508mikey
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I use Sling because I can start it in August and cancel it in January. Use your Sling credentials to log in to the ESPN app, it's much better than using Sling to watch the espn channels. We've not had cable for five years and haven't missed a thing. We get all the major networks with an antenna and Amazon fire tv takes care of the rest.
I had DirecTV for 5 years. Switched to Dish. Dish's "Joey" (wifi enabled receiver) consumes more bandwidth than DirecTV's "Hopper".
Today I got an invite from DirecTV which included:
1) a $200 debit card from ATT
2) $19.95 per month for 1 year (180 channels)
3) Free movie channels for 3 months (HBO, Cine, etc...)
I'm starting to play DirecTV and Dish against one another once the 2-year contract expires.
@WoodsmanVol sound like we are neighbors.The best advice on this thread so far is given by JakezUT, so I'll just share what me and Shirley do. 'Bout five years (I think) back, we got fed up with both ever-increasing monthly fees first from DISH, then DirecTV - and their downright rude customer service reps. And I do mean RUDE. I got us a Channel Master CM-4221 UHF/HDTV Antenna. Plus a Motorola amplifier as we live (in KY) far from a major city or town. Plus a RCA rotor & controller to direct the antenna. For us, station access does change between summer and late fall. Maybe due to switching towers, I don't really know. We get between 33 - 36 channels, most of which we don't bother to watch. Channel reception will vary depending on where you live. I can point the antenna to receive channels from Indiana, Bowling Green, KY, Nashville, and sometimes Chicago. Asides from experimenting with the rotor I have no reason to set these far away channels. We're happy with what we have. Be sure to include a thick lightning ground wire. If an installer tells you it's unneeded, demand they install it anyway.
For streaming, we use a ROKU, though I am an Amazon Prime member, I don't bother using it for movies and such. ROKU has so many free channels, the only paid subscription we bother with is NetFlix Basic. Now, for UT games, I wait to see how many will show on HULU, an app already built into ROKU. If three or more games, I activate HULU Live TV. When the season is done, I quit the app. We save good money by not being locked in subscribers to a cable or satellite service. Plus get a strange benefit, though inconsistent and never preannounced. Newly released cinema movies show up on our Netflix Basic selections from time to time. I have no idea why except there might be a Netflix glitch or lax employee. They only stay up for between 1-3 nights then vanish. Always pop up at night, usually late. Anyway, we're now waiting for the full UT games broadcast schedule and times so we can decide when to activate HULU. OH yeah, we're grandfathered into a 35mbps plan that's no longer available for new subscribers. They've tempted us with their new 100mbps service but we ignore it. They remotely did something to mess with my modem and router to force us to change. Let's just say I messed with them too and didn't change. Don't ask, I ain't telling.
@WoodsmanVol sound like we are neighbors.
Better upgrade your computer streaming strength while you’re at it. I cut the cord a yr ago. Upgraded to the highest level streaming Xfinity (only reliable internet provider where I live) and I still get freezes etc. I never had a cable outage here in 7 yrs before.
If the stream freezes up on a Tennessee game this yr, I’ll probably go back to cable. Not worth the hassle to save $50 a month.
it's a lot cheaper to spend the $100-$200 on the devices and antennas (depending on how many tv's you have), and scrap cable/satellite.....1 time expense...
$8/month for Netflix
$9/month for Amazon prime
$15/Month for HBO NOW
$25/month for Sling w/SEC network
for roughly $60-$70/month you can have access to just about anything you'd want, and you never pay lease fees again for rented/leased equipment. no more weather outages...
and depending on your internet/phone provider, another $60/month...a lot of people go from spending $300 plus, to less than $150 by cutting the cord.
i know for me, i switched to ATT fiber from Spectrum/TWC cabel internet....put my pone on the internet, and went from spending $70/month on interent, $60 on phone, $180 on direct TV....($310/month) to less than $190/month when it was all said and done.
and that's only because i chose to keep some other features. i could probably save another $40 or so a month if i was so inclined....
you can spend as much or as little as you want...but for $60 month on content alone, it just doesn't get much better than doing the a la carte route...
I had decent luck with a Mohu Leaf antenna. It’s going to be hit or missed based on your location and where you try and hang it.Bump...
Recent cord cutter here, I need advice on a good HD antenna, I am about 75 miles south of Nashville, and surrounded by gigantic trees.
And I am considering Sling, or PS Vue, which would be best?
I'll hang up and listen.
Sounds like an IPTV service. I’ve had a couple of them that worked well. Only thing is, you never know when they will disappear or stop working. Many people will question the legality as well.I use watchya TV for $15.00 a month on my firestick...I get almost 9000 channels and most are in HD...Been using it for almost 5 months now with no complaints....Even got most of the local channels from around the USA on there.
It is an IPTV service but it has been pretty stable...Big reason you only subscribe for a month at a time so if by chance it does stop working your not out really anything...Plus this one has fantastic customer service....But yeah you never know with these things but man I sure have saved a lot of money using it.Sounds like an IPTV service. I’ve had a couple of them that worked well. Only thing is, you never know when they will disappear or stop working. Many people will question the legality as well.