I do. I'm not in love with their interface, but it isn't terrible. Plus to be honest I mainly just have it in order to be able to log in to WatchESPN, Fox Sports Go, NBC Olympics, etc... , I don't use the actual Vue channel all that much.
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I do. I'm not in love with their interface, but it isn't terrible. Plus to be honest I mainly just have it in order to be able to log in to WatchESPN, Fox Sports Go, NBC Olympics, etc... , I don't use the actual Vue channel all that much.
Roku, Chromecast, Fire TV are all compatible. Earlier in the thread someone said they found out that if you want the best picture quality, PS4 is the way to go but I have no idea how true that is. I think my picture is pretty awesome via Roku given it is streamed over the internet.
No. To use Vue you have to activate the service on a TV-connected device (PS3, PS4, Amazon Fire, or Roku - note this excludes Chromecast). Then once it's activated, you can watch it on any of those plus Chromecast and mobile iOS/Android devices as well.
However, depending on what you want to use it for, Vue gives you access to the individual apps for the channels in your package (Watch ESPN, Fox Sports Go, FX Now, etc.) and those can be viewed on various devices including a home PC with Vue log-in credentials.
This is true, but you still have access to the apps directly from the providers and use the PS VUE credentials (at least you can, not sure if you are supposed to).
Thanks guys. That answers my questions.
I think my biggest hurdle will be selling the wife on it. But when I tell her the cost savings she should be accepting.
One consideration is that Cyclones.tv is on Roku and not Fire Tv yet so if you want that too you should get a Roku. The downside is Fox Sports Go is not on Roku yet but is on Fire Tv. So you could just get both to have all bases covered.
I use Fire TV (not the Fire Stick) and its awesome. Basically a guide just like you'd get with cable/satellite.
Incorrect, Fox Sports Go is now on Roku, and it works great. PS4 has best interface for Vue I think, but I use it on Roku as well. Main draw is all the tv everywhere apps.
I got SlingTV during basketball season last year and liked it. I had regular cable during football season. If I am understanding some posts here correctly, I would be able to watch ISU games aired on FOX network through Sling/Roku now?
Yes, Sling has a Fox option now, but you have to either pick ESPN or Fox, or pay more ($40/mo) for both.
Orange has the ESPN Channels - $20/mo
Blue has Fox - $25/mo
Orange + Blue obviously has both - $40/mo
Thanks for the info. I will probably pick both up for the football season, then drop to the Orange after that (assuming they still let you drop/pick up different packages whenever you want.
I currently have the Blue option. Will probably bump up to the combo pretty soon to be able to watch college fb.
Just a fyi, FX and FXX are on demand channels and not live. FSN1, FSN2, NBCsports, FSMW, etc have all be fine though.
For $25 a month I've been happy with it.
Good to know. It wasn't there last I looked. I will have to add it now.
Went ahead and purchased the three months of Sling Blue for about the price of the free Roku 2. Don't know how much I'll use it but am most interested in the data it uses. Unlike all you b##$ complaining about 200 Gb data caps or whatnot we have a 20 Gb cap. But we haven't had any cable for 1.5 years so we'll see how it goes. Will at least get to watch some Big XII football.
