Looks like the $35 offer ends tomorrow. People who sign up today can keep that price as long as you maintain a continuous subscription. I was going to sign up, but not until they support Roku.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Discover. A&E I think. > > Discover is the big one for me. Vue has it too. > > DTVN has a better guide, remote and picture than the others. I hope it > can get the demand problem fixed. > > *From:* Jeremy > *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2017 8:18 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now > > What does DTVNow have over Sling? If Sling is stable, why wouldn't > someone just use that instead? > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> DTVN puts up some text apologizing for the problem. But demand is not to >> be trusted. >> >> *From:* Ken Hohhof >> *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2017 7:53 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now >> >> >> It must be your Internet, call and complain. >> >> >> >> Seriously, if it’s unstable, I hope none of my customers sign up, because >> they will blame the ISP. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Monday, January 9, 2017 8:44 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now >> >> >> >> Yeah, I go to Roku for the on demand, but I have to Sling for some >> channels and Vue for others. Be nice if DTVN was more stable. >> >> >> >> *From:* Harold Bledsoe >> >> *Sent:* Monday, January 09, 2017 6:12 AM >> >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Directv Now >> >> >> >> Compared to SlingTV or Vue (or Hulu, HBO GO, etc.) DTVN has a long ways >> to go on the stability side. I've had it around a month and while live TV >> has gotten to just a few stalls per night, on demand is still unusable. >> >> >> >> That said, apple TV for 3 months pre-paid means they have 3 months to >> make it work right? >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:59 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I like the captions. I can sit here with kids and grandkids with prairie >> home companion playing and still watch a show with really decent caption >> text. >> >> >> >> Playing past episodes of shows is till dicey. I will go to Roku for that >> for now. I tried playing some episodes of The Profit several times only to >> have them quit in the middle. I like the video quality of the apple TV, >> but it still pauses now and then on live TV. Being an early adopter I have >> patience. But it better be better than Roku/Playstation VUE in a year or >> it is history. >> >> >> >> DirectTV Now has the best guide. On the PC it kills the show you are >> watching while looking at the guile. On the AppleTV it has the show >> playing behind the guide. >> >> >> >> I still go to Sling and then, but not sure I need it for anything. I may >> have my HBO accounts coupled to it. >> >> >
