Cutting the Cord

lizabelle1217

smarchee said:

peacefrompaul" said:

[quote="Indifference71"]I could never do it because of the sports. There's nothing like watching a game on my big ass HDTV.

I totally understand that if you do watch a lot of sports.[/quote]

there are sites

@smarchee What sites do you use to stream live sports?

Also, how can I attach my laptop to my TV...? Anyone...?

RKCNDY

finally got the digital converter box and an antenna...no way I could drop cable. The signal where I am isn't the best, I can start watching a show, and the antenna loses the signal, so I feel like I'm watching a scrambled cable channel from the 80s on an old cable box.

PJSiren

We don't have cable either, we use Netflix, Hulu and amazon prime as well...there are a few things we miss, but for the most part we figured it out...like how to stream college football for my hubby and random things like that, it's a lot better and so much cheaper!

Indifference71

Alright it's finally time to cut the cord.  Pretty sure I'll be switching to youtube TV.  Has just about everything I want and I'll end up saving around $40-50 per month.  The last straw with Comcast was them increasing my monthly bill by $6-7 per month for the Cubs Marquee network and no choice to opt out of that.  Anyone with youtube TV have regrets about switching???

MayDay10

Indifference71 said:

Alright it's finally time to cut the cord.  Pretty sure I'll be switching to youtube TV.  Has just about everything I want and I'll end up saving around $40-50 per month.  The last straw with Comcast was them increasing my monthly bill by $6-7 per month for the Cubs Marquee network and no choice to opt out of that.  Anyone with youtube TV have regrets about switching???

I have zero regrets about dumping Directv/Cable.  It took me awhile to take the leap, the only regret was not doing it sooner.  Its liberating.  I have been free for about 2-3 years

I had Hulu Live for awhile, switched to Youtube TV... actually just dumped Youtube TV for now (the beauty is you can cancel these things with a click of a button) because we havent been watching it.  We live off of Netflix, Disney+, and youtube.  Also Prime.  We also have the in-laws password for their cable that gives us stuff like HBO Max, Starz, other channel apps. I also subscribe to MLB TV.  


I would recommend optimizing your router.  When we first started, we had a few issues with connectivity.  Nothing terrible, but annoying constantly resetting the modem.  I upgraded to a nice modem and router and my entire house is on wireless pretty seamlessly.

Purple Fairy Tree

We never had cable here so I just have netflix at £5.99 per month and that is more than enough extra tv.

Indifference71

And now YouTube TV and NBC are battling and looks like all the NBC channels will be dropped unless they come to an agreement today.  Unbelievable.  The greed from all these giant corporations makes me sick.  And this one is a dealbreaker for me.....no more Golf channel and NBC Sports Chicago which has every White Sox, Blackhawks and Bulls game.  Those 2 channels are prob the main reason I still need any type of cable.  I don't know WTF I'm going to do here.  Just brutal.

eeriepadave

Indifference71 said:

And now YouTube TV and NBC are battling and looks like all the NBC channels will be dropped unless they come to an agreement today.  Unbelievable.  The greed from all these giant corporations makes me sick.  And this one is a dealbreaker for me.....no more Golf channel and NBC Sports Chicago which has every White Sox, Blackhawks and Bulls game.  Those 2 channels are prob the main reason I still need any type of cable.  I don't know WTF I'm going to do here.  Just brutal.

I have youtubetv. I like it a lot. Unlimited DVR space and local channels as well as most popular cable channels. It's $70 but if the nbc thing doesn't work out they said they would drop the price to like $55