Sling TV adds unlimited recording to its DVR — but it still costs extra

[The Verge]

Author: Chris Welch

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

Streaming TV services keep getting more expensive, and those subscription costs will only continue to rise in 2025 and beyond. Amid all these price hikes, the best we can hope for is that the companies behind them will continue to add new features to ease the sting of paying more. Sling TV is trying to do just that with its cloud DVR, which has removed its previous recording limits and is now “unlimited.”

“Unlimited DVR (previously called DVR Plus) will allow customers to record as much content as they want, with recordings saved for up to nine months,” the company wrote in a press release today. That endless recording freedom still requires an extra $5 each month, however; YouTube TV includes an unlimited cloud DVR in its base subscription — but that subscription costs quite a bit more. Either way, unlimited is certainly better than the 200-hour limit that Sling’s Premium DVR had before.

Here’s what the newly enhanced DVR gets you:

Unlimited DVR: Record without restrictions, whether it’s a single show or an entire season.

Exclusively on Sling: Replay top sports, TV shows and movies - even if you forget to record.

Ad-Skipping Freedom: Fast-forward through commercials or pause...

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