A way to get rid of high priced cable and dish?

[Hector]

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What do you guys and gals think?

[sauce]

interesting solution with the new HULU premium. . . I'm probably just about ready to ditch Cable. I have the basic package and the lowest priced Netflix for streaming to my DVD player. I hardly ever watch anything that's actually "ON"

[LadyZod]

We've been thinking of ditching our Dishnetwork. I'm happy with the service, but the price has gotten out of control.

[The Toyroom]

We're going to lock in for another two years with Time Warner Cable...Cable/Phone/Roadrunner for $120 a month. Much better deal than we ever got when everything was piecemeal and we had Direct TV.

[Zemo]

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What do you guys and gals think?

It's a great solution if you want to cut your tv bill down, but your still limitied a bit on what you get to watch.

[Zemo]

We're going to lock in for another two years with Time Warner Cable...Cable/Phone/Roadrunner for $120 a month. Much better deal than we ever got when everything was piecemeal and we had Direct TV.

Just did this my self, cable is coming today. I was paying 120 to dish and about 50 with taxes to brighthouse for internet. no phone just cells.

Now for 120 I'm getting all HD boxes 1 dvr box, more channels, internet, and a phone. Save 40-50 per month with land line as a bonus. Plus the price is locked for 2 years and no contract.

They also pay off my early disconnection fee to dish.

[Adam West]

It probably works. The one thing they didn't mention is how do you get high speed internet access to stream shows via the internet? The cable company will still get you on that and will charge you full price since you don't have a bundle.

I have also noticed that some of the internet shows have had streaming issues especially in the evening when I'm trying to share cable bandwidth with neighbors. There is an option to purchase additional bandwidth but not worth it to me....they already get enough of my money each month.

[mitchedwards]

Not to hijack the thread, but if anyone wants to save 10 bucks a month for 10 months on a new Direct TV subscription shoot me a PM.

[toys2cool]

I'm thinking about locking in 2 years with comcast for the $100 bundle they have

[CaptainTrenchcoat]

We haven't had cable in years. We never watched alot of TV anyways so we haven't missed it. Between hulu and netflix, we can see everything we want.

[MIB41]

My brother-in-law caught onto that about three months ago. The selection is pretty limited in our area, but if it serves your needs it's certainly worth a try. I'm in a unique situation because my employer pays for mine so I have every incentive to keep what I've got.

[jds1911a1]

I only have cable because my wife is Korean and like to watch Korean tv but she needs subtitles sometimes (she came over as a kid and was not part of a korean community so her vocabulary is limited) - so it's dish or cable

I usually watch my stuff on dvd/laserdisc not new shows anyway

for me the only show I "never miss" is Deadliest catch and if I didn't have cable I'd find a way to see em to talk over the water cooler and Batman brave and bold (only because WB puts them out so slowly to dvd)

Dr who - by the time it airs here the uk saw it a month earlier or more and I watched it on youtube
Star wars the clone wars - if i wasn't paying for cable I'd just buy the dvds

[megocrazy]

It probably works. The one thing they didn't mention is how do you get high speed internet access to stream shows via the internet? The cable company will still get you on that and will charge you full price since you don't have a bundle.

I looked into what was proposed in the ad and if I only get internet, it would only save me about $40 a month. Plus it doesn't allow for multiple TV's with out multiple units, (ie: some form of computer for internet access on each TV). Comcast cable and internet with digital adapters for 4 TV's costs me $106 right now with all the taxes. For me it's not enough of a savings to drop cable yet. What I really need is a cheaper source of internet with good bandwidth. While I'm no fan of Comcast's high prices, nobody I know with another option has as good a service.

[garagesale]

I use TIVO to watch Netflix ($9/mo.), so we rarely rent a movie and have no desire for premium cable or movie channels. I will get rid of cable when my wife lets me.

Before they had Netflix-to-TV devices like the ROKU ($100) or the TIVO (about $10 a month + hardware purchase), I set up a cheap computer ($100) with a wireless connecter (about $45) and used an VGA-to-NTSC converter cable ($75) to stream Netflix into my TV. I still have this old setup hooked to my TV and sometimes use it for this or that.

JamesD

[livnxxxl]

I am not real big into watching a lot of TV myself. I HATE commercials (unless it is a good funny one) and when I do watch tv it reminds me of why I do not like to watch it that much.

There are some good shows, but I generally just wait and buy the DVD series of what I like. That way I can watch what I want when I want commercial free. I have both cable and dish between three different locations. Mainly for my gf's viewing pleasure.