Topic: BUNK COMCAST, I GET 80 OTA CHANNELS!

[Nile Boogie Returns]

WOW! I don't watch a lot of TV and when I do its really on 5-6 channels. Anyway, my aunt's over today and after the kids finish playing Mario Kart they flip on the Tv and not the cable. "the Adventures of Superman" was on some station I've never heard of. So I started looking over other channels OTA and I just keep reining into stuff Ive never seen before. While I'm not so impressed by the content (its a whole lotta nothing on some of these stations) Its 80 free channels. This with coupled with the triforce of video app (Netflix, WWE and Crunchyroll) I can tell Comcast to go climb a pole.




Now, as so as I can figure out how to convert Cell Phone Signals in to Internet, I'll be scott free!

[Ceric]

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[marvel_moviefan_2012]

I even have a tuner and antennae on my laptop so I can pick up Tv and radio wherever I go. Between that and Netflix, I am pretty set most days. We have cable but only because it comes with the Internet and I still like to record the shows at work on the DVR for reference.

[BranDonk Kong]

I've thought about ditching cable a lot - really what they should do is let you pay per channel (which should come out to something like 10 cents per channel if they are divided evenly, but of course that won't happen). I basically only regularly watching The Daily Show, The Colbert Report (I miss you already), The Walking Dead and Football. I have Verizon, so I can already watching Monday Night and Thursday Night games on my phone without the need for cable, plus I wait until after the shows (not football games) are over to watch them so I can skip the commercials. Maybe I could get rid of cable and just upgrade my internet.

[UncleBob]

I would 100% ditch satellite if the wife wouldn't complain so much.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

I've thought about ditching cable a lot - really what they should do is let you pay per channel (which should come out to something like 10 cents per channel if they are divided evenly, but of course that won't happen).

When I worked for Comcast, my first day on the job I asked why can't we buy single channels. My trainer told me that it cost Comcast $5 per costumer for ESPN alone and $3 for HBO. Until networks charge providers less for the big networks then providers can't sell them to consumers as single channels. I still think is BS but my 2 years in tech support there didn't provide me the inside skinny. And since my services were all comp'd while I was there, I guess I never noticed the vast improvements in OTA broadcast standard.


(but the wife would kick and scream without cable i believe)

[NWR_insanolord]

The only thing I care about at all on live TV is sports, but I care about that a whole lot. I pay for the Internet streaming services for NHL and MLS, but those don't include games that are nationally televised on ESPN/NBC/Fox, so I still need cable for those.

[Stratos]

I figure a few years more and you can just use cell phone networks for your internet. ATT and Verizon already offer alternatives to Comcast/BigCable in some areas.

[Shaymin]

Not until they drop data caps. And that'll happen shortly after hell freezes over.

[ObbyDent]

You guys need better wives.

[NWR_insanolord]

You guys need better wives.

Are you coming on to me?

[pokepal148]

The only thing I care about at all on live TV is sports, but I care about that a whole lot. I pay for the Internet streaming services for NHL and MLS, but those don't include games that are nationally televised on ESPN/NBC/Fox, so I still need cable for those.

Wait what? You pay to stream a whole season of whatever sport you want and you only get the games none of the big stations wanted? WTF!

[Ceric]

The only thing I care about at all on live TV is sports, but I care about that a whole lot. I pay for the Internet streaming services for NHL and MLS, but those don't include games that are nationally televised on ESPN/NBC/Fox, so I still need cable for those.

Wait what? You pay to stream a whole season of whatever sport you want and you only get the games none of the big stations wanted? WTF!

Ditto

[NWR_insanolord]

The only thing I care about at all on live TV is sports, but I care about that a whole lot. I pay for the Internet streaming services for NHL and MLS, but those don't include games that are nationally televised on ESPN/NBC/Fox, so I still need cable for those.

Wait what? You pay to stream a whole season of whatever sport you want and you only get the games none of the big stations wanted? WTF!

It's just the way the TV contracts are written. The Flyers play 82 games a year, and 10 or 15 of those are going to be nationally televised. Sounders play 34, and probably a higher percentage are that way, but still the overwhelming majority aren't. This is one of the downsides of being a fan of a big, popular team that gets picked up for the big broadcasts more often.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

Yeah, I would miss live sports. Being a Eagles fan is cool since even without cable you get every football game in your market, even if its an ESPN/NFL Network game but the Flyers, and Sixers never come on regular TV. So that would be a bummer.

You guys need better wives.

I sure do, but the warranty on this one expired last year and the return policy is a real bitch!

[UncleBob]

You guys need better wives.

Oh?  Tell us about your wife.

[Ceric]

I'm hoping if the Predators make post season they may actually show it local.

[pokepal148]

You guys need better wives.

Where do you get yours? My last few have been all noise and no pleasure.

[BlackNMild2k1]

You guys need better wives.

Where do you get yours? My last few have been all noise and no pleasure.

my "wife" has been too much noise during soo much pleasure....

[Khushrenada]

My wife's a giraffe!

[ObbyDent]

Are you coming on to me?

Hell yeah I am.

Oh?  Tell us about your wife.

I am happily unmarried, thank you.

Where do you get yours? My last few have been all noise and no pleasure.

I get mine in bulk at Costco.

[BlackNMild2k1]

fence sitting cord-cutters better keep an eye on this.

http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/01/05/dish-tv-espn-web-streaming-20-dollars-month

Sling TV allowing certain channels (ESPN, ESPN 2 and selection of others) to be streamed over the internet starting at $20mo. No additional equipment required. Add-on Channel Packs for $5ea.

so instead of paying a minimum of $60mo+ for 10 channels you want (not including OTA broadcast channels) and 148+ channels you never watch (not including cost of equipment), you can pay $20 for 6-8 channels you want to watch, another $5 to add 6-7 more, buy an antenna for all the HD OTA channels + $15-$20 for Netflix and Hulu and you should be set.


edit: and I say keep an eye on this as all the details aren't out, and it's still probably bundling things you don't want with things you do, but it's a good fist step in breaking down the massive pricey bundles that cable providers give now.

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

Cord cutting is a mixed bag, it costs more in the long run if you watch sports especially but if you don't care about sports then it can be a real bargain. I tried it completely for 3 whole years. We lived in an area where OTA reception was terrible so we couldn't even get major sports broadcasts we had to watch the Super Bowl on my laptop with a five minute delay because our internet sucked at the time too. If you want to go the completely free route get a laptop with a Digital Tuner and an antennae like I did and get your internet from hotspots. Even without Netflix you can get some decent stuff on Crackle and with all the networks offering most of their shows online anyways it can be done but not as easily on a TV as a computer. Even Hulu is lacking some stuff on the box that is watchable on a PC.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I'm ready to cut the cord.

I live in a house w/ cable, but I don't use cable.
Everything i need is found online, and in some cases, before it even airs through cable anyway.
So I'm content having cut my cable, even though I still technically have it.

2x smart TVs, 2x smart BRD players, 2x Roku, 2x computer, 2x Android phone, 1x Android tablet and "100mps" internet means I am set. If I want to watch it, I will find a way.

I couldn't care less for sports, I have Netflix and Amazon Prime, I'm logged into Hulu plus on my Wii U (not that I ever use it... who pays for commercials!? such BS) and I know my way around a google search. so WTF do I need cable for?


edit: If I invest in a few OTA antenna's then I am pretty much covered from all angles that matter.
Not to mention there is a Buffalo Wild Wings downtown, so if I really needed to see that sporting event of choice.... well, that's always an option too.

[nickmitch]

Been utilizing cable less and less.  I've fallen behind on even HBO shows (a main reason why I still like cable).

I could see my habits leading me towards giving it up in a year or two.

As an out-of-market sports fan, live sports already means going to a bar, and I'd save money buy paying $200 (or w/e) for NFL Sunday Ticket Mobile (or w/e) and ditching cable.