Cut the cord to satellite/cable TV!

[Vanguard]

My wife and I are going to be "cutting the cord" to DirecTV in the spring, when our contract is up. Our entire house (and yard) is covered by our wireless DSL router, and with a Netflix account, Amazon Prime account, and Hulu Plus account, combined with 2 smart TVs, 1 Xbox and 1 Roku XS, we get all the movie/shows we could possibly want.

The price difference is astronomical! Our DTV package is roughly ~$75 a month without premium channels. I am subject to what THEY have programmed to watch. 300 channels and nothing on.



The combined price each month for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and Xbox Live is less than $30 a month! Between these and an attic mounted indoor HD antenna for local channels (that I get for free from 3 different cities), why bother with cable or satellite? I choose what I want to watch!

 

[Obadiah]

Congratulations on your good decision! I did this same thing (almost exactly, I just don't have the HD antenna) almost three years ago now and don't see ever going back to DTV or any other service like that. My DTV package alone was costing me around $140/month with very little programming that interested me. It's funny, DTV STILL emails me spam several times a week begging me to come back. One time they asked me what they could do to get me back, so I hit reply and typed they could offer me on demand commercial free movies for $10/month with no other hidden charges. A little while later I got a message that the email address doesn't accept replies! :-D

 

[farouk]

I guess you guys will save some money, anyway; a bit like quitting smoking, driving a diesel-powered automobile, etc.

 

[Pizzaguy]

I have had Comcast cable internet and NOTHING else since 2009.
TV is a wasteland, and I imagine this week, it's full of inaccurate and sensational coverage of the shooting out east, where the shooter is talked about for hours on end - just how he wanted it to be.