Slung TV

We have been using Sling TV since sometime around 2016. I think we started subscribing to the service when we retired and dropped cable. A few years ago we started having problems with it and over time it has gotten significantly worse. Troubleshooting the problems has been a big pain in the ass and seems to be ongoing. This morning it got even worse. It just wouldn't turn on at all even after reloading the app. Becky had given up.

Over the past couple of years Sling has been giving us trouble. Mostly since it had been taken over by Dish Network. They must have really cut back on the technology upgrades because it showed. Last year I started looking at the online FB Sling support group and many people have been having trouble. Lots of complaints but it is the least expensive service of it's kind. Maybe you get what you pay for.

So I have been spending a lot of time tweaking the Sling app. I also go to the app settings and reload Sling at least once a day and often two or three times. We bought a new TV back in 2021 and a little while after that we started doing all of our streaming through the smart TV app. We had been using an Amazon Fire Stick with the last TV.  We still have it hooked up but mostly use the Samsung app for streaming. It seems that the problem with Sling may also be happening because it may not be working well with the Samsung app.  Today I switched over to the Fire Stick and Sling was working fine. Went back to the TV steaming and it wouldn't recognize it at all. 

Then I went back to tweaking the app again and suddenly it started working again as normal. Maybe it just needed some urging from the other app. Well, regardless of why I think it is time to once again look at all of our streaming options with the intent of dropping Sling. So I'll go and make the list of what is available, what do we watch, and what are our options. I'm going to look hard at Hulu and YouTube TV along with the other streaming services we are currently using besides Sling.  Then we'll make a decision.