OT: About cutting cable

[georgiacorn]

Hi all,
Wondering what advice you would give for my position. I'm increasingly unhappy with the ever skyrocketing prices of television service, whether it is COX cable or Verizon Fios. They keep taking away more and more channels as time passes; I guess making each of them part of more expensive and extra subscriptions. I've looked a little bit into Apple TV, netflix, HULU, etc. I'm no expert about them but it appears that appletv is "free" after you buy the device needed, but to watch various shows or live sports all require their own subscriptions. So is it any cheaper to have hulu or apple but have to subscribe to several apps to get what I want?
All I watch or want to watch is: Shark Tank, the food network, college football (just the major channels like espn, fs1, and big10 network) and european soccer.
Any of u TV/sports/tech junkies have something that would work better for this mix than buying 600 cable channels to be able to watch them.

Thanks for any help. I just can't see how the cable/fios companies can keep raising prices into oblivion as more and more people cut service.

 

[Shimmer003]

Cheapest way is to use various apps with a cable subscription login, but this requires someone to share their info with you

Other than that, you can use an antenna to get your basic cbs, abc, fox, nbc and then subscribe to sling tv, PlayStation vue, directv now, or hulu live streaming. It’s cheaper than most cable packages depending on how much you want in terms of channels, but will still cost >$20/month

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

Hi all,
Wondering what advice you would give for my position. I'm increasingly unhappy with the ever skyrocketing prices of television service, whether it is COX cable or Verizon Fios. They keep taking away more and more channels as time passes; I guess making each of them part of more expensive and extra subscriptions. I've looked a little bit into Apple TV, netflix, HULU, etc. I'm no expert about them but it appears that appletv is "free" after you buy the device needed, but to watch various shows or live sports all require their own subscriptions. So is it any cheaper to have hulu or apple but have to subscribe to several apps to get what I want?
All I watch or want to watch is: Shark Tank, the food network, college football (just the major channels like espn, fs1, and big10 network) and european soccer.
Any of u TV/sports/tech junkies have something that would work better for this mix than buying 600 cable channels to be able to watch them.

Thanks for any help. I just can't see how the cable/fios companies can keep raising prices into oblivion as more and more people cut service.

Just get somebody else's info and leech their online subscriptions as your own. It's like, the coolest thing ever.

 

[Shimmer003]

Just get somebody else's info and leech their online subscriptions as your own. It's like, the coolest thing ever.

TV Companies don’t restrict it, so if you know someone that doesn’t care, I don’t see the problem with it.

 

[anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi]

TV Companies don’t restrict it, so if you know someone that doesn’t care, I don’t see the problem with it.

Like I said, coolest thing ever. Not disagreeing.

 

[huskat]

TV Companies don’t restrict it, so if you know someone that doesn’t care, I don’t see the problem with it.

Really? There is nothing in the contract/agreement you signed that restricts this subscription sharing? Really?

 

[coachDubs]

DTV, going on our 5th year with them. They're always willing to negotiate and this latest round was unreal for us.

12-month contract, $137 first month and $35 a month for the next 11. We have the extra package plus NFL Sunday ticket and redzone package or whatever it's called.

We couldn't believe the deal, but got our bill and there it is, exactly like they said. Eek

 

[BHeinDaHuskers]

I use Playstation Vue (no playstation is required) If you dont have a playstation you need to buy like the amazon fire stick. Its $45 a month and I get all those stations you listed. There is no contract so I only use it during football season and then cancel it. You need to have a fast internet speed at least 25mbps, that shouldn't be a problem unless you use a satellite internet company. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10. Just know the customer service is not good because they only work m-f 8-5 I believe. But since there is no contract and I only use it 5 months out of the year it works.

 

[SlantsFlood6]

Was with Time Warner for a long time. Dropped them a couple months ago. Tried sling first and was disappointed. Tried hulu next and very happy with it. Early into my cord cutting, but learning as I go

 

[redfanusa]

I dumped DishNetwork about five years ago, having been a customer for 15 years before that. The cost per month was getting to be outrageous, and honestly the hundreds of channels rarely had anything worth watching. We had a DVR full of stuff accumulated over the years, but that was the only thing we missed.

We already had Amazon Prime for shipping and video content, anyway. We figured for the cost of what we were paying for Dish, we could buy every movie we ever wanted to watch, and still save money. Furthermore, there was about fifty bazillion hours of kids programming on Netflix, so that was about all we needed for family bliss.

What I really like about streaming services, is that you can turn them on and off as needed. We add HBO during Game of Thrones, for example. We add SlingTV over the Amazon Fire Stick for Walking Dead. I add a streaming service like fubo.tv during the football season. You only pay for what you want, when you need it. ESPN's networks alone add something like $12 per month to a cable bill, and I don't watch ESPN except the handful of Husker games that might be on it per year.

So my suggestion is to get the fastest internet connection you can, figure out which free/low cost services offer the shows you want, and then target the minimal services needed to get it (for example, Food Network might have its own streaming over Amazon Fire or Apple for minimal cost).

 

[o_Springer]

I dropped Cox for PlayStation Vue. I stream it through Roku. I get the network channels with a HD antenna. The package I have costs $55 per month, I get pretty much all of the channels you need to watch sports.

 

[georgiacorn]

thanks for all the replies. i don't much about ps vue. but i have a ps4. so i should be able to get all this for about $45 month? i will look into it. if i get ps vue, is there a need to get hulu still?