Anyone signed up for Playstation Vue?

D'prived
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I'm seriously considering cutting my DirecTV cord and am looking at signing up for this.

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/network/vue/#5

Anyone out there have any experience with it? Trying to get some opinions (good or bad) before I jump ship.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Yes it's awesome! Been using it for almost three months. I dumped Sling tv after 3hrs with PlayStation vue. You will need a quality media box such as the Fire Tv, ps3, ps4 etc. My fire tv sticks, work reasonably well, but not near as snappy as the Fire Tv box, or ps3.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • D'prived
    D'prived Posts: 191
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    Yes it's awesome! Been using it for almost three months. I dumped Sling tv after 3hrs with PlayStation vue. You will need a quality media box such as the Fire Tv, ps3, ps4 etc. My fire tv sticks, work reasonably well, but not near as snappy as the Fire Tv box, or ps3.

    I have three FireTV's (2 boxes & 1 stick) which is why I'm looking closely at the VUE.

    Thanks for the responses guys!
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    Seems nice but going to wait until more customers sign up and the service "settles". Seems like there are some tight digital rights stuff tied to the service such as only allowing one PS4 stream and preventing people from geographically moving their devices. To get multiple streams then a different platform is needed (like PS3's). The cable equivalent feature is pretty transparent currently, and, for example, I can stream recorded shows from one Tivo to the other in the same home.

    I understand that some of the digital rights stuff is pushed on them from content owners, but they can't make it too restrictive compared to the current TV cable and Netflix paradigm. I read one user's service was canceled because they took the device to a friend's house 20 miles away. I can understand preventing the device to work in another location, but the service itself should resume normally once the device is returned to the original home IP.

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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I can stream to all three of my fire tv's at the same time with the vue service...I don't use the ps3 for tv.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    You guys have me looking into this as well. We are already prime members, so buying the Fire TV makes sense.

    So Vue is actual "live" TV? When I look at the channel lineup for my area it looks like the network channels (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) all say "on demand" so I'm guessing those ones wouldn't be live?

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  • steveinaz
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    Not me. I'm a baby-boomer; we play outside.
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Not me. I'm a baby-boomer; we play outside.

    With sticks and hoops...
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    You guys have me looking into this as well. We are already prime members, so buying the Fire TV makes sense.

    So Vue is actual "live" TV? When I look at the channel lineup for my area it looks like the network channels (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) all say "on demand" so I'm guessing those ones wouldn't be live?
    You would be correct. The major networks are "on demand" only.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    You guys have me looking into this as well. We are already prime members, so buying the Fire TV makes sense.

    So Vue is actual "live" TV? When I look at the channel lineup for my area it looks like the network channels (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) all say "on demand" so I'm guessing those ones wouldn't be live?
    You would be correct. The major networks are "on demand" only.

    10-4.

    Do you use an hd antenna for those?
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    You guys have me looking into this as well. We are already prime members, so buying the Fire TV makes sense.

    So Vue is actual "live" TV? When I look at the channel lineup for my area it looks like the network channels (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) all say "on demand" so I'm guessing those ones wouldn't be live?
    You would be correct. The major networks are "on demand" only.

    10-4.

    Do you use an hd antenna for those?

    Yes Sir
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • D'prived
    D'prived Posts: 191
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    jeremymarcinko wrote: »
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    You guys have me looking into this as well. We are already prime members, so buying the Fire TV makes sense.

    So Vue is actual "live" TV? When I look at the channel lineup for my area it looks like the network channels (abc, nbc, cbs, fox) all say "on demand" so I'm guessing those ones wouldn't be live?
    You would be correct. The major networks are "on demand" only.

    10-4.

    Do you use an hd antenna for those?

    Yes Sir

    Jeremy... did you cut the cord from cable/satellite provider to go to the Vue?
    If so, how was the transition for you? Scary or smooth?
    Do you use the 28 day DVR and if so does that work okay?
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I haven't had cable in years. The vue service isn't as functional as cable, but the dvr works well. World's better than than Sling Tv, but isn't perfect. Still, worth the cost and comparable to cable. Try the 7 day trial.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    I am 60 miles from my closest ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS towers. A little bit of a hilly area. Looks like people have mixed results in my area pulling HD. I may just have to bite the bullet and buy one to find out.

    I am very interested in this whole process as my Dish contract is currently expired.

    I think I'd need HD on the major networks, though.

    I'm open to antenna recommendations if anyone has them.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    Antenna requirement depends on where you live. I tried a DIY antenna like this one:

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ditch-cable-diy-hdtv-antenna/

    It's easy to build and very little money. But only received 4 channels (about 10 miles South of a large-ish city). Then attached a 10dB RF amp and am able to pickup about 15 channels.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    I have been playing around with vue for a couple weeks and I have cable with a Tivo dvr. I think I am about cut cable for the summer. Vue works pretty darn well, it doesn't fast forward quite as well as Tivo or directv dvr, but definitely functional. Depending on your market, you get all the on-demand programming for the major networks, but of course won't get local programming or news. The bad news is that you cannot fast-forward the on-demand programs, but I think that I will try living with that for now. I will keep local cable because my internet will be cheaper with the bundle, so I can watch the news if I want.
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