HOUSTON RICK
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Cable and satellite TV have become outrageously expensive. Maybe looking to get Philo through Roku or Firestick. Anyone doing this? Anyone have a better way? Philo has the channels Mrs. Houston likes. Thank you in advance.
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What is the smart way to get TV
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Protocall_Design
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We check out a lot of CDs for free from the library. They have a huge selection. No commercials, too. Watch 'em, return 'em, get more. Lots of movies and TV serials.
Smart and tv should not be used in the same sentence
Dumped DirectTV a number of years ago when the bill got close to $150/month. We started using Firesticks on our 'dumb' TV's and eventually purchased a couple smart TV's. We live in an area where we have crystal clear reception of ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX (plus others) via antenna and we subscribe to a few streaming services for around $100/month less than what we were paying for dish. We might miss something from time to time by not having 200 channels at our access but I don't think our quality of life has suffered much 
. All things considered, the less time spent watching the better.
. All things considered, the less time spent watching the better.
chuckie
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We dumped Comcast Cable but kept their internet. We bought Roku sticks for our non smart TV's and subscribed to Fubo. We chose Fubo because they were the only streaming service that I could find that carried NESN, because Red Sox and Bruins. We're saving about $80.00/month.
We also dropped Comcast cable, kept the internet, and went to an antenna to pick up local stations (which we rarely watch). So far, the $100 per month average savings has been a good trade off for so many channels we neither wanted or nor watched.
We are currently streaming a few channels and are going to try a firestick to see what might be of interest.
We are currently streaming a few channels and are going to try a firestick to see what might be of interest.
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I put up a 40’ pole using EMT and pipe with an antenna. Got a antenna booster and get all the local stations with news, weather and lots of good decent old shows from 50s-70s.
DWalt
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An absolute necessity for any service in my case would be a programmable Recorder and local channels. Reception of the latter OTA really sucks here. I record virtually everything I watch regularly so I can zip through commercials. Without a recorder, I am not interested.
I have U-Verse which I find ideal, except for its cost. My basic service including internet runs about $170/month.
I have U-Verse which I find ideal, except for its cost. My basic service including internet runs about $170/month.
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I have an antenna on my roof and an old brown Channel Master that operates the rotor. I get a bunch of different channels, Other than the old shows from the 70's and 80's and Bugs Bunny cartoons, there's not much else too interesting. Ol Frank Zappa had it right...
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If you’re a Verizon customer check 5G Home Internet. $25 a month. We also pay for Amazon and Paramount Plus. We are still saving money.
We stream everything. Nothing good on live tv anyway.
We stream everything. Nothing good on live tv anyway.
Over the air and Amazon Prime. But now Amazon wants an extra $3/month to avoid commercials.
coltle6920
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It's all about "Needs vs Wants".
"Needs" can cost as little as $0
"Wants" can cost more than you realize with product you don't watch but still pay for. It's kind of like that piece of parsley with your meal.
"Needs" can cost as little as $0
"Wants" can cost more than you realize with product you don't watch but still pay for. It's kind of like that piece of parsley with your meal.
Cut the cord about three years ago. If you have stable Internet at reasonable speed, More programming than you’ll ever watch. If Philo meets your needs, you can always add individual apps on an outboard device. Don’t want a “smart” TV monitoring and squealing on my TV watching choices, but the Firestick/Roku/Apple TV outboard take care of that. Like the Roku search for their live TV search-can find where virtually anything is online. Currently have Hulu Live/ESPN/Disney bundle, Amazon, Netflix and Paramount+. Netflix is going to get canceled soon - lots of great content, but don’t watch it enough for the cost. Excluding the Internet cost, still paying less than DirecTV.
I have to do something. DirecTv went up again. If I use a digital antenna I get about 20 channels OTA.
I guess some sort of streaming is in the future.
I guess some sort of streaming is in the future.
lawsuit has already been filed.
We have an antenna and receive broadcast TV and are completely happy with it. We have more than enough channels to pick from the 15 different channels we can chose from. For streaming we have a Roku box and get all of our movies through them. No cable or satellite TV bills!
We do YouTube TV and subscribe to NESN 360 during the baseball season. Happy with it but $ keeps going up and wish it included NESN.
Rpg
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I’m considering dropping Direct Tv. My one reservation is I’ll loose the ability to record things.
I’m no up on stand alone recording equipment. What are you using to record shows.
I’m no up on stand alone recording equipment. What are you using to record shows.
