{"id":1589,"date":"2021-05-03T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T23:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1589"},"modified":"2021-05-07T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:27:29","slug":"tv-streaming-services-visual-preview-like-a-set-top-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2021\/05\/03\/tv-streaming-services-visual-preview-like-a-set-top-box\/","title":{"rendered":"TV streaming services \u2013 visual preview like a set-top box?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This TechHive article (below) is a useful roundup of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Over-the-top_media_service\">OTT services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that&#8217;s predictable is price increases (not discussed in article). The typical monthly cost stands near $70, which reminds me of my cable bill years ago (and paying for so many channels that I&#8217;m not interested in or dropping channels that I do want).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the challenges for these services is providing features across multiple streaming platforms and devices: Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, AT&amp;T TV streaming box, Google TV (Chromecast); smartphone apps such as Google TV (formerly YouTube TV); and even via Web browsers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 TechHive > &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techhive.com\/article\/3315113\/the-live-tv-streaming-issue-no-ones-talking-about.html\" target=\"_blank\">The live TV streaming issue no one&#8217;s talking about<\/a>&#8221; by Jared Newman, Cord-Cutter Confidential (Apr 28, 2021) \u2013 Some streaming services make a chore out of <strong>ad skipping<\/strong> by omitting a <strong>visual preview<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>(quote) One thing I&#8217;ve learned from writing about cord-cutting is that people are particular about their DVRs. If a streaming service&#8217;s DVR doesn&#8217;t provide the same creature comforts as cable set-top box, it can be a dealbreaker.<\/p><p>Visual preview is the perfect example. With cable, you can typically see a thumbnail preview while fast forwarding or rewinding through recorded programs, so you know exactly where you&#8217;ll be after hitting play. Over the years, I&#8217;ve gotten a bunch of messages from readers who won&#8217;t tolerate any live TV streaming service that lacks this feature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>[My 5-star ratings based on feature discussed in article]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Philo *****<br \/>\u2022 Sling TV ****<br \/>\u2022 YouTube TV ****<br \/>\u2022 Hulu ***<br \/>\u2022 AT&amp;T TV **<br \/>\u2022 Fubo TV *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This TechHive article (below) is a useful roundup of OTT services. One thing that&#8217;s predictable is price increases (not discussed in article). The typical monthly cost stands near $70, which reminds me of my cable bill years ago (and paying for so many channels that I&#8217;m not interested in or dropping channels that I do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,127,123,125,2],"tags":[161,158,159,160],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desktop","category-notebook","category-phone","category-tablet","category-video","tag-cord-cutting","tag-ott","tag-streaming","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}