Just cancelled my cable. Need opinions on devices like Roku (buying, prices)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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Be careful with kodi. I suspect it will eventually be tracked like torrent traffic. That said firetv/stick or android based streamers give you the most flexibility. If you just want to use the most popular apps I sugeest the roku. Psvue gives you the best value if you still want tv but no cbs, or live fox and nbc.
I think cutting the cord and streaming is good for those who desire premium content. For people like me who are good without premium add-ons, I don't think it makes sense.
For people who watch a lot and want turnkey, cutting the cord isn't even in the picture.
The good news is for those that put some effort in, and who want something but not EVERYTHING cable offers, the savings can be quite significant.
For us, it's not can I afford it or not, I'm more looking to lower the the monthly spend to certain levels. Lower monthly spend levels means becoming financially free earlier, and it all adds up.
for people who watch a lot and want turnkey, cutting the cord isn't even in the picture.
The good news is for those that put some effort in, and who want something but not everything cable offers, the savings can be quite significant.
For us, it's not can i afford it or not, i'm more looking to lower the the monthly spend to certain levels. Lower monthly spend levels means becoming financially free earlier, and it all adds up.
I really just don't understand the whole cord-cutting mentality.
I see two levels to it.
First is anger at the way the Cable companies operate.
Second is a sort of elitism of being above the crass emptiness of teevee.
Hello, I have Mohu Leaf 50 for local and have 15 local channels , PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS, and others. Use Roku and Netflix. Love it. No cable TV subscription. I watch the movies with Netflix and/or roku. Making sure you get the right type of digital antenna.
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For people who watch a lot and want turnkey, cutting the cord isn't even in the picture.
The good news is for those that put some effort in, and who want something but not EVERYTHING cable offers, the savings can be quite significant.
For us, it's not can I afford it or not, I'm more looking to lower the the monthly spend to certain levels. Lower monthly spend levels means becoming financially free earlier, and it all adds up.
I guess I think like Wheelsup. We can afford it. I just don't want to. We JUST cut the cord last month when TWC tried to raise our rates AGAIN. I tried to cancel like I did last year, hoping they'd come back and offer a lower price, but it didn't work this time. My new bill on Spectrum was going to be ~$165 which included Internet (100 Mbps speed), landline phone, and cable (no premium channels). Instead, we cut out cable and our bill is now ~$90.
For TV, we bought a Mohu antenna with 60 mile range ($120 one time fee) and a Roku ($30 one time fee). We get all of the local stations except ABC (broadcast out of Rougemont, I believe) plus a few others like MeTV. Roku comes with some movies, tv shows, and videos.
We've never had Amazon Prime or Netflix before, so we are going to try one service per month and see what we like best. Most of them give you a month free. For this month we have Amazon Prime for free. So far we are liking it. Then we're going to try Netflix and then Hulu. Each of those services are about $10 per month. I figure for the first year, we will only be spending ~$20 per month including the one time antenna and Roku fees. So we're going to be saving about $40-$50 per month. If we go with two services, we'll be saving $30-$40 per month. I like that you just pay for the services a month at a time and can switch them out, cut them off, etc. After a year of "cutting the cord" if we don't like it, we can always go back to cable, and we won't be any worse off.
For the record, there are 5 in our family. Three of us hardly ever watch live tv. Of the two others, one watches mostly PBS and the other likes shows like Austin and Ally, iCarly, Dog with a Blog (kid shows). A show being live means little to us, except for something like the news, which we can get locally. As my kids are getting into their teens, they have been wanting a service like Netflix, so cutting cable and going this route made sense at least to try it out. So far, no one is complaining.
I used to watch a lot of tv...some with great content and lots of mindless tv. We cut the cord about six months ago. We bought an indoor antenna for our local channels...we got all the football games. We pay for Sling so my hubby can watch MSNBC. We have hulu and netflix (share these with my daughter and her family). And I am an Amazon Prime subscriber (thats where I buy most things) so I get the movies. I rarely watch tv now. I dont watch Sling myself. I now do other things like exercise and play with my granddaughter. I watch an occasional movie and I watch a couple of shows through Hulu. We save $100 a month. I might sell the television thats in my bedroom.
Cutting the cord in the next week or so after I shop for internet. For the past year or so we have barely watched cable TV. We're already Netflix and Prime subscribers, which provides the bulk of our entertainment. Hooked up a mohu leaf last weekend and it picks up all the local stations with a much better picture than TWC. During the Carolina/Gonzaga game on Monday, I kept flipping back and forth between TWC and the Mohu. The HD broadcast is uncompressed and sharper. There's literally nothing I'll be missing from cable, save the Monday night football game. If it's that big of a game, I'll go to a friend's or a bar.
Ultimately though, I predict in a few years the cost of internet access will sharply increase as more and more households cut the cord. The providers still have a near monopoly and will recoup their losses somehow.
be careful with kodi. I suspect it will eventually be tracked like torrent traffic. That said firetv/stick or android based streamers give you the most flexibility. If you just want to use the most popular apps i sugeest the roku. Psvue gives you the best value if you still want tv but no cbs, or live fox and nbc.
Hello, I have Mohu Leaf 50 for local and have 15 local channels , PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS, and others. Use Roku and Netflix. Love it. No cable TV subscription. I watch the movies with Netflix and/or roku. Making sure you get the right type of digital antenna.
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