I guess DirectTV didn't read the memo.
Also came with DVR service, again, cheaper than just the internet alone. So for just under $65 a month, we have Fios’ basic offerings, plus DVR service (and another 3 months of free HBO...)
Otherwise, we cut the cord for pay tv service about 7 years ago. Sometimes miss breaking news events, but much of it is streamed online now. We've saved at least $8,500 by doing so.
I canceled my cable four years ago.
They think this will save them money and in the short term it may but no way in the long term....I dumped my land line and pay the same price for internet and cable that my neighbors do for all 3. Anyway, I see it going like this.......the people who keep cable will not have the data limit on there internet. Those that dump cable will EVENTUALLY have 250 data a month to use for streaming both internet and Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. I will keep cable until the bitter end due to that fact. I know people who dumped cable and still pay the same for just internet. The cable companies will win in the end. They always do.
I find that to be an extremely attractive feature.
As one who is just now making the shift, one of the grandest things is exactly that I can switch something I am watching from the TV to my tablet, or to my laptop or desktop... I no longer have to miss part of a show if I get up to cook dinner, or have to do something in the office... It is to the point that I have even thought to give up my flip phone for a smart phone, just for the purpose of being entirely mobile with this feature... And that is no small thing, as I have resisted smart phones for nearly a decade.
Sorry, CableTV... Adapt or die. Too much money for content I not only don't want, but often cannot stand. That I have to 'juggle gadgets' is not going to fix your problem.
I would get rid of cable except for being a sports fan (who does not want to steal a feed from online).
It may work until you realize you miss all the live sports you get over cable. Indeed, most cite live sports as the only reason why they won’t give up cable TV.
I’ve never paid for TV.
I do have a Netflix account over my fast cable modem. So the cable company gets a minimal cash flow, which is necessary to support my work anyway. So my entertainment has a marginal cost of $0.
A couple of months ago we upgraded our Xfinity service to get 105mbs (real world around 80mbs. still not bad). We also got all the premium channels and more.
NO CONTRACT!. We can cancel or downgrade anytime.
The premium channels are useless for us. They will go away.
Mrs p6 does like some of the HD channels but we can downgrade and keep them.
So far it has been worth it. IIRC we pay !$160-180 a month BUT that is all we do. At our age we don’t go out much and if we do it’s with our kids and grand kids.
We cut off the extra cable outlets in the bedrooms BUT we can watch most of what we like via the Xfinity app to devices OR OTA.
We will be cutting back as long as the 105mbs service stays the same. If not we’ll have to keep it.
Also I like to watch some channels carried by Xfinity locally like the Pennsylvania Cable Network - mostly for the farm show - as well as watching the ponies run at the local harness racing track.
Can’t get them anywhere else. That said we really don’t NEED all this. We have done without before and I’m sure we will do without again. As long as we can afford it we’ll keep it. When we can’t, we won’t. No tears.
Oh we like the DVR feature too.
Internet only. Add a Roku box to the hdmi connection to the tv or use the wifi connection. Add Netflix for $9 a month and a over the air antenna like the Mohu Leaf.
Save at least $75 a month from not having cable tv.
We cut the cord over a year ago. Set up an outdoor antenna with booster and get over 20 HD channels locally including the big ones like Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC etc., plus other local stuff that fills time by playing things like the walking dead, etc. Added Roku recently and it added over 100 more channels.
Amazon sells a no-subscription DVR for over-the-air now: http://www.amazon.com/Channel-Master-DVR-Bundle-subscription/dp/B00JGZQ17Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1426557215&sr=8-1&keywords=Channel+Master+DVR%2B
So far I have enough that I do not elect to use any of the pay services roku offers, but they are there. Same as Cable it looks like. Difference is for the better then basic cable service its costs nothing outside of setup.
Someone pointed it out, I think on FR, that cable companies made the decision some time back to ignore their costumers when they asked for a la carte service. This is a clear example of Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath concept. Goliath was big, established, and immobile and at a huge disadvantage to an adaptable, motivated, and David. He didn’t stand a chance against David. Their solution was to offer even more bloated, bundling services.
“after reviewing pretty much every available Internet TV service, streaming box and smart TV, I’ve yet to find a replacement that covers all the TV bases while costing less.”
Has this guy looked at what’s on “all the TV bases”? Nothing watchable that’s for sure. Once people figure out that don’t have to pay for Craptastic TV just to watch the OKC Thunder, then it’s all over for cable.
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Living in tv market like Los Angeles we get following channels
Gettv
Movies tv
METV
Antenna TV
Bounce TV
Cozy TV
the Works
then later on this year we get three following channels
Buzz tv with deal with old game shows
Decades show old school CBS show from 1950 and beyond
Laff tv network
That only in Los Angeles market
That’s OK. I cut the cord on the Journal nearly two decades ago when the annual subscription price went to hundreds of dollars. Now I just evade the online paywall for free.
How about cell phone bill cutting!...........
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