YouTube TV: First Impressions
Cheaper cable is something we all can get behind!
My family got YouTube TV back during Winter Break. I was a little annoyed when they got it, not because I love paying hundreds of dollars for cable. But for the fact that I've been trying to convince them for a year. We could literally be hundreds of dollars richer right now if they switched my freshman year. It all started when we visited my Step-Dad mom's house. She recently got Hulu TV and was watching live tv of the game. My parents were so intrigued by it and when I explained that it was what I was trying to tell them about months ago they ignored to acknowledge my point, typical.
Anyway, they got YouTube TV. And I decided to finally test it out down here in Athens. For the longest time, I didn't think it was going to work since they have it registered for all the Cleveland stations. Not only that but the wifi in my dorm room is spotty sometimes, mainly with my PlayStation 4. So after 20 minutes of trying to set it up, it finally started working and it's a blast for the most part. I am an avid YouTube Watcher. My Screentime tells me I watch hours of YouTube every day, probably more than I should. However, sometimes it's difficult to just have a random YouTube video playing in the background. It used to be easy but now that I am picky about what videos are playing in the background, I find live streams the best. But obviously the live streamers I like need a break and can't stream 24/7. That's why I am glad I can just pop the tv on and play something from the movie channel or HGTV. It's a feeling that I don't think people realize anymore, the feeling of just having noise but not too distracting noise.
The system has all the basic channels any person would need or expect. You got the news, sports and, cartoons. I was a little disheartened when I found Nickelodeon wasn't featured. Apparently their parent company Viacom wants to stick with cable. I'm still testing it out cause one day I was trying to watch Curious George… don't ask why… and PBS wouldn't load. Apparently, I wasn't allowed to stream it and I was like… "What are they showing on Curious George nowadays?!" One feature I have enjoyed is that when I am watching something like "Thor Ragnorak" on TNT and then turn it off to go to class, there's an option to pick the film up where I last left off as like cloud storage for a film. I find that pretty sweet, it saves the hassle of hitting record with everything. The only minor nitpick is, as expected, it's the tv version so some minor things are edited or censored. But that's again very minor.
Overall, I am still testing the new features and all but overall I am content with YouTube TV. It feels nice turning on the news to all the Cleveland Newstations, it makes me feel a little bit more at home.
