Also keep in mind that if you really do cancel and hold out for a few months, you will be moved into the "offer them a really low low price" group if you ever want to restart.
On Sunday, November 17, 2013, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > Thats good info Cam. I already have Netflix and Amazon Prime. To be > honest, most of my Niners games have played on regular networks this > season, and I can live a Sunday or two if I dont see them play. Hell, that > just gives me a reason to go to B-Dubs and have chicken and beer. I checked > into Hulu Plus and thats only 7.99 a month. The Filipino Channel is only > 13.00 a month. Add everything together and its about 50.00 a month. Not > too bad really. And I saw on Hulu that all the shows we watch are there > with current episodes, so that works. And it looks like they have an > extensive array of Anime (my wifes addiction). So now we just have to > discuss it and see if its something that we want to do. But from first > blush it looks like a real money saver for us. I already have a laptop that > sits around here doing nothing and already own the Chromecast dongle for > the kitchen tv, and I have a PS3 for the living room tv, so the hardware > investment is already done. And you cant count cable internet since I have > to have that anyway. A good deal overall I think. > > > Bruce > > On Nov 17, 2013, at 11:44 AM, Cameron Childress > <[email protected]<javascript:;>> > 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:368693 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
