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  • #16
    Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

    Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
    Cable is the one thing I think we're going to regret.

    That’s was collective bargaining and we didn’t realize. We’re all going to pay more for fewer channels and content in five to ten years. And I mean relatively more, costs go up every year but those companies argue on our behalf.

    Then again, once we started to let content providers become or buy content creators, we f-cked ourselves.
    In many ways I agree about Cable being on our side against the content providers, however...

    Most of the content on cable TV was content that didn't interest me. I don't mind paying half the price for a third the content because the content I have now more than satisfies my needs. And I can even scale back further should the economics of the situation become untenable for me and my family.
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    • #17
      Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

      What's really funny for me is that I've not really captured the watching TV on demand mindset. Seems like most of the time, I have it on- and am still ok working around the schedule for shows. There are a handful of 10pm shows that I find on demand, but for the most part, I've still not gotten into the on-demand thinking.

      No idea why. Other than being a hopeless TV surfer.

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      • #18
        Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

        10 more months on the Verizon contract.

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        • #19
          Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

          I've got Vue and I'm happy with it, though I think Vue has more of an issue with getting affiliates to sign on than the other services. But an antenna takes care of that.

          If you like NHL Network you'll be more limited in your options.

          Really I wouldn't even stream cable if it wasn't for live sports. Netflix and Hulu take care of most non-sports I like.

          Biggest thing is going to be if FIOS has a data cap. Comcast gives me 1TB a month and I don't really come close to that, but we only have one TV going and aren't on it all day. I've read some complaints of those who have families of 4-5 all watching TV or a couple roommates who stream 12 hours a day of run into issues, but if it's usually just you and your wife and you aren't streaming 4K you should be good. Or you'll be lucky and not have capped internet and you can do whatever you want!
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          • #20
            Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
            Cable is the one thing I think we're going to regret.

            That’s was collective bargaining and we didn’t realize. We’re all going to pay more for fewer channels and content in five to ten years. And I mean relatively more, costs go up every year but those companies argue on our behalf.

            Then again, once we started to let content providers become or buy content creators, we f-cked ourselves.
            I dunno. I want to watch college hockey, and so I sign up for a $40/month subscription that gets me practically all the Gopher games plus a good smattering of other college hockey games. At the end of the season I can just drop it and walk away, then pick it up again next season - all in just a couple clicks and for no penalty.

            Try to do that with cable or satellite.

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            • #21
              Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

              Surprised no one has mentioned Youtube TV.
              If you are a sports fan it is hard to beat:
              BTN, FS1, FS2, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, CBS Sports, NBCSN, Olympic Channel, MLB Network and an alternate, NBA TV, SEC channel, some golf channel, and I get a regional NBC sports channel as well.

              Plus all the local affiliates and a number of the higher demand channels like BBC or SyFy or TBS. All for $40.

              As to the OP, you also get the Smithsonian channel and a couple Nat Geo channels in the base package. Don't get some of the others you mentioned, not sure how much more it would be to add them to your package a la carte.
              Last edited by Stauber1; 03-20-2019, 06:24 PM.

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              • #22
                Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                Originally posted by Stauber1 View Post
                I dunno. I want to watch college hockey, and so I sign up for a $40/month subscription that gets me practically all the Gopher games plus a good smattering of other college hockey games. At the end of the season I can just drop it and walk away, then pick it up again next season - all in just a couple clicks and for no penalty.

                Try to do that with cable or satellite.
                $40/month is a pretty steep price to get zero other content. Couple that with an internet bill and you’re already up to half the cost of a premium tier of cable plus internet. Again, with zero extra content. Toss in Netflix or Hulu and you’re up over $100.
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                As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                Originally posted by SanTropez
                May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                Originally posted by Kepler
                When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                  $40/month is a pretty steep price to get zero other content. Couple that with an internet bill and you’re already up to half the cost of a premium tier of cable plus internet. Again, with zero extra content. Toss in Netflix or Hulu and you’re up over $100.
                  You'd probably have internet either way. Not really fair to claim it all as replacement costs.

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                  • #24
                    Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                    Originally posted by unofan View Post
                    You'd probably have internet either way. Not really fair to claim it all as replacement costs.
                    Yeah that’s what I mean. $40 is half of the cost of a premium tier of cable if you take off the cost of internet.
                    Code:
                    As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                    College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                    BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                    Originally posted by SanTropez
                    May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                    Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                    I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                    Originally posted by Kepler
                    When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                    He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                      Yeah that’s what I mean. $40 is half of the cost of a premium tier of cable if you take off the cost of internet.
                      Exactly. Half the cost (at most) and you can come and go as you please.

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                      • #26
                        Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                        I cut the cord several years ago. I had Hulu TV but switched over to YouTube TV last month. In addition to the excellent sports coverage it also offers tons of movies at no charge (and commercial free) as well as being a portal to YouTube proper. My mom will be 75 next month so a user-friendly interface was very important. Hulu and YTTV have that, PSVue doesn't IMHO.

                        I still have Netflix, Amazon and Hulu as well as about 70 free apps from Roku. I'll be getting Disney+ as soon as it launches this fall. Some of the perks of Amazon is free two-day shipping which my mom and I use frequently, and a Twitch Prime account that gives you plenty of free goodies and a free membership on any channel for a month (feel free to subscribe to me ) I have a business Internet connection and a cell phone plan - no landline. I'm saving around $1200/year over what I was paying with cable/DirecTV. Those companies really sock it to you if you have multiple TVs.

                        Just make sure you have a good Internet connection with no data cap. Choppy connections will cause problems and if your download speed isn't fast expect lots of buffering, if it even works. A big problem with the Google announcement this week is that most Internet connections available to consumers in this country can't possibly handle as much data as the company wants to throw at us.
                        Last edited by ticapnews; 03-21-2019, 07:14 AM.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                          Originally posted by Stauber1 View Post
                          Exactly. Half the cost (at most) and you can come and go as you please.
                          With zero extra content.
                          Code:
                          As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                          College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                          BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                          Originally posted by SanTropez
                          May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                          Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                          I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                          Originally posted by Kepler
                          When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                          He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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                          • #28
                            Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                            Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                            With zero extra content.
                            that extra content is worthless if you don't watch it.

                            plus lots of cable subscribers still pay for Netflix and Prime
                            Last edited by BassAle; 03-21-2019, 08:00 AM.

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                            • #29
                              Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                              Originally posted by dxmnkd316 View Post
                              With zero extra content.
                              There is so much free content out there. Just get a Roku or a FireStick and you can access it all.

                              The only reason I subscribe to TV is because my mom wants her locals for news and weather. Just to get that through Comcast would cost more than I'm paying for YTTV.

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                              • #30
                                Re: Cord cutting - what service to buy after the cable co goes away

                                Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                                There is so much free content out there. Just get a Roku or a FireStick and you can access it all.

                                The only reason I subscribe to TV is because my mom wants her locals for news and weather. Just to get that through Comcast would cost more than I'm paying for YTTV.
                                Free content rarely gets it done for me. You can include network TV aim that too. YMMV.

                                Look, do what makes you happy. I’m not trying to say you can’t be happy with just college hockey. If that’s what works for you, great! I think I’ve beaten this beyond dead.sorry about that.
                                Code:
                                As of 9/21/10:         As of 9/13/10:
                                College Hockey 6       College Football 0
                                BTHC 4                 WCHA FC:  1
                                Originally posted by SanTropez
                                May your paint thinner run dry and the fleas of a thousand camels infest your dead deer.
                                Originally posted by bigblue_dl
                                I don't even know how to classify magic vagina smoke babies..
                                Originally posted by Kepler
                                When the giraffes start building radio telescopes they can join too.
                                He's probably going to be a superstar but that man has more baggage than North West

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