Directv Now

[someguy]

Agreed, but for a savings of over 50%, I can stomach some ads. Now I just have to convince DW, that'll be the hard part...

We thought the same thing. Lasted for all of a handful of days.

 

[RockyMtn]

You have a point but I am now paying $171.65 for cable on three TV's(including HBO but no other premiums), plus Extreme Internet and phone. DVR is on only one set. I have a 4th set that has no box any longer as I don't use it often enough to justify the cost. The Direct Dish plan would give me whole house DVR on four TV's with 220+ channels including three premium channels and Red Zone and NFL Pass, at $77 including taxes. Add $60 for Extreme internet(I'm told it should not be more than that unbundled) and $10/mo for Ooma/Vonage, or less for Magic Jack (current offer $35 for a year) and I would pay $137-$147 for more channels and better services. That would not be a huge savings, but as I said, TWC is likely to up my bill substantially in January so I am doing my research to see what my alternatives would be.

Then in your case this would appear to be a good deal. I am simply stating that you can't just look at the price of the DirecTV Now service without factoring in all of the other considerations. Clearly you have done that.

 

[RockyMtn]

And its "cord" not "chord".

You are quite right sir!

 

[Bestwifeever]

What did you cord (or chord--maybe you are musicians ) cutters do? Line up the new services and then contact the existing providers to cut them? Call the existing providers first to try to get a better deal and failing that, cancel and line up any new service? Keep your existing Internet provider and just kill the cable TV part?

 

[ExFlyBoy5]

I'm on my tab, so my response will be short...

We have had terrible issues with the service. Buffering, guide, app issues...it all has been quite terrible. Growing pains? Perhaps. Worth $35 a month? Not in my opinion...not right now.

So, buyer beware.

 

[T-Minus]

We subscribed to NOW on the first day. 100% agree with buffering issues and outages, plus the replay functionality for missed episodes does not cover the past two or three shows I wanted to watch. Also, despite subscribing to various channels via NOW, you cannot access their websites (like you can with normal DirecTV or a cable subscription) to access additional or missed content. Not sure it's worth the $35/mo.