Sling isn't bad -- basic tier of channels gets you HGTV, AMC, some sports channels. I can't think of the whole lineup but it's not bad, and you can add on premium this or that for $5 here $10 there.
My recc would be to get a Roku. We have had a chromecast and didn't like it, and didn't like Apple TV either. We also have an amazon fire stick but Roku is the best, hands down.
If you have amazon prime account then you get amazon streaming for free. There are some TV shows, lots of free movies and plenty to buy.
Netflix is $9 a month
We've done Hulu in the past but not enough shows we want to see that are available on streaming (vs watching on the computer) to justify the price.
We don't get any OTA channels where we live -- very difficult to get anything even with the nice antenna, so we have Dish and still use the roku for Youtube, amazon, netflix. WHen we lived in Philadelphia, Seattle, and another part of Clearwater we were able to get OTA channels and cut the cable cord years ago and did just fine with streaming options.
Also, with roku, there are other streaming channels you can get for free that show a variety of movies and TV shows. Some of them are good, most of them are mediocre to bad (meaning their offerings) but I think for $50 (for the roku) you just can't beat it.
THe one downside -- and one of the reasons that I like dish -- you can't DVR on sling. I think you can get a stand-alone box to work as DVR but it's not as intuitive and easy as the box with cable or dish. I don't always want to watch The Walking Dead at 9pm on Sunday, but we found that if we wanted to watch it, we had to watch it when it was on the TV, no way to record for later.
Also, when you're not hooked upto a cable or sattelite program, you can't log into AMC and watch on demand b/c they want you to sign in with your cable or satelite provider log in...
But there is a PBS channel on Roku that we use. You won't get local TV on the sling but if you have an antenna that should't be an issue.
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