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what's up prize five fans i'm brian tong and streaming TV services have finally made it into our home so we're bringing you a prize five-foot out between sling TV and playstation view our judges for this fight are seen at senior editor david man on fire cats mayer nice muscles and yours truly can't go wrong tongue these services are brand spankin new so we're not scoring them but we're going to decide a winner for each round the final prize fight king of the ring will be the competitor with the most rounds one let's get it on round one is interface and design sling TV primarily sticks to a single row for all your stations and you can view the content plane above it playstation view brings the layout more like netflix with multiple rows of content based on your timeline shows and recent channels it's a lot more customizable with favorites you'll also have the traditional grid guide as an option and the interface is faster and more responsive than sling TV most PlayStation View users will be using a game controller to navigate which might not be ideal versus a more traditional remote for sling TV users unless you're on an Xbox this rounds tight but we're giving the edge to Sony round 2 is platform with any service it's all about who's on more devices and this one's not even close at the moment sling TV can be used on a Roku player Amazon fire TV and the Xbox one it works on your Mac or your PC and also plays on iOS and Android devices Android TVs and Nexus player support are also coming soon now the PlayStation View works on your ps3 and your ps4 that's it on top of that it's currently only available in Chicago New York City and Philadelphia like I said this one's not even close and sling TV dominates round two round three is features PlayStation View acts like a cable box with the ability to pause and rewind every channel skip commercials and you can use its cloud DVR to save your favorite shows for up to 28 days you can also stream from three consoles at the same time but they have to be in the same household sling TV was the first to market but it doesn't really bring any feature advantage other than the ability to use its bandwidth limiter it also has channel specific limits that hurts a lot so most channels don't allow you to pause rewind or fast-forward and you're allowed one and only one stream on one device at one time per account this rounds a no-brainer PlayStation View round four is channels fling TVs basic service starts off with the core of 21 channels that covers most of the cable go twos like ESPN CNN AMC TNT and the Food Network now it's still bhasin networks like Comedy Central and Bravo but brings on extra packages to add more channels relevant to interests like sports lifestyle and Chin's programming Plus HBO has been added as an option to get your Game of Thrones fix now playstation views basic access plan brings 50 plus channels with content from CBS FOX NBC and Viacom so you'll find channels like Bravo and Comedy Central and Nickelodeon but there are no ABC Disney networks so say goodbye to channels in that family like ESPN additional plans let you add on local sports and an elite plan brings on 88 total channels variety is the spice of life and Sony takes another round but the final round comes down to pricing sling TV starts at $20.00 a month for the core 20 plus channels and you can cancel at any time the additional extra packages cost $5 a pop and the HBO channel will cost you $15 a month PlayStation views basic access plan is a lot more starting at $49.99 a month the core plan with local sports cost $59.99 and then the elite package with 88 channels is $69.99 is basically like paying for an actual cable service even though sling TV has many limitations with view you're paying the same as cable or even more with fewer channels round 5 goes to sling so let's break down the results and the sling TV made it smart for its platform support and pricing while playstation view one out with its interface features and channel selection taking this battle three rounds to two and is your 5 byte winner now I can't really say there's a clear winner here and both services still have a long ways to go but a combination of an over-the-air antenna and one of these services might be the best for you but for me I'm a sports junkie and I don't like how sporting events lose their image quality and just aren't as smooth compared to a cable signal right now i'm brian tom thanks for watching and we'll catch you all next time for another prizefight