I Cut the Cord-How it Went and Grades for each of my new App Services
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:54 pm
So, Friday, I called Comcrap to cut the cord. After discussing what products I was offered for cord cutters with the rep, he informed me about the Flex box at no charge. The Xfinity Flex box allows streaming, and he put in the order request to have it shipped to me. He assured me that my current TV box in my living room would not be interrupted until Tuesday when the box arrived.
Unfortunately, that was not the case when I turned on the TV before 1 yesterday. However, not knowing that and thinking it was a regular interruption, I called and provided the code display of XRE00250. The idiot there told me that the service will be back up in an hour. I was a little pissed in that I wanted to see the Michigan game, but life goes on. Ran to Kroger and did a few other errands along with a quick meal stop. Got home 2 hours later, and it was still out. I call and reached a woman who finally told me the truth-they disabled the system at 6 AM early Saturday for my old box. I got an apology and a $5 credit on my next bill due to being misled.
If I had known that I would have ordered a Roku or another Fire Stick along with another OTA antenna more quickly to have in the living room. While my existing current Fire Stick works great, it is in my bedroom. To compound matters, my OTA antenna was screwing up and not getting channel 7 for whatever reason.
So, I tried out the Sling TV I signed up for on Wednesday. My internet will have a hiccup here and there, but nothing horrendous. I got a very choppy stream with frequent freezing, and it was also very slow. It couldn't keep up with the plays. After watching a few 3:30 games, I watching the Florida and Utah game. I got tired of the choppy nature of it. The service gets a D+ with me overall. It also had a weird glitch that wouldn't let me watch ESPN. Plenty of channels including MLB Network, but what does that mean if you can't watch them enjoyably. D+.
After doing some research, I found that the Fox Sports app had the Cleveland Guardians and Mariners game. It had a clearer and less choppy picture than Sling, and the app was free! Weird. I also noticed that the menus were more well thought and allowed me to get into what I was watching more quickly than Sling. For what it is, it's an A-. They also had Wisconsin and Illinois State available at no charge.
And being bored and only having a few other OTAs minus WXYZ still, I dug and found the XFinity Streaming App. It had and still has most everything except for locals, WGN, and a few others because I am still an internet customer. That would have been nice to know. Pretty much everything Sling has except for MLB network but has the Big Ten Network. No Bally's though. The menu isn't great but better than Sling. There is some choppy picture and delay in changing channels but liveable. B-
TLDR: Needless to say, I am very disappointed in Comcast's service. Sling sucks, but the XFinity app is useful as well as the Fox Sports app.
Should be interesting to see how this Flex Box works. My new Roku comes Wednesday.
Unfortunately, that was not the case when I turned on the TV before 1 yesterday. However, not knowing that and thinking it was a regular interruption, I called and provided the code display of XRE00250. The idiot there told me that the service will be back up in an hour. I was a little pissed in that I wanted to see the Michigan game, but life goes on. Ran to Kroger and did a few other errands along with a quick meal stop. Got home 2 hours later, and it was still out. I call and reached a woman who finally told me the truth-they disabled the system at 6 AM early Saturday for my old box. I got an apology and a $5 credit on my next bill due to being misled.
If I had known that I would have ordered a Roku or another Fire Stick along with another OTA antenna more quickly to have in the living room. While my existing current Fire Stick works great, it is in my bedroom. To compound matters, my OTA antenna was screwing up and not getting channel 7 for whatever reason.
So, I tried out the Sling TV I signed up for on Wednesday. My internet will have a hiccup here and there, but nothing horrendous. I got a very choppy stream with frequent freezing, and it was also very slow. It couldn't keep up with the plays. After watching a few 3:30 games, I watching the Florida and Utah game. I got tired of the choppy nature of it. The service gets a D+ with me overall. It also had a weird glitch that wouldn't let me watch ESPN. Plenty of channels including MLB Network, but what does that mean if you can't watch them enjoyably. D+.
After doing some research, I found that the Fox Sports app had the Cleveland Guardians and Mariners game. It had a clearer and less choppy picture than Sling, and the app was free! Weird. I also noticed that the menus were more well thought and allowed me to get into what I was watching more quickly than Sling. For what it is, it's an A-. They also had Wisconsin and Illinois State available at no charge.
And being bored and only having a few other OTAs minus WXYZ still, I dug and found the XFinity Streaming App. It had and still has most everything except for locals, WGN, and a few others because I am still an internet customer. That would have been nice to know. Pretty much everything Sling has except for MLB network but has the Big Ten Network. No Bally's though. The menu isn't great but better than Sling. There is some choppy picture and delay in changing channels but liveable. B-
TLDR: Needless to say, I am very disappointed in Comcast's service. Sling sucks, but the XFinity app is useful as well as the Fox Sports app.
Should be interesting to see how this Flex Box works. My new Roku comes Wednesday.