Cutting the cord questions

[Elmgrovegnome]

Streaming seems like just a hassle. I like turning on the tv and just having things there rather than spend hours trying to find and decide what to watch. Me personally I have xfinity with NFL Redzone. I get my sports, FXX (for Simpsons), and all the other basic stuff. Plus a huge on demand library of tv and movies.

Adding all the streaming, plus a strong internet connections all adds up and basically the same costs.

I have direct tv and Sunday ticket. So my tv bill would run from around $130 - to 190 depending on Sunday ticket billing kicked in. Then my computer cable bill is another $85 on top of that. The computer cable is most important, so it stays. I agree about no hassle, but I think I can lower my bill significantly. If I find a service like Hulu who gives me Big Ten, ESPN and major networks during playoff games and bowl games I should maybe pay $35-$50 a month and I can cancel after football season. I can get the mlb package for $100, and NFL game pass for $100. That's about $500 total, compared to $1900 roughly for direct tv and Sunday ticket. So about a $1400 saving.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

If you are talking about directly through your smart tv my experience is that smart TVs are very slow and problematic with streaming anything. My laptop that I use has a broken hinge so I have it pretty much permanently situated below my 60” Samsung. I get great quality with an occasional blurry screen. Most of the time it has a perfect picture just like I used to get with Direct TV. The only downside is that I can’t record games or rewind to rewatch plays.

Yes that is what I was wondering. Thanks.

What kind of smart TV do you have? For example to you have one with a roku OS?

Sling does carry both I’m told. Sometimes you have to dig. Also your local could effect it. Also with a smart TV you can download on the TV both YES and big10togo.

I have a Sony. I had no idea when I bought it last year that I'd be going through this. It is an Android system and the apps come from Google play. You are right about having to dig. I went through the Google play app list three times before finding everything I wanted to check out. I have not figured out how to just Download yes or BigTen2Go. I thought it would be easy with a smart tv but it doesn't have a web browser. I thought it would. If Google play doesn't have it I can't seem to get it unless I go with a chrome stick maybe. Seems kind of dumb.

I cut the cord over a decade ago .. never looked back .... I have the internet ... neighbor has an antenna for their TV ... and there are 4 sports bars within 2 miles of where I live. I haven't missed a game in over a decade.

I used to go to sports bars for Rams games. I'd drop about $30-$40 every game in food and beer. Plus now I have a wife and kids that like to watch PSU and Rams games with me. It won't matter that the games aren't live. I rarely watch a live broadcast for the Rams. I hate wasting three hours on a Sunday, so I would record the games and watch them later. With Primetime games, I'd record them in case I fell asleep which usually happened at halftime. As soon as the action stopped so did my brain.

Last month my cell bill was $44.22 and that includes a $30 charge for the new S9. The actual line charge was 12 bucks plus tax.

Hard to beat that.

AT &T is not so gracious. I really hate my phone.

 

[Dodgersrf]

I have direct tv and Sunday ticket. So my tv bill would run from around $130 - to 190 depending on Sunday ticket billing kicked in. Then my computer cable bill is another $85 on top of that. The computer cable is most important, so it stays. I agree about no hassle, but I think I can lower my bill significantly. If I find a service like Hulu who gives me Big Ten, ESPN and major networks during playoff games and bowl games I should maybe pay $35-$50 a month and I can cancel after football season. I can get the mlb package for $100, and NFL game pass for $100. That's about $500 total, compared to $1900 roughly for direct tv and Sunday ticket. So about a $1400 saving.

I know Sling offers espn as well as a few other sports networks. The main thing they don't offer is all of the local big networks. I get Fox, NBC and the NFLN included in my package.
I don't get ABC or CBS. Those i pick up for free, with a digital antenna.

 

[LesBaker]

AT &T is not so gracious. I really hate my phone.

Leave them..........it's easy to do.

 

[Merlin]

All you need is strong internet provider. My house is all streaming and I miss nothing really that I can think of.

 

[-X-]

All you need is strong internet provider. My house is all streaming and I miss nothing really that I can think of.

This is gonna be rough for me. I'm building on some land I bought in the foothills of the Carolina mountains. Beautiful plot of land with a creek and waterfall & stuff, but the internet maxes out there at 5MB.

Five.

I really don't know how I'm gonna manage, but it's a trade-off I was willing to make until someone like Charter gets in there with some fiber optics.

 

[Angry Ram]

I have direct tv and Sunday ticket. So my tv bill would run from around $130 - to 190 depending on Sunday ticket billing kicked in. Then my computer cable bill is another $85 on top of that. The computer cable is most important, so it stays. I agree about no hassle, but I think I can lower my bill significantly. If I find a service like Hulu who gives me Big Ten, ESPN and major networks during playoff games and bowl games I should maybe pay $35-$50 a month and I can cancel after football season. I can get the mlb package for $100, and NFL game pass for $100. That's about $500 total, compared to $1900 roughly for direct tv and Sunday ticket. So about a $1400 saving.

I pay average $130ish for 200 meg internet and tv.

Like if I cut the $65 from the tv, I would pay on average $10 for Netflix, Sling and the various add ons for it, which would be about $35/mo minimum....so $45 a month? But I would miss out on the huge on demand library xfinity has. I guess I could refill it with Hulu and Amazon but that ends up the same like I said.

Guess it depends on everyone's personal choice.

 

[LesBaker]

But I would miss out on the huge on demand library xfinity has.

I've got to explore their library I have heard its YUGE.

 

[Angry Ram]

I've got to explore their library I have heard its YUGE.

I swear I'm not a salesman, BUT you get...

-All network shows on demand.

-Select number full seasons of shows on demand...depending on your premium/non-premium sub you can get anything from GoT to Vikings to Futurama.

-Tons of non-shows like news programs, documentaries, game shows

-PPVs (porn-per-view lol)

-Watch Netflix straight from the cable box

-Old and new movies, free movies that rotate, and ability to buy/rent new releases.

-Plus a shit load more.

 

[Merlin]

This is gonna be rough for me. I'm building on some land I bought in the foothills of the Carolina mountains. Beautiful plot of land with a creek and waterfall & stuff, but the internet maxes out there at 5MB.

Five.

I really don't know how I'm gonna manage, but it's a trade-off I was willing to make until someone like Charter gets in there with some fiber optics.

I'm afraid of the same type deal tbh. Will be moving to Missouri in the next year before I retire, and we've been lookin at some nice properties where the city boy in me imagines the internet is gonna suck ass. But we'll have to wait and see I suppose. It's a scary thought man, because I need to have a great home network with nice bandwidth.

 

[-X-]

I'm afraid of the same type deal tbh. Will be moving to Missouri in the next year before I retire, and we've been lookin at some nice properties where the city boy in me imagines the internet is gonna suck ass. But we'll have to wait and see I suppose. It's a scary thought man, because I need to have a great home network with nice bandwidth.

I'll hit you up in 5 months and let you know how maddening it is.
I know for damn sure I won't be able to stream anything.
And online gaming?

Yeah..................................

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I pay average $130ish for 200 meg internet and tv.

Like if I cut the $65 from the tv, I would pay on average $10 for Netflix, Sling and the various add ons for it, which would be about $35/mo minimum....so $45 a month? But I would miss out on the huge on demand library xfinity has. I guess I could refill it with Hulu and Amazon but that ends up the same like I said.

Guess it depends on everyone's personal choice.

We mainly use Amazon Prime video and Netflix. We pay for Prime anyway, so I don't consider part of the cost. We easily spend over 99$ a year on shipping since my wife hates to go out shopping.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

All you need is strong internet provider. My house is all streaming and I miss nothing really that I can think of.

That's a problem here. Unless I was willing to go with satellite, there is only one company to get cable internet from and it is expensive, even for the weakest package. I don't see it changing any time soon.

 

[dieterbrock]

Streaming seems like just a hassle. I like turning on the tv and just having things there rather than spend hours trying to find and decide what to watch. Me personally I have xfinity with NFL Redzone. I get my sports, FXX (for Simpsons), and all the other basic stuff. Plus a huge on demand library of tv and movies.

Adding all the streaming, plus a strong internet connections all adds up and basically the same costs.

I agree.
I get that everyone wants to save a buck, but I can think of other creature comforts that cost more.
My kids rarely watch tv anymore, they stream everything. But in the event they do, I don't miss the opportunity to hang with them. And I cant fathom having to run an hdmi cable from a laptop in order to watch something on tv

Button on
Tv on

Good enough

 

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Last month my cell bill was $44.22 and that includes a $30 charge for the new S9. The actual line charge was 12 bucks plus tax.

Hard to beat that.

Show off!

 

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I cut the cord 3 months ago when I was with Spectrum. The price just got too high. I was paying 146 a month for Internet and basic cable.

Now that I've moved into a new home, Xfinity services my area and they had a decent introductory offer of Internet and streaming TV for 29.99. I call them up and somehow I let the giuy upsale me to a different package that cost 74.99. However, with all the extra fees and taxes, I'm basically back up over a hundred bucks.

So I let them know I wasnt informed when I got upsold, and decomitted from that 2 year package deal @ 74.99

I also let them know I had 30 days to decide and reserved the right to cancel at any time during the 30 days.

 

[dieterbrock]

I'll say this about Xfinity, who I have home internet from, they have hot spots all over and have saved me huge data overages by having available wifi most everywhere

 

[LesBaker]

I'll say this about Xfinity, who I have home internet from, they have hot spots all over and have saved me huge data overages by having available wifi most everywhere

That is a YUGE feature and I also take advantage of it as well. When they added cell service I did the research and jumped on with them.