Anyone used YOUTUBE TV ? Especially with a ROKU TV

[Isaac]

Anyone had any experience/reviews of the actual product Youtube TV - where you pay $39 or $59/mo, plus any add-ons, to watch the equivalent of what we used to call Cable TV ?

I've tried a number of "streaming 'TV' " services like Sling, Pluto, Peacock, etc., and I've abandoned all of them one by one because the most basic feature of all--the ability to simply press Up/Down on the Roku remote to change channels -- doesn't work. You have to click, like ... 3-5 times just to change the channel, it's no good for a channel-surfer mentality. The only thing that works to automatically change channels using the up/down roku remote buttons is Roku Live TV channel. (which is filled with a massive plethora of junk content for the most part, with 5-10 recognizable channels out of hundreds).

So I'm interested in a streaming service that mimics cable tv, where if you have a Roku TV (and Roku remote) you can simply press Up or Down to change channels accordingly. Should be elementary, and yet most Roku apps can't mimic it

 

[Pat Hartman]

I hate every streaming service I've ever logged in to. I'm not sure why people are so obsessed with pictures. It's like no one can read anymore. Text is quick to scroll and doesn't take a lot of bandwidth. Instead of a list of 20 items. I see 5 pictures with unreadable text. The search features are horrid and slow and awkward with the remote control.

I would love to get rid of cable. It is way too expensive and in my town, I have ONE option. Not sure how that happens but it does. At least I used to be able to switch every other year between the two options to keep the price down but now, they just keep raising the price and removing features. There is no longer any search feature at all. If I don't know when a show is on, I can't find it. No searching for movies either.

 

[AccessBlaster]

My daughter subscribes to YouTube for music and movies, she loves it. We subscribe to Amazon prime and are okay with it. We're getting Paramount+ for free at the moment, I like it.

 

[Isaac]

started a youtube tv trial yesterday, still figuring out (I guess) how to easily scroll through channels ...
I am just this close to calling up my cable company to ask if they still offer basic cable. I turn the tv on i want to be surfing through channels easily

 

[pbaldy]

We use the TV remote, but just tested with a roku remote and couldn't change with a single click.

 

[pbaldy]

By the way, there is a somewhat hidden feature that does work with the roku remote. The OK button will pause/resume play, but if you hold it down for a beat it will take you to the last station viewed. Lets you toggle easily between 2 stations.

 

[Isaac]

By the way, there is a somewhat hidden feature that does work with the roku remote. The OK button will pause/resume play, but if you hold it down for a beat it will take you to the last station viewed. Lets you toggle easily between 2 stations.

Love it thank you

 

[moke123]

How to use voice to search and control your Roku streaming device|Voice search & control instructions for streaming devices

Roku voice remotes incorporate the functionality of voice commands to deliver instructions to your Roku streaming devices seamlessly. For those using a Roku

support.roku.com

 

[Rodeo Clown]

I sign up for YouTubeTV every fall to watch the NFL. This year it's $77.37 (inc tax) per month. I run it thru a Roku Player. While I don't consider the navigation options in the interface to be all that undesirable, if you click on "Live" at the top and scroll down a bit, you can scroll through the channels if you want to - similar to a direct TV menu interface. Since I'm only interested in the NFL at this time, the AI monkey usually knows what I want to watch and always has a game on in the background, if there's one on. Yeah, it could probably be improved but I don't surf channels as there's nothing on anyway, lol. Just my 2 cents.

Go Steelers.