Category: Versus Reviews

Optimum vs. AT&T

by Eric Chiu | Jan 25, 2024 | Versus Reviews

Optimum has great TV and internet plans, but AT&T wins out thanks to its customer service and bundle options.

Verizon 5G Home Internet vs. T-Mobile 5G Home Internet

by Eric Chiu | Jan 23, 2024 | Versus Reviews

From price to download speeds, we took more than 20 hours of research to find out which home 5G internet provider reigns supreme.

DIRECTV VS. Optimum

by Eric Chiu | Jan 22, 2024 | Versus Reviews

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

Verizon Fios vs. Optimum Internet

by Rachel Oaks | Jan 22, 2024 | Reviews, Versus Reviews

If you live in the parts of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut (plus Lemoyne, Pennsylvania) where Verizon Fios and Optimum intersect, you’re one lucky internet-lover.

Paramount+ with SHOWTIME vs. SHOWTIME Anytime: Which Is Best for You?

by Mike Strayer | Jan 12, 2024 | Reviews, TV FAQs, Versus Reviews

Whether you’re stalking your next serial killer show (Dexter) or needing a dark comedy (Black Monday) to keep you laughing through quarantine, the premium channel SHOWTIME is a solid streaming option. We’ll help you find the cheapest, easiest, and best ways to stream SHOWTIME with or without cable. Come on, you know your Dark Passenger craves it.

DISH Hopper 3 vs. DIRECTV Genie

by Randy Harward | Jan 8, 2024 | 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.

Xfinity vs. DISH

by Randy Harward | Jan 8, 2024 | Versus Reviews

Cable TV provider Xfinity has excellent prices, shorter term agreements (or no term agreements at all), 185+ channels, the X1 TV box, and the Xfinity Stream app—but its cloud DVR is expensive and you’ll pay about 30% more per month for the no-term agreement plans.

Netflix vs. Hulu

by Bill Frost | Dec 8, 2023 | Entertainment, Versus Reviews

The twin titans of on-demand content, Netflix and Hulu, both began streaming in 2007 and have been battling for dominance ever since. So, which does it better?

Amazon Prime Video vs. Netflix

by Bill Frost | Dec 7, 2023 | Reviews, Versus Reviews

Should you go with Prime Video or Netflix? Depends on what you’re looking for. Prime Video offers a higher quantity of TV shows and movies (over 15,000), and even more content through one-time rentals and premium channel subscriptions. Only a few Prime Video original shows and movies have dented the TV zeitgeist, however—hello, Mrs. Maisel.

T-Mobile vs. Starlink

by Eric Chiu | Aug 9, 2023 | Versus Reviews

Starlink offers great performance for a satellite internet provider, but T-Mobile’s more affordable.