YouTube TV Tips

I don't normally use services such as YouTube TV. The only time I ever use a live streaming service such as YouTube TV is during college football season, and then I choose Sling TV. It's cheaper and has what I want.

Still, YouTube TV is a good live streaming service. If you're into that sort of thing. As you can tell, I'm not, except under certain circumstances. I don't use such a service year-round.

Despite my feeling that YouTube TV isn't worth the cost, I so acknowledge that it is a quality service. If I needed such a service, this would be a good one. I don't need one.

If you need one -- you don't, but you may want one really bad and that's okay; I'm not criticizing -- YouTube TV is top notch. Depending on what you needed (wanted) it would either be number 1 or 2 on my list. It's a good choice because it's a good service.

But, like most things, there are some things you can do to make the experience better. Luke Bouma at Cord Cutters News had a few tips about using YouTube TV. I agree with them. I'm not going to try to duplicate what he wrote. I couldn't do a better job, so I'm going to suggest you read his. Hit top tip would be my top tip as well:

YouTube TV’s live guide will allow you to custom channels to show the favorite channels you want at the top and hide other ones. This means you can have a live guide that only shows the channels you want and hides the rest. The only downside is that you need to do it on the app or on the desktop you can’t do it on your TV.

He goes through the steps to do that, then goes on to four other tips, all good ones. Especially #2. Give it a read.

My Streaming Life doesn't normally involve YouTube TV. I don't use live streaming cable-like services, except on rare occasions. One will come up this weekend, and I'm deciding between Sling TV and YouTube TV. Sling is cheapest, and would likely be the one I choose. But I may go with YouTube TV. As I said, it's a really good service.