Now that PlayStation Vue is no longer accepting new subscribers in preparation to shut down on January 30, 2020, many PlayStation Vue subscribers are looking for another service to take its place.
Today, we’re comparing PlayStation Vue with Sling TV to help you decide is this is the streaming service that might be your ideal replacement.
Cost
With the PlayStation Vue Core package, subscribers currently get 79 channels for $54.99/month.
With Sling Orange + Sling Blue and Sling’s Total TV Deal, you’ll get 119 channels for $60/month.
Channels
Here’s the breakdown of which channels each of these two streaming services has to offer. On the chart, we’re comparing PlayStation Vue’s Core plan with Sling Orange + Sling Blue with the channels included in the Total TV Deal add-ons.
| PlayStation Vue Core | Sling Orange + Sling Blue + Total TV Deal | |
| A&E | X | |
| ABC | X | |
| ABC News | X | |
| AMC | X | X |
| Animal Planet | X | |
| ACCN | X | X |
| ACCN X | X | |
| AXS TV | X | |
| BabyFirst | X | |
| Baby TV | X | |
| BBC America | X | X |
| BBC World News | X | |
| BeIn Sports | X | X |
| BET | X | |
| The Blaze | X | |
| Bloomberg Television | X | |
| Boomerang | X | |
| Bravo | X | X |
| Big Ten Network | X | |
| Cartoon Network | X | X |
| CBS | X | |
| CBS Sports Network | X | |
| CGTN | X | |
| Cheddar Business | X | X |
| Cheddar News | X | |
| CineMoi | X | |
| CMT | X | |
| CNBC | X | X |
| CNN | X | X |
| Comet | X | |
| Comedy Central | X | |
| Comet | X | |
| Cooking Channel | X | X |
| Cozi TV | X | |
| Discovery | X | X |
| Disney Channel | X | X |
| Disney Jr. | X | X |
| Disney XD | X | X |
| DIY Network | X | X |
| Duck TV | X | |
| E! | X | X |
| Epix Drive-In | X | |
| ESPN | X | X |
| ESPN College Extra | X | |
| ESPN 2 | X | X |
| ESPN3 | X | |
| ESPN Bases Loaded | X | |
| ESPN Goal Line | X | |
| ESPNews | X | X |
| ESPN U | X | X |
| Euro News | X | |
| The Film Detective | X | |
| Food Network | X | X |
| Fox | X | X |
| Fox Business | X | |
| Fox News | X | |
| France 24 | ||
| Freeform | X | X |
| FS1 | X | X |
| FS2 | X | X |
| FS TV | X | |
| Fuse | X | |
| Fusion | X | |
| FX | X | X |
| FXX | X | X |
| FYI | X | |
| Game Show Network | X | |
| Golf Channel | X | X |
| Hallmark Channel | X | X |
| Hallmark Drama | X | |
| Hallmark Moves & Mysteries | X | |
| HDnet Movies | X | |
| HGTV | X | X |
| History | X | |
| HLN | X | X |
| IFC | X | X |
| Investigation Discovery | X | X |
| Law & Crime | X | |
| Lifetime | X | |
| LMN | X | |
| Local Now | X | |
| Logo | X | |
| News18 | X | |
| MLB Network | X | X |
| MLB Stroke Zone | X | |
| MotorTrend | X | X |
| MSNBC | X | X |
| MTV | X | |
| MTV2 | X | |
| My TV | X | |
| Nat Geo Wild | X | X |
| National Geographic | X | X |
| NBA TV | X | X |
| NBC | X | X |
| NBCSN | X | X |
| NBC Sports | X | |
| NDTV 24×7 | X | |
| Newsmax TV | X | |
| Newsy | X | |
| NFL Network | X | X |
| NFL Red Zone | X | |
| NHL Network | X | X |
| Nick Jr. | X | |
| Nick Toons | X | |
| Olympic Channel | X | X |
| OWN | X | |
| Outside TV | X | |
| Oxygen | X | X |
| Pac12 Network | X | |
| Paramount | X | |
| Pop | X | |
| Reelz | X | |
| Revolt | X | |
| RT America | X | |
| SCI | X | |
| SEC Network | X | X |
| SEC Network+ | X | |
| Smithsonian Channel | X | |
| SNY | X | |
| Stadium | X | |
| Start TV | X | |
| Sundance TV | X | X |
| SyFy | X | X |
| Tastemade | X | |
| TBS | X | X |
| Teen Nick | X | |
| Telemundo | X | |
| Tennis Channel | X | X |
| TLC | X | X |
| TNT | X | X |
| Travel Channel | X | X |
| Tru TV | X | X |
| Turner Classic Movies | X | X |
| TV Land | X | |
| USA | X | X |
| VH1 | X | |
| Viceland | X | |
| WE TV | X | X |
| Weather Nation | X | |
| Z Living | X |
Simultaneous Viewing
PlayStation Vue allows 5 simultaneous streams.
Sling Orange + Blue allows for up to 4 streams at the same time.
DVR
PlayStation Vue Core subscription came with “unlimited” Cloud DVR storage, allowing users to record up to 500 programs. Your content will be saved for 28 days.
With Sling’s Total TV deal, the Cloud DVR add-on is included. With this add-on, you’ll get 50 hours of DVR storage. Content will remain saved for as long as you’re a subscriber.
What’s Missing?
Those who were using PlayStation Vue to watch live, local channels will notice that those channels are missing from the Sling TV lineup. There’s a solution for that. With an antenna, viewers in select cities can get their local channels for no additional fee. Making it even easier, Sling offers a free antenna. Visit their website to learn more.
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