How are Jed and Jethro these days?
Spidey hangs out with them at the cement pond.
Cutting the cable cord-need advice
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Spidey hangs out with them at the cement pond.
Can't you just watch what you want on the computer? Wife does that, she misses some show, season finale of the Bachelor or some sort like that. Probably watched a baseball game or two, as well. Hang out at Tom's Bar and Grill? Take Bill's wood nickel when he ain't lookin. He'll never miss it. He has a shop in the back. Tin snips is probably the best bet. Cut wire wherever you see it. Wouldn't hurt to hang onto it, stockpile it, and bring it in for the salvage come the end of the year. Maybe sell it on E-Bay. Surprised at all the window junk they sell on there...cast-iron sash weights, old locks, pulleys, all manner of stuff. Have a pile sitting over on the table but the wife hasn't taken any pictures of it yet. Been there for...since before Thanksgiving I think. Some are solid brass...some of it just looks like brass, old stuff. Kinda neat actually. Melted the casing from a bunch of scrap wire a week ago out in the bush...must have about 20-pounds of copper. Garage is full of aluminum, too. If it gets above ten on the f-scale I might even think of going out there and culling through it all. Nothing on teevee anyway. Rent movies. That or check out Goodwill. We watched Angels Fall last night I think it was. Based on a Nora Roberts story. Was okay. Thought the sheriff kinda hinky...yeah, nobody saw that coming. Ace is the place with the helpful hardware man. Who needs teevee? You can get all the commercials right here! (for snips--that ace hardware soundbite)
Computer will become main source of TV- Hope that you and the Misses will have a magical Christmas. Bet Santa reindeer would be right at home with all your snow. Stay safe and warm.
I live in the woods far from any city but we get pretty good reception with our HD antenna. We average about a dozen channels and most come in better than they did when we had cable.
If you get an antenna and aren't happy with it, you could probably return it.
We also have Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu, all are good in their own way.
Netflix is best for movies (especially DVDs...their streamed content selection isn't the best) and their occasional original series (Stranger Things, The Get Down, etc).
Amazon also offers streamed movies (Prime movies are free - with membership - but again, not the best selection). You can either buy or rent digital movies on there as well.
Amazon is good if you watch series on cable too...usually you can pay-per-episode ($2 per) the day after an episode airs on a cable channel.
Amazon Prime and Netflix both offer a wide variety of not-quite-current TV series at no extra charge (with membership).
Hulu is good if you want to watch network shows (included with membership, airs following day, minimal ads).
The only show I currently watch is This Is Us and I use Hulu for that.
Hope this helps, good luck!
PS: getting rid of cable/dish was one of our best decisions.
If you get an antenna and aren't happy with it, you could probably return it.
We also have Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu, all are good in their own way.
Netflix is best for movies (especially DVDs...their streamed content selection isn't the best) and their occasional original series (Stranger Things, The Get Down, etc).
Amazon also offers streamed movies (Prime movies are free - with membership - but again, not the best selection). You can either buy or rent digital movies on there as well.
Amazon is good if you watch series on cable too...usually you can pay-per-episode ($2 per) the day after an episode airs on a cable channel.
Amazon Prime and Netflix both offer a wide variety of not-quite-current TV series at no extra charge (with membership).
Hulu is good if you want to watch network shows (included with membership, airs following day, minimal ads).
The only show I currently watch is This Is Us and I use Hulu for that.
Hope this helps, good luck!
PS: getting rid of cable/dish was one of our best decisions.
Thank you. Some very good suggestions.
We have Hulu, Amazon and ComCast. The latter allows us to watch things we have on the computer on the TV. Also, our cable carries the basic channels along with the Internet access so we can watch those, a few of which are HD.
We love our ROKU box. Cut the cable cord 3 or 4 years ago, and very, very rarely miss it. There are a variety of free channels (well, you are paying for the internet connection, but you know what I mean) on the ROKU, and then we also subscribe to Netflix and Hulu+. Netflix is $10/mo and Hulu is $8. The ROKU also has access to 'pay' channels, but we don't do those so I can't comment on them.
Netflix is movie-based (both features and documentaries), with a healthy sprinkling of entire past seasons of TV shows. It also has a lot of original programming that can be interesting.
Hulu also has movies, but its draw is TV. Many current shows are available the next day, which is nice. They don't carry every show, but quite a few. Current shows that they do carry are often in 5 episode blocks, but as long as you don't get more than that far behind you're okay. When the season ends, the full past season often shows up, as well. Hulu is a good source for Brit TV (if you like that)! We watch quite a few shows from over the pond
We also have an account with VUDU, mainly to buy the current season of The Walking Dead (airs the next day) and Game of Thrones (airs at the end of the season), but that doesn't cost anything unless you want to buy something. There are a lot of free movies ('with ad', which means one ad at the beginning of the movie, then no more) on that service, too.
What we lack is televised sports and local news, which we could have with an antenna (which we don't have because there is a problem with antenna reception on the digital TV in the basement and the upstairs TV is analog). We don't care diddly about sports (lol) so that is no great loss, but sometimes I miss the news. Then again, I read it online so another 'no big whoop.'
$18/mo is a hell of a lot less than the $220/mo (at least! Sometimes it drifted into the $260 category!) we were paying for our Comcast bundle! Even when you factor in the internet cost monthly ($69, which we would pay with or without TV), we're WAY ahead of the game by dropping cable TV.
Sorry is this is more than you wanted to know, Spidey!
Netflix is movie-based (both features and documentaries), with a healthy sprinkling of entire past seasons of TV shows. It also has a lot of original programming that can be interesting.
Hulu also has movies, but its draw is TV. Many current shows are available the next day, which is nice. They don't carry every show, but quite a few. Current shows that they do carry are often in 5 episode blocks, but as long as you don't get more than that far behind you're okay. When the season ends, the full past season often shows up, as well. Hulu is a good source for Brit TV (if you like that)! We watch quite a few shows from over the pond
We also have an account with VUDU, mainly to buy the current season of The Walking Dead (airs the next day) and Game of Thrones (airs at the end of the season), but that doesn't cost anything unless you want to buy something. There are a lot of free movies ('with ad', which means one ad at the beginning of the movie, then no more) on that service, too.
What we lack is televised sports and local news, which we could have with an antenna (which we don't have because there is a problem with antenna reception on the digital TV in the basement and the upstairs TV is analog). We don't care diddly about sports (lol) so that is no great loss, but sometimes I miss the news. Then again, I read it online so another 'no big whoop.'
$18/mo is a hell of a lot less than the $220/mo (at least! Sometimes it drifted into the $260 category!) we were paying for our Comcast bundle! Even when you factor in the internet cost monthly ($69, which we would pay with or without TV), we're WAY ahead of the game by dropping cable TV.
Sorry is this is more than you wanted to know, Spidey!
We love our ROKU box. Cut the cable cord 3 or 4 years ago, and very, very rarely miss it. There are a variety of free channels (well, you are paying for the internet connection, but you know what I mean) on the ROKU, and then we also subscribe to Netflix and Hulu+. Netflix is $10/mo and Hulu is $8. The ROKU also has access to 'pay' channels, but we don't do those so I can't comment on them.
Netflix is movie-based (both features and documentaries), with a healthy sprinkling of entire past seasons of TV shows. It also has a lot of original programming that can be interesting.
Hulu also has movies, but its draw is TV. Many current shows are available the next day, which is nice. They don't carry every show, but quite a few. Current shows that they do carry are often in 5 episode blocks, but as long as you don't get more than that far behind you're okay. When the season ends, the full past season often shows up, as well. Hulu is a good source for Brit TV (if you like that)! We watch quite a few shows from over the pond
We also have an account with VUDU, mainly to buy the current season of The Walking Dead (airs the next day) and Game of Thrones (airs at the end of the season), but that doesn't cost anything unless you want to buy something. There are a lot of free movies ('with ad', which means one ad at the beginning of the movie, then no more) on that service, too.
What we lack is televised sports and local news, which we could have with an antenna (which we don't have because there is a problem with antenna reception on the digital TV in the basement and the upstairs TV is analog). We don't care diddly about sports (lol) so that is no great loss, but sometimes I miss the news. Then again, I read it online so another 'no big whoop.'
$18/mo is a hell of a lot less than the $220/mo (at least! Sometimes it drifted into the $260 category!) we were paying for our Comcast bundle! Even when you factor in the internet cost monthly ($69, which we would pay with or without TV), we're WAY ahead of the game by dropping cable TV.
Sorry is this is more than you wanted to know, Spidey!
The more info the better, thank you skimom2 . Am seriously thinking of going Roku and just keeping internet/wifi. Spectrum really did a "job" on old Bright House clients.