Spectrum TV Choice Review 2024: Pricing, Channels, and More (2024)

Spectrum TV Choice is a live TV streaming service available only to Spectrum internet customers in certain Spectrum areas for $29.99 per month.

It offers a trimmed-down channel lineup (15 cable channels of your choice plus local channels) and a lower monthly price ($29.99 per month) than Spectrum’s traditional cable TV plan. So basically, it’s lean, clean Spectrum streaming. And don’t worry—we’ll tell you whether it’s worth it.

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• Current deals
• Plans and pricing
• Channel lineup
• Channels and shows
• DVR, streams, and more

As you can see, Spectrum TV Choice is about half the price of Spectrum Select—the company’s cable TV plan—and will save you money on DVR monthly fees as well.

But by going with Spectrum TV Choice, you’ll get only about a third of the channels and a lot less DVR storage.

So, if channel surfing and binge-watching are your bag, you may want to try a standard Spectrum TV package instead of Spectrum TV Choice.

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You can’t have Spectrum TV Choice without having a Spectrum Internet plan – luckily, they have multiple options to choose from, with fits for every household or budget.

The Spectrum Internet package is their entry-level plan that offers download speeds of up to 300 Mbps (a recent upgrade from their previous 200 Mbps). This is a good entry-level package, providing solid speeds for households of moderate internet users, especially those working from home.

Spectrum Internet Ultra is a step above, offering max download speeds of up to 500 Mbps. If we were to choose, we’d pick this plan as the best Spectrum Internet package. The faster speeds mean your connections will stay speedy even if you have housemates who enjoy streaming TV shows or playing online games, and at $69.99 per month, it’s more affordable than Spectrum Internet Gig.

Spectrum’s top-tier plan, the Spectrum Internet Gig package, gives users download speeds of up to a lightning-fast 1 Gbps. This plan’s best for households who have multiple streamers, gamers, or video-call takers who need the fastest internet available.

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It also has more popular cable channels to choose from than basic cable, and you can choose to add Max™, SHOWTIME^®, STARZ^®, and THE MOVIE CHANNEL to your plan for an additional fee.

But depending on the channel list you want, another cheap live TV streaming service like Philo ($25.00/mo.; no contract) might work better for you.

We should also say that extra features like DVR storage, HD channels, and on-demand shows and movies aren’t Spectrum TV Choice’s strong suit, either.

We recommend Youtube TV ($72.99/mo.; no contract) or a traditional cable package from Spectrum (starting at $64.99/mo.*) if you gotta have them extras.

Spectrum TV Choice live channels

Spectrum TV Choice channels work a little differently. So listen up because this is super important: Spectrum TV Choice lets you choose only 15 cable channels out of the 65 Spectrum currently offers.

Fortunately, you at least get to pick your Spectrum TV Choice channel lineup from a list of quality options. Check them out, and choose wisely.

Again, the bad news is that you get only 15 cable networks with your Spectrum TV Choice package.

The good news is that Spectrum stacked your options so you get to choose from the most popular cable channels out there like ESPN, Disney Channel, and MSNBC. So Spectrum TV choice channels are a bit of a mixed bag. If you have just a few favorites, you should be satisfied.

And if the full range of local channels are available in your area, you’ll probably get upwards of 40 channels total.

Not too bad for $29.99 per month, eh?

Straight talk: the Spectrum TV Choice channel lineup will disappoint hardcore sports fans out there. If you need to watch all the games, DIRECTV is probably your best bet.

But if you just need your SportsCenter fix and a few other heavy hitters, Spectrum TV Choice might be for you. You could snag ESPN, ESPN2, FOX Sports, and NFL Network (and local affiliate networks) for $29.99 per month—not too shabby.

Local channels are a little trickier to figure out with Spectrum TV Choice because what you end up with depends on your location. Most likely, you’ll get ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX.

You might even get PBS or The CW (road tripto Austin City Limits or Riverdale, anyone?).

To see what local channels you can get, follow these two easy steps:

1. Make sure Spectrum TV Choice is available in your area.
2. Check Spectrum TV Choice’s list of available networks.

Hear us out. Okay, yeah, Spectrum TV Choice doesn’t give you a ton of premium channels to choose from.

But it does give you HBO Max, SHOWTIME, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE, and THE MOVIE CHANNEL (TMC) at a decent bundle discount ($40 per month for all). For context, subscribing to both HBO Max and SHOWTIME will usually cost you at least $30 per month anywhere else.

If you’re into premium channels and you live in a Spectrum service area, we recommend Spectrum TV Choice.

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So, if you include Comedy Central in your Spectrum TV Choice package, you’ll have on-demand access to shows like The Daily Show starting the day after they air. But if you don’t pick Freeform, you won’t be able to catch any 25 Days of Christmas flicks on demand (yes, even Grinches like us enjoy a cozy Xmas movie now and then).

TBH, if you’re looking for the perfect mix of live TV and on-demand binge-watching, we recommend Hulu Live, not Spectrum TV Choice. You’ll get way more live channels and have access to a larger library of on-demand content.

Say what? Spectrum has original TV shows? Yep, that’s right, the cable TV giant has recently crossed over into Netflix territory.

Of course, Spectrum Originals can’t hold a candle to Netflix Originals.

Not only that, but Spectrum Originals are restricted to Spectrum service areas. So, unless you’re a diehard Mad About You fan and you live in a Spectrum service area (to paraphrase Paul, “The truth is, Spectrum was just looking for you”), you probably won’t be all that thrilled by Spectrum Originals.

• Mad About You (reboot)
• L.A.’s Finest
• Manhunt: Deadly Games
• Paradise Lost
• Temple
• Todo por el juego (Side Games)
• Curfew

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What can we say? Spectrum’s cloud DVR sucks. From what we can gather, “100 shows” means 100 two-hour movies or 100 one-hour episodes (or 200 30-minute episodes).

If you’re an episode hoarder, paying $9.99 per month to store a paltry 100–200 episodes sounds like a nightmare. Even if you’re a movie buff, storing 100 movies is like having 200 hours of storage, which is about average with most TV providers lately. But if you’re looking for more storage, the DISH Hopper 3 stores 500 hours, or 250 two-hour movies.

And remember, free on-demand shows and movies are restricted to your 10 cable channels and local affiliate channels like NBC and ABC. That means you won’t be able to supplement Spectrum’s low cloud DVR storage limits with loads of free on-demand content.

If recording shows to watch on your own time is your thing, we recommend getting YouTube TV, which boasts an included cloud DVR with unlimited storage.

Spectrum TV Choice has one feature we can get behind: unlimited streams. Okay, so you have to be on your home Wi-Fi to go unlimited, but that’s still heads and tails above the one to four simultaneous streams offered by other live TV streaming services.

If you have a large household that uses a lot of different devices at the same time, Spectrum TV Choice might be your stream dream come true.

So, Spectrum offers unlimited streams but an extremely limited list of compatible streaming devices—whoops, Spectrum, you did it again, you played with our hearts.

If you’re an Android aficionado, however, you’re in luck because you’ll be able to watch on any of your devices.

Sorry all you Amazon fans (or as I like to call them, Bezos Buffs), but it looks like only the Amazon app and the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet work with Spectrum TV Choice.

True TV fans, like us here at CableTV.com, will be glad to know that the incomparable Apple TV 4K works with Spectrum TV Choice.

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So, shows, games, and movies won’t be as crisp as you might like if you go with Spectrum TV Choice—even if you have super fast internet.

Likewise, audiophiles, you’ll be disappointed to know that the Spectrum TV app won’t work with your surround sound system.

At least there’s one bright spot, though: the app’s channel guide. Because it’s laid out like a traditional cable channel guide, you don’t have to be a tech bro to figure it out.

But if a better viewing (and listening) experience is your top priority, we’d go with YouTube TV over Spectrum TV Choice. It has live HD channels, 4K YouTube videos, and cool, niche music streams.

We think Spectrum TV Choice might be worth it for some folks, especially if you wanna get premium channels like HBO Max, SHOWTIME, and STARZ on the cheap.

If that’s not you, you’ve still got options. We rankedYouTube TV best overall for live TV streaming. It’s got an excellent selection of live TV channels (100+) and unlimited cloud DVR space.

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