In theory, sling is the perfect first service you'll join when you decide to "cut the cord". It's simple with only two package options and I think whichever one you choose you'll get enough content to make it worth it. But this company is shady for new sign-ups. When I signed up I was supposed to receive a a dvr and an indoor antenna for local stations. It took six weeks before I received my equipment and that was after pushing their "chat only" support for answers. Of course these potential delays were never mentioned at the time of ordering. In fact, their first email to me was that I would be receiving a shipping confirmation very soon.. As for the actual streaming experience Just know that you'll never get the great channel guide and DVR integration with ANY non-cable / satellite service. It will take time (and some frustration) getting used to Sling's TV guide. You'll learn to deal with their annoyances over time. Setting up the indoor antenna and dvr was painfull and I basically only get PBS and FOX because of distance from the main station towers. I'll need a more expensive antenna to get CBS and ABC... In summation, Sling gives you the basic channels that you loved on Cable at a substantial discount. Three stars is fair. read more

Sling Media - The only window location where the antenna picked up local channels. - Television Service Providers Near Me - Foster City, California

I ordered Sling with the sole intent of using it to watch the BYU versus Utah game. A few minutes before the game began, I went on and pushed record for that game. Later that evening, I came back to watch it, and it had not recorded the game. So, cancel my Sling and get a full refund. They have no phone number, and their chat is ridiculous. I tried five times to connect with a human, waiting for a combined total of over an hour. Poor service!! Poor quality. Poor value. Customer service, once I finally got someone, was courteous and friendly. I eventually even got a refund. read more

Awful! Three customer service numbers on line, NONE WORK! Including the number on my visa statement! Shady. read more

You get what you pay for. Made false offers and customer service didn't care whether I stayed or left. Back to Comcast which had always been reliable. Cord still cut since they work on AppleTV read more

It's like the ghetto cable TV company which can be workable if you're cool w/ that. But the false advertising of channels available is bs, plus there's a bunch of glitches you eventually get used to. I have to keep disconnecting because the sound goes out (wish I could post a video sample) or icons aren't showing or freezes, tiles, etc. Has a TV guide schedule which is great, you can set Fav's with. I've got the Blue and Orange pkg, has some local channels, some cable tv channels and a ton of garbage channels but can be filtered out if setting Favorites up. Comes w/ waaaay more garbage channels than the pkg shows. Most airings are East Coast time and some West coast time, super annoying being in the West - it's only workable for me if I pay more for DVR storage. Lots of commercials that cut into the show at the WRONG time, plus show parts are cut out probably due to the added commercial insertions (figured this out when watching the beginning show when it starts w/ 'last week on...' w/ things that were NOT shown the prior week. Commercials obviously inserted rather than at the planned time originally set). Sling is a pain in the *** but once you get used to it it's workable. FALSE ADVERTISING on channels they claim come w/ the Orange & Blue pkg (some examples below). Note: they'll also charge $4.99 for one channel but it might come w/ a bunch more you don't think are related (like pay more for Discovery+ $4.99 comes w/ HGTV, TLC, Food Network, Animal Planet. etc.) : - NO Animal Planet unless you pay more ($4.99-$8.99) - Bravo - east coast schedule - Cartoon Network - east coast schedule - Comedy Central - west coast schedule - NO Cooking Channel unless you pay more ($6-$27) - Discovery - east coast schedule. NO Discovery Original, NO Discovery Life, NO Discovery+ unless you pay more ($4.99-$8.99 ea channel) - E! - east coast schedule - FX - east coast schedule. NO FXX, NO FXM unless you pay more ($6-27 ea channel) - History - east coast schedule. NO History Vault unless you pay more ($5.99) - MGM Drive-In - east coast schedule. NO MGM+, NO MGM+ Marquee unless you pay more ($5 ea channel). NO MGM Hits. - NO MTV, NO MTV2 unless you pay more ($6-27). Has "MTV Spankin New" which is super old reruns. - National Geographic - east coast schedule. NO NG Wild. - NickJr - east coast schedule. NO NickToons unless you pay more ($6-27) - NO VH1. Only comes w/ "VHI I Love Reality Pluto TV" unless you pay more ($6-$27) - Syfy - east coast schedule - USA - east coast schedule - Vice - east coast schedule read more

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I liked Sling but I guess they decided they did'nt like me and cancelled my automatically paid monthly service with little notice. Th email they sent me the day prior (which I did not know about and later), said I had to "resubscribe". After several attempts with a message (every time) to the effect that the attempt did not process, I find several $1 test amounts applied to the same credit card I have been using, all along. That's it, I'm done with them. Maybe if they can take their thumbs out of their mouth and learn to tie their shoelaces, I may go back to their service. My motto is: if they don't care, neither do I. read more

Sling Media - Television Service Providers Near Me - Foster City, California

Pretty happy to have Sling, which we mainly use to watch college & NFL football on ESPN and SEC Network (LSU Tigers!). Hook up the laptop to TV via HDMI and good to go! Gets the job done, and no problems. Doesn't carry NFL Channel, or local TV channels which is a bummer as we get patchy antenna...but we'll take it for the price. read more

Save yourself a lot of trouble and do not use this service. This is a unethical and scammy company auto restarted my subscription a year after I cancelled it and then refuse to refund me for 4 months of fraudulent charges made by themselves. CS rep Elaine and Supervisor Amber admitted that the service was not used by me after it was "mysteriously" restarted and yet refused to refund me. So they would rather do the unethical thing and keep stolen money. There are many reviews online by other past sling customers having the same problem of their accounts mysteriously automatically restarting. This is clearly a scam by sling tv and is fraudulent. I will be complaining to the FCC and all other governing authorities. Spread the word and don't let anyone you care about sign up with this company. read more

Not for the West Coast if you want sports! That's why it's free. Only East Coast sports! No San Francisco or Los Angeles sports on here! I missed so many of my games!! Very upset! I talked to several agents who would not tell me. I finally got on and made them look. He came back to me with sorry blackouts are common in this area. It's not worth it for me since I only watch Hallmark mystery, baseball, and the Great American Family Channel. They have none of these, and I was at over $80 of adding. That doesn't include the cable bill on top of it! You're talking major bucks! My wireless doesn't reach my bedroom, so that's another couple of grand for the boosters! I quit tv!!! That's it for me!! It's not that important! I'll go outside instead! read more

Signing up with Sling TV proved to be a costly mistake. I signed up for the trial month ($29.43). I decided to not use SlingTV, and went with YouTube TV for service. I cancelled my SlingTV account a week of two later using the On-line cancellation. The next month, I was charged the full monthly rate for service ($58.85). I called SlingTV, after receiving the CC bill, and was assured the account was cancelled; however, this turned out to be a few days AFTER SlingTV had charged me for another month service ($58.85). I called SlingTV again and the service rep said my account was only cancelled after I called them, and they will not refund any of the service payments, even though I have never used the SlingTV service. . So the moral of the story is when you cancel service with SlingTV, CALL them and make sure it is cancelled, and have them remove your CC info from their billing system. . read more

Advertising an NFL season 4 month plan. Signed up and couldn't watch the game. Said I don't get local channels. Scam. Wouldn't cancel my account and give a refund the same day I purchased. Avoid. read more

I was a customer of sling for years, and decided to start using a VPN for added protection and they would not allow access to the service for other devices in the household. After contacting the support line a few times with our support solutions, basically saying I was not able to use the service with the use of a VPN as they wouldn't know who and where would be using the account. I should be able to use the account as I see for a I am the one spending the money for the service. They ended the most recent chat session without escalating the situation as I had requested. read more

Worst! Terrible! Consistent unresolved issues. Tech support sucks! Nothing ever changes. Constant issues and problems! This app is trash. Tech support is trash. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY! read more

I signed up for SLING BLUE plus ORANGE services because I wanted to watch the Baltimore vs Kansas City NFL game. The game is on a couple of different analog TV channels but I can't get analog TV in my area. So I signed up for SLING. It turns out that SLING doesn't offer the game. So I tried to cancel my subscription on the same day I signed up. Even though I did not use any of the Sling service they say that they will charge me for one month of service anyway. I communicated with their customer service and they state that they will charge me for one month regardless if I cancel two minutes after signing up. That is just BS. So, just a heads up. Be careful that you don't lose $60 just to find out that Sling service does not provide you with a certain over-the-air TV service. They will charge you as soon as you enter your credit card information. Don't enter any information until you know for a fact that Sling will show you what you want to see. read more

I have had it for less than a week and have already contacted customer support 3 times for various issues. Not a single time were they at all helpful. This evening, I called about a feature not working and this person was probably from dell tech support as this person was telling me to go to settings that didn't exist and then said to turn it off and then turn it back on. I was just waiting for this person to ask me if my computer was plugged in. I will be cancelling my month reduced rate and finding another service. read more

RUN--AS FAST AS YOU CAN. RUN AWAY AND DO NOT DO IT. Impossible to cancel and complicated system-had to call my credit card and do a charge back- read more

DO NOT SIGN UP FOR SLING TV. TERRIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES. I signed up for the basic $25 package (I don't spend a ton of time watching TV), but two months after signing up I noticed Sling billed me $30 a month. After speaking to Dane, a Sling representative, he advised me that they increased the price and sent out emails. Sounds like shady business practices. The company essentially hooked customers for one price and without informing their customers they jacked up the prices. read more

STREAMING TV SUBSCRIBER BEWARE OF SLING TV. I tried to call them to unsubscribe when we moved last fall. Their recording said they no longer accept calls. Not a good sign. I logged in online and unsubscribed, went through the entire process. Then I noticed they kept charging me for the next three months. I disputed it via my bank. Sling fought me and won. I am being fraudulently charged $158. read more

BEWARE: When you cancel it won't be immediate. It's like a health club where they will expect a 3 day notice like renting an apartment. Lots of commercials also. I cancelled read more

Please Lord help me to remember to READ REVIEWS BEFORE I SIGN UP for something. I am another sap who signed up for. 'FREE TRIAL' 5 days ago to compare with Our current FUBO (which sometimes has poor pixelation, but good enough programming, value). My credit card bill was due or I wouldn't have known I was billed until after billed again for another month. Right out the gat the online chat rep and the phone rap refused refund and COMMAND me I will be billed for a month AFTER CANCELING. PIMPS. Eventually got a supervisor that cancelled and said would refund. I typed in my online chat I'd file complaint with Attorney General's Office and will probably anyways. After all pimping ain't supposed to be easy. read more

Sling Media - Policy - Television Service Providers Near Me - Foster City, California

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First off, Customer Service is NON Existent. Signed up for Sling, it doesn't work all that well. It will replay the last couple minutes of the show that you saw right before going to Commercials. On top of that, I kid you not, they run as many as 15 Commercials. Sometimes the Commercials are the same ones, over and over. Who wants to watch 15 Commercials, then go back to the show and rewatch what you just saw. When you Contact Customer Service with "Service Issues" they really don't care. read more

Sling TV service is terrible. They make it almost impossible to talk to a live person. They want everything done online. They do not prorate billing and continued billing for the NBA package after the season ended. I tried to cancel online and the NBA league pass section of the site would not let me deselect the service. I had to do a online chat to cancel. I did the chat on June 18th. My billing cycle started on the 17th. One day before. They refused to refund and charged me another full month. That alone seems like a scam. Supper easy to sign up, super had to cancel. But the real scam is that they are not offering me any services at all for the extra charges they refuse to refund. The NBA Season is over and the channels they are still charging me for have no content on them! They are blank screens. I shouldn't have to cancel. The subscription should have ended when the season was over. Sling is a poor value based on cost to content of new competitors. And their customer service is absolutely horrible. Worse than the cable TV customer service I cut the cord from when I came to them. Sling is Overpriced and needs basic customer service 101 training. I do not recommend their service. read more

Sling Media - This shows all the time even though I am paying $15 a month. Charges should have stopped when the season ended! - Television Service Providers Near Me - Foster City, California

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On January 16, 2021 we signed up for the 3 day trial so we could watch a Packer football game. Well the even though they stated that this game would be on SlingTV it was not in our area; so the same day I cancelled. They charged my card $45 stated that I didn't cancel and then went on to sat we used their service January 24th, a day that we weren't home. This company is a scam, they will not credit my c/c so I am sending out a warning to everyone this is A BAD COMPANY!!!!! read more

I signed up and it started ok on my computer. Broken dialog, but pretty good picture. Turned off PC and went to the TV via Roku. Got it going, but only some of the channels showed up--and not the football game channel, which is what I wanted. Talked with their customer service with no useful result. Cancelled service. Very disappointing after all the hype they put out. Don't waste your time with this "service" read more

Ok, so I'm a geek with time on my hands. What other way spend my time at work than to watch my Tivo my Slingbox. Oh yes, I'm sure you've heard radio ads for the Slingbox, and it's all true. The Slingbox streams your TV/Tivo to your computer over internet. You can stream your TV to your laptop or even your pda. (but it looks like they're going to charge for pda client at the end of april) The video quality is pretty good; not as good as your real TV, but it's good enough. It's streaming video, what'd you expect? But to get full use of the Slingbox, you should have a few things in place. 1. Tivo. Getting a Slingbox just to watch live TV is not worth it. You can fully control your Tivo without any problems. It even gives you a Tivo remote GUI so it's just like sitting in front of your TV. 2. You need a home network with an static IP address with at least 300 kbps upload speed. The SlingPlayer connects to your network at home via static ip and anything slower than 300 kbps degrades the picture quality. 3. Need access to port 5901. By default, the Slingbox streams over port 5901. read more

Sling Media - Television Service Providers Near Me - Foster City, California

Where do I start? The sling studio streaming system worked until eight months after purchase, could not get any support before the warranty ran out, it requires constant rebooting, etc. slipping offline repeatedly! The support is practically non-existent, and the key factor is the "camera links" needed to make the system operational are on "back order" and cannot be purchased anywhere (12-16 weeks projected delivery time).! With out these devices the sling studio "hub" is nothing but an expensive "paper weight! I'd suggest going with black magic system, there are no "camera links" required, and you can get support,etc! So with Sling Studio...$1000 plus dollars down the drain, would have been better trying our luck in Vegas or Reno! This system is not reliable, unless you buy it for your children to play with possibly... read more

I ordered the Sling tv plan and canceled it 15 minutes later since the wife wanted YouTube TV instead. Cone to find out they charge my card anyway and when I called they said we can't cancel!! It clearly says you can cancel anytime on their website!! DON'T FALL FOR THIS COMPANY A BUNCH OF CROOKS. read more

Sling tv is good. Sling tv never stops working like my xfinitty looses tv signal or freezes in middle of programs almost daily it's really annoying. Channel selection can be better. I just got brand new tv 65 inch 4K etc. write now I use sling tv more then xfinitty. I wonder if I can add more local stations that I like instead of the ones I don't need? read more

Just learned today that Sling has been charging a credit card I don't use anymore and that's on paperless billing for the last 14 months. Had no idea I had Sling. Their associate even told me I hadn't accessed Sling since January 26th 2020. That's 440.00 on a credit card and didn't even use the service and they know it and they wont refund my money. read more

Took my money on the 29th and cut my channels on the 30th. Would not issue a refund after I canceled on the 1st said I would have to keep it till next billing cycle. I got the service for espn and it was removed due to contract with Disney. Will never go back! read more

I'd like to offer a negative rating. Posted on their facebook page as well. There trial is simply a fraud to take your money. Karen GPL of Sling's customer service made me describe the problem several times then claimed to be her own supervisor weird. She refused to offer a manager or any reimbursement. Roger Lynch has really done a number on his loyal customers who do want to move a way from cable and try another entertainment model. Stay clear of Sling read more

Only Customer Service phone number in Philippines... Cannot get online help. SLING tv is cheap, but alas, you get what you pay for. You cannot get intelligible customer service, nor any United States representative. Meh. read more

I am a new customer to Sling and did the 3 months prepaid offer and got the indoor antenna and air TV for $99 only to find out after going all over my house that the indoor antenna would not work. I called the customer service line and asked if I would be able to send the equipment back and receive a refund as the antenna did not work in my house (I live in a mobile home so visibility to the network antennas is poor). Apparently it is in their policy that you "agree" to that refunds will not be issued since it is a prepay service. The rep that I spoke to asked if I checked if I needed an indoor or outdoor antenna, when I mentioned that was not listed anywhere, she said I needed an outdoor antenna. I asked to speak to a supervisor as it is poor customer service to not acknowledge a refund especially if the offer details didn't state to check what type of antenna needed in your area. The supervisor walked me thru 5 different links (from the offer details) on how to find out if my house needed an indoor or outdoor antenna. Why should the customer need to go thru all these hoops to see if the offer is applicable to them. It should specifically state in the offer details to "check here if your address needs an indoor or outdoor antenna". Since it didn't I am now stuck with a $99 bill and equipment I do not need. Guess Directv will continue to get all my money because I am not staying with Sling TV! Sincerely - VERY annoyed former customer read more

READ, READ, READ before taking a leap of faith in their subscription. There will be no chance at a refund if coming down to the last day as their customer service is hard to get on the line and then they are designed to ignore you and offer no support to your situation. Bam another $20 or more for their corruptible company and its practices. Supervisors and all will do everything to belittle you and I'd recommend disputing claims to your bank or credit card company. Pile on the awareness! read more

Charged for one hour of a free trial and they refused to credit me saying I just cancelled the free trial because I'd rather pay then get it free!!!!!!!! read more

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For 2 weeks I have received a code 21-51 twice I have phoned they sorted out yesterday they said there is a bug in system . And would get back to me still waiting. I probably will miss cricket. read more

I can't believe what poor customer service Sling Media has. I cancelled my subscription on 8/24 and they billed my CC for another month on 8/26. So far, I've been on the phone for 46 minutes. The Customer Service Rep refused to refund me stating that my cancellation was the same day of renewal and that my CC charge was showing up 2 days late. I waited another 20 minutes for am appeal to a supervisor. Apparently, they only have one on staff for the evenings when we have time to deal with this stuff. He decided to credit me back my $29 but only after waiting on line for 55 minutes. I don't think I'd use this company again. Their survey consisted of one question "Did your problem get resolved?" Ha! What a joke! I hope people find alternatives to Sling. Companies like this don't deserve our business read more

I'm totally frustrated with Sling Tv. I paid $35 a month so I can record basically 2 shows. 50% of the time the content is unavailable. That stupid sling ring shows up and that's the end of any viewing. I wouldn't waste any of your money until this FIX THIS PROBLEM! read more

PAY IN ADVANCE / NOT REFUNDABLE We do not recommend Sling TV. The service is paid upfront and is NOT refundable. We ordered the Sling Arabic package and weren't pleased with it. While they have 120 channels, many of the movies are older, the soccer games aren't major teams, and the on-demand programming is limited and weak. We contacted customer service via chat, but they were of no help. They said sorry, not refundable. You have your service until July 2020. read more

WORST streaming-not streaming-service ever. Joined to stream sports for my dad and it was a complete waste of money and time. Could not get it to stream the channels as advertised. After I canceled they still continued to charge me. Absolutely no customer service. DO NOT subscribe. Less than one star!!! read more