Regarding a digital antenna, what do you recommend? I have to have an indoor unit because the housing nazis on base wont allow anything to be attached to the house.
On Nov 17, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > >> So right now I pay about $200.00 a month for DirectTV > > > We cut the cord maybe 6-9 months ago and haven't ever even considered going > back to cable. We have a digital antenna for broadcast stations, plus Hulu, > NetFlix, and Amazon Prime (via AppleTV and/or AirPlay). We also buy seasons > of shows like Walking Dead and American Horror Story on our Apple TV and > get them the following day. > > Each of the pay services (Hulu / Netflix, etc) will have holes in seasons > and shows so you really end up needed to get more than one to fill in the > gaps but if you are saving $200/mo that goes a REALLY LONG WAY when you are > paying a-la-carte. > > Also - if you know anyone who has Hulu or Netflix or even Cable, you may be > able to fill in some gaps for free if they are willing to let you log into > their accounts on your devices. This is how many people I know get things > like HBOGO, which you still cannot get without having cable. > > Some shows are really only available on the web too. CBS, for example, has > The Good Wife, which my wife enjoys watching. We pull it up on a laptop and > stream it to the AppleTV via AirPlay. She was frustrated by jumping through > all the hoops at first but now it's like second nature to her. > > In my opinion cutting the cord is a huge money saver. You will end up > having to hunt a little bit more to get all the content you want without > cable, but almost everything is available out there somewhere. Plus you get > to give the middle finger to the cable companies. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368692 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
