Cutting the (cable) cord

[JRoyal]

Sling - sports
Amazon Prime - free with prime
Netflix - wife
Hulu - kid
HBO Max - me
Disney + - everyone
Antenna - local news and networks (plus for long power outages)

High speed internet about 100

About 180 for everything

I need to get a good antenna. Mine would be a little more than this because I shell out for the highest internet package and have a few others (Showtime and Starz), but I could cut another $60 or so off my monthly costs with the right antenna. The one I have now gets all our local stations except the ABC affiliate, which of course is the one my wife likes to watch when she's getting ready for work every morning.

 

[Driftwood]

We are going to not be happy with the loss of regional Fox channels when baseball starts.
The one loss I've had with Hulu is Weather Channel during hurricane season.
There is a channel called Weather Nation, but it's to Weather Channel what store brand nacho cheese snacks are to Doritos.

 

[Cosmo]

Sling - sports
Amazon Prime - free with prime
Netflix - wife
Hulu - kid
HBO Max - me
Disney + - everyone
Antenna - local news and networks (plus for long power outages)

High speed internet about 100

About 180 for everything

My cable/internet is $191, includes HBO and Showtime along with hundreds of random channels I never watch until I'm shipfaced on a Friday night (MTV Clashic!). Again, I like the idea of going full streaming, but the cost savings isn't worth it for me.

 

[Severian]

I cut the cord years ago and use Usenet for everything. $22 a year for the bandwidth. The best decision I've ever made.

 

[playthrough]

I switched internet providers recently from Spectrum to AT&T, saving $40 a month and getting HBOMax for free. There's so much stuff there that I could almost ditch all my other streaming subscriptions ... if I could give up live sports.

 

[Scout]

My cable/internet is $191, includes HBO and Showtime along with hundreds of random channels I never watch until I'm shipfaced on a Friday night (MTV Clashic!). Again, I like the idea of going full streaming, but the cost savings isn't worth it for me.

We also have four TVs. Unsure if cable charges for extra TVs anymore.

 

[Cosmo]

We also have four TVs. Unsure if cable charges for extra TVs anymore.

That's a good point. I only have one TV set up. I could set up a second one, but I don't like having a TV in the bedroom. I'm sure it would be more expensive to add another box to the mix.

 

[ChrisLong]

I switched to Hulu Live about a year and a half ago after being a longtime DirecTV customer. Was a good move at the time for the price. But it's gone up nearly $20 a month to about $70 (with tax) thanks to at least two rate increases since I first signed up. And now Hulu (along with YouTube TV) no longer has the Fox Sports regionals, which really stinks for me and the sports fans in the house. I'm waiting on an end to that dispute between Sinclair (which owns the FS-regionals) and the streaming services, but I don't know where to turn if it lasts much longer, other than maybe reconnecting the cord going back to Charter/Spectrum TV, which is my Internet provider.

We also subscribe to Netflix, Disney+ (with a the Hulu/ESPN+ bundle) and have Amazon Prime. HBO Max is free with our AT&T phone package and I'm in a one-year Apple TV free trial. We use Amazon Fire Sticks in our TVs for this.

This is exactly my story. We had to go back to cable with Cox in order to watch our local hockey team and baseball (when it starts). We already had Cox for Internet and land line telephone, so now we can bundle, which we couldn't before. We just did it a few weeks ago. The first bill is outrageous, but probably has some installation charges. Somehow, we now have 5 TVs for the three of us. Four connections came in the main installation. There was some fee for the fifth.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

My cable/internet is $191, includes HBO and Showtime along with hundreds of random channels I never watch until I'm shipfaced on a Friday night (MTV Clashic!). Again, I like the idea of going full streaming, but the cost savings isn't worth it for me.

the old headbanger's ball videos on that channel have driven my wife to the upstairs tv on more than one occasion

before her, there was the metal - unyielding, unbending, uncompromising, and eternal

later

 

[OscarMadison]

I thought we'd be watching more TV once we went into lockdown. Nope. We dip into the Food Network shows on Hulu and I watch the leotard Supes and Star Wars stuff on Disney. We have Prime for quick ships of buckwheat noodles and other life necessities as well as The Boys. Cutting cable meant losing Fox Sports South, so I may go ahead and spring for Center Ice this year. That and ESPN+ will serve me quite well for all of my weirdo niche sports needs. If Disc+ has the programming from FitTv and Planet Green to stream, I might add that.

 

[dixiehack]

I thought we'd be watching more TV once we went into lockdown. Nope. We dip into the Food Network shows on Hulu and I watch the leotard Supes and Star Wars stuff on Disney. We have Prime for quick ships of buckwheat noodles and other life necessities as well as The Boys. Cutting cable meant losing Fox Sports South, so I may go ahead and spring for Center Ice this year. That and ESPN+ will serve me quite well for all of my weirdo niche sports needs. If Disc+ has the programming from FitTv and Planet Green to stream, I might add that.

If you are trying for the Preds specifically, make sure you aren't getting blacked out by Center Ice. If you just want a variety of games but don't need access to everything, ESPN-Plus has two NHL games per night.

 

[OscarMadison]

Thanks for the heads up. I use a VPN, so it might get around the blackout. If not, it's mitigated by me being a long-time Caps and Red Wings fan raised by a Bruins fan. I am still unreasonably happy about the 2018 Stanley Cup win. 'Scuse me while I go pour a forty for Trotzy, Sasha, and Holtby.