Donna, thank you for that.
Interestingly enough, it sounds like I would be totally on the same television
page at your house with the exception of the news. The big Bang Theory is one
of my favorite shows. Sheldon is actually more whacked in the head than I am
which sometimes rings a little close to home but alwys makes me bust up with
laughter.:) The righting on that show reminds me of when television used to
have good programming on the networks more consistently. Now it’s all just
reality horse hockey. I tried watching big brother once and just ended up
wishing they would introduce anthrax in to the house to spice up the show.
I’ve been trying to get my favorite BBQ spot on diners drive ins and
dives now for a year.:) Remind me sometime to tell you off list about how
Guy’s brand new Lamborghini was stolen oceans eleven style from the same car
dealership where I was having maintenance done.
Bringing this soundly back on topic, you can view food TV on the Apple TV 4th
gen. I’m not sure how you do it with out a cable subscription but on mine I
browse to a site, put in a code and it pulls down the programming. It also
authenticates with my FIOS account so somehow that unlocks the content but
there aught to be a way to pay for it inexpensively. Or I could give you my
account (shshsh I didn’t say that)
I’m thinking about the savings you mentioned, $960 yearly on basic cable. That
probably translates to over $2500 yearly with my everything package. That’s
real chaching! I could justify the gigabit cost of Internet if I knocked 250
per month off the bill. I’d still probably save 1000 to 1500. Thanks for that
eye opener!
Interesting topic, if I cut the cord I will let you know and let us know how
it’s working out for you over time.
Thanks for the detailed explaination of your experience, I found it interesting.
On 6/27/16, 8:12 AM, "Donna Goodin" <[email protected] on behalf
of [email protected]> wrote:
Hey Scott,
I felt exactly like you do. My husband had been wanting to cut the chord for a
long time, and I was the one dragging my feet. But now that we've done it, I
don't miss it much at all. There are some shows I miss like Diners and Dives
and Restaurant Impossible, but that's about it. And we've discovered new shows
that we like that we probably would never have discovered if we'd just been
able to put the Food Network on and let it run all night. :)
It is different, though. If you want to watch TV, you can't just pick up the
remote and surf around. Now, we decide what we want to watch and then access
it. You can surf on Netflix, and probably other sources like Hulu as well, but
you surf through lists of shows, not channels. It's funny, my husband will
occasionally still ask, "What's on TV tonight?" and I have to remind him, it's
whatever we decide to put on. :) Neither my husband nor I ever got our news
from television, so that wasn't an issue for us.
Our cost savings is probably around $80 per month, and we had a basic cable
package. Our internet is still cable, and they offer the best service in our
area, so it's likely to stay that way for a while. I know other people who
save less, because they took the same money they were spending on cable, and
just put it into subscriptions, Hulu, etc. Whichever way you go, I have to say
that not only is it nice to be saving that money, it's also just nice not to be
paying for all that really bad TV--in my opinion, most of what your cable gets
you is a load of ****.
So, I'm glad we did it. My suggestion would be to keep track of what shows you
get from cable that you actually value. Then figure out whether those same
shows are available through another mechanism--don't rule out purchasing them
if you really like them. I'm a huge Big Bang Theory fan for example. That
isn't available on Netflix, so I just purchased my favorite seasons on iTunes.
My guess is that you won't have too much that you get from your cable company
that you couldn't get more cheaply elsewhere.
Good luck, and let us know if you do decide to cut the chord.
Cheers,
Donna
> On Jun 26, 2016, at 10:16 PM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Donna, I’ve been thinking of doing the same thing but can’t quite get my head
> around not having channels to turn to. I’m still a product of the old
> television way of doing things. How about news or other live broadcasting?
> Do you miss it? Do you still get it in other ways?
> How about the cost savings, are they as significant as people claim?
> Do you miss the older style of TV access or are things going well. Maybe if
> nobody objects you could talk a little more about your cord cutting
> experience? Are you still receiving Internet over the cable or are you all
> wireless or some other access method?
>
>
>
>
> On 6/26/16, 8:11 PM, "Donna Goodin" <[email protected] on
> behalf of [email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Brandon,
>
> My husband and I ditched our cable last fall. We now watch either Netflix,
> or content that we own. Netflix works great, both with our Apple TV and on
> my iPhone.
> Cheers,
> Donna
>> On Jun 26, 2016, at 5:20 PM, Brandon A. Olivares <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I am thinking of canceling cable, because we just don’t use it much.
>>
>> We just got Hulu, and that is working awesome.
>>
>> What I want to know is, does Netflix work well, either on the computer or on
>> the iPhone?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brandon
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