Posted on 09/21/2016 2:20:12 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat
You make great points. We may go a different route when our smart TV dies. I wouldn’t spend $2000 on a TV either. We bought a 50” Vizio from Amazon for $450. We needed a new TV at the time anyway, the price was great, and the setup was super easy. The Vizio has been flawlwss so far. Fingers crossed.
Thank you for the advice. One day we’ll have to buy again:)
Cox is charging you 70 for internet? Ouch. I’m paying about half that. You don’t seem to need anything more than their basic internet for streaming and it works fine. Renting their modem is a ripoff...you can buy one that gives you multiple ports and wifi for less than 100.
So what is Kodi again?
Los Angeles / Pasadena here and my digital TV box gets 123 broadcast channels. Some are HD and all the local network channels are very clear. About 100 of them I can’t understand as I don’t speak that particular language. Spare laptop hooked to HDTV for streaming all kinds of stuff.
We’re right there with you. Once the noise box is out of your life you realize how annoying it is. I see/hear TV in various public places - it grates on my ears. Never again in my house!!
All the major sports organizations that I’m aware of have a streaming service. If its several sports it might be cheaper to stick with cable but probably not.
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