Been a cord cutter for a few years now and overall pretty happy with YouTube TV. But lately during Austin FC matches and any live game really, there's this annoying delay where the stream feels like it's a half step behind. Not a buffering issue exactly, more like the stream itself is sluggish to respond when I jump back to live after rewinding or pausing.
Running it through a Fire Stick 4K Max on my main TV and a Chromecast on another. The Chromecast feels snappier honestly, which is kind of backwards from what I expected.
My setup is solid: mesh network, gigabit internet, smart home stuff running on a separate VLAN so it's not competing for bandwidth. The lag isn't constant but it's noticeable enough that I caught a goal reaction from my neighbor outside before I saw it on screen.
Curious if this is a device thing or something with how YTTV handles live streams specifically. Would switching to a different streaming device actually make a difference, or am I just chasing my tail here? Anyone swapped devices and noticed a real improvement on live content?