To decide which service to get, first you have to understand the offering. Accessibility: Sling's offer is easier to understand Blue and Orange each cost $35 / month, combining them will cost $50, or $20 less. You can also combine both packages from Sling. You get to pick from two base packages (blue and orange), each with a set of channels, and then add on packs of extra channels. Sling TV is also the work of a cable company - Dish - but it offers a different approach. Check out more with our Christmas movies and TV schedule if you’re still debating about whether or not now is a good time to figure out some new options for your or your family.Cable company Spectrum has a cord-cutting offering that allows you to pick 15 channels from a wide array of networks. With a slew of Christmas movies and some upcoming HGTV holiday specials including Home Town: Ben's Holiday Workshop coming up, there should be some happy holiday TV watching ahead indeed.
Recently, Sling had also offered a deal where if you subscribed you could be eligible for a free Chromecast, so if you really are looking for other types of discounts, keep you eyes peeled on Sling’s deal page (opens in new tab). So, it’s really sort of figuring out what’s the best fit for what you like to watch and how you like to watch TV.Įven following Black Friday, Sling is really looking to expand its subscriber base, so you can usually keep your eyes peeled for a wide variety of deals. There are other streaming services - I’m looking at you YouTube TV - out there that do offer more channels, but the cost is also quite a bit more expensive. The good news is that for the number of channels you get, Sling is already a reasonable price and a good option for people who do like the benefits of live TV and like having channels like History or HGTV on a lot (OK or ID, I did not forget about the ID diehards out there). So, if you already purchased Sling, you won’t be getting a free month all wrapped up with a bow in your stocking. To note though, it’s only for new and not current customers. So, that means you would be committing to at least two months up front, though I’m assuming Sling hopes you like the service enough you’ll stick around for many more. The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deal essentially is a buy one month, get the next month free sort of deal.
A third option gives you both Orange and Blue channels - though to note there is overlap in both packages- for $50 a month.
The Orange package is more family-centric and only offers one device stream, while the Blue package is more news-centric and offers three.
The full channel lineup can be viewed here (opens in new tab), with Orange offering 32 channels and Blue offering 43 channels, both for $35 a month (before these Black Friday discounts). In fact, each of the three different streaming packages offer some different channels. Those bullet points may sound a bit like Geometry logic proofs, but they are just customized packages for families with different interests. So, if you aren’t already familiar with Sling TV, the basic gist is that the service offers three types of packages: Switching from cable to Sling (or maybe even another TV streamer to Sling) is not always the easiest decision. View Deal (opens in new tab) How Subscribing To Sling TV Between Now And Cyber Monday Will Get You A Discount