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Old 08-17-2014, 07:34 PM
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Antenna and HuluPlus, Netflix, and Amazon Prime works for us. Tom from Villages A/V showed us how to get network channels plus a few others. Cost per month: $0. Then we use HuluPlus, Netflix and Amazon Prime to get TV and movies from all over the world. Cost per month: $25. Did you know that UCF has a channel called Create that's a travel, cooking, home and garden channel? Way better than HGTV. Anyway, my frugal soul is so much happier than it was when we were spending $100 for 700 channels we never ever watched.
Absolutely the best idea!!! Just get hooked up for internet, buy a Roku box (about $80) and have an antenna installed in your attic to get all the major network channels for free, and with better reception than cable or a dish. Subscribe to Amazon Prime for loads of content and free 2-day shipping on loads of items (about $99 per year) If you are paying for a service back home, you can buy and install a Slingbox there, and watch and control everything you have back home on your tablet, computer, or Roku box here in The Villages. You would be nuts to go with cable or dish IMO. Don't waste your money!