YouTube TV

3/18/2018
Live programs — new feature:
Love being able to choose “From Live“ OR “From Start“ — if the Live program is in my Record library.

Auto Play:
At the end of Recorded or On Demand show: Another episode, show, or movie starts playing automatically.

I. 2 issues:
A. The quality setting automatically changes/resets. Since our LTE speed is fast, we start burning through data unnecessarily.
Note: Going to turn off LTE and use 3G only.
B. The program that starts playing:
1. Next episode in series — if we’re watching a series.
a) Quality setting issue.
b) We don’t always want to watch another episode right now.
2. A new show or movie.
a) Quality setting issue.
b) We usually don’t want to watch that show or movie right now.

II. Wishes:
A. Still wishing for a per user profile max Quality setting. (i.e. like Netflix)
B. Also wishing for a per user profile Auto Play setting (on/off). (i.e. like Netflix)

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2/4/2018:
On Demand movies abruptly end approximately 10 minutes before the end of the movie and start over from the beginning.
UPDATE: This may have been fixed?...But with new issue (auto play) described above.

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November 2017:
I. Quality Setting:
A. Wish there was an overall quality setting &/or per user profile quality setting. (i.e. like Netflix)
1. We turn down the quality setting to use less of our metered data.
2. Can only change quality setting (program by program) when using wifi or cellular (cellular didn’t work, but seems to have been recently fixed).
3. Unable to change quality setting when casting to chromecast, so can’t use chromecast.
4. When watching On Demand programs, the quality setting automatically changes/resets when commercials come on and for each commercial (i.e. 2 back-to-back commercials).
a) Update: This seems to have been recently fixed.

II. On Demand Playback:
A. Video playback issues when returning to program from commercials.
1. Video/Audio playback freezes or video playback stops (black screen) while audio playback continues.
a) Update: This seems to have been recently fixed.

III. Channels:
A. Wish the following channels were available: History, A&E, TBS, TNT
1. Update: TBS & TNT were recently added. Still wishing for History Channel & A&E.

IV. DVR:
A. Would like option to record only new episodes.
B. Would like to be able to sort by date (most recent first).

V. Closed Captioning:
A. Closed Captioning doesn’t pass through to TV/Monitor when using Lightning-to-HDMI adapter.

Overall we like it.

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Original review: November 2017

***tneicna about YouTube TV, v2.02.7