Posted on 11/10/2020 4:02:36 PM PST by ConservativeInPA
Beautiful! Cable free since 2007. No FOMO at all.
Here at the retirement village, we get cable included in our monthly payments, along with lawn mowing and snow plowing. We are able to negotiate a decent rate, but not a great one, since we only have 900 units. The places with 15,000 units, they get a great rate.
Our cost is about $65 a month per unit for cable with lots of channels, but not premium ones, and cable internet.
Thanks for doing this. I want every last one of PDJTs 71m+ voters to cut the cord or at least reduce their funding the enemy. Everyone pls do what you can, it does matter.
Get a kodi box and use Genesis app for viewing shows and movies.
Same here funnily enough - I last paid a cable bill in 2007!
Today was Day 2 of pluto tv for me. Not missing Faux News at all.
Thank you for this.
Ask them if you can opt out of cable. Spend $30 and get Roku to watch streaming content and a small antenna to watch regular channels and you honestly wont miss a thing. Only have to pay for movies you want to watch.
YouTube videos
BitTorrent
Get a couple of external HDs, and few Chromecasts (or similar) and you will seriously never run out of entertainment options before you run out of hours in a day.
Streaming can be complicated but what you need to subscribe to one of these services is an Amezon Firestick, the downloader and Filelink app and You Tube tutorials online about IPTVs.
Adding to your post, there is also “Philo” ($20./mo.) No “news channels”, just a lot of entertainment type channels including History, A&E, Discovery, AMC, Hallmark, Inspiration, etc.).
Also, “Sling” ($30-$60. depending on channel choices) By the nice guy that brought you “Dish Network” satellite. Has all the “cable” channels.
You mentioned that you are involved in financial/investment business...where do you go to get Bloomberg and/or CNBC? Or do you do without or use another source of financial news? “Sling” that I mentioned has them both but am looking to keep my monthly TV streaming budget under $30. or so.
Also, don’t forget “FOTA” TV (”free over the air”)....many more channels available now due to the digital transition (regular old “analog” TV antenna is fine to receive digital signals):
you will never suffer FOMO if you have a internet connection (even a slow ass one) and FR
just saying
Thanks
I cut cable fifteen years ago. I surf the internet on my iPad which is my main Wi-Fi connection, and download content thru Amazon Prime to several Amazon HD10 Fire Tablets via free public Wi-Fi at library, church, McDonald’s and then play back these movies, music, and books at home. I pay $8.65/mo for upgraded Amazon music service and $12.99/mo for books on Kindle Unlimited, but I use all these services. Amazon Prime is $144/yr.
ping
We’ve never had cable and don’t plan on starting now.
I never trade on news. It is a suckers game. Financial journalists are not traders so they don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. If they were any good at trading they wouldn't be on TV. Any expert guests that they have on are promoting positions or trades that will benefit themselves individually or the firms they work for. Anyways, I don't trade equities. I trade currencies and commodities. Their coverage for both is piss poor and after the fact.
I live stream my TV content through my computer modem and signed up for Hulu and BritBox. I get hundreds of movies and TV programs for about $15 per month. The high speed modem runs about $30.
What I like best is that you can watch what programming you want, when you want, not just when the cable service broadcasts it. You can pause programming and go back and watch portions a second time if you are interrupted or fall asleep.
You can sign up for most content services when you want, cancel them and resign up for them at will.
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