Just cut the cable, went to internet only! Anyone else been there done that?

[Brandon]

I use Chromecast. It works but isn't the greatest. I read they are updating it and coming out with a second version here soon. Either way, I don't miss paying CoNcast 200+ a month.

For history and discovery channels, project free tv.com or youtube... pick what episode of what season you want to watch and enjoy your savings.

 

[wtburnette]

I've been without cable for a while now. I get all of my movies/tv from XBMC without any commercials or ads.

Need to know more about getting TV via XBMC / Kodi. How do you get TV without a cable TV package?

 

[7urtle]

i use roku. been doing for pass yrs

 

[LtScott14]

Our Dish is basic. Around $40 a month. Crapquest was edging up to $80 per month. Do the math. Dish isn't bad till a storm comes through, and our spare room has HDTV on a older set. Works as a back up system. (put up a $50 roof antenna 5 yrs ago-works perfect)
Cold weather, snow, we welcome a few channels to watch before turning in at night. Wifey is using her tablet for some kind of TV.
We are in the country, 35mi from Chicago, so we use Chicago channels.

The hook for us has been internet/phone. Our phone service is a private company, and most of our family calling is long distance, hence toll charges. We now have high speed net, and a phone pkg with unlimited calls w/ options for around $80.00. To have their net, you need their phone. The split is 50/30 phone vs net. It's good net, so can't knock it. Gave the cell net/phone some thought, but we use Tracfone. We buy what we use, and texting is cheaper.(not so long winded). Our life evolves around other things besides cell phones. Basic and emergency use only, works for us.

 

[Leadeye]

I would dump tv tomorrow, but it's something the wife likes.

 

[OakRiver]

We canceled cable once our contract expired, we couldn't justify $75 a month when all we wanted it for was college football. So instead we switched to Hulu for $8 a month

 

[nate77]

We dropped dish a year ago, would never go back.

Although, I've recently been spending $1.99 and episode for the current seasons of walking dead, and sons of anarchy, still way cheaper than $80 a month for satellite or cable.

 

[HoughMade]

We dropped dish a year ago, would never go back.

Although, I've recently been spending $1.99 and episode for the current seasons of walking dead, and sons of anarchy, still way cheaper than $80 a month for satellite or cable.

Buy the whole season and get a discount- at least that works on iTunes. This is how I watch "Mad Men".

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

We canceled cable once our contract expired, we couldn't justify $75 a month when all we wanted it for was college football. So instead we switched to Hulu for $8 a month

Are there other internet ways to get those college football games?

 

[JettaKnight]

How do you watch live sporting events?

That's the only part I miss. No ESPN, no BTN, no NFL...

Really, I watch football because I can. If I really want to see a game, that's what sports bars are for.

The other stuff, I'll find a way to watch it if it's important.

I thought if I cut the cable, my wife would watch less TV. Oh, nay nay. She's latched on the teat of Netflix and drinks in the drivel five episodes at a time.

 

[JettaKnight]

I use Chromecast. It works but isn't the greatest. I read they are updating it and coming out with a second version here soon. Either way, I don't miss paying CoNcast 200+ a month.

For history and discovery channels, get a time machine

FIFY. The decline of those channels was an impetus for ditching. What ticked me off was DirecTV carried only the local main channels which meant PBS, but not PBS Create (which I watch a lot).

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

That's the only part I miss. No ESPN, no BTN, no NFL...

Really, I watch football because I can. If I really want to see a game, that's what sports bars are for.

The other stuff, I'll find a way to watch it if it's important.

I thought if I cut the cable, my wife would watch less TV. Oh, nay nay. She's latched on the teat of Netflix and drinks in the drivel five episodes at a time.

Yeah, we've done some of that binge watching too. My wife is an enabler.

 

[RockofStrength]

I use Chromecast. It works but isn't the greatest. I read they are updating it and coming out with a second version here soon. Either way, I don't miss paying CoNcast 200+ a month.

For history and discovery channels, project free tv.com or youtube... pick what episode of what season you want to watch and enjoy your savings.

Netflix has a TON of the older History/Discovery shows as well as older seasons of new shows (Alaska the Last Frontier etc) as well. If you watched for documentaries/military stuff, they have them by the truckload on Netflix.

 

[OakRiver]

Are there other internet ways to get those college football games?

None without the risk of malware. Unless it's on a local channel we got out to a bar to watch it, and it still works out cheaper than the cost of a month of cable

 

[Lectric102002]

I'd like to dump cable, but I do a lot of work from home and need the bandwidth.

 

[voodoo304]

No cable, no satellite here. Low end DSL and Netflix plus the broadcast channels in Indy. Personally, I would rather just throw the TV out but that would cause unrest in the home. Movies on DVD from the Library are also good sources. I would rather read books most of the time. YMMV

Yep, this is our house too. I spend most of my free time reading.

 

[JetGirl]

Ten years ago, they raised the cable rate and gave us a bunch of duplicate crap channels that we didn't want.
We yanked out the cable.
It was kind of hard at first (especially with a TV addicted kid), but in a short time none of us really cared anymore.
If there's something I want to see, it's usually found online.

 

[freekforge]

we haven't had any tv in 5 years and my brother just recently payed for netflix and hulu plus. even our internet sucks and our computers are all old so im left in the dark on a lot of things my friends talk about.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm paying a fortune for cable but haven't watched TV on a regular basis in three or more years. My son seldom watches it too. I asked him about getting rid of it the other day and he said he would like to keep History & Discovery channels but doesn't care much about the rest. Now I just need to take the time to see what the best Comcast deals for it would be.

That's kind of what's holding me back, along with A&E. Other than local channels, and occasionally ESPN, ESPN2 or TBS (maybe TNT?) for NASCAR or Monday and Thursday Night Football, we watch History and A&E shows the most. I don't know if those are available (pretty sure the ESPN channels aren't) on Hulu, Roku and the like. I think some, if not all of the History channel shows are available on their website, but don't know about A&E. I wish cable had "ala carte" services. In order to get the channels we like the most, we have to have more than basic (but no pay channels) and it sucks how much that costs.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I use Chromecast. It works but isn't the greatest. I read they are updating it and coming out with a second version here soon. Either way, I don't miss paying CoNcast 200+ a month.

For history and discovery channels, project free tv.com or youtube... pick what episode of what season you want to watch and enjoy your savings.

Aha... I see I should have read ahead one more page...