Posted on 11/10/2020 4:02:36 PM PST by ConservativeInPA
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You can easily save over a $1,000 per year by cutting the cable TV cord. That money can go towards many other things, including a better internet connection to stream alternative entertainment and news. Additionally you can invest your savings, put it towards a vacation, do home improvement or give it to a worthy charity.
I trade financial securities for a living. In this business we have a phrase, "FOMO", the Fear Of Missing Out. It's a psychological barrier for many traders. It makes people do things they do not want to do, because they might miss out. Trust me, you are not missing out by having cable TV. So don't fear it. Continue reading the rest of this post and invest some time into discovering alternatives to cable TV.
There really are diverse alternatives to cable TV that are chalked full of family values, excellent entertainment, rich information and conservative news. This election has shown how in the tank all major news outlets were for Corrupt Joe Biden. Nearly every sitcom, drama and series on cable and network TV is in your face, full of multiculturalism and pushing homosexual and liberal agendas. These people are not like you and you certainly don't won't to become like them. Remember you are what you eat. I'm positive that you don't have to pay for it either.
I spent part of my afternoon upgrading and streamlining my access to quality entertainment and information content. Actually, I'm not a big viewer of TV and I cut the cord to Comcrap back in February, but I figured if I took a little time I could leverage content that is free to you and me. I have a sunk investment in a smart TV which is now over 5 years old. I have to stick with to the apps that came on the TV, and they are limited, plus many of them I would have to pay to use.
One requirement for my upgrade in viewing pleasure was to watch new alternative content on the big screen. The old apps didn't give me the content that I desired, but something stuck in my mind that I could display my cell phone on my TV. This would be perfect because I frequently use apps on my phone for entertainment and news. Wouldn't you know, there was an app to display my cell phone on my TV. And when I turn my phone sideways, it displays on the TV in a wide screen perspective. Mission one accomplished: cell phone apps can be viewed on the big screen.
The second thing I wanted to accomplish this afternoon was to find apps that give me a broad spectrum of classic TV shows, movies, documentaries, reality programs and conservative news. Note: Fox News was not a requirement since I will never view them again. Here is a catalog of some FREE apps that I found (some I have already been using):
America's Voice (News)
Pluto TV (TV Shows, Movies & News)
FREE CABLE TV (TV Shows, Movies & News)
Tubi (TV Shows, Movies & News)
Plex (TV Shows & Movies)
Airy.TV (TV Shows, Movies & News)
XUMO (TV Shows, Movies & News)
HD Movies (Movies)
NewsMax (News)
The First TV (News)
Blaze TV (News)
One America News (News)
Certainly there must be more than these, but this seems to give me all I am looking for and more. If these outlets do not suffice, I can go on a browser and search for other content.
More than likely you have a smart phone, which means you can try all of these out for free. If you like great, if you don't that is fine as well, you didn't lose any money. This little experiment allows you to definitively see that you do not need cable. Wouldn't it be nice to give the shaft to your cable company that uses the money you pay them to work against your political desires? Wouldn't it be nice to see traitorous Fox News have a viewership lower than Ancient Aliens or some other crap TV show? Plus you get to save your money and put it to use for things that you believe in. So give it a try. Put some money in your pocket and put these leftists in the poor house.
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.
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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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