Does it really save to cut the cord?
I previously had blast (200 MBPS) with Comcast and streamed cable channels through the Xfinity app on Roku. I also had Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, CBS All Access and, for a while, Hulu. I had a deal paying about $97 per month for broadband. You can look up the prices for Netflix, Hulu, etc. No 4k, just HD...which is fine with me. I have used my own cable modem for years so no monthly cost there.
Note: we tried YouTube TV. It's great, but they have raised the price so high, you might as well stick with cable, unless you travel and want to take it where ever you go. Same with Hulu TV and the other ones. Sling is reasonably priced unless you want sports.
As an experiment, since it is just my spouse and me, I dropped broadband speed to 25 MBPS (one year for $25 per month, then around $45 after that), dropped Hulu a while ago and recently dropped Netflix. We kept Amazon Prime Video as it is included with Amazon Prime.
So, for $25 per month plus one subscription to CBS All Access (around $70 per year), we use a Roku and watch shows on Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, the Roku Channel, Crackle, Pluto, CW Seed, Peacock (newly added to Roku - the NBS Universal service free to Xfinity broadband users) and the network TV apps (you have to wait a week before you can watch the show). We have more than we can possibly watch or want to. CBS All Access also gives you the live local TV channel.
My only issue is that I can't watch my Buckeyes beat up everyone in the Big Ten in football...sigh.
Last edited by cphague; 09-24-2020 at 08:35 AM.
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