I'll throw this onto the pile: Kanopy which is a streaming service available through many public libraries. https://www.kanopy.com/
Also, if you have a DVD collection, you can get a home streaming server called Plex that you load with the ripped DVDs and watch your own movies using the Plex app on Roku, Fire Stick and your devices. I have it running on an old computer and it's really great. Plex also can stream your ripped CDs and it has channels of its own like Pluto. https://www.plex.tv/
I threw out my TV altogether in ‘88 and have never missed it.
If you’re on antenna TV, you can watch anything you want without putting a dime in the MSM’s pockets.
Thanks. Excellent info.
The Locast app is not listed!
Bookmark. Yes. Very useful. PlutoTV has been a Godsend for me this week. Glad to see all these others too.
Cable has received FAR less of my patronage. But not entirely gone. But a thread now compared to the floodgate I used to give it.
I have a blind family member who has a very hard time with just the remote control as it is. The tv is his entertainment. No way he would be able to use a computer or any new objects or systems successfully. He is a Huge Trump supporter. He sees the propaganda for what it is and hates them for it.
I threw out my TV altogether in ‘88 and have never missed it.
bkmk
You are spot on. Until July 4 of this year I had Directv for 20 years. For the last number of years FOMO kept me from ditching Directv. Honestly, I have never been a heavy TV watcher, but I got fed up with trying to find anything wholesome and without 22 minutes of ads in an hour of programing.
Four months and $450+ saved so far, it was easily the best decision. I miss nothing and have the satisfaction of knowing I am not indirectly contributing to CNN, ESPN, or anyone else.
Don’t let the FOMO shackle you.
I recently bought a replacement cable modem that was running hot with a NETGEAR Cable Modem CM1000
I stopped renting a modem from the cable company some 5 years ago.
The new modem hardly gets warm plus it loads up the webpages quicker even though my cable speed remains the same at 70mb
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I watch on my ROKU connected to my tv set the free PlutoTV. This app has all kinds of great shows.
I also buy everything at Amazon so have access to the movies and tv shows with their app. I subscribe (subscribe button) to interesting free shows at Youtube and when you get the Youtube app you can watch them on the big screen. Wallace & Gromit films, Spark, Jay Leno’s Garage, Dry Bar Comedy (G rated), Free Documentry, DriveTribe, Discovery Australia, several nerd and tv film review shows. Spend some time at Youtube and subscribe and soon you will have more shows you want to watch.
I have Sling tv (orange) that I do not watch as much as I should. This is cable at $35 a month.
BKMK
Author mentioned an app he uses to connect his phone to his TV. Anyone know what app this is?
Great list.. I’m cutting the cable.
What’s the cheapest way to get the history channel without cable?
I’m paying $155 for internet and cable tv right now and I hardly watch the tv. If I ditch the cable tv and upgrade the internet it will be $71. a month.
I want to get rid of my cable by next month. I don’t care if I have Faux News anymore.
9 hours a day (of talk radio) “that’s all we ask” is enough news for me.
Bookmark
We’ve had Antenna TV for over 35 years, and it’s FREE! How come more folks don’t use antennas any more?