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QUESTION: If you still want all (or most) of the channels but don’t want to pay the steep price for cable TV from a cable company, what would you suggest using? YouTube TV, Sling, Hulu, etc.?
Talk about it.
Cable is expensive no question about it, but the alternatives are not that attractive either. Cable is simple – it’s all right there, but the alternatives need a college course to figure out. Don’t have the time or the interest. I’m an old horse who cannot learn new tricks.
Agreed, not to mention I would have to upgrade my internet connection
I use YouTubeTV and I really like it.
Anyone in Martinez find a cheaper internet alternative to Xfinity?
Hulu was nice but they keep jacking up the price for their live TV option seems every few months it goes up another $5, its now around $60 and only get to use it on 2 screens, may stop using it soon but not sure what else is better.
Torrent is your friend.
Reddit streaming live sports.
note – Piracy is illegal and and discouraged. Unless you can get away with it. Which is 99.9% of the time.
No, no, no, no ….still wrong, don’t do it.
I was satisfied with Comcast Internet, but I hated their customer service. As soon as AT&T gigabit fiber showed up in my neighborhood, I signed up. I’m paying less for AT&T gigabit fiber than I had been paying for Comcast’s so-called high-speed internet.
At the same time, I got rid of DirecTV because they kept losing the signal, and signed up for UVerse. But UVerse boxes were really wonky, so I decided to switch to streaming. Hulu with live TV was fairly expensive, but I liked the idea of no commercials. Then, they started including commercials that even the DVR couldn’t fast-forward through, so I ditched them. Now, I’m using AT&T TV streaming services, and I’m fairly satisfied with them. I know the rate will go up after the first year, but I’m prepared for it.
Subscriptions to YouTubeTV, Netflix & Disney+ seem to cover all bases for the parents and kids in my household.
We’ve always had Comcast (XFinity) Cable, and have no desire to change to all the newfangled stuff with live streaming and who knows what. If anything, I want a simpler life, not more stuff and technical complications to deal with. Plus likely no cheaper in the long run, with all of the different packages you seemily have to purchase from different vendors to get the shows/broadcasts you want.
Comcast’s telephone customer service can be pretty awful. But the folks at the Customer Service Center at the Veranda Shopping Center in Concord are top notch. We had to replace 1 of our 3 cable boxes this summer, and Jim was in and out with a new replacement box in 3 minutes.
Miss the point much? The question was:
QUESTION: If you still want all (or most) of the channels BUT DON’T WANT TO PAY THE STEEP PRICE FOR CABLE TV from a cable company, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST USING? YouTube TV, Sling, Hulu, etc.?
You come down hard on others occasionally for “posting incorrectly”, but you do it yourself. Just wanted to point that out.
FuboTV pretty much operates like a real cable tv package. Works great on a Roku.
A walk around the block, followed by a glass of wine or Gin and Tonic beats broadcast TV any day. Otherwise, we use Netflix.
Yep…won’t go back to commercial tv (or radio)
A cold beer and a good book. That’s what works for me. A DVD and bag of popcorn is what does it for me and my 2 boys. And an occasional bike ride.
I have a Roku box, but it frustrates me that it refuses to carry Peacock or HBO Max. 70% of streaming customers use either Roku or Amazon, and neither offers HBO Max or Peacock. On the other hand, I’ve already paid for my Roku, so they don’t feel the need to keep existing customers happy.
Switched about 18 months ago to Roku and Youtube TV. Was $50 at the start is now $65. Still cheaper than cable and has everything I need.
My blu-ray & DVD collection. Stuff that is already paid for. $0 monthly(unless I add to the collection)
I don’t need live TV for anything. It’s all been streaming since 2013. Some things like news events are available live anyway on network news streaming apps for free. I do have Xfinity and added their Flex box which has Peacock. I have a 4K Roku TV however the Flex negotiates ARC audio signals with my AV Reciever better than the Roku apps. Live TV seems to be for sports fans. I have Hulu set up for no ads which is a time and annoyance saver.
Currently there are ads on Peacock but then they don’t have enough content to justify paying the additional for no ads and what ads they have are sparing. Tip: what is most annoying about commercials is usually the audio so I just hit the mute button during ad breaks.
At present, I have Roku on an older tv. I only watch the free stuff and it offers more than I will ever be able to watch in several lifetimes on several channels. Since I don’t watch much, most of it is new to me although a lot of the free stuff is old tv.
Tubi,
Pluto,
Newsy,
Roku Channel,
HSN, QVC,
Radio.com,
Haystack News
CW,
Filmrise,
NewsOn
FoxNews,
NBC News,
YouTube,
PBS,
CBS
News,
CWSeed
Pandor
Snag Films
MTV
Favesome
Filmrise Documentary
Filmrise World Cinema
Nosey
etc.
And, that’s just a fraction of what is available, Live and On Demand.
Prior to that I had Concast practically since the day it was first ever available. When they wanted to raise my bill 100 percent, however, I dropped it. Didn’t have anything for a while until I bought the Roku, $30 at Best Buy, my only investment.
Occasionally, I miss mindlessly surfing the channels on Concast looking for something, anything, to watch, but only occasionally. I don’t watch much tv as a rule.
Same here. Fired Comcast tree years ago. Get a Roku.
I miss the old DTV H and HU 3m cards.
Haven’t had TV for five and a half years. Don’t miss it one bit.
I AM TIRED PAIDED THOSE HIGH FEEL FOR BROADCAST FEE START WITH 5 6 7 8 10.00 NOW 15.00 FOR WHAT??????????
The problem with wanting to keep all of the channels is that most of us don’t actually watch all of the channels. It’s very easy to find stuff you want to watch without paying for what you don’t. I got tired of paying $$$ to Wave for stuff I wasn’t watching, so I cut the cord and rely on my Roku box with Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Starz; I had Youtube TV until they raised the price for 8 channels I didn’t want, so I canceled Youtube TV and went with Sling. I upped my broadband, but I’m still saving lots of $$. TV is now a question of “what do I want to watch right now” rather than “what’s on.”
I got rid of cable a year ago and I don’t miss being forced to watch commercials. I felt as though I was paying the cable company $175 per month and companies are also paying cable companies to advertise commercials.
DirectTV. Best deal around.
If you have a newer type flat tv, you can try out an HDTV antenna. There are different styles of this, if you live within 40 or so miles or less from a medium to large city, you can receive around 30 channels for free. A Direct TV antenna will cost around $50.00 or so.
Has anyone tried these out yet as a alternative to the rip u off cable companies?
Has anyone tried the High Definition TV antenna’s yet? They can get you all kinds of channels without the monthly bill.
IPTV, get your self some good internet, a NVIDIA shield player and your set
We got rid of cable back when Concord TV Cable was our local provider. A neighbor and I disconnected those cables from our houses and tied them to the telephone pole. “Consider this a divorce!”.
Thanks Sammy, that was a lot of help…
1. A real relationship
2. Conversation
3. Good books
4. So-so books
5. Even mediocre books beat cable TV
6. A hobby
7. Exercise
8. A dog or cat
9. Friends
10. Prayer
11. Thinking