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Old 01-04-2023, 08:09 AM
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I switch from Xfinity to YouTube TV, it had less to do with savings and more to do with I wanted a change. But I got a surprise when it came to savings. We have 5 TVs hooked up at $8.50 a box which total $510 a year. None of my TVs are smart TVs so I had to purchase 5 Chromecast devises at $40 each totaling a onetime payment of $200, saving me $310 just the first year. I already had my own modem, but if I didn't that would have been another $15 a month total $180 a year. Now with my program list almost equals the cost of Xfinity, and I will probably stick with what I have because I'm too lazy to constantly make changes. But if you check on regular YouTube there are many sites where people suggest signing up for extras like HBO, Showtime, etc. when there is a series you want to see and when the series is over to drop them and pick them up again when you want to watch them again. I picked up a couple of extras and it only took just a clip of the mouse, and you can drop them just as easily. Before you drop Direct TV, you should figure out why you want to drop them and then do your homework.