Doh! I signed up for the trial just last week, and then immediately cancelled (after 10 minutes) when I realize they didn't have an Apple TV app yet!
I'd see if they are amenable to a re-do, but I see they don't even have CNN. Say what you will about CNN news, but if you don't at least get some exposure, you are not getting a view of mainstream news. Plus I can't live without Bordain.
I cut the cable with Cox a couple of weeks ago after they sent technicians out FOUR times to deal with a problem with my Contour 2 box, and ultimately couldn't solve it. It loses picture and sound settings every night during the "update" (read "reboot") time. A "nightly updaxxxxx reboot means one thing - some pointy-haired boss made an "executive decision" that this is the way to deal with buggy software and get some chrome-dome executive off his back. Nobody would admit knowledge of this as a known issue. I found out later there is a LONG thread on their TV support forum about it and they have to have known about it for months. Apparently, Comcast fixed it 2 years ago, but Cox never got the memo... (Cox licenses the Comcast XFinity technology, and rebrands it as Contour 2.) The right response would have been to have told me it was a known issue and they hope for a fix soon. Instead, they wasted their time and mine with 4 service calls. No wonder cable TV is so expensive! I did keep Cox Internet - for now. (We have WebPass in my building as well, which was bought by Google Fiber.)
I am SUPER delighted with OTA TV, which, honestly, I don't think I'd tried in years. I remember how awful analog was in San Diego, which is the reason why almost everybody here (had) cable. I think I tried digital OTA when it first hit the airwaves, and it was not great. Now... they've got it together. Little square antenna that I threw under the sofa, and 35 channels, way better picture quality than Cox. I plan on adding an OTA DVR (probably Tablo) to time-shift local news and the late-night talk shows.
I already ran through my SlingTV trial, which was "ok". I have no problem with the channel lineup (I got Blue, with the $5/mo DVR addon). It is intuitive to use, easy to schedule recordings. Only hitch was some buffering from time to time and some loss of color range.
Currently trying Playstation Vue, and will cut the short trial (5 days!) shorter. The UI is awful. Pretty - but unintuitive. If you scroll the schedule down to midnight... you have to navigate to a button to see the next day! Why wouldn't you just keep scrolling?! I'm especially disappointed since I'm a PlayStation alumni (I worked on back-end code for MLB The Show and other sports games.)
So, I will try Hulu Live next, and then probably choose between that and going back to Sling TV. I may give DirectTV Now a try as well, but it seems a bit more costly for a similar channel set. Hulu Live gets you regular Hulu thrown in, so that's a plus. (Plus I already have Netflix and
Amazon Prime Video, which just comes with my Amazon Prime that more than pays for itself in shipping costs.)
