Amazon fire stick + Sling tv

posted by BR1986FB

We couldn't find any local channels on it. I'm looking at this AirTV. Would you need to buy that and then just get a subscription to either Vue, Sling, etc? You'd get your local channels from AirTV and your cable channels from the other streaming device, I assume?

Yeah, so basically you would get your local channels from an antenna, and then whatever subscription you choose for “cable” gets the rest. But instead of having to switch inputs on the tv, they all come through a single input. 

I don’t have AirTV, so can’t speak too much about it. But I have Roku and SlingTV and love it.

posted by Laley23

Yeah, so basically you would get your local channels from an antenna, and then whatever subscription you choose for “cable” gets the rest. But instead of having to switch inputs on the tv, they all come through a single input. 

I don’t have AirTV, so can’t speak too much about it. But I have Roku and SlingTV and love it.

Yeah, we have the Roku stick already and love that but I've signed up for free trials of both Vue & DirectTV Now and neither have local channels. I did see when I got on Sling's site that they have a package deal where you can get that AirTV adaptor for $50 (regularly $129) if you subscribe for 3 months. That may be the direction we go. Now, for the internet service??? Spectrum's costs ($160/mo) are ridiculous. I may keep their internet and switch to Sling for TV.

posted by BR1986FB

There may already be a thread on this but I wanted to bump this one as it's somewhat related. As I mentioned earlier, we have the Roku stick. We're getting ready to dump cable and are thinking about going with the Playstation Vue. Anyone have experience with this? If so, can you get local channels? Wouldn't want to lose Sunday football.

We have been thinking and researching this pretty much since dropping cable.  We have decided on DirectNow for $35 since it has Sportstime Ohio and the local channels.  Vue does not have STO if you want Tribe games nightly.  

Appreciate the input, gentlemen. I'm going to check out the antennas at Best Buy and will also look at AirTV.

I had playstation vue and honestly, it is the best streaming service out there.  But i cancelled because they recently dropped my local fox network.  

posted by wes_mantooth

I had playstation vue and honestly, it is the best streaming service out there.  But i cancelled because they recently dropped my local fox network.  

Curious what makes it better than the others? Initially it had more, but I get everything I need from Sling now since they added the 2 packages as one a few years ago.

posted by Laley23

Curious what makes it better than the others? Initially it had more, but I get everything I need from Sling now since they added the 2 packages as one a few years ago.

to be fair to sling, i had it in the early stages and it was garbage early on.  Cleveland locals are why i prefer vue.  I had directv now as well...and it was a mess too.  It was constantly buffering.  No idea if sling has dvr yet, but that is the nice thing about vue.

The dumbest thing about Vue is that it doesn't have an app for my Sony UHD player....lol.  Why a sony streaming product is on a sony player is full on retard.  That would have enabled me to eliminate my roku all together

Sling has DVR now. You should’ve stuck with it. The early users (like myself) get any new add-on for free (DVR, cheaper all in 1 package, etc).

I don’t need locals cause I have an antenna. I don’t need regionals cause I use parents login (Fox Sports Ohio for Cavs), and I don’t need STO cause I pay for MLBTV and expense it for work. I realize this isn’t a viable option for everyone, but using someone’s login for regional networks is pretty simple.

posted by BR1986FB

There may already be a thread on this but I wanted to bump this one as it's somewhat related. As I mentioned earlier, we have the Roku stick. We're getting ready to dump cable and are thinking about going with the Playstation Vue. Anyone have experience with this? If so, can you get local channels? Wouldn't want to lose Sunday football.

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any of these will get you good local channels.  Go to https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html to find out how many channels you can get and how far of an antenna you need

posted by Spock

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any of these will get you good local channels.  Go to https://www.antennasdirect.com/transmitter-locator.html to find out how many channels you can get and how far of an antenna you need

Thanks. Excellent info. Especially the transmitter locator on Antennas Direct.