KODI is a big factor, if you have reliable internet...
Did it a few weeks ago.
It’s the new Blockbuster Video.
Just finished a marathon of the new Hawaii Five O. Awesome!!
Hundreds of channels and almost nothing worth watching for me. With Amazon Prime, Netflix, Youtube and over the air broacast, I don’t feel I’m missing out.
For later.
Comcast, et al, will compensate for this by exploding Internet access costs.
Cut mine three years ago. Only kept it before because my mother was living with me and was a TV creature.
I wonder how many have cut the cord over the last five years?
We just modified our cell phone plan. We do pay $200 a month for three phones and our data plan. However, we live in the sticks and ALL of our internet is via this plan. This includes my desktop, my wife’s laptop, and our TV.
We are amazon prime members and actually watch all we want from Amazon on our 55” TV in high def USING OUR PHONES. It’s phenomenal.
We have NO broadcast media except for streaming - and our am/fm radios. It’s awesome.
Cut the cord in 2003.
I am giving Commie-cast until the end of the year to elmnate ESPN from my available channels and reduce my rates accordingly.
Eff progressives and their formation flying slime.
This is what’s killing the NFL I think. There aren’t such good options for watching football on the internet.
There is almost nothing worth watching anymore.
I only have basic for the grandson, I get my news from other sources..
499 channels for liberals, liberal elites, and liberal victim group members.
One channel for Conservatives...
Why wouldn’t we want to pay for that? /s
Leftist ESPN thugs.
How does the cable company respond? By raising rates on the existing customers.
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The problem for many of us is that, in somewhat rural areas, there are few alternatives.
I can pick up only 2 or 3 OTA stations with an indoor antenna. An outdoor antenna is out of the question, as I live in an apartment complex.
Online streaming still has problems. And in order to get local cable internet, they require the basic cable tier that is around $30/month. DSL? The phone company requires a landline (bundle) to get DSL. That landline adds about $30/month.
Streaming video is the reason. Roku, Apple TV, etc. will continue to grow and the suppliers of content will adopt a smorgasbord approach to allow viewers to select what they want and don’t want.
I think the collective blood pressure readings in the house dropped, our kids remained informed of world events, but through more conservative venues. After a brief period of adjustment, we became accustomed to selecting movies and shows of our choosing rather than "whatever was on". We found that the ability to binge a tv series to be far more enjoyable than waiting a week or two between episodes - you don't forget the plot subtleties, and the show is presented at a time of your own choosing rather than when the network deems (we never did have a TIVO).
Altogether, a far more enjoyable, economical and controllable method for bringing media into the home.
A Roku Ultra was delivered to my house the other day. I haven’t had the cajones to open it yet. I have a few days left on Directv before making another monthly. I called Directv and told them to shut it down.