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41. Roku, Netflix and Sling. Thats my setup. 28 Bucks

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Ok, ok finally thinking of cutting the cord (cable...it's gotten ridiculous) [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 OP

Depends Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #1

How about news? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #3

Well, I go with podcasts Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #18

Don't laugh, but we have news on since it is my cheap way of getting around the AP wire nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #20

Not a big fan of AP, Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #27

Not that I am a fan, but when news breaks they have the most people around nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #42

I think the paid version only had commercials Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #7

I have read in The Consumerist Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #25

Correct Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #34

Cool, AoS Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #39

Are you getting a Roku player? Apple TV? Google? villager Sep 2015 #2

We know we are getting a new TV, ours is ... well... 20 years old nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #5

I just got a Vizio Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #22

My specs are LED, they tend to last longer nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #28

Samsung is very good Kelvin Mace Sep 2015 #32

We saw that on sale for about 599 nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #36

Samsung is very good, I purchased one at Christmas last year and use it with an Apple TV. haikugal Sep 2015 #61

4k requires you to sit close or no real difference. Look at some HDTV.... Logical Sep 2015 #33

Cool, thanks nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #37

Check out Roku. I've had it since the beginning. It's incredible. You can get RKP5637 Sep 2015 #31

Thanks, will have a lot of things to mull over nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #35

I am very happy with my Sharp HDTV TexasBushwhacker Sep 2015 #54

Looking at all right now nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #43

We have Netflix XemaSab Sep 2015 #4

Netflix was great, no commercials but recently dropped a major movie deal peacebird Sep 2015 #6

Both are much lower than my cable bill nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #8

We get our news via internet. We had both netflix & hulu when we cut cable peacebird Sep 2015 #9

exactly nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #10

Yet. The cable companies are starting to see what is being done yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #19

Well increaging the price every year nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #38

I am pretty pissed off myself having to pay 203.00 yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #45

Should be humorous, since people are angry nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #46

It will be interesting how it shakes out yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #50

I know nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #55

Actually... Desert805 Sep 2015 #14

News is a tough one. Desert805 Sep 2015 #16

My problem is that I usually am streaing the greatest hits of monte vista and Heartland nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #17

The movie deal is bad for consumers, but good for the corporations involved Nevernose Sep 2015 #26

If you already have Amazon Prime, TransitJohn Sep 2015 #11

I have not signed for that nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #12

Check out Roku animalvet Sep 2015 #13

+a million! tammywammy Sep 2015 #23

I cut my cable way down to basic and bought a ROKU box. Frustratedlady Sep 2015 #15

I prefer Netflix. blogslut Sep 2015 #21

We use Hulu abelenkpe Sep 2015 #24

The Doctor is kind of essential nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #30

We have both - combined about 17.00 bucks a month... hexola Sep 2015 #29

Netflix + iTunes + HBO Now = bye bye cable! Initech Sep 2015 #40

Roku, Netflix and Sling. Thats my setup. 28 Bucks Lochloosa Sep 2015 #41

DU rec...nt SidDithers Sep 2015 #44

for more than ten years I have gone without a tv yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #47

We have news on almost all the time nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #49

guess I am a news junkie too as yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #51

I know, I ran a story on recidivism this morning nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #52

Netflix. Canceled Hulu because we rarely used it. AtomicKitten Sep 2015 #48

Netflix. SheilaT Sep 2015 #53

I left cable behind about two years ago... wcmagumba Sep 2015 #56

Why choose. Total cost for both is about 25 a month CBGLuthier Sep 2015 #57

I have both Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #58

Ah anime, have not done that in a while nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #59

Ditched cable when I realized that 99% of viewing time was one of four channels Jake Stern Sep 2015 #60