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Are all the news sites wrong? "The Sling Orange and Sling Blue plans will cost $46 a month after the price hike goes into effect

Edit Base Services page shows plans Orange at 40.00, Blue at 45.00, Orange+Blue at 60.00

Im on the the Blue plan since April 2024 @ 45.00 per month

Blue has all the channels I need or want. Will I see a 5.99 increase in December? Or a 1 dollar increase.

18 Comments
2024/12/01
23:21 UTC

10

All I Want are the News Channels - CNN, MSNBC, and Fox...

but I'm paying for all these channels I never watch. Anyone know a service where I can get these networks that is cheaper than Sling?

19 Comments
2024/12/01
20:08 UTC

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Can you watch live and record at the same time?

I set a basketball game on FS2 to record so my son who was visiting could watch later. The red dot showed that it should record and it showed in the list of scheduled recordings. Then I watched some of it live - and the recording never appeared in the DVR listings. Is that normal? Fortunately my son has his own YouTube TV subscription and had recorded it there, so he still managed to watch.

I set some other things to record that seemed to work in general - and have since enabled the 'autorecord' feature that probably would have made the game available if it had been set before it was on, but I don't see why it didn't record unless watching live cancels it.

1 Comment
2024/12/01
18:34 UTC

13

Price increase - is sling even worth it anymore

42 Comments
2024/12/01
18:12 UTC

2

DVR options?

Hi,

Considering moving to sling blue.

Is there is a way to hook an external dvr and record sling channels?

I see the airtv anywhere has 1tb storage, but I am unsure if it only records local channels.

Thanks

7 Comments
2024/11/29
18:16 UTC

1

On Demand TV inquiry

Can somebody who uses Sling tell me if wrestling episodes from past weeks are available to watch On Demand? My Directv got shut off and now I’m looking into Sling as an option and it doesn’t look like Sling provides a trial run. I’m a few weeks behind on WWE Raw & Smackdown and AEW Dynamite & Rampage & Collision, and I can no longer access my DVR, so I’m looking to see if I can catch up on these episodes with Sling.

7 Comments
2024/11/29
16:01 UTC

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Unable to record on Freeform

Is anyone having trouble recording off the Freeform channel? With 25 Days of Christmas starting in a few days, I want to record a lot but every program that I press record it gives me an error message that says there is a loading issue [15-12]. I’ve tried on several different devices all day today. Very frustrating!

3 Comments
2024/11/29
03:06 UTC

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The First 48 on Sling

It’s my favorite show and the only way to watch is if I get basic cable or sling. Can anyone tell me if there are current episodes of The First 48 on AE on there (season 24+) it’s literally the only reason I want to sign up. TIA!!

3 Comments
2024/11/29
02:50 UTC

3

Couldn't watch Thanksgiving day parade on Sling Blue

For the first time I couldn't watch the NBC Thanksgiving day parade on Sling Blue. I've been watching it for a number of years with them. The option was there to click on but just led to a screen that did not show the parade. Anyone know why the change?

10 Comments
2024/11/28
17:11 UTC

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Sling added an add-on that I didn't order??

I was logging into my account today to see if there was anything I could remove to lower my bill to make it justifiable to keep after the price hike, and to my surprise there's something on there called Sling Latino. No one in my house has added that on, and it oddly appeared the day after the price increase across the board in March. There's also never been any observed activity in the account that made me think someone else was accessing it/watching anything else.

I chatted in to find out more to find an agent that steadfastly insisted I did it from "my end", insisted they had no IP log to confirm that, did not have an answer for why I wouldn't have received an email confirmation about any changes to my subscription that I initiated, and basically refused to escalate the issue. I was already 95% sure I was canceling but that got cemented by this interaction.

Is it accurate that when you make a change to your own subscription there's not at least an email confirmation for your own records? The last change I would have made was a couple of years ago and I cleaned the inbox out since then so I can't verify.

lol, edited to add that even after all of that with the agent assuring me they were removing it, they apparently did not and it's still on the bill

16 Comments
2024/11/27
17:36 UTC

1

No volume

Prices go up and still lousy service. No volume.

3 Comments
2024/11/27
16:08 UTC

0

how to defeat denial of access

(not absolutely sure what is going on as I have had more than one 'story' from slang on this I just know what is no longer working. I have made about 10 phone calls to slang and asked them to fix this. They say they are working on it, but I question that as it can't be too hard to fix this.). I used to use and want to use my browser for accessing my slang dvr content. About a month ago brave which I was using started give me the 8-702 connection error. I can access the website but no content. Firefox also does not work and that has not worked for several months. Chrome will not work either. It sounds like slang did some kind of update that is not letting users access content if they are on in my case w7. Some browsers will not do their latest update if you have w7. Firefox will update fully and I have that but for some reason slang has something going on that is defeating firefox, even before this situation. My os has nothing to do with slang and cannot harm their system. If my browser works they should let me access the content. Once again I doubt there is any way my browser can interfere with or harm their system. It sounds like slang can access my pc to snoop then deny me access. Does anyone know how to defeat their snooping bs or do something so I can watch my damn tv?

10 Comments
2024/11/27
08:26 UTC

20 Comments
2024/11/25
21:45 UTC

1

Sling on the website

https://watch.sling.com/

click to guide, then a show and it always loads muted.

Brave browser

2 Comments
2024/11/25
20:59 UTC

1

Weird occasional glitch

Okay, so I’ve been having terrible insomnia and have been watching SLING all night. Sometimes, usually around 2:00am, the video speeds up, but the audio does not. The show I’m watching gets out of sync and I can’t get it to reset and get back to normal. Has anyone else had similar issues? I’ve tried updating the channel and even deleting and reinstalling it.

1 Comment
2024/11/25
07:34 UTC

11

I hate Sling

I've posted about this before, but I am done with Sling now. I got Sling so I could get my local channels as well as the rest of the combined Blue/Orange packages. But because ATT uses dynamic isn't, but isp location changes so often. Currently, my isp address reads as being in Seattle, Washington. I live in California. When I lost my local channels last time, I complained to Sling and they fixed it. It took a short while, but it got done.

Now, ATT changed my ip location again, and I lost my local channels AGAIN. Called both Sling and ATT, both say nothing we can do, contact the other company. I canceled my Sling subscription. If I can't get my local channels, what's the point? Why can't Sling fix this like they did last time? Between this and the price increase coming, it's just not worth it. Anyone else feel like this? Or having the dame/similar problems?

47 Comments
2024/11/24
22:36 UTC

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Sling TV not working on my fire stick. Help please?

Hi. I have been using slingTV app on my amazon firestick mainly to watch the premiership on USA for some time now with no issues. I tried to get on today for the match and it said app needs an update but when I tried to update it said this app cannot be found and would not update. So I tried to uninstall and reinstall it deleted OK but when I try to reinstall it I get the same message that says app cannot be found. This is after I search for sling and click on the sling icon, so it is definitely there but it says it isn't. Strange. All software is up to date and I have tried unplugging at the power source etc. Any ideas would be gratefully received!

1 Comment
2024/11/24
17:31 UTC

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Premier league on sling

I use sling and peacock to catch premier league games. I live in Ohio, after the recent international break, I don’t think sling has premier league anywhere. Is there any work around? Maybe another cheaper option like sling peacock comb?

3 Comments
2024/11/24
16:07 UTC

7

Will Sling continue offering half off?

It seems like all this year at least, Sling has had a lot of times where they offered the service for one month at least for half off. Will this trend continue with the price hike (making it $23?)

4 Comments
2024/11/24
06:08 UTC

2

HDNet Movies

Was this channel dropped from Sling?

Edit: I do have the Hollywood Extra addon on my Sling, but the HDNet Movies channel has disappeared from my guide.

Edit 2: I've found it, but it's disappeared from my guide/All lineup. If I switch the guide to Movies, then it'll come up. It use to be in my Guide All channels lineup a few channels past TCM, but now when the guide is set to All Channels it doesn't show anywhere. I have tried to contact sling support, but the only thing is their chatbot (which seems like AI) and I'm not sure if they'll look into it or not.

8 Comments
2024/11/23
03:10 UTC

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Sling TV Expands Its Arcade Platform to 16 Games – Featuring PAC-MAN

Personally, I would prefer not having an arcade and keeping the cost the same. Or allow picture-in-picture.

Sling TV Expands Its Arcade Platform to 16 Games – Featuring PAC-MAN

3 Comments
2024/11/21
17:00 UTC

0

Sling DVR won't tape Gutfeld.

I've had Sling Blue and Orange for 6 years. It has been a dogged and faithful streaming service until 2 weeks before the election. Suddenly 'Gutfeld' stopped taping on the DVR. It is the ONLY show that keeps failing to record. Since President Trump was on his show, it has failed to Record every single time. Only Gutfeld. It smacks of some Harris supporters in Admin at Sling ATV being petty and I'm cancelling my subscription. At least @YouTube answers customer complaints.

16 Comments
2024/11/21
14:49 UTC

1

Sling Roku App

I purchased and started using sling blue about 6 months ago. So far so good except the audio issues. Here is a list of the audio issue.

Elements 65inch TV, Roku Ultra, Visio sound bar 5.1 with Bluetooth sub and 2 read satellite speakers.

  1. constant random chirping sound varies in loudness. sounds similar to smoke detector beep. I actually replaced the batteries in several detectors in the vicinity.

  2. audio levels suddenly vary. It can jump up 25-50% or down doesn't matter. It never remedies itself. The only solution I have found is to exit the app and re-access. No pattern to the issue. can happen 10 time during a show or movie to not at all. It absolutist does happen every time I use the app.

I haven't experiences the issue on other apps installed to the Roku. I only have the one device so nothing to compare it to.

HELP

I would like to purchase the orange and add-ons. but I am hesitant to do so until the issues are fixed.

1 Comment
2024/11/19
21:29 UTC

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Local channel no longer showing on Sling (Apple TV) but is still available on phone app

Hi, Sling offers us local NBC in our area. Up until a couple days ago, that channel showed up on our home page in Sling, both as a recent and at the bottom. But now it is nowhere to be found. I thought perhaps Sling lost the rights to it, but it does play in the Sling app in my phone so it seems it is not truly gone, but only gone in the Sling app on the Apple TV.

At the very bottom where there are all those circular channel icons, I seem to remember when I first got Sling, I had to do something to make it appear there, but I don’t remember what I did. Help.

8 Comments
2024/11/20
00:40 UTC

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Sling tech support is clueless

So I purchased the Entertainment Extra add on to get Paramount for the obvious reason....Yellowstone. However after being charged, I don't see Paramount in my guide. I do a search and I see the Paramount logo with a padlock on the top left of the logo. Every channel in this package has a padlock.

Tech support had me logout and login (which I've done several times) and had me remove the Sling app from my Roku box and reinstall it. Even though I told him I get the same result when I try to watch from my browser.

He could not help me and said he put in a ticket to development. I asked how will I know this issue has been resolved? You have to try until it does. What? I don't even get an email or something?

This is some horrible customer service. It's obvious they are following a guided system instead of training or hiring people who have troubleshooting experience. He couldn't even tell me what the padlock meant.

Think it's time to shop for another provider.

15 Comments
2024/11/19
19:23 UTC

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