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Setvnow has a rating of 3.12 stars from 49 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Setvnow ranks 8th among Cable Television sites.

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  • Service has been down for 24 hours now, can't get anyone to take a call, the website is shutdown, no phone calls
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Top Positive Review

“HAPPY! HAPPY!”

Aiden C.
3/23/18

All the cable channels AND more that I use to love. I still can not believe we get all this for a fraction of what Cable TV gave us. It is definitely something to check out. All the cable channels AND more that I use to love. I still can not believe we get all this for a fraction of what Cable TV gave us. It is definitely something to check out.

Top Critical Review

“ZERO STARS - DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY”

Linda V.
6/26/18

Ive been unable to contact anyone for 12 days, which is when the service stopped working. You cant reach them and they have an infuriating auto response to any email you send. No human receives or responds to anything. Ive used them since Aug 2017 & recommended them to a number of people but will start giving moving them away from this & on to something else. WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!

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Thumbnail of user chloeg20
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

There was no way. I decided to give it a try, nonetheless. At times, you can see that some channels buffer, but for the most part, they are great!

Thumbnail of user aidenc12
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

All the cable channels AND more that I use to love. I still can not believe we get all this for a fraction of what Cable TV gave us. It is definitely something to check out.

All the cable channels AND more that I use to love. I still can not believe we get all this for a fraction of what Cable TV gave us. It is definitely something to check out.

Thumbnail of user stevenp116
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 27th, 2018

I have been a set TV customer since there beginning, customer #297, and would not be without it. If you expect perfect tv then go to cable or sat and pay them hundreds. I have had very few problems in a little over a year of service. Even if they doubled there price, I would still be a customer.

Thumbnail of user lindav130
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 26th, 2018

Ive been unable to contact anyone for 12 days, which is when the service stopped working. You cant reach them and they have an infuriating auto response to any email you send. No human receives or responds to anything. Ive used them since Aug 2017 & recommended them to a number of people but will start giving moving them away from this & on to something else. WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK!

Thumbnail of user edgarm49
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 17th, 2018

I like the app set TV now because it has a lot of discount and benefits and then shipped for public to get internet channels for a very low price that can help a lot of people out there who want to see TV but cannot afford it and cables too expensive and Saturday night as well Saturday is expensive to set TV now is the cheapest and best thing I seen

Thumbnail of user robertp621
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 18th, 2018

Ive had set tv for about two months now. Yes there were a few problems, but Set TVs support line was always professional and handled any problems I had fairly quick. I am retired and living on social security. Getting Set tv was like giving myself a raise. I save around $80 a month. Keep up the good work guys.

Thumbnail of user kelseyw32
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 12th, 2018

Purchased the service a month ago as I was recommended to by a friend as a cheaper alternative to cable. So I tried the trial and loved it so decided to go in for a year purchase to save the most money... Well it's been a month later and none of it works. Apparently the company went into a lawsuit and is not going to be refunding customers or returning the service anytime soon. Biggest waste of $250 dollars I ever spent

Thumbnail of user marlog3
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 25th, 2018

I paid for my subscription and now their having difficulties. They gave no reason and you can't contact them at all. I hope you're writing checks because a lot of people dont appreciate being left in the dark after payments have been made.

Thumbnail of user hiramw9
1 review
6 helpful votes
February 12th, 2018

Glad I canceled this crap! From day one, I have had to see buffering terribly and freezing up! Not my connection, not my device either. I spent more time being lied to by the support staff and decided to pull the plug on them! Do not believe the 5 star ratings on this illegal site as they post these 5 star ratings to offset the bad ratings. Set TV is a rip off.

Thumbnail of user robertm620
1 review
3 helpful votes
March 10th, 2018

The trial period went fairly well. But now that I have had it for several months, all I can say is that the buffering and freezing problems are terrible to the point that it is unwatchable unless there is another channel you are willing to watch. And, there is a 50% chance that it will also be having problems. When Fox News is down or having problems, Fox Business is generally also down or having problems. At any particular time, my estimate is that 15% of the channels will be experiencing buffering and freezing problems and this problem is not isolated to a few channels, it seems to affect all of them. Or at least the ones I would like to watch. When I called to complain, I was told that they are aware of the problems and are working on them. As you can see from other reviews, they are not making much, if any, progress. When it works, there is a great channel selection and it is cheep. But that is about all I can say that is favorable. If you get this service, expect to see a lot of no video on the screen. I gave it two stars b The trial period went fairly well. But now that I have had it for several months, all I can say is that the buffering and freezing problems are terrible to the point that it is unwatchable unless there is another channel you are willing to watch, and there is a 50% chance that it will also be having problems. When Fox News is down or having problems, Fox Business is generally also down or having problems. At any particular time, my estimate is that 15% of the channels will be experiencing buffering and freezing problems and this problem is not isolated to a few channels, it seems to affect all of them. Or at least the ones I would like to watch. When it works, there is a great channel selection and it is cheep. But that is about all I can say that is favorable. If you get this service, expect to see a lot of no video on the screen. I gave it two stars only because I cannot say that there is not something worse.

Tip for consumers:
Have an alternate plan before you cut the cord.

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Thumbnail of user emilys302
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 20th, 2018

Did free trial was good. Then paid. Used for a week and it stopped working after they took our money! Now the site is down and nobody is answering back. Don't try this app!

Thumbnail of user milas8
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

Five-hundred plus channels, On-Demand TV shows, and movies?! There was no way. I decided to give it a try, nonetheless. I purchased it for a month to try it out. At times, you can see that some channels buffer, but for the most part, they are great!

Thumbnail of user helenah12
1 review
2 helpful votes
June 9th, 2018

I have had set tv service for a few months and loved it. I had no problem with the service. I was able to get help from the reps. Then all of a sudden it stopped working. I cant even talk to anyone. All I know is, is that I would love for them to start the service again. Im in FULL support. I saved so much money these past few months from switching from DirecTV. We need SETV back now

Thumbnail of user daniels632
1 review
0 helpful votes
August 7th, 2018

I sign up for 3 months and after one month the service is not working, and I'm not able to reach out anyone, I emailed 4 times no answer

Thumbnail of user ameliah16
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

All of the on-demand titles I have tried (Bull, The Path, recent movies) have streamed without issue. I do have reliable dependable Google Fiber so buffering is rarely ever an issue (maybe one show every few months).

Thumbnail of user jamiem160
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 9th, 2018
• Updated review

So I said that I would stay with setvnow until something changes. Well it did a couple days ago... NO SERVICE and no way to contact them other than an email address that they will not respond to. Guess the lawsuit they have against them kicked in... DON'T DO IT!

Best I've tried so far
March 25th, 2018
• Previous review

3 months ago, I decided to give Setvnow a try. Since then, I have been overlapping Setvnow & Directv Now services. Last week, I decided to cancel Directv Now and go with Setvnow as my families stand alone streaming service. I had Directv Now for 14 months and have had severla issues, including a lot of buffering. I also tried Sling for 12 months prior to Directv Now with similar problems. Setvnow has less buffering and overall issues than either one of the other 2 streaming services I mentioned above. I also have used Setvnow's chat service and have had good luck with them. Unless something changes, I'm all in with setvnow.

Thumbnail of user bellal23
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

A WiFi scanner to determine what channel best works for you did this today with a Mac Air using WiFi diagnostic ran the scan changed channels to 6 on 2.4 hertz on mesh AirPort Extreme put it 136 did this at 6.00Pm no more buffering.

Thumbnail of user dorise19
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 10th, 2018

Im so disappointed in this company. I was telling everybody how great they were and how much money they would save. Now its no more. What kind of BS is this? I have called, texted and sent a few emails and no responses. I had few more days of my three month sign up. My Setv went out on Friday. This company should be a shame of themselves for scamming people like this. $#*! SETV

Thumbnail of user jonathant69
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 13th, 2018

First change DNS Server to Googles. Then run a WiFi scanner to determine what channel best works for you did this today with a Mac Air using WiFi diagnostic ran the scan changed channels to 6 on 2.4 hertz on mesh AirPort Extreme put it 136 did this at 6.00Pm no more buffering.

Thumbnail of user lillianh26
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

I love this streaming TV service and would recommend it to anyone. My son loves it for all the children shows they offer.

I love this streaming TV service and would recommend it to anyone. My son loves it for all the children shows they offer.

Thumbnail of user ronc226
1 review
5 helpful votes
June 12th, 2018

I was really mad that said TV went down because I have people who trusted me that they can watch TV every day. But as of yesterday June 11th, we found out that the originals that TV is back up and running and it gives you an expiration date on it, I don't know if when your actual account expires, will you be able to continue or not? Because it does not give a phone number, nor email, nor any information to continue making your payments and our computers still say that is unavailable! But it is back on you have to delete your old on and put in the the old one again through your downloader and it works fine the way it used to. But who knows how long this will stay open?

Thumbnail of user leahh42
1 review
0 helpful votes
March 23rd, 2018

The best picture, the best feeds, everything, including NFL Network. It's just totally awesome dude, well worth it.

Thumbnail of user georgew236
1 review
4 helpful votes
June 8th, 2018

I havd had service for 2 days and now it's shut down and you can't contact anyone. Give me a break. Is this a shotty company of what.
Hope someone from SETvnow reads this.

Thumbnail of user gogum
1 review
3 helpful votes
June 26th, 2018

Worked for little bit and everything disappeared overnight, no streaming, no website, no answers to emails, calls, NOTHING! --- DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! ---

Thumbnail of user aaliyahh5
1 review
1 helpful vote
March 23rd, 2018

The quickly affirmed that they were legal and legitimate. There are some channels that never seem to populate such as PPV events and some other random outages. All of the on-demand titles I have tried (Bull, The Path, recent movies) have streamed without issue.

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