Posted on 11/10/2020 12:11:46 PM PST by Mount Athos
The cable guy just fixed the internet. I disconnected the cable box to see what cutting the cord was like.
Commenters recommended Pluto TV, which was available as an app through my PS4. It's free. It took about 60 to 90 seconds to download and install. I found it in about one minute scrolling through all the apps listed on the PS4.
You can go to Pluto.tv to view their website, and see how to connect, whether by smart tv, a streaming device like Amazon Fire stick or Roku or the PS4, or even on your phone.
There are more than a hundred channels, from a Star Trek channel, to a Sci-Fi channel (which also plays some Star Trek), to an entire channel of CSI repeats, and an entire channel of 007 movies, 24 hours a day.
Newswise, they have OANN, Newsmax, The Blaze and others. They have liberal networks too, like Bloomberg News and I think a version of CNN and MSNBC and NBC News, too.
They seem to have a deal with CBS in particular. There are a dozen or so local CBS News channels.
There's a lot of British stuff, from Father Ted to Classic Doctor Who.
There are a whole bunch of Pluto-branded versions of channels like Comedy Central and MTV and that crap. I don't know if these are the actual channels or maybe like highlights of the channels. The Comedy Central channel has repeats of Crank Yankers, so maybe this is just some of their older material?
There are also a lot of movie channels, like "90s Throwback," "80s Rewind," "70s Classics." 80s Rewind was playing Hellraiser 2, followed by Heathers.
In addition to a lot of Live TV channels, there's also a lot of On Demand stuff. For example, I can watch the 007 movies playing on the 007 channel, but I could also watch, say, Doctor No on demand.
Again: this is free.
Although you don't have channels that I know people watch a lot of, like ID and HGTV, they do have their own knockoff versions of that kind of programming.
And also: Free.
But if you have to have some of those cable channels, like ID, you can get Philo TV, which has 63 channels for $20 a month. That doesn't seem worth it to me, but then, I don't watch ID.
I'm surprised. I'd say "delighted" but that sounds like something that closet case David French would say upon seeing tonight's chosen buck.
Given that this stuff is free, it makes it pretty affordable to buy the occasional series like Always Sunny in Philadelphia or What We Do In the Shadows on Amazon Prime.
Here's a sample of their channel lineup now. You can scroll the different categories available on the left, and scroll down the actual show listings in the middle/right.
This is going to be super-easy, barely an inconvenience. I don't watch a lot of TV anyway. I just sometimes put something on when I'm bored and getting ready for bed. Obviously, Zero Dollars is a good price to pay for this level of TV.
Check it out. And thanks to everyone who suggested it.
Zero #!&* dollars.
Well, I mean, I do have to pay for internet, but I was already paying for that.
I'm so happy I will never pay for ESPN, ABC, MSNBC, CNN or Fox again.
Goodbye, *!$&ers. When the ratings aren't budging, that's me not watching.
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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