I'm tired of getting screwed over by cable and satellite companies, so I'm looking for cheaper options to watch the Royals this year.
Last year I had SlingTV. I enjoyed that, except for that it's always about 30 seconds behind live TV and tends to lag and crash once in a while.
I'm looking into YouTube TV. Does anybody have any experience using this to watch the Royals? Their channel lineup says they have "Fox Sports," but I'm not sure if that specifically includes FSKC (I live about 3 hours from KC). I also noticed they have DVR, which is a feature SlingTV did not have last I checked.
I'm also wondering if YouTube TV is actually live, or if it's delayed like Sling. It was frustrating because people would text me about a play 30 seconds before it happened on my screen. I eventually had to tell all my friends not to text me about live action cause I was always behind. [Reply]
You can only watch a DVR game after the game is over. If it is the start of the second half, you can start watching it live or you have to wait until a few minutes after the game is over to watch from the start. The good news is that you can check and see if the DVR will work without getting any spoilers.
Originally Posted by Fish:
I don't believe that is correct. I've never seen that before, and I've recorded tons of games. If you've clicked the "+" button to record the game before the game has aired, then you can absolutely start from the beginning, or anywhere you choose. I've done that countless times. If you click the record button while the game is already in progress, you'll likely see the behavior you've described. But not if you set it to record before game time.
Man, I want the version of YouTube TV that you have. It seems much better than the version I have. :-)
For every college basketball game that I have recorded and tried to watch, it does not get added to my "recently recorded" list until a few minutes after the game is over. If I go down and find the actual event/team name, it says "live" and clicking there does indeed bring up a live version.
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan: You can only watch a DVR game after the game is over. If it is the start of the second half, you can start watching it live or you have to wait until a few minutes after the game is over to watch from the start. The good news is that you can check and see if the DVR will work without getting any spoilers.
Man, I want the version of YouTube TV that you have. It seems much better than the version I have. :-)
For every college basketball game that I have recorded and tried to watch, it does not get added to my "recently recorded" list until a few minutes after the game is over. If I go down and find the actual event/team name, it says "live" and clicking there does indeed bring up a live version.
I'm not sure what to tell you. Myself and others have done many times what you're saying you can't do. For anything I've recorded, it always asks me whether I want to start from the beginning or Live.
The screenshot you've attached deals with commercials being included or not. Even then, you can start from the beginning and skip past commercials.
Did you set the Royals game to record? Try it and see. [Reply]
But if this is just operator error on my part, that would be great.
So if the game is in progress, where does it show up in the Library? Do you see it in your recently recorded library list while it is still in progress? Because I don't see it there until a few minutes after the game ends. Scrolling further down where I see the team/game live in progress: I only tried clicking there once but it definitely did not ask whether I wanted to watch live or start the recording, it just immediately went live. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chief Pagan:
I've not tried any Royals games.
But if this is just operator error on my part, that would be great.
So if the game is in progress, where does it show up in the Library? Do you see it in your recently recorded library list while it is still in progress? Because I don't see it there until a few minutes after the game ends. Scrolling further down where I see the team/game live in progress: I only tried clicking there once but it definitely did not ask whether I wanted to watch live or start the recording, it just immediately went live.
No, it doesn't actually show up in the Library until after the episode is over. But that's by design and it doesn't mean you can't watch it yet. If you go to Live and click on the game, it will then ask you whether you want to start from beginning or live. As long as you clicked to record before the game started.
If you click record while a game is already in progress, it will allow you to skip back only as far as the point you began recording. Immediately after it's over, you can then start from the beginning. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Fish:
No, it doesn't actually show up in the Library until after the episode is over. But that's by design and it doesn't mean you can't watch it yet. If you go to Live and click on the game, it will then ask you whether you want to start from beginning or live. As long as you clicked to record before the game started.
If you click record while a game is already in progress, it will allow you to skip back only as far as the point you began recording. Immediately after it's over, you can then start from the beginning.
So I tried it on an NBA game last night and it worked as you said.
Before signing up, I seem to remember reading a review that, incorrectly, said you couldn't always start the DVR until the game was over, so I was expecting that behavior and didn't investigate anymore when it indeed that appeared to be how it worked.
But even if I shown be idiot, it was well worth it to find this functionality.
Another cool feature I discovered on my free trial of YouTube TV: The games automatically record to the end of the game on DVR. Instead of the typical 3-hour window, the recording of the game yesterday is 3 hours and 55 minutes. [Reply]
