At the end of January 2020, PlayStation Vue will be shutting down. As subscribers have been looking for a new streaming service to take PlayStation Vue’s place, a new service launched. In this post, we’re comparing Vidgo to PlayStation Vue to help you decide if this could be your new source of live TV, on-demand episodes, and movies.
Cost
With the PlayStation Vue Core package, subscribers currently get 79 channels for $54.99/month.
Vidgo offers 67 channels for $39.99 per month for the Core package.
Channels
Here’s what you’ll get with the PlayStation Vue Core package vs. the Vidgo Core package.
| Vidgo | PlayStation Vue | |
| A&E | X | |
| ABC | X | X |
| ACCN | X | |
| AMC | X | |
| Animal Planet | X | X |
| Aspire | X | |
| Baby First | X | |
| BBC America | X | |
| beIN Sports | X | X |
| BET | X | |
| Big Ten Network | X | X |
| Bravo | X | |
| Cartoon Network | X | |
| CBS | X | |
| CBS Sports | X | |
| Cheddar | X | X |
| CMT | X | |
| CNBC | X | |
| CNN | X | |
| Comedy Central | X | |
| Comet | X | |
| Cooking | X | |
| Cozi | X | |
| Curiosity Stream | X | |
| Destination America | X | |
| Discovery | X | X |
| Disney Channel | X | X |
| Disney Junior | X | X |
| Disney XD | X | X |
| DIY Network | X | X |
| E! | X | |
| ESPN | X | X |
| ESPN College Extra | X | |
| ESPN Deportes | X | |
| ESPN Goal Line | X | |
| ESPN U | X | X |
| ESPN 2 | X | X |
| ESPNews | X | X |
| Food Network | X | X |
| FOX | X | X |
| FOX Business | X | X |
| FOX Deportes | X | |
| FOX News | X | X |
| Freeform | X | X |
| FS1 | X | X |
| FS2 | X | X |
| FX | X | X |
| FXM | X | |
| FXX | X | X |
| FYI | X | |
| Game Show Network | X | |
| Golf | X | |
| Hallmark Drama | X | |
| Hallmark Channel | X | X |
| Hallmark Movies & Mysteries | X | |
| HGTV | X | X |
| History | X | |
| HLN | X | |
| IFC | X | |
| Investigation Discovery | X | X |
| Inspiration | X | |
| Law & Crime | X | |
| Lifetime | X | |
| Lifetime Movies | X | |
| Longhorn Network | X | |
| MLB | X | |
| Motorsports Network | X | |
| MotorTrend | X | |
| MSNBC | X | |
| MTV | X | |
| National Geographic | X | X |
| Nat Geo Wild | X | X |
| NBA TV | X | |
| NBC | X | |
| NBC Sports | X | |
| NFL Network | X | X |
| Nick Jr | X | |
| Nickelodeon | X | |
| Olympic Channel | X | |
| OWN | X | X |
| Oxygen | X | |
| Pac12 Network | X | |
| Paramount Network | X | |
| PlayStation Emerging Filmmakers | X | |
| Pop | X | |
| Science | X | X |
| SEC Network | X | X |
| Smithsonian | X | |
| Stadium | X | |
| Start TV | X | |
| Sundance | X | |
| SyFy | X | |
| Tastemade | X | |
| TBS | X | |
| Teen Nick | X | |
| Telemundo | X | |
| Tennis | X | |
| TLC | X | X |
| TNT | X | |
| Travel Channel | X | X |
| Tru TV | X | |
| Turner Classic Movies | X | |
| TV Land | X | |
| UP TV | X | |
| USA | X | |
| VH1 | X | |
| Viceland | X | |
| WE TV | X |
Simultaneous Viewing
PlayStation Vue allows 5 simultaneous streams.
With Vidgo, you’ll get 3 simultaneous streams, at home or on the go.
DVR
A PlayStation Vue Core subscription includes “unlimited” Cloud DVR storage, allowing users to record up to 500 programs. Your content will be saved for 28 days.
Vidgo doesn’t currently have a DVR feature but says DVR will be added in 2020.
Are you a PlayStation Vue subscriber? Which service will you switch to when it shuts down? Let us know in the comments.
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