What kind of TV service do you have?

We just have free over-the-air TV. However, we do have a Netflix subscription. We don't watch much TV, so this is perfect for us.

My parents have Roku and love it. (I don't know much about Roko, though.)

I have an antenna for over the air channels and share a Netflix account with a family member. I just my Apple TV to airplay things from my computer to the TV. For sporting events, I just find a pirate stream online from a site like steam2watch or something similar and airplay it to the TV.

There is nothing I haven't been able to watch live as far as sporting events by finding a steam. TV shows I can see usually right after they air and without commercials by using watch-tvseries.net.

My internet is $24.95/month.

Over the air with a Roku and Amazon/Netflix subs attached.

I have rabbit ears for my tv, plus I use the free service of ustvnow for major networks when my reception is not so good.

I do all my long runs at the fitness center on a treadmill and get my sports fix on ESPN while running. Only drawback is they close at 9 PM. Have watched a lot of NFL and the college football/basketball playoffs in the waiting room at the hospital. always a large, enthusiastic crowd there.

We are using Direct TV.

I think we will cord-cut in 1.5 years when our term is up, though.

We don't watch all that much TV, so a high cost package is not good value for us.

I have an antenna for local channels hooked up to my HTPC with DVR, and Sling. I really like Sling so far, and with the Sling Blue package, you can stream on 3 devices at once. Plus you can cancel any time via their web site, no awkward phone calls needed. And they also had a promotion were if you prepaid one month, they would send you a Roku.

Just switched back to DirecTV.

Switch every year or two when I can't talk whoever I'm with into extending my introductory rate any longer.

If the cable and satellite companies ever get wise and stop me from switching cheaply, I'll cut the cord.

I am not sure how much the OP can cut the cord with his requirements. DVR on each TV?

I was going to cut the cord a couple of months ago. I priced out my options. SlingTV (I used it for a week free) worked nicely enough. Figured with Roku I would be set. I cannot get good reception in my apartment so an antennae was not going to work.

When I called Comcast to tell them to just pipe internet, they offered me a deal that with the DVR ended up being about $10 bucks more per month than piecing together several options so I stayed. I did not have to agree to a contract either.

It pays to threaten them with leaving.

I would love to get internet cheaper, but the options are limited and the other option is not much cheaper.

cordless carl wrote:

I have an antenna for over the air channels and share a Netflix account with a family member. I just my Apple TV to airplay things from my computer to the TV. For sporting events, I just find a pirate stream online from a site like steam2watch or something similar and airplay it to the TV.

There is nothing I haven't been able to watch live as far as sporting events by finding a steam. TV shows I can see usually right after they air and without commercials by using watch-tvseries.net.

My internet is $24.95/month.

Who is your ISP? Is that an introductory or grandfathered amount?

If I can get that sort of price I would reconsider cord cutting.

Antenna for networks.. HULU and or netflix depending on what they have on.. and ESPN app for all the football games etc

luv2run wrote:

Who is your ISP? Is that an introductory or grandfathered amount?

If I can get that sort of price I would reconsider cord cutting.

Yeah, my internet costs $70 for 50mbps.

Even for super slow internet it would costs at least $30 for me

Sling, an OTA antenna to get the one network channel we care about that Sling doesn't offer, Netflix, and stream anything else on Chromecast.

And DVR? The 90s called, they want that crap back.

With Sling, for nearly every network, they have all earlier shows available with one click. For live sports, if I miss it, I just find and stream it from online. I'm paying less than half of what I paid previously (Sling Blue and Netflix), and I see actually more.

The only issue we have is Sling's sometimes bitmappy output, the timing out of shows after a few hours, and the sometimes difficulty of who is streaming vs. who isn't on what device, but that's how UDP is anyway so who cares. It's way cheaper than cable and I don't see any BS. Including most commercials. And I stream YouTube from my phone to the Chromecast unless football is on anyway, so who cares.

Buckeye Cable. Got a promotion and then when it ended got it extended by showing up with my modem to cancel and go to AT&T. They wanted to keep me so they kept the price.

4 bay antenna on the roof

We have Comcast DoublePlay (internet plus tv). Cost is $120 + $10 for modem and $10 for the second TV box. We can record and play from either TV. Each additional TV box costs $10/month.

I recently bought an upscale Kodi box on a whim for $300. (Note: Kodi is free. You can download it on your PC and see if you like it. Google it. With Kodi and a few add ins, you can watch pretty much anything, anywhere in the world. I use it mostly to watch NFL games that aren't broadcast in the local area. I was playing $300 just for this alone on Directv. The learning curve for Kodi is steep, so you definitely want to download it first.

Jeebus you guys are dumb.

I'm paying like $40 a month, and yeah, Kodi is free, and works on your computer, even the crap one in your garage. YOU BOUGHT A KODI BOX, and you're giving advice to someone who wants to save some bucks? And you pay a cable co. 120 plus?

Whatever. You guys are the ones you make cable companys suck, because you keep them going.

Dropped it all 8 years ago. Miss not a thing. Streaming and books...the only way to go, Boss!

4 bay antenna wrote:

4 bay antenna on the roof

Plus Kodi 17 (free) on computer with Linux Mint (free), which plays any movie for free.