zookeeper
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Post by zookeeper on Jun 24, 2017 5:08:29 GMT
We are going to Best Buy tomorrow to buy our Chrome cast devices and then signing up for Sling....perhaps Hulu too. All I know is that I am tired of paying high dollar for television and I cannot find a thing to watch.
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Post by melrose on Jun 24, 2017 5:18:59 GMT
You will love it! I cut the cord over 2 years ago. Just have Netflix at the moment. Didn't renew my Amazon Prime. Get a digital antenna for local stations.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 5:23:25 GMT
We have never had cable. And now I am find that turning off the tv is really nice!
I have a million dollar view and we sit in the house and watch the stupid tube.
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Post by sawwhet on Jun 24, 2017 11:24:18 GMT
We cut the cord about a month ago. I was worried but I only watch the local news and the baseball games LOL. My older kids both had Netflix accounts so I got Netflix for all of us and they cancelled their accounts. My dh bought a small aerial for our bedroom and an android box for the basement tv. We get more tv than ever in our choice!!! No fee other than Netflix but the combined account has saved one Netflix fee.
We haven't cut the cord on our home phone because dh is convinced that we still need it (we don't). However, I changed service providers and we pay 1/2 the amount that we did before.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 11:51:54 GMT
We cut almost 3 years ago and have never looked back.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jun 24, 2017 12:20:47 GMT
When I called to cancel ours, the company offered it to me free for two years, so I kept it. That said, we haven't actually watched it since. We watch Netflix mainly.
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Post by TankTop on Jun 24, 2017 12:34:40 GMT
I so wish we could as well. We live in the country. Our home internet is limited like a cellphone plan is limited. We would never have enough to support watching Netflix.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 24, 2017 12:36:41 GMT
So, when you get rid of cable, am I correct that you can't watch shows as they are televised and you can't get sports? Those are our hangups on giving up cable.
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Post by sawwhet on Jun 24, 2017 12:42:38 GMT
So, when you get rid of cable, am I correct that you can't watch shows as they are televised and you can't get sports? Those are our hangups on giving up cable. You can if you buy an android box. I usually watch the local news (which we get with our aerial) and the baseball game which I get from MLB.tv. However, we now get all of the ball games on our android box in the basement. I do like the flexibility of using my computer anywhere to watch the game. |
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Post by iowgirl on Jun 24, 2017 12:44:36 GMT
Our internet is too shakey to every go 100% that route (streaming). Most days this week my speed was well below 1MB. I think dialup would be faster sometimes.
I love my channel guide and show descriptions. DH enjoys coming home at night and watching TV and we do watch more in the winter. I can't begin to think about not having my DVR from Dish either! LOL
We do have an outdoor terrestrial antenna. We never got rid of it. I do like to watch thing that are on the sub channels with that, but it can be flakey sometimes - just due to the distance from the broadcast point.
I don't have any plans to ever cut my 'cable'.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 13:12:17 GMT
We have never had cable. And now I am find that turning off the tv is really nice! I have a million dollar view and we sit in the house and watch the stupid tube. I'm in desperate need to see your million dollar view! |
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Post by georgiapea on Jun 24, 2017 13:44:33 GMT
My DH ditched Dish about a month ago. All he ever watched was noon news to get the weather and 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. Most of my time is spent in Florida without TV and when I'd be home I never turned it on. I do miss having Weather Channel though, and HGTV.
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Post by Merge on Jun 24, 2017 13:53:31 GMT
We cut the cord last week. DH decided to be content with the sports available on local channels via digital antenna, and the only stuff we watch on TV any more is on the premium channels like HBO and Starz, which I get through Amazon only when we want them. Oh, and I got a PBS subscription through Amazon, too, which is awesome for all the Masterpiece stuff. I haven't seen anything on network TV worth watching in a long time, so why would I keep paying for it?
We have Netflix, Hulu, Amazon (comes with Prime membership we'd have anyway) and these little add-on subscriptions as needed. It's more than enough.
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Post by annie on Jun 24, 2017 13:55:22 GMT
You'll be glad you did it! We have Netflix, Hulu, and Sling. Plenty of TV and a fraction of what we were paying.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 24, 2017 14:30:56 GMT
I think about this a lot but I can't ever bring myself to act on it because once I cancel tv service my internet price jacks up sky high since I'm no longer bundling services. To get something similar to what I have in my tv package now I would likely do the following:
Internet: $105
Netflix 9.99
Sling TV (Because you can watch current seasons on this right?) Around $40 or so for the channels I would choose it looks like. Though it's really hard to tell without signing up.
So with that I would save about $29/month from what I pay now. Not that big of a savings for the hassle unless I'm missing something.
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Post by its me mg on Jun 24, 2017 15:29:00 GMT
I didn't love sling. It crashed a lot for me. I get my TV from Netflix and Hulu.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 24, 2017 16:40:34 GMT
If it were up to me I would go with an Amazon fire stick instead of a chrome cast. Our old chrome cast constantly crashed and I didn't like needing a device to stream from. I still use a chrome cast daily at work to display projected info on a tv and it bugs the crap out of me, it crashes constantly.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 17:40:03 GMT
We have never had cable. And now I am find that turning off the tv is really nice! I have a million dollar view and we sit in the house and watch the stupid tube. I'm in desperate need to see your million dollar view! I would but those googling peas could pinpoint out my house from it. |
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Post by imsirius on Jun 24, 2017 18:26:30 GMT
We have basic channels and our android box. I can watch anything I want even from other countries like the U.K. It's free too. No subscription fee. Just purchase the box and go.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 24, 2017 19:04:39 GMT
We have basic channels and our android box. I can watch anything I want even from other countries like the U.K. It's free too. No subscription fee. Just purchase the box and go. I've heard about Android boxes, using the Kodi app and that sort of thing but it kinda rubs me the wrong way. If you aren't paying for the content you are watching then it's pirated material. I'm not hardcore anti-piracy by any means but for some reason this pushes past the limit I am comfortable with. Unless the peas know something I don't? |
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Post by anniefb on Jun 24, 2017 19:08:17 GMT
I've never had cable. Just free to air until about 2 years ago when I got Netflix. I don't think you'll regret it.
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Post by katherinenaomi on Jun 24, 2017 19:59:23 GMT
We didn't have a good experience with Sling. Lots of buffering and no DVR. PlayStation Vue on the other hand has been great!
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 24, 2017 22:30:02 GMT
We have basic channels and our android box. I can watch anything I want even from other countries like the U.K. It's free too. No subscription fee. Just purchase the box and go. I've heard about Android boxes, using the Kodi app and that sort of thing but it kinda rubs me the wrong way. If you aren't paying for the content you are watching then it's pirated material. I'm not hardcore anti-piracy by any means but for some reason this pushes past the limit I am comfortable with. Unless the peas know something I don't? it is piracy, in fact amazon and others will not sell kodi loaded android boxes. It is stealing, plain and simple, to stream content you should be paying for. |
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Post by gracieplusthree on Jun 25, 2017 1:06:48 GMT
I was supposed to call and turn off the direct tv today, actually was supposed to do it the past couple days too.. Ive had this crazy headache for the past 2 weeks, off and on. and ugh, I just haven't wanted to have to talk to them and deal with them throwing free showtime or whatever at me as they try to convince me to stay---we've had directv for nearly 15yrs
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Post by imsirius on Jun 25, 2017 2:14:20 GMT
I've heard about Android boxes, using the Kodi app and that sort of thing but it kinda rubs me the wrong way. If you aren't paying for the content you are watching then it's pirated material. I'm not hardcore anti-piracy by any means but for some reason this pushes past the limit I am comfortable with. Unless the peas know something I don't? it is piracy, in fact amazon and others will not sell kodi loaded android boxes. It is stealing, plain and simple, to stream content you should be paying for. I bought my android box on Amazon. |
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 25, 2017 2:51:34 GMT
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Post by imsirius on Jun 25, 2017 11:44:14 GMT
Yes preloaded with many apps. |
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Post by sawwhet on Jun 25, 2017 13:10:53 GMT
it is piracy, in fact amazon and others will not sell kodi loaded android boxes. It is stealing, plain and simple, to stream content you should be paying for. I bought my android box on Amazon. I bought mine in a store in our city. We added Kodi afterward. It is not illegal to stream in Canada. |
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 25, 2017 17:16:39 GMT
I bought my android box on Amazon. I bought mine in a store in our city. We added Kodi afterward. It is not illegal to stream in Canada. It is currently in the courts there. My limited research shows that they are not to sell the boxes preloaded and anti piracy laws are being looked at. Currently it isn't illegal because you aren't downloading the content, only streaming it. Ethically, since not currently illegal, it is still stealing. The result (for me) is that by working around the system you (general you) are still screwing the people who should be getting paid for the content. I hope that the laws catch up with technology. |
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Post by imsirius on Jun 25, 2017 19:48:49 GMT
I bought mine in a store in our city. We added Kodi afterward. It is not illegal to stream in Canada. It is currently in the courts there. My limited research shows that they are not to sell the boxes preloaded and anti piracy laws are being looked at. Currently it isn't illegal because you aren't downloading the content, only streaming it. Ethically, since not currently illegal, it is still stealing. The result (for me) is that by working around the system you (general you) are still screwing the people who should be getting paid for the content. I hope that the laws catch up with technology. Our whole system is flawed. Cable and satellite are way overpriced and expensive. TV providers are making a killing. It is not illegal here to stream. If it were, they couldn't sell them anywhere. They are sold everywhere here. Until the law passes, not illegal. Ethically, maybe so, but not illegal. Shrugs |
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