Sunday Ticket 2025

[Sgt. Ski]

18 hours ago, Jukester said:

I usually see one of these threads every year to discuss pricing and deals, so thought I'd start it up.  Prices keep going up on YouTube.

 

With You Tube TV subscription:

Sunday Ticket $378

with RedZone $422

YTTV subscription fees are extra

 

Standalone:

Sunday Ticket $480⁠

with RedZone $522

No separate tv package needed

 

Student Plan:

Sunday Ticket $119

with RedZone $129

Will need to verify student status

No separate tv package needed

 

I got the standalone ST + RedZone the last 2 years and worth the cost but starting to get steep. Last year around this time, they offered $100 off for signing up early but I see nothing out there as far as discounts/deals this year.  Please post if you got em.  

 

 

 

last year as a veteran I paid $199. i will be looking for that again.

15 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

Heres what I'll say.  I moved to NC in 2020 and had the ticket for 2 years because having a reliable Bills game experience was a non-negotiable.  Year 1 went OK.... Year 2 AWFULLLLLL.

 

In a pinch during those several games that were jacked up on Sunday ticket, I used a stream service on Firestick..... my Firestick guy was infinitely more reliable than SundayTicket which I paid ~$500 for.  I kept my eye on the Firestick and it outperformed Sunday Ticket all year.  Tried it through Sabres season, no issues.  Every PPV fight, boom!

 

I pay about $30/mth, and have the equivalent of Sunday Ticket for all sports, including every UFC/Boxing.  If you have the means of trying a Firestick guy, you WILL NOT REGRET IT! And I regretted the quality of the muchhhhhhh more expensive package in Sunday Ticket

where will i find this Firestick guy?

[MikePJ76]

2 hours ago, Sgt. Ski said:

last year as a veteran I paid $199. i will be looking for that again.

where will i find this Firestick guy?

I remember back in like 99 or 2000 I had a friend who had some people in his family who were like half a wiseguy ish and they had this guy that would take the old directv access cards and program them so that everything worked!  From HBO to Local channels all over the country to Corn with a P to Sunday ticket...etc.

 

50 bucks and the deal was when Directv sent out the signal to zap the cards he would redo it up to two times...after that you had to pay 50 bucks for a new one!  

 

mine worked for like a month and a half then got zapped, then never worked again.   that is what all the chinese all channels all the time devices remind me of.  I have a friend who uses one and gets every channel.  Amazing that it works.

[zow2]

I long for the days of haggling with DirecTv over pricing for the upcoming season.  I practically had a script year after year lol.  Now it's just bend over and take the price.

[ColoradoBills]

2 hours ago, Sgt. Ski said:

last year as a veteran I paid $199. i will be looking for that again.

 

 

There was a veteran package deal?  I want to know more about this.

[SoMAn]

I canceled NFLST for this year. Will I re-up? I don't know. 

 

We'll get all the usual prime-time national and and 4:25 games. We'll know which games and times 6 days from now. That's a given.

 

Because we play the NFC South division that includes Atlanta (where I live), it's very possible I might also get local broadcasts of Carolina, Saints, and Bucs games when they face the Bills. A little extra bonus.

 

In the past, there've been Bills vs Miami (or some other team), and the local stations always show NFC South games even if the matchups suck.

As far as he cost is concerned, I'm Elmer J. Fudd.  I own a mansion and yacht. So, clearly I can afford it. 

But it's the idea of paying almost $500 for what could amount to maybe to 5 or 6 games only available with NFLST - just bad bang for the buck.

 

I already subscribe to NFL+ through the NFL app. The game is shown in it's entirety immediately following the end of the live game. That's one option.

I could wait and watch it on the app with the delay, (would rather watch live). Or I can go to a friend's house. Or to our local Anchor Bar. The cost of an afternoon at a sports bar made the Sunday Ticket a good bargain. But not if it amounts to $100/game for the ticket.

 

But, Youtube and NFL are really getting greedy. 

There are already at least 5 or 6 games every week on local TV or with cable, (ESPN), Netflix, Amazon, etc. Even more during Thanksgiving week, Christmas week and other times. When Bye weeks come into play, there may only be 13 games shown, or rather, only 7 or 8 on NFLST.

 

So, with the odds of having an attractive team (like the Bills) on TV locally, NFLST doesn't make much sense for me this year.

 

When the schedule comes out next week, I'll have a better idea of which course to take, but highly unlikely I'll get the ticket this year.

[billrooter]

3 hours ago, Sgt. Ski said:

last year as a veteran I paid $199. i will be looking for that again.

where will i find this Firestick guy?

How did you get it for 199 as a vet, appreciate any insight.

[Xwnyer]

20 hours ago, stevestojan said:

Best football related money I spend every year, especially since the switch to youtubeTV. 

I liked it on directv better, easier to synch with OTA Sirius XM, better user interface to find game, also ability to negotiate a deal.   With YTV no deals just jack up prices.   Glad I have prime and free Netflix for the games tossed onto those platforms that have even a worse UI

[stevestojan]

11 minutes ago, Xwnyer said:

I liked it on directv better, easier to synch with OTA Sirius XM, better user interface to find game, also ability to negotiate a deal.   With YTV no deals just jack up prices.   Glad I have prime and free Netflix for the games tossed onto those platforms that have even a worse UI

I like it better since it seemed to me that DTV buffered a TON. I’m guessing that’s individual experience though. 
 

I am also a YouTubeTV customer and use it as my “cable TV” and it’s the absolutely best. You can order the channels on the guide in any order you want, seemingly unlimited storage (I haven’t checked how much but I currently have enough episodes of Jeopardy on backlog to last for a solid month) and it’s reasonably priced. 

[Southern McButterpants.]

The transition to YTTV (i am a subscriber to both) had a major impact on all of the "free" streams that used to be available on gameday, hence my subscription. But these prices - yikes! It may be more fiscally wise to hit up the local Bills Backer Bar...

[Ned Flanders]

58 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

There was a veteran package deal?  I want to know more about this.

https://www.govx.com/

 

I believe I saw the $199 offer last year promoted by this site, but it was midway through the season...but I could be wrong, which is often the case...

 

May have also seen the discount through https://id.me/

Edited 6 hours ago by Ned Flanders

[MikePJ76]

1 hour ago, Xwnyer said:

I liked it on directv better, easier to synch with OTA Siriuins XM, better user interface to find game, also ability to negotiate a deal.   With YTV no deals just jack up prices.   Glad I have prime and free Netflix for the games tossed onto those platforms that have even a worse UI

My biggest gripe with the nfl and sunday ticket..(besides the price but I understand that going in because the nfl are greedy ghouls)  is the fact that they do not add the simple option of listening to the radio broadcast instead of the tv broadcast.

 

How can MLB make this available for every game of the season but the nfl can not do this for 17 simple weeks.  They just hate their fans.  

 

I would love to have the option to listen to Chris Brown, Eric Wood and Sal instead of alot of the tv broadcasts.  I have just begun rewatching last season this week and the week 1 broadcast was terrible.  Jay Feeley is horrendous in the booth.  Tom McCarthy and Ross Tucker made it even worse.   Thankfully Jay Feeley is moving on to making the world a worse place in another venue.

 

I would rather listen to my neighbors dog bark than spero dedes and adam archuletta also.

[Jukester]

49 minutes ago, Ned Flanders said:

https://www.govx.com/

 

I believe I saw the $199 offer last year promoted by this site, but it was midway through the season...but I could be wrong, which is often the case...

 

May have also seen the discount through https://id.me/

 

Here was last year's link for military, veterans, first responders, teachers, and nurses.  Looks like it was offered a couple weeks into the season.

 

[bigK14094]

I am a snowbird Buffalo local who is a uttv subscriber.  I don't buy ticket when up north, but when I get south I look at it.  Last year, the second half of the season was available half price.  I don't recall any limitations on streaming devices though.  And, I made sure to unsubscribe after the season so they didn't auto renew me for 25.  Might do the same this year, but, will assess the schedule and how many Bills parties we might attend and not need the ticket at all.  Folks don't really like 

Thursday or Sunday night parties we have learned.  A number have to work the next day.

[SoMAn]

2 hours ago, stevestojan said:

I like it better since it seemed to me that DTV buffered a TON. I’m guessing that’s individual experience though. 
 

I am also a YouTubeTV customer and use it as my “cable TV” and it’s the absolutely best. You can order the channels on the guide in any order you want, seemingly unlimited storage (I haven’t checked how much but I currently have enough episodes of Jeopardy on backlog to last for a solid month) and it’s reasonably priced. 

I had the NFL ST last year. The one feature I absolutely missed from the Directv Sunday Ticket, was the ability to record the game (e.g.. start recording at 1pm kickoff) and if I was busy with something else, not rush to the TV, but sit down to watch around 2pm. Between commercials and halftime crap, I was usually caught up by the time the game ended.

 

I just saved 45 min - hour of my weekend!

 

But, with the Youtube Sunday Ticket, I didn't have that function. Their solution was clips for what they determined were highlights to catchup, but not the actual broadcast in which I could FF through ads. 

 

Is the functionality I miss from Directv available with the Youtube subscription and DVR option?

[K12A17]

1 hour ago, Jukester said:

 

Here was last year's link for military, veterans, first responders, teachers, and nurses.  Looks like it was offered a couple weeks into the season.

Yeah i got my veteran deal through ID.ME last year.

 

[Jukester]

14 minutes ago, SoMAn said:

I had the NFL ST last year. The one feature I absolutely missed from the Directv Sunday Ticket, was the ability to record the game (e.g.. start recording at 1pm kickoff) and if I was busy with something else, not rush to the TV, but sit down to watch around 2pm. Between commercials and halftime crap, I was usually caught up by the time the game ended.

 

I just saved 45 min - hour of my weekend!

 

But, with the Youtube Sunday Ticket, I didn't have that function. Their solution was clips for what they determined were highlights to catchup, but not the actual broadcast in which I could FF through ads. 

 

Is the functionality I miss from Directv available with the Youtube subscription and DVR option?

 

This function is absolutely available without a YTTV subscription. You have to use the YTTV App which will allow you to record the games and watch from the beginning even if the game is still going on.

 

https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/15139079?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccan-i-record-games-to-watch-later

Can I record games to watch later?

Yes. When you sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket, you get access to record and watch games with the DVR feature in the YouTube TV app, even when you purchase the NFL Sunday Ticket Primetime Channel.

You get unlimited digital video recording (DVR) storage on YouTube TV. To record games, add teams and the NFL to your YouTube TV Library. Adding the NFL to your Library will record current and future airings of NFL games available to you. Recordings are automatically added to your YouTube TV Library. To watch your recordings, open the YouTube TV app on your TV, mobile device, or on tv.youtube.com from a computer. Recordings aren't stored on your device, so they won’t take up any device memory, but you do need to have an internet connection to watch them.

How to record on YTTV: https://support.google.com/youtubetv/answer/7129564?sjid=11051914063898795292-NC

 

 

 

[BuffaloBud]

i get it for 1) myself as I not going to a bar to watch the game not locally broadcast (Cbus OH), 2) for my mom in FL so she can watch.  I'll have to make a trip south to get it set up as she has no tech skills.

[Sgt. Ski]

5 hours ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

There was a veteran package deal?  I want to know more about this.

subscribe to va news. it is usually toward the bottom when it comes out.

[Mike in Horseheads]

10 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

May be cheaper to take a class at a local community college and use that ID  

What a perfect way to scam them