DamianD Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Has anyone decided to cut the cord on your ridiculous cable bill and go with an HD antenna? Ive been tossing around the idea of using an antenna and paying for internet only so I can use services like netflix, hulu, amazon, etc. Could probably save around $1500 - $2000 a year by doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Haven't had cable for years. All the televisions I own are for DVD/Blu-ray watchin', Netflix, and NFL games from Sept. thru Feb. That and the vast majority of television programming is 'fer shit, IMAO. And with the likes of HBO going the Netflix-route, now you can just pay for what exactly you want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swaglosrevival Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I was thinking the same thing. Roku is the best Internet player that hooks to your TV and WiFi. They have all the bomb channels like Netflix, amazon, hulu, HBO, showtime.... Cable is getting ridiculous. It expensive and I don't watch but 3 channels out the hundreds they have. Internet TV is the future. But I haven't cut the cable cord yet because my wife would kill me lmbo[emoji23] [emoji23] But I will..... Eventually 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamianD Posted July 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 ^^hahah I havent even brought it up to the wife yet. I'll need all the help I can get prying her from the damn kardashian show. God I cant stand that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00b Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 And the commercials. OMG. Just kill me. Seriously...you watch an episode of M*A*S*H and there's a total run-time of about 27minutes...that's 3min of advertising when it aired originally...now'a'days, runtimes are at the 22minute-mark, leaving 8 minutes for ads. The same ads. Over and over and over and over.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 you guys still have TV's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfwjr Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I have been kicking around this idea myself. I watch Netflix and thought adding Hulu might make it easier. A lot of network shows are available online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 kodi will give ya pretty much everthing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doof Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I've had a computer hooked up to my tv for going on 5 years now. No cable, just 40$ a month and all the commercial free trash I could want. Plus, my wife loves shopping from the big screen. I figure we've saved 5k-10k easily by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmiller383 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I'm making the jump and getting rid of cable August 1. I'm moving into a new house and I figured I can save probably about $120 a month just by getting internet rather than a cable/internet/phone bundle. I have a bunch of random networking hardware so I keep getting these really elaborate ideals of how I would like to wire up my whole house for streaming from a centralized media server but for the time being I will probably just use a Roku box on my TV and possibly an HD antenna because my area gets a good amount of over the air HD stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordraw Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Looks like that is the way of the future. Of course when that goes mainstream it will seriously jack up the price of the internet TV options. And it will all be a moot point. Just like if they came up with a tablet that you could drop in the gas tank of your car and make it get 50 mph the price of gas would go to 20 dollars a gallon. That's the way of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigWagWorkshop Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 Killed Cable TV, has well as all "professional" TV Content.. I do have a TV in the shop, connected to an Apple TV, to view YouTube content, and I also have "How-To" and Documentary videos in my iTunes Library. The only issue I have is, at this point I am not saving a ton of money, has there are no Internet only providers in my neighborhood. **I do pay for the NHL Season Pass -Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khariV Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I got rid of cable about 3 years ago now. I went with a roku and plex media server. Between Plex, amazon and netflix, there isn't much that we miss at all. It's not really a solution for those that aren't technically inclined, but it works great for us. I miss having a live TV stream exactly three times a year - Thanksgiving day, New Years Eve and the 4th of July. I've been meaning to get a digitial antenna, but we live so far out, I'd have to get a big'n and climb up on the roof to mount it. Needless to say, this is a fairly low priority thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 I don't mind cable tv the problem is they priced themselves out of the market. I guess the people back in the day that though you were crazy for paying tv were right!! It wasn't bad till the FCC let these companies get big and merge. We have competition here in Metro Detroit, but the prices are not that great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doof Posted July 9, 2015 Report Share Posted July 9, 2015 If you're going to do internet only, check your internet speed. As well, think about going only wireless, and upgrade to a wireless ac router. Wireless "TV" internet opens up a world of opportunities for living organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 We've actually been thinking about cutting cable but the kids love it and wifey records so many shows they would kill me!!! It's getting pricey though .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Remember the saying MikeZ happy wife equals happy life!! Although that savings could buy a boatload of tools!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrsalas Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Remember the saying MikeZ happy wife equals happy life!! Although that savings could buy a boatload of tools!!True dat. The DYI channel is cool and this old house is a great show as well. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Remember the saying MikeZ happy wife equals happy life!! Although that savings could buy a boatload of tools!!. Lol dude ur bad bro!! Just imagine I could buy a big tool once a month hmmmm lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 That Milwaukee tool chest could be yours if you can talk the wife into giving up some TV shows!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Oh btw if MikeZ's wife is listening buy me the Milwaukee toolbox, and I will totally convince him that he can't live without cable tv!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Oh btw if MikeZ's wife is listening buy me the Milwaukee toolbox, and I will totally convince him that he can't live without cable tv!!!. Bahahahahahah!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistspencer Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 I dropped cable years ago! Get yourself a roku 3, and you'll be paying next to nothing!Sent from my One M8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxwell Tyler Ray Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 kodi will give ya pretty much everthingThis guys got it!!The Roku is nice but the Amazon fire stick is where it's at!! It's allows you to run 3rd party apps like (kodi and a few others)You can do your own research but all I will tell you is you can pretty much watch tomorrow latest and greatest movies today!!Among all TV shows and live..even some pay per view stuff if you set it up right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim1963 Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 Got rid of cable a few months ago. I didn't want to lose the DVR more than anything. I picked up Hulu & Netflix and don't miss cable a bit. Hulu is kind of like a DVR so it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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