Cutting The Cable

[sellitman]

I'm curious what all you cord cutters are using out there and why. I'm on a trial period with Direct TV Now. Seems like a good deal except for the fact it's att which I'm not thrilled to support. This doesn't include movie streams like Amazom & Netflix or others.

What do you use?

13 votes, 3 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	DIRECT TV NOW
	2 (15%)
	HULU
	6 (46%)
	YOU TUBE TV
	3 (23%)
	PLAYSTATION VUE
	1 (8%)
	SLING TV
	1 (8%)
	3 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[janterry]

1. I don't use anything

I have the internet - but we don't watch much tv (unless there is something free on youtube). I haven't had a tv in about 18 years

[sellitman]

2. Good answer

You are better off I'm sure.

[Va Lefty]

4. Same here. Been a year now.

Don't really miss it. If we still had it I would watch it, but probably something I'd seen many times before. A lot of really good documentaries on free YouTube.

[2naSalit]

52. Internet is it...

Haven't had a teevee since 1980.

[genxlib]

3. As a future cord cutter

I am very interested in this discussion.

The biggest question I have are related to sports. There are plenty of ways to find network shows but I am concerned with getting live sports.

My second question is about DVR. Is there a way to capture those "broadcasts". I know the idea of DVR might be sort of obsolete with streaming but not for sports. I sometimes have to watch some things on ESPN3 and get stuck watching live. I prefer to watch them later on my own schedule. Mostly because I am ADD and can fast forward through all the BS.

I know...first world problems.

[sellitman]

5. Direct TV Now has a WEB DVR

In order to get local sports I would need the next package deal. I have the base deal. Currently $35/MO. It's going up to $40/MO in Aug. That's why I'm looking around actually.

Not that they are worth watching this year but SNY, The Home Of my "Muts" err I mean Mets will cost me and extra $15/MO.

I can get YES, Home Of The Yankees but why would I want to watch a winning team/

[mythology]

17. For over the air stations, I use ChannelMaster

https://www.channelmaster.com/

[hibbing]

6. No Netflix as a choice?

After the election I stopped spending hours watching MSNBC, cut the cable and got a small smart tv for the cost of one month of paying for my outrageous cable. Been binging on Netflix. Certainly a lot of good shows on there and no commercials. I also got a cheap antenna, but reception depends on the barometric pressure, wind direction, and gosh knows what else.


Peace

[zanana1]

19. I'm Netflix dependent.

I have Direct TV too, but I'll be dropping it soon. Except for CNN and MSNBC, I don't use it. But Netflix always has something I can binge watch. My latest binge is Roman Empire. Fascinating.

[sellitman]

23. I think most use Netflix as a supplement.

I know I do. I still need MSNBC and CNN occasionally.

[safeinOhio]

7. This months Consumers Report

lays every thing out according to your needs. P

[sellitman]

8. Great tip

Thanks

[Kaleva]

9. Hulu, Netflix and Great Courses. Total cost is $21.99.

[pintobean]

10. Terrarium TV

https://terrariumtvappdownloads.com/

[josroot4]

24. ...

try this one terrarium tv

[hunter]

11. Our television is a movie player. That's all it does.

No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

We have the minimal Netflix subscription, a single "standard" definition stream over medium speed DSL. We sometimes watch Redbox DVDs, sometimes DVDs we find in thrift stores.

That's plenty of television for us.

I NEVER see television commercials unless they are clever ones posted here on DU, or I'm trapped in a waiting room with television addicts.

After years of going without, watching commercial television has becomes intolerable to me, even PBS.

I've never been a viewer of television news. I don't have the patience to sit through a bunch of stories I either don't care about, or believe to be propaganda. Fox News is not the only offender. Television is a terrible medium for news.

[csziggy]

12. Roku with Netflix, Hulu, Britbox

I also get Acorn TV, and some freebie streaming channels: Roku, Tubi, Sony, and others.

[yellowdogintexas]

13. been thinking about Britbox or Acorn. Which do you like better?

We use Roku, and stream Netflix Hulu and Amazon Prime. I have HBONow piggybacked on Amazon.

We also pull in Free Speech TV as a free ROKU channel. Stephanie Miller in the morning!

[csziggy]

15. Britbox has better streaming and more shows I like

I'm hanging onto Acorn TV for now since it is the only place that has all the episodes of Murdock Mysteries (which I am watching right now). When my internet is having problems sometimes it is impossible to watch Acorn, not so bad with Britbox.

OOOHH! I'll have to add Free Speech TV! I hadn't seen how to do it - any advice?

[IcyPeas]

14. I don't understand, so I appreciate this thread also....

can I still get PBS? Sunday nights are my favorite mostly because of PBS....

[shenmue]

21. If you donate at least $5 to your local PBS station, you can use their Roku channel

[FSogol]

20. BS. The app you are promoting requires you to lower security settings. I hope no one falls for this

Crap.

[shenmue]

22. Spam, MIRT please read

[Stuart G]

18. I don't have cable..Never had it. Never Will..Something strange has happened over the last 10 years.

From time to time when I watch TV..(not much, but I do watch a few shows occasionally)..I check out the number of stations that I get with my TV antenna . What I notice is that I am getting more and more stations. Over the antenna. I am doing nothing different for the last 10 years when I installed an old style cross bar thing, in my top floor, with wires down to the TV in the basement..(really not very difficult)..

I get all kinds of stations on the antenna. A quiz show station, an old TV show station..(oh maybe three of them) a religious station to find God, the usual network stations, and 5 educational stations. Now I do got a couple of "Me TV" stations that play old Columbo shows that I like. Also, a station that plays Judge Judy shows..Somehow I find stuff on You Tube, and right here at Democratic Underground. Also, 2 Spanish stations which I listen to a little, trying to see if I still understand what I learned 50 years ago in school..
...Most of the news, which I used to watch, a long time ago, I get on the internet. Don't watch sports or any real regular shows except Antiques Roadshow which I enjoy..

...All with a TV antenna hooked up to a mid sized tv in the basement. (32 inches)..(not "mid sized anymore..) I do watch some news, rarely on TV. But the most recent news and most analysis, I can find right here at DU. That is enough!..I will never get cable..

[bif]

25. Never had cable

Netflix works for me.

[ginnyinWI]

26. Digital antenna and Netflix.

We are not a sports family so we don't care about all the games. (Before the cable era, didn't people still watch games? They had just a few channels with local teams, but isn't that adequate? I guess not for sports addicts.)

Eight years ago we stopped DirectTV. Before that we had Time Warner cable for many years.

We now have a digital antenna that works great--cost us less than $100, and works great even though we are in the ex-urbs of Milwaukee. Digital tv makes the difference! No fuzzy screens. We use it for mainly PBS and network news. We have a Tivo with a lifetime membership that has long since paid for itself which lets us time shift just about everything we watch.

I watch MSNBC, etc. by subscribing to them on YouTube . I also listen to podcasts of programs like Joy, Daily Show, and NPR. I listen to public radio during the day. I've really got all the news I can handle!

[JCMach1]

27. Hated the DirecTV app... Tried for a couple of months and ditched

We never watch it. Netflix,Amazon and digital antenna are all we need.

[IrishEyes]

28. I'm too broke for any of them right now.

I don't have a tv. I check out movies and tv shows from the library for free and watch them on my computer. I also watch youtube for free.

[bikebloke]

30. Never had cable.

I get two Netflix discs a week. I'll watch series via DVD. My TV sits in the corner under a dust cloth most of the time, to be pulled out when I watch something - a weekend thing.

[lillypaddle]

31. Windstream

I just switched from cable. I'll save $30 a month.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

33. Never mind. This thread was started by a spammer. NT

[sellitman]

48. A spammer with 10,000 plus posts?

Really?

[sakabatou]

34. We have Roku

[JonLP24]

35. Fubo TV

Actually cable is probably better than all of them.

[Polybius]

38. My antenna :)

I put it on my roof and I get about 60 free channels. I really like one channel called "Antenna TV." I watch Growing Pains, followed by Family Ties and The Hogan Family. I really love 80's shows.

[TexasTowelie]

41. Interesing list.

[marble falls]

42. Maybe too interesting!

[underpants]

51. Sling with HD antenna for local/network

Lots of sports still on network. Some good comedies too.