ESPN Channels and Disney owned ABC affiliates pulled from DirecTV right now

[tbone_ 14113]

Just get YTTV. Dumped DTV 4 years ago and haven’t regretted it for a single instant.

[TTU13 108]

I have Hulu Live w/Disney ESPN+ package form$89.00 a month. Not sure how many tvs that gives me in total but I’m using 4 currently. I get literally every college game live.

I haven’t had issues running it on 8 TVs and I’ve had Hulu for years.

[Dbeasy 15042]

It’s weird not being able to type in a channel on the remote. There is no one step way to get to a channel in yttv. 

[Wishbone 4759]

5 minutes ago, TTU13 said:

I haven’t had issues running it on 8 TVs and I’ve had Hulu for years.

That’s good to know. After my post above I realized that I had 6, as I had forgotten my phone and iPad.

[Hagbard Celine 10852]

33 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

It’s weird not being able to type in a channel on the remote. There is no one step way to get to a channel in yttv. 

it's insane that you can't program a channel with a number and make your own lineup

it's like the entire industry is conspiring together to end instant-on ease-of-use

[Magus Ossis 2797]

34 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

it's insane that you can't program a channel with a number and make your own lineup

it's like the entire industry is conspiring together to end instant-on ease-of-use

Market opportunity for YTTV/Fubo etc client software?

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 2937]

This thread 

[SHOOTER12 8800]

On 9/9/2024 at 2:12 PM, kevwun said:

Disney pulls this shit every year with someone.  It's DirecTV's turn over the barrel.

Yep, 22 and 23 I had Dish...and the channels dropped. Now 2024, switched to DirecTv, and dammit now they dropped here, FML

[David Dennison 18851]

19 minutes ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

This thread 

[NashLonghorn 270]

On 9/11/2024 at 9:29 AM, Huckleberry said:

Yep I'm finally switching from Uverse to YTTV today. And saving money. Basically was spending extra money for LHN and had no problem doing so, no reason to stick around anymore.

The thing I would miss is recording/DVR   If you get other services like YTTV is there a way to record content (ie games?)

[thunderlounge 7815]

1 hour ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Yep, 22 and 23 I had Dish...and the channels dropped. Now 2024, switched to DirecTv, and dammit now they dropped here, FML

 

Please don’t switch to yttv. kthxbai

[Welch 635]

Do you YTTV folks just not care about regional sports networks?

I tried it and liked the interface and the multicast stuff, sure, but sports are probably the #1 reason I have cable.  
Not being able to watch the Spurs/Mavs/Rangers (Bally SW) and Astros/Rockets (SCHN) just seems disqualifying to me.

[thunderlounge 7815]

9 minutes ago, Welch said:

Do you YTTV folks just not care about regional sports networks?

I tried it and liked the interface and the multicast stuff, sure, but sports are probably the #1 reason I have cable.  
Not being able to watch the Spurs/Mavs/Rangers (Bally SW) and Astros/Rockets (SCHN) just seems disqualifying to me.

In that case, you get Fubo.

[Huckleberry 32850]

I asked my teenage son about that and he assured me he can find a stream of anything I want. I assume it's all legal, of course. 

[mininghorn88 2277]

3 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I asked my teenage son about that and he assured me he can find a stream of anything I want. I assume it's all legal, of course. 

[immamac 42838]

7 hours ago, NashLonghorn said:

The thing I would miss is recording/DVR   If you get other services like YTTV is there a way to record content (ie games?)

You can record literally every game, automatically with one button. 

[dcbc 14465]

6 minutes ago, immamac said:

You can record literally every game, automatically with one button. 

Or you can tell it only to record only UT Football games (again, you only have to do it once).  It's a great setup.

Edited September 13 by dcbc

[High Plains Drifter 11034]

21 minutes ago, immamac said:

You can record literally every game, automatically with one button. 

 

15 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Or you can tell it only to record only UT Football games (again, you only have to do it once).  It's a great setup.

 

OK, now you have my attention. 

 

 

[ChickenSandwich 9829]

25 minutes ago, immamac said:

You can record literally every game, automatically with one button. 

Every. single. game. Adds the extra recording time for you too. Vastly superior to Direct TV DVr

[immamac 42838]

Also on any recorded game you can just watch key plays etc. 

[Welch 635]

55 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:

In that case, you get Fubo.

Did a trial of that too, and that was better, but then you’re missing Turner networks.  So no NBA on TNT, and no MLB postseason on TBS.  Plus no CNN if that matters to you.

I guess my point is that there are always trade-offs.  I just don’t find YTTV or Fubo to be as unassailable as people make them seem.

 

[kevwun 15768]

You can get a $30 credit from DirecTV by submitting your billing email address here.

https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/credits/

[TxEx84 398]

1 hour ago, Welch said:

Do you YTTV folks just not care about regional sports networks?

I tried it and liked the interface and the multicast stuff, sure, but sports are probably the #1 reason I have cable.  
Not being able to watch the Spurs/Mavs/Rangers (Bally SW) and Astros/Rockets (SCHN) just seems disqualifying to me.

No.  NBA and MLB are too boring.  But that's me.

 

10 hours ago, Hagbard Celine said:

it's insane that you can't program a channel with a number and make your own lineup

it's like the entire industry is conspiring together to end instant-on ease-of-use

You can customize the order of channels in your guide. Group channels how you want to see them. Hide channels you don't care about so your list of channels is smaller. Great during March Madness as I group CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV to make switching between games easy.  Superior setup to having channel numbers.

[kevwun 15768]

Once you get used to it, the guide being in alphabetical order is much easier to find channels in.

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

Just now, TxEx84 said:

No.  NBA and MLB are too boring.  But that's me.

 

You can customize the order of channels in your guide. Group channels how you want to see them. Hide channels you don't care about so your list of channels is smaller. Great during March Madness as I group CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV to make switching between games easy.  Superior setup to having channel numbers.

There’s no world in which adding channel numbers to that setup isn’t superior. 

1 minute ago, kevwun said:

Once you get used to it, the guide being in alphabetical order is much easier to find channels in.

I want to go from ABC to TBS. Wheee, let’s scroll. 

[Ghost of LL 15531]

22 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Every. single. game. Adds the extra recording time for you too. Vastly superior to Direct TV DVr

I don't want to record the fucking game.  I want to watch the fucking games as they are happening like a normal fucking human.  And I want to be able to flip between games easily.

And, most importantly, I want to watch these fucking games with no pop-up commercials in the middle of a play and with no weird beeping in the background.

Yeah--that experience last night trying to watch the Texas State/Arizona State game and the NFL game at the same time was absolutely infuriating.  It has both me and Mrs.LL (who was very YTTV-curious) ready to get rid of it the second ESPN comes back on DTV.

[AUS-97HORN 11757]

1 minute ago, kevwun said:

Once you get used to it, the guide being in alphabetical order is much easier to find channels in.

dude, FUCK that
 

I literally put the channels in the order i am most likely going to watch them.

 

ESPN, 2,U, Classic, Then 4 local OTA, Then FS1 & FS2 are my first 10 channel choices

[JBJ 3654]

14 hours ago, JBJ said:

FYI.  I went to cancel YTTV today as it should be the last day of my trial, but they have already charged me and won't give a refund.  Make sure you cancel a day early if you just want the trial.

Update: I got a refund.  Had to email a real person (or sophisticated chat bot).

[thunderlounge 7815]

19 minutes ago, Welch said:

Did a trial of that too, and that was better, but then you’re missing Turner networks.  So no NBA on TNT, and no MLB postseason on TBS.  Plus no CNN if that matters to you.

I guess my point is that there are always trade-offs.  I just don’t find YTTV or Fubo to be as unassailable as people make them seem.

 

You can watch the Turner stuff on Max, they carry it as “B-R sports.”

Or for yttv, get the bally app. It’s not overly great as an app, but the stream is good.

Most annoying part is it’s individual feeds of each program. So if you flip on pregame, you better pay attention to the time and back out and start the game stream.

Why they can’t just mash them together is anyone’s guess.

Or, say fuck it and get an IPTV feed and use that for what’s missing in your main package.

There are plenty of options, just have to find the combination that works for you.

[Doc Daneeka 6769]

14 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I don't want to record the fucking game.  I want to watch the fucking games as they are happening like a normal fucking human.  And I want to be able to flip between games easily.

And, most importantly, I want to watch these fucking games with no pop-up commercials in the middle of a play and with no weird beeping in the background.

Yeah--that experience last night trying to watch the Texas State/Arizona State game and the NFL game at the same time was absolutely infuriating.  It has both me and Mrs.LL (who was very YTTV-curious) ready to get rid of it the second ESPN comes back on DTV.

Flip between games easily: hit the down arrow on your remote and select from your recently watched channels. Depending on your remote, briefly hold down the Select button to return to the previous channel. 

I get no pop up commercials in the middle of a play or any weird beeping. 

[Js1 85296]

26 minutes ago, TxEx84 said:

group CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV to make switching between games easy.

YTTV needs to do a 4-in-1 for this too.  Yeah, there aren't always 4 games going at once, but still.  But a black box on the channels without active games or something. 

[ChickenSandwich 9829]

17 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

I don't want to record the fucking game.  I want to watch the fucking games as they are happening like a normal fucking human.  And I want to be able to flip between games easily.

And, most importantly, I want to watch these fucking games with no pop-up commercials in the middle of a play and with no weird beeping in the background.

Yeah--that experience last night trying to watch the Texas State/Arizona State game and the NFL game at the same time was absolutely infuriating.  It has both me and Mrs.LL (who was very YTTV-curious) ready to get rid of it the second ESPN comes back on DTV.

The NFL game was on Amazon prime. That has nothing to do with YTTV. It has a resume from last watch option when flipping between games live. Press down on the remote and easily switch program to program holding your place. 
 

The entire guide is customizable. You can put all of the sports channels together, hide unwanted channels etc. 

 

[tbone_ 14113]

The customizable guide is what I like best about YTTV. Log in on a computer, set the guide in exactly whatever order you want it. Shows up that way on any device. Delete any channels you want (I deleted all the news channels, which you can still find in search if you want). Unlimited 1 touch dvr recording.

[Skipper 6129]

24 minutes ago, Doc Daneeka said:

Flip between games easily: hit the down arrow on your remote and select from your recently watched channels. Depending on your remote, briefly hold down the Select button to return to the previous channel. 

I get no pop up commercials in the middle of a play or any weird beeping. 

Yeah, not following that at all.  Can't fathom how anyone would prefer DTV over YTTV in the year of our lord 2024.

[Guadaloopy 10960]

25 minutes ago, Skipper said:

Yeah, not following that at all.  Can't fathom how anyone would prefer DTV over YTTV in the year of our lord 2024.

I don’t know how many times it needs to be said, but some of us enjoy regional sports channels.   DTV Stream has been great for me until this latest bullshit.  I can’t ditch it without giving up watching the Astros down the stretch.  Due to the weirdness of baseball’s regional broadcast rights, I am in a geographic area where DTV Stream is literally the only streaming service that carries SCHN.  Fubo doesn’t have it for my zip code.   
 

I’ll just do the 5-day YTTV trial for this weekend and hope that Disney and DTV get their shit together before next weekend.   

[C-Man 27196]

14 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Just be aware that to get that $30 credit they are slipping in a bunch of new terms and conditions like arbitration. I’m suspicious. 

Vixtory+. It’s out. Stars are in it. Mavs are still negotiating. 

We are about to do the same. The remote for yttv so far is suboptimal. 

Yep. Downloaded it to my FireTV Cube day before yesterday.

 

3 hours ago, Welch said:

Do you YTTV folks just not care about regional sports networks?

I tried it and liked the interface and the multicast stuff, sure, but sports are probably the #1 reason I have cable.  
Not being able to watch the Spurs/Mavs/Rangers (Bally SW) and Astros/Rockets (SCHN) just seems disqualifying to me.

This is why I've held on. I don't care about the Mavs -- Go Spurs Go! -- so as soon as the Rangers dump Bally's, I don't need this any longer. Not sure I'll make it that long. The Stars are my main local pro sports love.

However, I have a new problem. Early in the morning each of the last two Thursdays, in a search for copper some dipshits have snipped the data lines in almost the same spot on the telephone poles in our neighborhood and knocked out the Internet to 150 or so homes for an entire day. This would be a real problem if we go to streaming. (My neighbor, who works for AT&T, and I are thinking about setting up shop down there with a game camera, some camp chairs, a couple of shotguns and a fifth of bourbon.)

[aggie08 21492]

3 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

I asked my teenage son about that and he assured me he can find a stream of anything I want. I assume it's all legal, of course. 

Sounds like you have your fall guy.

[Horn75 193]

Will this carry on long enough for the miss state game and OU/georgia? 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10229]

13 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

It’s weird not being able to type in a channel on the remote. There is no one step way to get to a channel in yttv. 

yeah, I've found voice commands the easiest "play ESPN", etc....

[BERT 4358]

3 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

In that case, you get Fubo.

Read this as fubar’d LOL

I’m dumb 

[jdhorn92 1545]

2 hours ago, Doc Daneeka said:

There’s no world in which adding channel numbers to that setup isn’t superior. 

I want to go from ABC to TBS. Wheee, let’s scroll. 

Now that was fucking funny, made my morning.  Uverse hold out here....get off my lawn.

[UTexasFight 9429]

52 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I don’t know how many times it needs to be said, but some of us enjoy regional sports channels.   DTV Stream has been great for me until this latest bullshit.  I can’t ditch it without giving up watching the Astros down the stretch.  Due to the weirdness of baseball’s regional broadcast rights, I am in a geographic area where DTV Stream is literally the only streaming service that carries SCHN.  Fubo doesn’t have it for my zip code.   
 

I’ll just do the 5-day YTTV trial for this weekend and hope that Disney and DTV get their shit together before next weekend.   

MLB.tv subscription ($30 for rest of year for all teams, or $25 for just Astros) + smart dns subscription ~$5 /mo can get you around the need for SCHN. I don’t watch nba so don’t need anything for rockets/etc

[aggie08 21492]

I'm digging Sling Orange as a cheap alternative. I have an OTA antenna, so getting ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC not an issue. $40/month for ESPN, ESPN2 and 3, and TBS/TNT for baseball and basketball. It also has a traditional guide that you can populate with just your favorites. I'll probably miss one or two decent games on FS1 a year, but I'll survive.

I gave YTTV a trial figuring that I'd appreciate what I assumed would be better game broadcast quality on the streaming Network channels than the 1080i OTA, but I honestly couldn't tell the difference.

My TVs already do screen splitting, so I can put a streaming game and an OTA game on at the same time.

Edited September 13 by aggie08

[Dbeasy 15042]

1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

The customizable guide is what I like best about YTTV. Log in on a computer, set the guide in exactly whatever order you want it. Shows up that way on any device. Delete any channels you want (I deleted all the news channels, which you can still find in search if you want). Unlimited 1 touch dvr recording.

Now this is interesting. It annoys me that in YTTV’s strategy to keep a clean interface they forgot to have an area that lists out capabilities like this. I’m freaking googling YTTV shit every five minutes. It took me forever to figure out how to do what I wanted with the LG remote. Ridiculous. I never did figure out how to do certain things. 

12 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

This thread 

I would normally agree with you, but as others have pointed out numerous times, some of the YTTV interface is very inefficient and of course lacks regional sports. I’m still determined to get comfortable enough with it to switch, but man some of it is an ass whip. 

2 hours ago, TxEx84 said:

No.  NBA and MLB are too boring.  But that's me.

 

You can customize the order of channels in your guide. Group channels how you want to see them. Hide channels you don't care about so your list of channels is smaller. Great during March Madness as I group CBS, TBS, TNT, TruTV to make switching between games easy.  Superior setup to having channel numbers.

Give me both. But hiding channels would help a lot. I just wish somewhere YTTV would have shared this golden information. Instead I have to go to the internet and follow this thread to find out the most basic info. YTTV lacks all of the intuitiveness of Apple products. 

11 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

MLB.tv subscription ($30 for rest of year for all teams, or $25 for just Astros) + smart dns subscription ~$5 /mo can get you around the need for SCHN. I don’t watch nba so don’t need anything for rockets/etc

How do I technically get my tv on a vpn?

[UTexasFight 9429]

15 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I'm digging Sling Orange as a cheap alternative. I have an OTA antenna, so getting ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC not an issue. $40/month for ESPN, ESPN2 and 3, and TBS/TNT for baseball and basketball. It also has a traditional guide that you can populate with just your favorites. I'll probably miss one or two decent games on FS1 a year, but I'll survive.

I gave YTTV a trial figuring that I'd appreciate what I assumed would be better game broadcast quality on the streaming Network channels than the 1080i OTA, but I honestly couldn't tell the difference.

My TVs already do screen splitting, so I can put a streaming game and an OTA game on at the same time.

I made the mistake of signing up for a DTV stream 3 mo promo subscription on opening weekend right before they went dark on espn. 
I keep hoping they resolve this before my next month comes due but if they don’t, I’m doing this.

not sure if they still have it, but as of a couple of weeks ago, along had a 1 mo promo for only $20 for orange.

like you, I have OTA. Live in a flight path so planes scramble the signal occasionally but it’s manageable 

Edited September 13 by UTexasFight

[kevwun 15768]

I have used all 3 of the streaming platforms and Youtube was my least favorite interface by far.  Fubo and DirecTV are both fine.  I would pick DTV as the best.

[UTexasFight 9429]

18 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

 

How do I technically get my tv on a vpn?

I do it through the wifi/router settings that your TV is connecting to. I don’t actually have a vpn, just the “smart dns” service offered by Unlocator.

I have google mesh. Unlocator.com has instructions for whatever you’re trying to set up. For me, that’s just tweaking the dns settings to ‘manual’ and updating the dns server for my wifi network

 

the only hiccup I’ve had is when going directly to the espn app on my smarttv. It thinks I’m in another country and won’t allow the espn app to open (if I wanted to watch directly through the espn app, I’d just switch back the dns settings to “automatic”).

But everything, including espn, worked fine through the directv stream app with the manual dns settings enabled 

Edited September 13 by UTexasFight

[cabowabo 4484]

Taking my 6 Directv DVR's to the UPS store tomorrow to return them.  I think they just want these old boxes out of circulation because that's the only way to have TVs in multiple locations without paying for separate subscriptions.  Feels good to get rid of Directv after 25 or 30 years.  Fuck 'em.  

[jimmyjazz 45893]

2 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

ESPN, 2,U, Classic, Then 4 local OTA, Then FS1 & FS2 are my first 10 channel choices

Oh come on, you know you have Hallmark Channel in there somewhere.

[Js1 85296]

22 minutes ago, kevwun said:

I have used all 3 of the streaming platforms and Youtube was my least favorite interface by far.  Fubo and DirecTV are both fine.  I would pick DTV as the best.

I have not used Fubo, but I switch between DTV Stream and my YTTV trial (right now) and I am fine with YTTV.  I prefer DTV Stream, but I have been just content with YTTV in the interim for ESPN only.