Playstation Vue or not?

Brad_TeleDynamics

I've been using Vue for about 3 weeks now. I was using Sling for the past year but dropped it in favor of Vue. The primary reason for dropping Sling was because of Vue's DVR feature. I use my Amazon FireTV and have had very few issues.

Dashrender

Agreed, the DVR is an absolute requirement for me. I suppose I could learn to live with streaming services after the fact, but meh.. why?

dafyre

@Brad_TeleDynamics said in Playstation Vue or not?:

I've been using Vue for about 3 weeks now. I was using Sling for the past year but dropped it in favor of Vue. The primary reason for dropping Sling was because of Vue's DVR feature. I use my Amazon FireTV and have had very few issues.

How many hours do you get on the DVR?

Brad_TeleDynamics

To my knowledge, there is no set number of hours. I believe it only keeps the show up to 28 or 30 days. So it is not a solution if you want to record Seinfeld episodes and keep forever. It is great if you miss a weekly show, like walking dead, and want to watch it later that week.

Dashrender

@Brad_TeleDynamics said in Playstation Vue or not?:

To my knowledge, there is no set number of hours. I believe it only keeps the show up to 28 or 30 days. So it is not a solution if you want to record Seinfeld episodes and keep forever. It is great if you miss a weekly show, like walking dead, and want to watch it later that week.

Yep that's my understanding. The page says you can record thousands of shows simultaneously on their in cloud DVR, but they are only kept for 28 days. I really wish it was more like 60, but I could live with 28.

Dashrender

The suckiest part about Vue is that it's tied to your home IP address.

In fact I found a post suggesting people not use Vue because if your ISP changes your home IP, you'll get locked out of your Vue account. The post went on to say that Vue was working on this problem, and I don't know what the current fix for it is.

dafyre

@Dashrender said in Playstation Vue or not?:

The suckiest part about Vue is that it's tied to your home IP address.

In fact I found a post suggesting people not use Vue because if your ISP changes your home IP, you'll get locked out of your Vue account. The post went on to say that Vue was working on this problem, and I don't know what the current fix for it is.

This is a good thing to be aware of!

Alex Sage

How good is the service without a PlayStation? Seems to support other platforms?

Dashrender

@aaronstuder said in Playstation Vue or not?:

How good is the service without a PlayStation? Seems to support other platforms?

I've read it both ways - sadly they don't currently support the Roku, only amazon Fire devices. that sucks! And I've seen mixed reviews on how well it works on the Fire devices...