TV / Internet solution? (Page 5): Great setup, but watching the news over dinner -- doesn't that often spoil the meal?

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Merlin1300 wrote:

I cut the cable 2 years ago (except for $50/month ... (show quote)

Great setup, but watching the news over dinner -- doesn't that often spoil the meal?

BebuLamar

Bridges wrote:

Great setup, but watching the news over dinner -- doesn't that often spoil the meal?

Don't worry there is a lot of preservatives in his meal.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Bridges wrote:

Great setup, but watching the news over dinner -- doesn't that often spoil the meal?

That's what the beer is for - -

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I’m mystified why we should pay for a streaming service - they are making $millions on ads already. I believe there are more ad minutes per hour on streaming services than there ever was on over the air broadcasting.

Stan

Toment Loc: FL, IL

hj wrote:

I need suggestions on cutting our $305 monthly bil... (show quote)

See if your tv has the YouTube tv app on it. Try it free. You'll pay~$70 a month. Has all you want plus plus. If it doesn't, then you may be able to download the app to your TV. Otherwise get the Roku or Firestick.
Have fun with your money instead of throwing it away. I cut the Comcast cable, got a fiberoptic cable installed for $ 77 a month, and never looked back.

BebuLamar

StanMac wrote:

I’m mystified why we should pay for a streaming service - they are making $millions on ads already. I believe there are more ad minutes per hour on streaming services than there ever was on over the air broadcasting.

Stan

You pay for anything because you want it and you can't get it for free regardless if it costs the provider anything.

hj Loc: Florida

StanMac may or may not be correct. Not sure where the millions for ads go.... to the program creators or perhaps a portion to the streaming source.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

BebuLamar wrote:

You pay for anything because you want it and you can't get it for free regardless if it costs the provider anything.

But the service provider can get more revenue from the advertisers if they can provide more viewers to see the advertisers ads. Providing their service for free would certainly increase viewers, thus giving the service provider the ability to charge higher rates to advertisers. The problem is that we consumers are so addicted to TV that we'll apparently pay anything demanded for a bit of entertainment.

Stan

razw33 Loc: Livermore, CA

Get Roku. You only pay once for the device. Then add YouTube TV for $72.00 a minth.

BebuLamar

StanMac wrote:

But the service provider can get more revenue from the advertisers if they can provide more viewers to see the advertisers ads. Providing their service for free would certainly increase viewers, thus giving the service provider the ability to charge higher rates to advertisers. The problem is that we consumers are so addicted to TV that we'll apparently pay anything demanded for a bit of entertainment.

Stan

Supply and demand. If there are people willing to pay for something, then there are people will try to sell them.

mrtaxi Loc: Old Westbury NY, Fort Lauderdale, FL

I cut the cable years ago. I am a snowbird and life in Fort Lauderdale and Long Island NY about 50/50, but also have an apartment in nyc, that we only recently rented. I only use a local company like spectrum (they were the worst), Hotwire, Comcast or FiOS to get internet. I love fiber optic because of the up and down speeds. Then we subscribe to Fubo, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV, Peacock, Max, and a Few others. That way cost less than the about $700 a month I used to spend for 3 homes with cable because you pay for one service but get three locations for the same price. To stream we use Roku and Apple TV devices. If you want to watch something and you don’t know where it is or you want to watch something that has a streaming price Roku search will show you what platform is streaming on and where it’s cheapest. I really like Roku. Another advantage is when you travel on a vacation you can normally stream any of services use subscribe to on other TVs that are not yours by signing in.

hj Loc: Florida

Thanks to everyone who has given information regarding their experiences cutting the cord on cable TV. Special thanks to Linda From Maine who gave me special help through private messages. Looks like ROKU and YOUTUBETV are the winners with most recommendations. Will look more closely at SLING also. Thanks again.