[ramman2999]

I’m out I’m not paying that. I can afford it. But I’m not gonna be pimped. That price is disgusting. Where’s all those people who complained about DirectTV? They suck. Streaming sucks. The quality is horrible. I like Amazon I’m already a prime member so I’m good. They are fair. YouTube over here on that bullshit.

[ramman2999]

That's exactly what I do.

Can’t do that now.

[ramman2999]

For me, DVR is important. With DirecTV DVR, I can fast forward while still being able to see what's on the screen, so I can fast forward over commercials or touchdown celebrations by opponents of the Rams and their fans. If I'm watching a non-Rams game, I can fast forward over game action and still get the gist of things.

I have yet to see a reasonable way to do that with a streaming service. Some services offer a cloud DVR feature, but it's clunky and featureless, and when you fast forward you can't see what's on the screen, so you can't tell when to stop.

I understand YoutubeTV subscription offers a cloud DVR feature, but I'm not holding my breath that it would be worth much. I mean, I agree that the cloud DVR is better than nothing. At least it allow you to start watching a game in progress. But I hate commercials and timeouts and half-times.

Maybe in the future the streaming DVR features will improve. I can't see any reason why they couldn't technologically. But that's no guarantee that they will. After all, the NFL and broadcasters love commercials.

Man let me say something directly to you. Great post. You said exactly what I said. You took the words directly out of my mouth. Man something’s I just like. I like being able to rewind fast forward. Especially if you see a hot cheerleader you can rewind back or hot chick in the audience. If there’s a play you disagree with the ref you can go back and review the play and see if he fucked up. The fast forward rewind feature is being overlooked in this streaming debate. I like having Hulu so I can watch snowfall whenever or Amazon prime for Thursday night football that’s enough. But when I’m betting games and I have 4 bets I want to go back and forth to those games. Yes I’m a better. And I play fantasy football. Where’s my fantasy zone Channel?

[St. Loser Fan]

Supposedly the YTTV will allow you to build your own split screen layout. Claimed coming but not firmly announced.

[RedAlice]

You all are cracking me up.

I do not give a god damn about your DVRs or any other shit. I have been kept away from watching my Rams for years and now I can watch them.

I'd pay $1k a year. I want to watch my babies in my home without going to a bar.

And it really doesn't matter if they are wining or losing: I want to watch every single game no matter what.


Yay.

[RedAlice]

I’m out I’m not paying that. I can afford it. But I’m not gonna be pimped. That price is disgusting. Where’s all those people who complained about DirectTV? They suck. Streaming sucks. The quality is horrible. I like Amazon I’m already a prime member so I’m good. They are fair. YouTube over here on that bullshit.

lol.

Good god, the price is fine.

[rams1974]

I think everyone's mileage will vary as to whether it is worth it, how they enjoy watching the games. For me, I find it incredibly relaxing over the course of 3-3.5 hours, commercials, broadcast fluff, hang out with the family, all of it .. I would not enjoy constantly reaching for the remote to fast forward through things.

But having said that, I can absolutely appreciate why others want that and not having it is a deal breaker.

[rams74]

You all are cracking me up.

I do not give a god damn about your DVRs or any other shit. I have been kept away from watching my Rams for years and now I can watch them.

I'd pay $1k a year. I want to watch my babies in my home without going to a bar.

And it really doesn't matter if they are wining or losing: I want to watch every single game no matter what.


Yay.

Right. But you're talking about access, not whether the technology is better or worse. Without access, the presentation of the product means nothing to you. I get it. Now you get access, so you're happy. That's fine, that's good.

But for those of us who have had access for years, this is a step back, technologically. And we get to pay more for an inferior product.

So, go ahead and laugh at us all you want, I'm happy to be a source of entertainment. Just don't confuse a discussion about technology, features, and presentation, with simple access.

And for what it's worth, this did not really have to be an either/or type of solution. The only reason it is, is because the NFL wanted to maintain the exclusivity of this contract. For years, DirecTV was the ONLY source of Sunday Ticket. Now, it's YouTube. They could make everybody happy, but they're not going to.

[Hacksaw]

Over the decades we've gone from B&W TV with rabbit ears to 75" OLED UHD TV's with DVR's on a cloud.

We've gone from a dial TV with 13 channels to 10' mesh parabolic dishes with rotors to DTV Dish / Streaming services.

Snow to 5K+.

I've enjoyed each and every Rams game on each and every platform. As long as i can see the game..

But I'd enjoy sitting on a bucket on the sideline to watch a game too, so there's that.

[actionjack]

Over the decades we've gone from B&W TV with rabbit ears to 75" OLED UHD TV's with DVR's on a cloud.

We've gone from a dial TV with 13 channels to 10' mesh parabolic dishes with rotors to DTV Dish / Streaming services.

Snow to 5K+.

I've enjoyed each and every Rams game on each and every platform. As long as i can see the game..

But I'd enjoy sitting on a bucket on the sideline to watch a game too, so there's that.

I agree but now your asking many of use long time users to take a step back for a higher price.

To Ram74's take, the DVR is a huge thing. I use to not only get ST for Rams games, but with fantasy football it has gone to whole another level. Now I truly watch several of the games. The ability to watch game, pause (skip to another game due to commercials) another game, switch back to your paused game, FF and back to action is amazing. We all have busy schedules as well, so DVR's a Rams game and joining it in progress and shrinking the game down to 1.5-2 hrs removing commercials is quite a benefit.