Cutting the Cord
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I'm once again thinking of cutting out my expensive monthly TV bill. In the past I have thought about it several times and not taken action because of the sports that I like to watch. It looks like it is easier to find them online now with Hulu Live TV. I'd buy an antenna for the local channels but it looks like a couple locals are actually on Hulu. I pay for the NHL.tv package so that is covered. It seems most of the channels I watch college football on are available.
So far in this process the only thing I noticed I'll be missing out on is The Walking Dead. I'm sure I'll find a few others though.
Anyone else do this recently? Any regrets? Any shows you have noticed you can't find online anywhere? I remember last summer while I was catching up on old shows HBONow and Netflix I wouldn't even turn on my Dish for weeks at a time. I really don't have a long list of tv shows I watch, and the sports seems to be workable so I may do this soon. Any advice would be appreciated.
So far in this process the only thing I noticed I'll be missing out on is The Walking Dead. I'm sure I'll find a few others though.
Anyone else do this recently? Any regrets? Any shows you have noticed you can't find online anywhere? I remember last summer while I was catching up on old shows HBONow and Netflix I wouldn't even turn on my Dish for weeks at a time. I really don't have a long list of tv shows I watch, and the sports seems to be workable so I may do this soon. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Captain_Call said: I'd rather watch new episodes asap to avoid spoilers. There are way more sports available online than a couple years ago which is why I'm serious about this now.
And you can actually subscribe to a lot of channels, like Starz and stuff with no cable or sattelite.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Supposed to be able to stream with that subscription.
Then I go to reading. ONLY 2 devices allowed.
So if I have 3 tv's, I'd have to purchase another subscription.
Screw that. I can stream Directv to as many devices as I want right now.
Why would I save $40 and only have the ability to stream to 2 devices?
I remember when I was younger, we moved some place and no waiting for anyone to install anything. You set up the TV, extended the rabbit ears and messed with them until you got signal. Changed all the channels to see what channels you got.
Most times was 2, 6, 8, 10, 12 and some UHF channels.
We were rocking it then.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
"I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
As far as the sports viewing goes, I've had a couple scares. My game saturday was not available on ABC so I went over to the Espn Go app and found it. Today's game on Fox was unavailable so I went to the FoxSports Go app and found it there. So far, so good.
As far as getting an antenna, that won't work for me. I'm too far away from the local networks' towers, so I would have to put up a forty foot antenna to get a questionable signal. Again, this is due to the sparse population. Not really a big deal for me, but sooner or later I'm sure I will have to go to the local watering hole to watch something I can't find online. And there are always illegal streams, if you know where to look.
Now we use Netflix, Amazon Prime and we went with Sling for $60/month.
Has all but a couple of channels we had for $130 through Directv.
My son uses a streaming TV called Philo for $20/month.
It has all the channels he watches.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
Off topic but what do you like on Crunchroll?
https://www.cnet.com/topics/media-streamers/best-media-streamers/
I use the Roku Express which is their affordable offering and includes a little remote to allow you to browse and watch many channels, both free and subscription.
Our Vizio SmartTV will stream Hulu, Prime, Netflix and Youtube. There are some network apps it won't stream.
Roku is about $30 and is available at Walmart.
FireTV stick is about $40.
I haven't found any difference in the 2.
We have the FireTv, because we bought a bunch on a deal.
The only suggestion I can make if dropping Satellite or cable is to make sure your internet can handle the streaming.
Most can, but if you are streaming a couple devices at the same time, it can cause a little bit of a lag.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy cigars and that's close enough.
I like Oliva and Quesada (including Regius) a lot. I will smoke anything, though.