Cutting the Cord

[GreeneHunter]

Well my wife and I have decided to cut the Cable Cord for our TV and are going with DirectTV !  Its being installed this saturday and then when everything works OK we"ll call the cable company and tell them to entice us to keep them as our Internet provider !  Any thoughts / opinions ?  Any one else here on or were on DirectTV  .... suggestions ?

[JoeHunter]

I had DirectTV mainly for the sports. If you aren't a sports fan and you really want to cut the cord. you dont need cable or satelite. You can get a wealth of tv and movies just through internet via Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, ect

[growalot]

We are going with a Firestick...I cut everything when the kids were very little....rabbit ears and the net

[stoneam2006]

I have direct tv no complaints here been good to us...customer service is good also

[HectorBuckBuster]

Direct TV was good for the first year of the promotion, and then the second year the bill ran almost $100 a month.

[JoeHunter]

We are going with a Firestick...I cut everything when the kids were very little....rabbit ears and the net

 

We got a Fire TV this last Christmas with the game pad. Not only is this a great tv player, but has a wealth of free games for the kids to play. We also have ROKU which is probably the best TV player with tons of free TV apps.

[hunter49]

  We have Direct TV .   We tried Dish & imo it suc*ed!  I enjoy the 3  Outdoor channels that Direct has.  It was cheap the first 2 yrs. (contract)  then the price jumped up. We called & said we were going to change providers They let us keep the price we had & I got the Outdoor channel plus the 2,  I already had, Pursuit & Sportsman.       Good service too.    Works for me.

Edited January 13, 2015 by hunter49

[stoneam2006]

We have Direct TV . We tried Dish & imo it suc*ed! I enjoy the 3 Outdoor channels that Direct has. It was cheap the first 2 yrs. (contract) then the price jumped up. We called & said we were going to change providers They let us keep the price we had & I got the Outdoor channel plus the 2, I already had, Pursuit & Sportsman. Good service too. Works for me.

That's what I do every 2 years

[GreeneHunter]

Appreciate the opinions .... thanks !

[Zag]

Ditch all cable and go with the roku with Netflix and amazon, its like cable a la carte. Get digital antenna for local tv and your good to go and pay next to nothing.

[Lawdwaz]

I've been with DISH for many years, probably 12-15?  I'm soooo close to telling them to pound salt............

 

I miss Fox News and Fox Business channels, I know they'll probably be back but that's what we thought when we lost MSG (Sabres games) about 5 years ago.

 

Between what I spend on Dish ($89) and Verizon TV & DSL ($89)  maybe I can get the bundle from Time Warner for the same money.......pipe dream?

 

 

Edited January 14, 2015 by Lawdwaz

[Red]

I have direct tv with the internet and WiFi and crap my wife's been trying to convince herself and I that we can cancel cable and do with out I Woukd love to save the money but im not 100% sold on giving it up she wants to get Hulu and stuff like that

[stoneam2006]

Hulu isn't bad until there's a show you watch every episode like walking dead or something and find out from people what happens before you get to watch it.

[Geno C]

i have direct TV, but there double play uses verizons DSL for internet and its slow. i switched to TW for internet and i like it but in order to get it even faster they have to hook up where direct tv is. plus with TW i lost my wife on my DTV box. Prices on direct tv started climbing so at this point i have been thinking of switching to TW for everything. if direct t did internet through coax it would be great but they dont...

[gfdeputy2]

Have had DirecTV for a long time

we started with Primestar when we built our house in 1995

It was a few years after that they were bought out by DirecTV. I have no complaints at all monthly bill has not dramatically changed over the years

Parents had cable & did away with it as their bill went up $10-15 every few months said they were getting charged over $300 a month when they did away with it. That was basic cable, Internet & Phone.

[GreeneHunter]

Our cable bill is currently $190.00  per month (Mid Hudson Cable) so we're just trying to get it ( TV and Internet) below $100.00 .... probably will turn out to be about $130 or 140 between basic cable for the net and DirectTV ....but its worth a shot to lower it !

Edited January 14, 2015 by GreeneHunter

[JoeHunter]

Ditch all cable and go with the roku with Netflix and amazon, its like cable a la carte. Get digital antenna for local tv and your good to go and pay next to nothing.

I would agree 100% if you could get ESPN via internet only.  If you aren't a sports fan, then yes this is the way to go!

[skully]

Direct tv lost the nfl ticket and will be out of business very soon..................

[HectorBuckBuster]

Direct TV just renewed the NFL ticket for another 8 years for $12 Billion dollars

 

 

[Fantail]

Have had DirecTV for a long time

we started with Primestar when we built our house in 1995

It was a few years after that they were bought out by DirecTV. I have no complaints at all monthly bill has not dramatically changed over the years

Parents had cable & did away with it as their bill went up $10-15 every few months said they were getting charged over $300 a month when they did away with it. That was basic cable, Internet & Phone.

Short of 20 years ago I was a primestar installer. Decent job for a while. When they got bought out they tried to chop our cut and drop us to minimum. See ya's.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Just called TWC to get a price for internet only. I do not have top tier but fast.  $66.mos as stand alone. They asked why and I said I was going to switch to Satellite. well, they knocked 20 a month off, gave us the top tier internet speed, added Encore, ShowTime and TMC free for a year.

Edited January 14, 2015 by Culvercreek hunt club

[skully]

Direct TV just renewed the NFL ticket for another 8 years for $12 Billion dollars

 

now I have to keep this turd. 

Edited January 15, 2015 by WNYBuckHunter
edited for language

[WNYBuckHunter]

Just called TWC to get a price for internet only. I do not have top tier but fast.  $66.mos as stand alone. They asked why and I said I was going to switch to Satellite. well, they knocked 20 a month off, gave us the top tier internet speed, added Encore, ShowTime and TMC free for a year.

 

I have just TWC internet for $37 a month. They quoted you for the upgraded speed I bet.

[Northsox65]

I hate them all from the Cell Phone Carriers and the Cable/Satelite Carriers, there all a bunch of billion dollar companies who get rich off us providing a simple service. Someday when I retire I am going to live in a log cabin with no Cell phone or Cable and amuse myself by Farming, Hunting, and Fishing!

[First-light]

I hate them all from the Cell Phone Carriers and the Cable/Satelite Carriers, there all a bunch of billion dollar companies who get rich off us providing a simple service. Someday when I retire I am going to live in a log cabin with no Cell phone or Cable and amuse myself by Farming, Hunting, and Fishing!

Won't you miss all of us??