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Update on Cutting the cable
May 2, 2022 13:51:56 #
GregS wrote:
YouTube TV (85 channels for $65 + tax) offers local channels, if you're talking about Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS etc. Would love to 'cut the cable', but I would loose all local channels. Too many trees around for antennae. Internet/streaming will not give me what we normally watch. So stuck with the Ft Knox bill each month.
Would that price make it worthwhile for you? You may have a bundle discount that has to be taken into consideration too.
May 2, 2022 14:02:21 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
YouTube TV and others (all around $69 + tax) offer local channels, if you're talking about Fox, NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS etc.
Would that price make it worthwhile for you? You may have a bundle discount that has to be taken into consideration too.
Would that price make it worthwhile for you? You may have a bundle discount that has to be taken into consideration too.
TV cable in "a bundle", as with internet, are usually discounted for the pair.
ie. Removing TV may increase the internet by something like $20-$30..........
May 2, 2022 14:04:56 #
Mine was a little less of a hit, as I recall. But also, there are many taxes attached to cable tv that disappear when you stop the service. I was delighted to learn there is zero tax on my internet service.
Of course, now there is tax on streaming services
Of course, now there is tax on streaming services
Longshadow wrote:
TV cable in "a bundle", as with internet, are usually discounted for the pair.
ie. Removing TV may increase the internet by something like $20-$30..........
ie. Removing TV may increase the internet by something like $20-$30..........
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May 2, 2022 20:00:33 #
Welcome to the club, I cut the cable about one year ago, and have not looked back. I complained because our was little over $100. now we only pay about $65.00( for internet and a few other things. At first we were overwhelmed with what we now had, now we pretty much know when and where to watch. I did just invest in a new powerful antenna and a new mesh router and have all we will ever need.
May 2, 2022 20:10:52 #
GregS wrote:
Would love to 'cut the cable', but I would loose all local channels. Too many trees around for antennae. Internet/streaming will not give me what we normally watch. So stuck with the Ft Knox bill each month.
Several streaming services such as UTubeTV have local channels. I have all my same local channels previously on cable.
May 2, 2022 20:39:50 #
GregS wrote:
Would love to 'cut the cable', but I would loose all local channels. Too many trees around for antennae. Internet/streaming will not give me what we normally watch. So stuck with the Ft Knox bill each month.
I understand your dilemma but you could go to basic, basic on the cable for your local stuff and pick up one or two streaming services and perhaps come out better.
May 2, 2022 21:46:33 #
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May 2, 2022 22:17:49 #
TriX wrote:
YouTube TV has unlimited DVR capability.
Good point, but... can I fast forward through commercials?
May 3, 2022 07:59:35 #
Roku with just 2 or 3 add On's, antenna on the roof and cable for wi-fi. All less $$$.
May 3, 2022 10:12:34 #
We have an LG "Smart TV" with a lot of streaming apps built in, like Youtube TV. BUT, the LG tv's remote does not have any ffwd or rew buttons. Skipping through commercials can't be done without additional stuff, like a Roku or Firestick I suppose. So much for that.
Amazon sells the Recast VCR for over the air recording. It uses the home's wifi to transmit to the television sets, each set then needs a Firestick. But the Firestick opens up all the streaming, smart tv or not. This is what I'm considering when our DISH contract is up.
Amazon sells the Recast VCR for over the air recording. It uses the home's wifi to transmit to the television sets, each set then needs a Firestick. But the Firestick opens up all the streaming, smart tv or not. This is what I'm considering when our DISH contract is up.
May 3, 2022 11:36:04 #
FredCM wrote:
That's bizarre. Does your remote look like the one below? If yes, what is the function of the arrow keys do that are just above the bottom row of colored buttons?We have an LG "Smart TV" with a lot of streaming apps built in, like Youtube TV. BUT, the LG tv's remote does not have any ffwd or rew buttons...
May 3, 2022 12:26:46 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
It may be controlled by the content. We have regular Spectrum cable at the moment, and anything we "record" (it's all streamed from the cloud now) allows fast forward. But I think some of the on-demand content does not allow fast forward or back, although I think that's also the content that has very short commercial breaks so it's not as obnoxious as the regular cable channels.
May 3, 2022 13:11:43 #
Linda, we have the same LG remote; If you are watching a movie through the smart part of your LG tv, those buttons will pause and restart the movie and the outer 2 will fast forward or fast backward the movie.
May 3, 2022 13:43:27 #
May 3, 2022 15:01:50 #
Hi Dave, I don't have an LG. I do have a circa 2017 Vizio smart tv, 24-inch.
I just posted a screen print of one LG I found online because I was responding to Fred's comment that his LG does not have buttons to FF or go back (see my snip of his comment in quote reply). That seemed unlikely to me, but there's a lot I don't know - about a lot of subjects
All the best!
I just posted a screen print of one LG I found online because I was responding to Fred's comment that his LG does not have buttons to FF or go back (see my snip of his comment in quote reply). That seemed unlikely to me, but there's a lot I don't know - about a lot of subjects
All the best!DaveD65 wrote:
Linda, we have the same LG remote; If you are watching a movie through the smart part of your LG tv, those buttons will pause and restart the movie and the outer 2 will fast forward or fast backward the movie.
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