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markpkessinger

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26. I did it a couple of years ago, and haven't regretted it . . .

Mon May 19, 2014, 11:07 PM

May 2014

. . . Instead, i bought a $25 Digital antenna and a digital-to-analog converter box for about $60. Here in NYC, that gets me all three major networks plus Fox (not that I actually watch Fox), ION, plus a couple of local channels (9 & 11); and PBS (13), and a smattering of various local public access channels. I supplement that with a HuluPlus subscription for all of $8 a month, and I find pretty much whatever else I want to watch online sooner or later (and rarely do I have to wait very long before I can find something). I have to wait about two and a half hours after everybody else to get my daily Maddow fix online, but I don't get home from work until after 11 p.m. anyway, so that's just fine. So I now pay $8/month as opposed to the $149/month I formerly paid to TimeWarner. Sure I get a bit less, but most of what I got from TimeWarner was crap I didn't watch anyway, so I don't feel I've lost much at all, and certainly I haven't lost anything worth paying an extra $141 a month for!

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OK. I'm sick of paying the cable companies. How do I cut the cord? [View all] Comrade Grumpy May 2014 OP

I have Roku and Netflix. Le Taz Hot May 2014 #1

Thank you. I could probably live without instant HBO, but I gotta have the NFL. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #2

Try this for the NFL TransitJohn May 2014 #10

you'll be missing a wild card playoff game next near if it's not your local team and don't have cabl pstokely May 2014 #45

We are thinking about giving it up too - TBF May 2014 #3

I dont get any news from the tv. Warren Stupidity May 2014 #4

I have a Roku and a rooftop antenna. I find plenty to watch on Netflix, Amazon, etc. NBachers May 2014 #5

thrones Niceguy1 May 2014 #30

Same here workinclasszero May 2014 #48

I have Netflix but I don't see it as an acceptable replacement for cable. Lasher May 2014 #6

yep, although the DVD versions are genrally more limited than Roku or Apple TV and bettyellen May 2014 #8

I have an older high def TV that has component video inputs and not HDMI Lasher May 2014 #21

there is no coupling converter for that? I am mad I only have two HDMIs, and I switch one back and bettyellen May 2014 #24

I wish I could find a component to HDMI converter but I don't think that will work. Lasher May 2014 #28

Look at this and check out the "after looking at this other people bought" section... bettyellen May 2014 #31

I have looked into these before. Lasher May 2014 #33

Ah, I always think that someone out there has a fix, LOL. I'm upset my Roku is malfunctioning bettyellen May 2014 #42

Roku 1 and 2 mockmonkey May 2014 #51

That is composite, not component. It does not support high definition. Lasher May 2014 #54

Last TV I had bought was in '89 mockmonkey May 2014 #56

You apparently have an addiction. First, admit you are powerless... scarletwoman May 2014 #7

+1 nt Zorra May 2014 #55

Me too Galileo126 May 2014 #9

I have Dish and I renegotiate my price every several months. WhiteTara May 2014 #35

Just do it. Worry about a substitute after the fact. It's been about a month GoneFishin May 2014 #11

unplug it first!!!!!1! RainDog May 2014 #12

We have Roku and Netflix, total cost is one time payment of around $80 for Roku Whisp May 2014 #13

So, do you have a data cap on your internet? If so, do you have difficulty staying within it? n/t winter is coming May 2014 #16

no data cap - internet fees are about $50 per month. Whisp May 2014 #17

But I fear a data cap might be coming Lasher May 2014 #27

I'm wondering about getting the lowest level of business-class Internet service. n/t winter is coming May 2014 #39

News is easy. SheilaT May 2014 #14

I've looked for NFL and all I can find is NFL rewind - TBF May 2014 #15

Seems like sports (aside from what the networks get) is Laura PourMeADrink May 2014 #18

Roku added Youtube recently Whisp May 2014 #19

My two sisters are getting HBO off our account - amazing Laura PourMeADrink May 2014 #20

Thanks, everybody. You're really encouraging me. Change is scary. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #22

I can't drag the kids along to sports bars - TBF May 2014 #46

I gave it up in Jan, bought an antenna and get all I wanted for free. Then for 7.99/mo, hulu plus larkrake May 2014 #23

I dropped all my movie channels and it dropped ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #25

I did it a couple of years ago, and haven't regretted it . . . markpkessinger May 2014 #26

We cut the cable about a year ago and the quality of our viewing has gone up. factsarenotfair May 2014 #29

'Saving Grace' IS a great movie! Craig Ferguson was wonderful! Luminous Animal May 2014 #41

No. I'll check into it. :) factsarenotfair May 2014 #43

We've always been no cable, but we do okay. politicat May 2014 #32

I tried the rooftop antenna because my husband insisted napi21 May 2014 #34

Antenna for your locals and affiliates with a converter box if needed (for older sets). xmas74 May 2014 #36

Rabbit ears. Roku, Netflix. Cut the cord 2 years ago. Best decision. kairos12 May 2014 #37

I got rid of my TV altogether and watch a few things online now and again. Luminous Animal May 2014 #38

I have Roku w/ Netflix + antenna The Blue Flower May 2014 #40

find a sports bar and someone else with an HBO subscription pstokely May 2014 #44

over $200 for cable? or for a bundle? DrDan May 2014 #47

If you mean legally, and you want to keep watching Game of Thrones, Jamastiene May 2014 #49

since most cable companies also provide internet service... Javaman May 2014 #50

We gave up cable a decade or so ago JanMichael May 2014 #52

Lineman's pliers should do the trick badtoworse May 2014 #53

Ask if you can get just the minimum basic network channels, HBO, and internet IronLionZion May 2014 #57

Depends whatthehey May 2014 #58