I am now a cord cutter

My wife and I cut the cord we bought 2 new chromecasts and use youtube tv and station apps like HGTV and destination america so far things are going well who else here has cut the cord.

Conversation 8 comments

  • Brad Sams

    Premium Member
    18 May, 2017 - 8:32 am

    <p>I did this last August…with Hulu and Netflix, i doubt we will ever go back to cable.</p>

    • helix2301

      Premium Member
      18 May, 2017 - 10:13 am

      <blockquote>We wanted to save some money hulu was a bit limited dirct tv now and slingbox were expensive we decided google tv was sutable with netflix account and amazon prime video </blockquote><blockquote><a href="#117682"><em>In reply to Brad Sams:</em></a></blockquote><p><br></p>

  • xperiencewindows

    18 May, 2017 - 10:28 am

    <p>We are currently doing the same with Sling (blue &amp; orange pack) with two Rokus. We are enjoying it and find it a better value than cable.</p>

  • devSpeed

    18 May, 2017 - 12:19 pm

    <p>We did it three years ago. We have much more control, save money and still watch what we want. We have a mix of Roku and Amazon Fire TV. We primarily watch Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Video, HBO, CW, CBS, and YouTube.</p>

  • evox81

    Premium Member
    18 May, 2017 - 12:42 pm

    <p>I'm curious, what type of savings do you see on your cable bill after dropping TV? Where I live, with the TV package I have, the price difference is only $10-$20. We do have some shows we watch regularly and I'd easily spend more than that signing up for services to access them via streaming.</p><p><br></p><p>Admittedly, I have a pretty cheap TV package (hint for Comcast customers: sign up for one of their Latino packages) so that changes the equation in my case, But I'm curious if you saw a big savings, or if you perhaps cut the cord for other reasons?</p>

    • helix2301

      Premium Member
      18 May, 2017 - 1:05 pm

      <blockquote><a href="#117753"><em>In reply to evox81:</em></a><em>about 60 dollars</em></blockquote><p><br></p>

  • Darmok N Jalad

    18 May, 2017 - 5:49 pm

    <p>I haven't had cable in over a decade, and even then it was my roommate's idea. Who would eventually be my wife initially thought I was crazy, but she saw the light. 🙂 Once the OTA HD rollout happened, the quality of what you can get locally is pretty good if you live in or near a big city. Add a streaming subscription service and you are good to go. Even if I had just a cheap cable package of like $40/mo (which might not even be possible), I'd saved about $5,000 by now. </p>

  • lordbaal1

    20 May, 2017 - 7:34 pm

    <p>if I cut the cord, I would only save like $40-$50 a month.</p><p>that would mean no HBO and Showtime, which I get for free with fios quantum. Which I watch those channels. </p><p>If I go to sling, or some other, in the end I'm only save maybe like $10-$20. And that not including HBO and Showtime. </p>

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