Dumping DirecTV

MayDay10

It is very liberating.  There are so many options, and you can just turn them off and on as you wish without making calls, worrying about contracts and upgrading and returning equipment, etc.  Most things have a trial period too.  It took us more than 2 years to finally cut the cord.  it felt like we were going to sever ourselves from the world or something.  It turned out feeling the opposite.

Everything is still there.  In fact, it opens up more when you break the habit of tethering yourself to a guide and also DVRing what you want.  The only drawback and suggestion is to know what is going on with your Regional Sports if that interests you.  Those properties and the blackout restrictions are a last holdout of telecom monopolies.  Im hoping Biden's FCC can tilt the scales back toward the consumer, and hopefully the sports leagues want to get their product into the maximum number of homes after the pandemic.

One thing with Hulu is I was not a fan of the interface, which inspired me to jump to youtube tv.  

angry_skull

I dropped Dish not too long ago for Hulu (already had Netflix and Disney). Never looked back. Easy adjustment.

BH76306

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I haven’t had cable for probably 8 years now.  Started with roku and Kodi via a fire stick.  Now I just have Netflix, Amazon prime, a fire stick, and a leaf antenna, although I also pay $80 a year for mlb tv.  All the local channels through the leaf antenna give me all the major sports, live tv & news.  Works great for us, but then again I’m not a huge tv show guy and am rarely at home.

I say cut the cord.  What’s the worst that can happen, you start getting great deals in the mailbox and you sign back up for cheaper than you were paying before because they pre load the incentives?

It's 100% baseball that keeps me paying the outrageous DTV prices. My issue w/ MLBtv, as a Mariners fan in their region, is all their games are blacked out. Haven't found a way to watch my beloved M's torture me w/ mediocrity without paying insane cable prices.

Gern Blansten

I recorded the Ken Burns Baseball series on the DVR.  As soon as I'm done watching that I'm cancelling.  

mca47

BH76306 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I haven’t had cable for probably 8 years now.  Started with roku and Kodi via a fire stick.  Now I just have Netflix, Amazon prime, a fire stick, and a leaf antenna, although I also pay $80 a year for mlb tv.  All the local channels through the leaf antenna give me all the major sports, live tv & news.  Works great for us, but then again I’m not a huge tv show guy and am rarely at home.

I say cut the cord.  What’s the worst that can happen, you start getting great deals in the mailbox and you sign back up for cheaper than you were paying before because they pre load the incentives?

It's 100% baseball that keeps me paying the outrageous DTV prices. My issue w/ MLBtv, as a Mariners fan in their region, is all their games are blacked out. Haven't found a way to watch my beloved M's torture me w/ mediocrity without paying insane cable prices.

Yeah, sports in general have kept me with DTV for this long.  A Chicago sports fan living in Arizona...DTV gives me everything I could want sports-wise.  Bastards!  haha

RoleModelsinBlood31

BH76306 said:

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

I haven’t had cable for probably 8 years now.  Started with roku and Kodi via a fire stick.  Now I just have Netflix, Amazon prime, a fire stick, and a leaf antenna, although I also pay $80 a year for mlb tv.  All the local channels through the leaf antenna give me all the major sports, live tv & news.  Works great for us, but then again I’m not a huge tv show guy and am rarely at home.

I say cut the cord.  What’s the worst that can happen, you start getting great deals in the mailbox and you sign back up for cheaper than you were paying before because they pre load the incentives?

It's 100% baseball that keeps me paying the outrageous DTV prices. My issue w/ MLBtv, as a Mariners fan in their region, is all their games are blacked out. Haven't found a way to watch my beloved M's torture me w/ mediocrity without paying insane cable prices.

Yep- sports are really their last link to keeping people paying for cable.  I’m a Yankees fan in Texas, so mlbtv works well for me since I’m out of the region , but I do get blacked out when they’re in Arlington. If the game’s on espn I’m screwed too unless I use someone’s Hulu account or something.  I’ve also done a month of free trial usage several times for sling to watch the World Cup and then dumped it afterwards so I could watch it for free.  I feel for you though.