Posted on 11/10/2020 12:11:46 PM PST by Mount Athos
In place of a ps4, you can do this instead with a one time purchase of fire stick, $30 for 1080p or $50 for 4k.
again no monthly cost
what about local channel?...if you cut cable can you still get local tv?
Depending on where you live I would also recommend an antenna and a DVR.
This pluto tv has OAN (one america news), newsmax, blaze, etc
Stop supporting wicked corporations who hate us and work against us and cut the cord
Woo hoo! Way to go! Plus you get the satisfaction of no longer funding the LEFTIST media.
Well not cable but I did after 5 years cancel netkiddiepornflix!
This is not really my concern right now when the fate of the nation hangs in the balance.
You can also check out IMDB TV, Xumo, Tubi and Crackle. Also, if you get Plex they have a lot of live and on demand content. Also all free.
to any cable cutting gurus- can tis be done on an old CRTV television? (I know there is an HDMI to component or S-video converter- but not sure if it will work with services like pluto, or roku or whatever?
You can find out what local TV stations you can receive with an antenna at http://www.tvfool.com/ or https://www.antennaweb.org
Yes with an antenna, like the olden days haha
could you offer your opinion on how they compare to pluto?
Even just a few words would be helpful
Bkmrk
Glad to hear it!
I recently cut the satellite cord and don’t miss it at all, thankfully internet tech has replaced it nicely
Just a note, come people with broadband may want to to see if their speed can be increased if they are running under 10Mbps.
If you have more than one person using streaming you can sometimes hit a wall on the bandwidth being used, and most Broadband providers can increase the speed for not much, I know someone who was using 12Mbps DSL and they boosted to 40Mbps and their streaming has had no hiccups since and it only cost them a one time install fee that was paid for in a month since they dumped their cable too.
I did many years ago. Got a good Stacker antenna w/amp & rotor and do Internet streaming.
Many streaming TV options including old TV series, which are so much better than today’s Millennial-targetting low-IQ queer crap.
As for queer crap, Netflix is dead to me now. Hallmark is chasing them. They can have their faggots.
Conservative talkers, OANN, a couple others for news (FR’s my primary news source - DONATE!).
> ...if you cut cable can you still get local tv? <
Oh, yes! I cut cable five years ago. And I’m not a big fan of wi-fi. So I just bought a high quality over-the-air antenna from Amazon (I paid for the best one). My antenna plugs right into the back of my TV.
I get about 35 stations. I get all of local TV, plus all sorts of specialty channels - westerns, old movies, classic TV like ‘Leave It to Beaver’, etc.
Disclaimer #1: Much of what you’ll get depends on your location. I’m on a hill, near a big city. So I can pick up a lot of channels. I’m guessing that’s not true everywhere.
Disclaimer #2: To get all those channels you have to fiddle with the antenna. Place it one one way and you’ll get some channels, but not all of them. Place it another way and you’ll get the missing channels, but lose the other ones. It’s like messing with the old TV rabbit ears. I don’t mind that. But some people might,
We got two new TVs the past two years during Black Friday—a TCL Roku 4K ($699) and a Sharp ($199) and a Sony solid 4K Blu-Ray ($199) as the first “entertainment” purchases we’ve made in over 20+ years. Both TVs are meant only for streaming or Blu-Ray/DVD/CD content, but both share a great long distance antenna (Marathon) that I would recommend to anyone.
We haven’t had a cable subscription in years and had left the 1990s TV unplugged.
We are now enjoying watching what we want, with large amounts of content ad-free (Amazon Prime, OAN (paid) and free channels with ad-blockers).
Cable was to be ad-free, originally. What happened to all of us that we said, “Please charge us for second-rate entertainment that makes us mad?”
I suggest getting the hardware called Tablo. It’s a small receiver for over the air broadcast TV. You may need an antenna depending on your reception. It connects to your home’s wifi. You can watch on your screen of choice like phone, tablet, pc or tv. For TV you will need something like a roku, firestick or smart tv.
Tablo lets you DVD stuff like sports or your favorite shows. Enjoy your cord cutting experience.
Yes, that was our first step, too.
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