Posted on 06/30/2015 6:00:04 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
...Internet and getting a FEW Channels(Fox News, History, H2, and AHC etc...)?
Looks like I “need’ a dictionary too, :-)!
I bought a plug in to 110 AC antenna and get over a dozen channels that I still don’t watch. Drop cable until they make service available with no channels except the ones you choose to have, which will never happen because they use your membership to get advertising monies. It is like using centurylink.net for email. They load their ads continuously so you cannot esacpe the dead-head ads or the regime propaganda, like nothing but queers klissing and smiling as they destroy the nation that allowed them to exist in the first place.
Just do it.
All you need is a library card,
I finally went to Netflix, after 25 years or so without watching anything but DVDs, as they have a good amount of documentaries and I need something quasi brainless for working out, but overall I wouldn’t be sad if every last TV and radio station stopped working forever this instant.
i did years ago... there is too much free stuff on the internet AND ‘how to’ videos on youtube (which i love)
The day after my mother passed away I disconnected Direct TV. That’s about $90/month to spend on other things like ammo, junk silver, etc.
Got ROKU for streaming audio and music. I think it is $20-30/month.
Don’t miss the rest at all. Live in the mountains and so don’t have normal reception and have to rely in the I’net.
I use Chromecast and from that I can get lots of shows I watch from YouTube, Daily Motion, Hulu, Netflix and BitTorrent if all else fails.
Tons of classic TV shows, international news programs, and documentaries are posted to YouTube to the point where I watch stuff from there most of the time. I’ve totally forgot regular TV exists until I visit my parents.
YouTube is awesome. Fixed my dryer, refrigerator and stove thanks to How To videos on YouTube.
Antenna for local channels. Your options for other stuff are wide open. Smart TVs can tune in a lot of material, as can smart BluRay players. I use Roku because of it’s simplicity and wide range of available channels. I pay $8 per month for Netflix and 8 for Hulu. You can subscribe to a wide variety of sports channels too. SlingTV has 4 ESPN channels and other stuff for around 20 per month.
Yeah, I don’t have cable now, only internet. I’d probably get it if there were an alé cart channel selection available.
We’re way out in the country; no cable, nothing, just the tee-vee with what ever channels it happens to pick up. -
AND, IT’S MORE THAN ENOUGH !
I cut, dumped most TV watching, and got a Roku2, and pretty much quit watching any scheduled programming. I have Amazon Prime, we watch some stuff there, often we throw content from our smart phones and YouTube to the TV to watch free as a built in function of the Roku. I do have the “Mohu Leaf” antenna for over the air TV, but haven’t watched it in about a year. And then we still have a ton of DVDs and the DVD player, but haven’t purchased a DVD in a long while. Good luck, there are a ton of choices, this is the one that worked for us.
Roku is a one time payment … you can buy them almost anywhere. Some channels have monthly fees. Pandora has a free version for music streaming.
“Got ROKU for streaming audio and music. I think it is $20-30/month.”
Just got Roku this weekend. I like it.
repairclinic.com is also a font of knowledge in that area.
I would go with Netflix, your over-the-air local channels, and just an internet connection. I admit....having Fox News, TMC, and the History channel would be nice, but the idiots don’t package small like this together.
I would note this in Europe. Netflix has arrived and the under-30 crowd are flocking to that offering....triggering a downward spiral for cable-TV and state-run TV. It might take twenty years but I think most state-run TV operations in Germany and a few other countries will cease to exist.
Yup, I fixed my dryer and the sink disposal via Youtube instructional videos. Even gave the viewers a suggestion when doing the disposal with only two hands ... use the little car jack in your car to hold the disposal in place while your two hands do the attaching.
If my job ever goes south and on a tighter budget I will dump the Dish. And Verizon too.
No history on the pawn stars and ancient aliens channel. No science on the science channel. No news on the news channels. No sci-fi on the horror movie channel that sometimes has wrestling.
No TV since 1994. My children lived through it. I recommend it. I can predict hurricanes and weather as well as the TV weather-readers do. One way or another I hear about the wars around the world.
All you need is a library card and FreeRepublic.
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