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Cord-Cutting Explodes: 22 Million U.S. Adults Will Have Canceled Cable, Satellite TV by End of 2017
Variety ^ | September 13, 2017 | Todd Spangler

Posted on 09/14/2017 7:04:52 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: GOPJ
499 channels for liberals, liberal elites, and liberal victim group members.

Not One channel for Conservatives...

Why wouldn’t we want to pay for that? /s

You left out the 120 non English speaking channels!

41 posted on 09/14/2017 8:04:30 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: semantic
I should add, as a general PSA, that this is the digitial antenna we got.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KUXVKK0/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It doesn't need a clear line of site like satellite, so you don't have to mount it on the roof. Rather, it can be placed in an attic, etc. Ours is up in the garage rafters. We're pulling in 200 stations. 99% are junk, but at least it's free.

42 posted on 09/14/2017 8:06:25 AM PDT by semantic
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To: semantic

Bookmark


43 posted on 09/14/2017 8:07:53 AM PDT by RightField
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To: robroys woman

I’ve used my phone for my laptop internet but since I don’t have a tv or looked at them seriously what would I need to have to get it to recognize my phone?


44 posted on 09/14/2017 8:08:44 AM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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To: Aria

“Next is Verizon...going to Walmart Smart Talk. Only thing I”ll keep is Century Link internet for $70/month.”

You might want to check out Tracfone. They provide the service to Walmart Smart Phone for less.

I have Verizon via Tracfone on my Samsung, and my wife has AT&T via Tracfone for her Android.


45 posted on 09/14/2017 8:09:20 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: EdnaMode

I’ve dumped it. Sick of rising prices and their arrogance. Got a digital antenna...42 channels for nothing...just like the old days. Except 39 more stations.


46 posted on 09/14/2017 8:09:20 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Grampa Dave

Ahh, good catch. So nice to be back on FreeRepublic from the comfort of my home rather than from ‘in-land but safe’ and away from the storm. I really hate hurricanes...


47 posted on 09/14/2017 8:11:00 AM PDT by GOPJ ("$3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate criminal illegals.That's $1.2 Billion a year.")
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To: V K Lee

http://viki.com and http://dramafever.com

You can watch episodes for free, or pay a few bucks a month to go commercial-free.

And shows like “Goblin” are better than anything Hollywood is putting out these days.


48 posted on 09/14/2017 8:12:40 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Thank you. Will put this into the treasure box. Always looking :-)


49 posted on 09/14/2017 8:17:48 AM PDT by V K Lee (DJT: "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war. ")
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To: EdnaMode

If I had my way all we’d have is antenna for local TV Weather. I’m not a TV watcher. Much rather have a book and LEARN something. Do a lot of reading on alternative medicine, vitamins, and essential oils just got added.

D’Sousa is another favorite writer.


50 posted on 09/14/2017 8:19:40 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: Grampa Dave

I have reduced my TV watching to CSI Miami, TV Land, and ME TV (local NJ channel showing 60’s sitcoms and police adventures).

Last night Hawaii Five-O, McGarrett held hostage in a prison riot. Danno and Chin save the day !


51 posted on 09/14/2017 8:22:30 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: EdnaMode

The providers pay too much for the stations they carry. Cable or satellite should cost no more that $100/month for every channel available. instead it’s over double that, why, no competition/monopolies


52 posted on 09/14/2017 8:22:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: CatOwner
Comcast, et al, will compensate for this by exploding Internet access costs.There is more competition with internet and no competition for cable - internet access should drip while cable keeps soaring.
53 posted on 09/14/2017 8:24:00 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: EdnaMode

Hint: If you use an antenna for some of your TV watching, there are digital to analog converter boxes available that have the side benefit of being able to record shows from the antenna to a thumb-drive (You don’t even have to use the converter portion). It gives me the ability to record old shows like Gunsmoke and Rawhide from MeTV.

And they’re cheap-only about $25. It’s not the best device I’ve ever seen in that it’s clunky and the remote must be pointed right at it, but it works.


54 posted on 09/14/2017 8:41:57 AM PDT by libertylover (Inhabitants of Earth with any freedom probably have the USA to thank.)
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To: EdnaMode

[over-the-top] video


WTH is that?


55 posted on 09/14/2017 8:43:33 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: EdnaMode

I’m installing an OTA Tivo as I type.


56 posted on 09/14/2017 8:47:49 AM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: libertylover

Heard for years that the quality of sporting events on antenna TV was better that cable or satellite. After a couple of years of cutting the satellite I can tell you they are.


57 posted on 09/14/2017 8:48:16 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

It’s because the limited bandwidth of cable/satellite requires some signal compression. OTA doesn’t so there’s a chance of higher resolution.


58 posted on 09/14/2017 8:56:01 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: EdnaMode

Going on three years since I cut the cord. Was hard at first, but looking back I now realize that was mostly because I’d just developed ‘cable habits’. Significantly less TV viewing now and much better quality of life.


59 posted on 09/14/2017 9:03:13 AM PDT by LoneStarGI (Vegetarian: Old Indian word for "BAD HUNTER.")
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To: robroys woman

Yeah good point.


60 posted on 09/14/2017 9:52:21 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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