Man (or woman) up. Wait till the season is over, then binge watch. Twice. Way better.
From the sound of it, maybe it’s not the cable you need to drop. :)
We scrapped cable TV 2-1/2 years ago. No regrets.
Did get a digital antenna for local pickup of local TV channels. My wife watches a few shows, I don’t watch TV at all.
The way I see it, is that Netflix and Amazon are mainly movies, but they do have various TV series. Hulu seems to be more for the weekly TV shows. But, really, just try it out yourself and see, because you only have to do it month-to-month and you can drop it at any time and pick it back up again.
We are just figuring this out too. We have an HD antenna in the attic and Roku boxes on the TV sets. We are using The aroma to access all of it. We can record antenna stuff using Tablo, so that’s nice. On Netflix and Hulu Plus, shows can be a season behind - or a week behind. They are all different!
Netflix and you can have it on multiple TVs. HULU (even paid) has commercials. We share a netflix account with my sister in law. She watches it at her house, we watch at ours or on the computer and split the costs that way. We each have our own profile so there is no mixup.
There is really no need to pay for an entertainment service. There is so much free online and whats being put-out lately by wall-street/Hollywood is not worth paying to watch.
If a movie comes out that is really good, buy the dvd...
We set up an outdoor antenna and have a Roku with hundreds of free channels on it. Cost nothing after set-up. The set-up provides all the major networks, all their shows movies and what appears to be more then the basic cable programming for free.
The thing many seem to forget is virtually all of the streaming stuff is fungible, similar content across many providers. Most is free, whats wanted of the rare stuff worth paying for can be purchased as needed.
Yeah, its a little more work, higher up front cost but its free after that - no monthly payments. contracts etc.
I’ve tried ‘em all. I stuck with Dish after leaving and coming back. It’s the least objectionable of all of them. I still also use Amazon and Netflix for select shows as well.
Amazon Prime is nice for the shipping benefit (freely shareable with 4-5 other people), the movies/series, and Amazon's digital music service. Many more use Netflix, though, and Netflix has content Amazon Prime does not.
We have Amazon Prime and catch everything from the networks’ free sites. As we do have the most basic television package (it came free with Internet for the year), we can also use the digital online portal with AT&T (our provider) if we don't want to go through the network website for some reason.
For local programming, over-the-air with an antenna is really the best way, as it assures HD content from all local channels for free. You can look into Roku as a reasonable option, too. My mother uses that.
Our DISH satellite dish is not on the roof, the landlords don’t like that, so DISH installed a pole in the yard. We’ve had DISH for 3 years and like it fine. We also use their Internet service.
I think which is best depends on which of them pick up your favorite shows — that is those of your favorite shows that you can’t get from the network’s own streaming site. (Just about the only things my wife and I watch are NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, and both can be watched with a two day delay on CBS’s own website, as I think can all CBS shows.) On the other hand, to see shows from cable-only networks you might have season-long delay or your might have to subscribe to the show on some service or other. (I bought the last season of Burn Notice from iTunes.)
The Satellite Dish (I prefer Directv) does not have to be mounted on the roof.
Roku can ease the pain. It’s really cheap.
Have been cable/satellite free for two years +. The freedom of streaming on line shows either on websites or through apps (Netflix, Hulu, etc) has been awesome! We watch what we want, when we want, on our schedule and terms. I don’t miss 200+ channels with nothing on, one bit. Also, it’s been great to spend time just talking, playing cards, games and reading as a family, too! We basically watch/stream one or two nights a week. The benefits are outstanding AND we save money AND don’t listen/watch the drivel. With so many free or streaming for a fee services available today, I don’t know why anyone would pay the exorbitant costs for cable or satellite, just my two cents.
But if you're like me and need to check in on the Giants 5 times a week and the wife needs Shameless and Nurse Jackie to be happy, BEWARE.
Especially on the Nurse Jackie part.
That's worth $125 a month right there, I don't care who you are.
DO NOT PUSH THE 'OL LADY ON THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I can tell my kids we’re no longer the only family on the planet that does not have cable? :)
I’ve been checking that out too.
I made a list of the channels I watch on a regular basis, and when I went to those sites on the internet, they were showing full length copies of current shows. I’m not sure if you can watch it in real-time, or if you have to wait until a day later to be able to see the whole program.
But, it really looks interesting; and promising.
Of course, if they do manage to put through Net Neutrality, then I’ll be off the Net completely.
And, since I write a lot .. my computer will still be busy writing stuff .. it just won’t be on the internet.
I haven’t decided yet which way I will go. First I need to talk to my cable people and see what gives with them.
You seem to have a lot of questions. Can you not think for yourself? Re: Several km varied A Posts today. TV, where to sell guns, where to live????