Great (with Chromecast)
Overall, after the week trial, I keep the service and cut the cord as it is a great value (half price from cable). I also have faith the service will improve overtime to become as easy to use as cable. Here is my detailed review -
The great:
- has all the channels I want, except CNN and Chicago WGN (hope this is coming soon). Great value value right there. 5 stars when you have CNN.
- unlimited DVR - insane ... this is worth 5 stars, no competition.
- family accounts so our scattered family in 3 different cities all share, this includes the local channels
- user interface: great after some getting used to, like it took me a while to uncover TV listing scrolling (hint: in live, click on channel logo).
How to best use it:
- for big screen experience I use Chromecast and a dedicated old Android phone, as multitasking on the casting device can interrupt the TV stream.
Note that I was using an Apple TV gen 4 prior receiving the Chromecast and I had a number of casting issues that cleared with Chromecast (like loosing the stream in VOD when going to commercials).
Could be improved:
-in VOD the image quality is not great. Heavy pixelation in the dark areas.
- the program search does not include the local channels
CaptainRoland about
YouTube TV, v1.11.7