1GirlTwinBoys Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 (edited) I would keep them for internet, but I'm so sick of paying $189 for basic cable and internet. I currently have Netflix but what else can I do? What is Apple TV? Basically I'm just wondering what all of my options are right now? Edited October 31, 2018 by 1GirlTwinBoys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 We dropped DirecTV several months ago and signed up for YouTubeTV instead. We've been very happy with it, but it's probably not available in all areas. I'd look at Sling, too. If you're going to stream you'll need to make sure your internet speed is adequate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 We dropped our cable and have Netflix and SlingTV. I wanted Sling so we could continue to watch HGTV and Food Network. We've had it for 2+ years, and I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 We have fios?fiber? just plain internet and for TV we just watch Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu for TV/Movies. We watch it through the XBox and sometimes we rent movies on it. We also have a chromecast so we can cast from our computers and phones for things on YouTube or wherever online. We haven’t had cable in over a decade and haven’t run out of things to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 (edited) We just have an antenna ($40 at Radio Shack) for broadcast channels. Good enough. We are not much on screens. We watch dvds and occasionally stream something (sports) to our not-smart tv with an hdmi cable. We could stream through our Wii, I think, but Dh hasn't bothered to figure it out and do it. We pay about $50 a month for pretty fast internet. Edited November 1, 2018 by ScoutTN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 6 hours ago, happysmileylady said: Well, your options depend on your area... We have internet only thru Spectrum for $45. We have a Roku box. Through that, we stream Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Sling. We actually almost never watch videos on Prime, we just have it for the shipping. We pay $25 for sling, $8 for Hulu, and $11 for Netflix. But, there's a bunch of other stuff that can be streamed through the Roku for free. Like PBS kids. This weekend, DH and I watched both Ghostbusters movies for free on the Roku channel. Also, we have an antenna to get regular broadcast channels. For football.....we are out of the viewing area for our preferred team..........................so we bootleg it when it's not on regular broadcast. We're similar but without Sling and with two services that stream British shows. We have a Roku and stream Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime (which we have for the shipping but we find a lot to watch), AcornTV, and Britbox. We're not sports fans so we didn't have to worry about finding a way to stream games. I looked at Sling but there's nothing there we feel like we just have to have. We have Spectrum for internet only. We also have a digital antenna and get a whole bunch of local channels. How many channels you get and how well your reception is will depend on where you live. We're at least 40 miles away from most of the "local" broadcast stations yet we get great reception with our antenna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 It so depends on what your viewing habits are, etc.... I currently have Cable TV, but am looking at dropping it. I looked at Playstation VUE, Sling, Directv on demand, and YouTube TV. Youtube is the only one that allows more than 2 viewers to use it at a time. So, if we go that route, we will be looking at Youtube TV. This would even allow my college boys to use their own "channel" at college if they wish to. It allows for 6 devices to view at a time/have their own "channel." But we may also just go to over the air antenna with our Tivo box (for pausing and recording, it doesn't help with getting more channels), and Netflix. I plan to work on this over Thanksgiving break, get my husband to re-hook up the rooftop antenna, get my cable equipment returned, etc.....we have to do something, our bill keeps getting higher and higher. It is $185 right now and started at around $110, which was far more manageable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, DawnM said: It so depends on what your viewing habits are, etc.... I currently have Cable TV, but am looking at dropping it. I looked at Playstation VUE, Sling, Directv on demand, and YouTube TV. Youtube is the only one that allows more than 2 viewers to use it at a time. So, if we go that route, we will be looking at Youtube TV. This would even allow my college boys to use their own "channel" at college if they wish to. It allows for 6 devices to view at a time/have their own "channel." But we may also just go to over the air antenna with our Tivo box (for pausing and recording, it doesn't help with getting more channels), and Netflix. I plan to work on this over Thanksgiving break, get my husband to re-hook up the rooftop antenna, get my cable equipment returned, etc.....we have to do something, our bill keeps getting higher and higher. It is $185 right now and started at around $110, which was far more manageable. The bolded and sports coverage are why DH decided to go with YouTubeTV. DS19 has an off campus apartment at his university that includes cable TV, but he prefers to use YouTubeTV. I have no idea why, but . . . whatever, it works out fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Our Xfinity (Comcast) Internet service now requires that we bundle it with their streaming TV and movie option. We pay $48 per month for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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