Category: Reviews

Top Sports Streaming Services for NFL, NBA, MLB, and Soccer Fans

by Taylor Kujawa | Oct 14, 2025 | Best Of, Reviews

The best sports streaming services really depend on the teams, leagues, and players you want to watch. But we’ve tested the top platforms to get you the Best of the Best so you can tune in on game day with confidence.

Best Satellite and Cable TV Deals for October 2025

by Randy Harward and Logan Jones | Oct 14, 2025 | Best Of, Reviews

These offerings are among the best TV has to offer, but they’re not exactly cheap. But if you invest in one of these prime offerings, be ready to change your TV experience forever.

Best Satellite TV Providers: DISH or DIRECTV—Who Wins?

by Randy Harward and Logan Jones | Oct 13, 2025 | Best Of, Reviews

DISH is our Editor’s Choice for the best overall TV provider for the last three years due to its high channel count, industry-leading DVR, and three-year price guarantee.

DIRECTV has more channels and better sports offerings than DISH, plus a new two-year price guarantee—but DIRECTV also has higher prices and hidden fees.

DISH Hopper 3 vs. DIRECTV Genie

by Randy Harward | Oct 13, 2025 | Equipment Guides, Versus Reviews

When you sign up for DISH or DIRECTV, you’re not just choosing a TV package—you’re choosing a DVR/receiver, which is your portal to all that delicious, mind-rotting eye candy.

Feature-rich and powerful, the DISH Hopper 3 is consistently named the best TV box in the biz. DIRECTV’s Genie is well-regarded, but not as mighty, and consistently second-banana to the Hopper 3. If you want more details, keep reading to see what we’ve dug up on both boxes.

DIRECTV VS. Optimum

by Eric Chiu | Oct 13, 2025 | Versus Reviews

From contracts to channel counts, we break down everything you need to know about Optimum and DIRECTV plans.

DIRECTV vs. Cox: Which TV Provider is Better?

by Amy Young and Logan Jones | Oct 13, 2025 | Versus Reviews

DIRECTV and Cox have comparable prices, but DIRECTV takes the cake with bigger channel lineups and a free DVR. Our review gives you all of the details.

Hulu + Live TV vs. Stream with DIRECTV

by Bill Frost | Oct 13, 2025 | Reviews, Versus Reviews

Hulu + Live TV is both a live TV and on-demand TV streaming service, as the name suggests. In addition to over 70 live TV channels, it also gives you access to Hulu’s large library of on-demand TV shows, movies, and original series. Hulu + Live TV was also the first streaming service to employ a “+” in its name, if blame needs to be placed.

DISH vs. DIRECTV: Cost, Plans, and More

by Randy Harward and Logan Jones | Oct 9, 2025 | Versus Reviews

DISH and DIRECTV square off in this match-up of satellite TV titans. Get the pros and cons of TV service from DISH vs DIRECTV in an unbiased comparison from CableTV.com. Spoiler alert: we give the edge to DISH.

Cox vs. AT&T Internet: Which Is the Best Internet Provider?

by Eric Chiu | Oct 8, 2025 | Reviews, Versus Reviews

Get AT&T Fiber if it’s available in your neighborhood, but if you’re choosing between Cox or AT&T’s DSL plans, Cox’s internet network offers faster—but more expensive—service plans.

Spectrum vs. DIRECTV

by Randy Harward | Oct 7, 2025 | Versus Reviews

Spectrum offers cable TV and internet services to select regions across the US without a contract. Its TV plan is affordable, flexible, simple, and bundles well with Spectrum’s high-speed internet service.

DIRECTV satellite TV service is available almost anywhere in the country, includes the Genie DVR at no extra cost, and is the best TV provider for sports. But DIRECTV is losing NFL SUNDAY TICKET this fall. It’s too bad, though, that DIRECTV has contracts, high prices—including a steep second-year price hike—and limited bundling options.