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Getting rid of Cable TV.....*Limited OT please"
October 13, 2014 at
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Anyone done it? If so what are you using for movies, tv shows, etc? ( not torrent sites 
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I'm cancelling cable and was wondering what everyone uses these days. Hulu, Netflix, HD Antenna, Chromecast, Roku?
)I'm cancelling cable and was wondering what everyone uses these days. Hulu, Netflix, HD Antenna, Chromecast, Roku?
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I have a Roku 3 with Hulu+ ($8 / mo), Amazon Prime (~$6.50 / mo), and Plex (one-time $5 for the app, or you can pay for PlexPass which gets you additional features). Combined with a digital HD antenna, we get ~90% of what we used to watch (wife liked to have HGTV on in the background, and we miss the Mythbusters). Sports are usually the toughest part of streaming, but all I watch is NFL so its on the major networks.
I used to stream through my Samsung blu-ray player, but wound up buying a Roku 3 and it was very worth it. The Roku 3 is so much faster and more responsive, and is updated much more often. If you have a blu-ray, smart TV, game console, etc you may want to give it a try through that device, but I'd plan on picking up a Roku / Apple TV / Amazon Fire eventually.
I see that as the only downside to the TiVo.
I think the TiVo interface>all other DVR's
So many different choices, unlike cable...lol
look into Plex + chromecast/roku/appletv/etc.
To watch some other current shows, we have some
Endorphins make you inebriated?
It was supposed to be a hypothetical. You should at least give people the choice. Especially since you have three people on there listed twice.
I have a Roku 3 with Hulu+ ($8 / mo), Amazon Prime (~$6.50 / mo), and Plex (one-time $5 for the app, or you can pay for PlexPass which gets you additional features). Combined with a digital HD antenna, we get ~90% of what we used to watch (wife liked to have HGTV on in the background, and we miss the Mythbusters). Sports are usually the toughest part of streaming, but all I watch is NFL so its on the major networks.
I used to stream through my Samsung blu-ray player, but wound up buying a Roku 3 and it was very worth it. The Roku 3 is so much faster and more responsive, and is updated much more often. If you have a blu-ray, smart TV, game console, etc you may want to give it a try through that device, but I'd plan on picking up a Roku / Apple TV / Amazon Fire eventually.
We have never had cable in our house. Always been a free TV household, with an antenna in the attic. We get beautiful picture on all the broadcast channels, as well as some secondary channels like ION, QVC, and COZI and several others. Each broadcast channel has several sub channels. For example, 4-1 is NBC, 4-2 is COZI, 4-3 is new york city traffic cams. Over the air is the only way to get uncompressed video. You actually get a better picture than the majority of cable systems offer. If you dont already have a roof or attic antenna, I hear alot of good things about the Mohu leaf antennas. We have the antenna running to two Tivos, an HD and a Roamio, for recording purposes. The Tivos are networked with each other and the desktop computer for transferring shows back and forth. We also have a Roku 3 on one of the tvs. With WWE network, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Plex, and a bunch of channel apps like FOXnow, AMC, ESPN, etc. The only thing I see a charge for is the WWE network. Anything that I can't get through any of the channels and apps I have can be gotten, then either transferred to a Tivo, or served by plex.
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Very flattering since cav isn't an option
Very flattering since cav isn't an option
Endorphins make you inebriated?
It was supposed to be a hypothetical. You should at least give people the choice. Especially since you have three people on there listed twice.
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