East Coast. Was smooth sailing all day.
I am staying with Sling. You might not get many channels I get the ones that matters but it actually works and they are all in HD unlike DirecTV now (Nicktoons, Teennick, CSPAN 1&2, Telemundo so far) the ones I found in crappy 480i yes 480i in 2016 when 4K is becoming popular these channels are back in 1990 PQ.
I quit cable nearly 4 years ago. Comcast would give a special offer for a limited time then jack up the rates. I watch a limited amount of TV and $100 to $150 a month was just absurd. So I figure I have saved over $4000 for services that I would have never taken full advantage of. This deal, to me, gives me a new Apple TV for a very reasonable price. I can enjoy some extra screen time during the winter months. If I think, at that point, I would watch more, $35 is not such a bad deal. So far, I have found the service to be very good.
Same. It's happening on my pc too. Also have had channels just die on me, screen goes black, and then an error that they having trouble retrieving content from that channel or something. Rebooting the app sometimes fixed it.
Trying to be patient. Launch hiccups and such...not as enthusiastic about the service as day 1, though. Not sure if I'll make it past the free trial.
The only thing keeping me here is the amazing cost savings. Even with two accounts I am saving over $60 a month when factoring in receiver fees, added costs and such. I've even added HBO and Starz via the Apple TV for less than the cost of HBO alone. That's a pretty big savings. Things are improving day to day and the freezing at this point is only happening during peak hours. I would suspect they will load balance their servers. Reminds me of the early days of World Of Warcraft where you couldn't log on during certain times.
Other than the morning news/weather, I don't have any desire to watch live TV, and this lacks DVR. So my primary interest in this offering right now is going to center around their OnDemand offerings and if I can use the DirecTV credentials for most/all standalone channel apps. On that last point, the last I read was that there were only a handful of channels that recognized DirectTV credentials, whereas it seems like PS Vue works for a lot more of them. Is there an active list somewhere of channels which are adding support for this?
Yes. It is on help.directvnow.com. Just do search. I don't have actual link. But not a lot at this time.
Same here too.
I also keep pressing the Menu button to go back to the guide, but instead it exits the app. And if I change channels very quickly, the audio will go away, no sound in the app or in any app in the Apple TV, I have to restart the whole apple tv to get the audio back.
I can't count the number of times my finger would inadvertently barely swipe across part of the remote and the channel would change. Arggg!!
Noticed the same thing.
Anyone but me disappointed that 5.1 audio is only for "certain" VOD feeds? Guess that's not a big deal if comparing to PS Vue as it 2-channel but coming from U-Verse which is mostly 5.1 audio, stereo audio is pretty unacceptable, particularly if I were paying the $50-60/mo tier.