I’ve taken on the task of helping my mother cut her Comcast bill way back. Seems she realized she hardly ever watched anything on cable. In fact, the only stuff she watches on cable are the local channels that she would be able to pick up out of Savannah if she had a big enough antenna. Kinda like she used to do back in the 50s, 60s, and 70s (my parents got cable in the very early 80s). Anyway, she wants to cut back on that $194/month she pays Comcast.
So, I’m studying and figuring out how best to make it all happen. I think we got it figured out. As long as it’s cheaper (it will be, by far) and she can still watch People’s Court, everything will be fine.
We’ve ordered a cable modem and an Ooma telephone device to allow the cutting back of Internet, TV, and telephone. She currently subscribes to Hulu (she loves that), and owns a TiVo (which she also loves, and is how she currently records People’s Court). She already has Google WiFi, so the wireless network won’t change.
It should be an easy enough change to make. And that extra $115/month in her pocketbook ought to keep her happy for a bit.
Amazon Prime has a ton of free movies and TV shows. I cut out all my movie channels on cable and just went we the sports package. Saved 70$ a month.
YouTube TV has all the locals plus unlimited DVR. But she already has a Tivo.
When I first cut the cord years ago, the antenna I bought was Antenna Direct model C4-CJM. I paired with that the Channel Master Stream+. I had a 1TB HDD laying around and used that for my DVR. A little up front, but no subscription fees.
The antenna works fine in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.
I watch a lot of old westerns, old TV shows, weird, B-movies (that are probably better if seen uncut and uncensored, Barbarians is probably a lot better with the original boobies), old game shows and Monk all day Thursday.
Pluto TV, STIRR, XUMO, Airy TV and NewsON are all free TV apps.
Odd…that guy in the photo looks an awful lot like Hanuka Harry.