We cut the cord 3 years ago, put up an antenna outside, use a comp to stream and get well over 200 options to watch, movies and other stuff for free... why support the left in hollywood and NYC?
We just dumped cable and are loving roku.
There are continued cracks in the wall of leftist cultural domination in the US.
I would hope that some day we see glenn Reynolds suggestion that the very generous tax break accorded the film industry be repealed and dry the money up that funds the cancer.
A diCaprio of the future might not be able to fly around in his jet while lecturing us peons on our need to conserve energy.
After that? Online university degrees. Again, contain and eliminate the funding of the cultural cancer.
I cut the cord 3 months ago $285 a month savings, bought a Skystream Box One on amazon for $149 now watch anything I want. I dont miss cable at all in fact this is way better than cable. Have a antenna for locals.
It’s not just a dumping within the US. You can find the same trend in Europe...particularly in Germany. You go ask anyone under the age of 25....probably over 90-percent will tell you that they are streaming off the five or six services possible.
People that live in the country would love to have cable TV/data. It is all relative.
So, if they now have commercials to pay for their programming (like free over-the-air TV), why do they charge so much for their "service"?
Wife still wont give up basic cable, but we hardly watch tv. Even though with KODI we can watch anything, we still dont. There just isnt that much I like to watch, but is nice to be able to get movies and such occasionally....
Recently I found Nvidia Shield Pro. Holy cow. Faster than the Roku. It has everything a Roku has PLUS the app KODI. Can't say enough about it.
Pay for all those sports channels? Some folks may, but I don’t.
Streaming.
It’s for those who want choices.
Bookmark
The irony is that for years we begged cable companies to allow or congress to compel a la cart offerings to no avail. I mean they didn’t even respond to our pleas as far as I remember.
It's the same content, just delivered a different way.
I watch everything now on my laptop.
The BIG cable companies have already made the transition from “cable TV” to broadband providers. I grew up working in the cable industry. The margin and maintenance of a broadband network can be high enough to overcome the crap associated with programming and dealing with programmers.
They should put the pipe in the house and connect it to your TV. The rest is up to you.
Half of your support staff could be cut and the average bill would not change all that much.
AND, look for Comcast or another broadband company to ultimately buy Netflix.
On Demand access to programming has been the dream of cable providers for years.
Big cable companies are building their own streaming bundles.
Two edged sword of course. Netflix has lots of gay crap on it, and very offensive content. But I generally believe in the idea that if you don’t like it, don’t watch it.
I just received a new ROKU 4 yesterday. It can stream 4k. Amazon $69
All the shows I watched before on the older ROKU 3 look better, the photos are sharper, the thumbnails brighter and sharper.