We are finally cutting the cord.....

[Carm]

We are going to FINALLY cut the cable cord and just going Internet/phone. They have a “package deal” 500/500 frontier fios. $49.99. Wife is done with cable so I’m done with cable. The last straw was a funky DVR box that wouldn’t work right and the $$$ we pay for the channels we don’t watch. Plus we don’t really have time to watch anything with two little ones. We have Netflix and Prime video.

Any suggestions for a new cord cutter? We are going with Hulu for the time being. Phone??? Well we have an alarm system. And I don’t like giving out my cell number. Win win.
We have an old Apple TV 3rd gen and a 4K one. All our TVs are “smart”, not Roku smart. Blu Ray players also internet connected. Our Movies Anywhere/iTunes movies list is in the hundreds. Some movies are on Plex server.

[space-time]

we have DirecTV Now and that allows us to add the HBO (and HBO Go) for only $5/month. But if I did not have Direct TV, I would probably still get HBO Now once in a while, maybe switch back and forth every 3-4 month between HBO, hulu, etc. I think Acorn TV is also popular, I think with some British shows but I never tried it. I think Zoidberg is the one that mentioned Acorn TV here.

You should be able to subscribe to Acorn TV and other channels through Amazon.

[Carm]

Had a look at Acorn, nothing interested me, I’ll have the wife take a look.
More than likely getting HBO go and other station specific streaming services if available.

[mattkime]

Do you have an antenna for over the air broadcasts?

Otherwise I think you're set. if there's something you really need to watch you'll figure it out.

[Carm]

OTA broadcasts are very limited. Using https://nocable.org/ I have 3 stations NBC and ABC each with two sub channels and some independent station in 29 palms with 8 sub channels.
ABC and NBC Stations are within 20 miles so I should be able to pick up the signal with a good antenna.
Any recommendations?

[Zoidberg]

YMMV:

Netflix
Hulu
BritBox (most of the Brit shows from BBC, iTV, etc.)
AcornTV (got gutted by BritBox; shows a wider variety of Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, etc.)
PBS Passport (perk of donation)
Boomerang (lots of classic cartoons)
Amazon Prime Video (perk of Prime membership; wouldn't pay for it separately)
Disney+ on the day it lands

Also have OTA digital antenna for local news/weather (rarely used, honestly; mostly use app/streaming simulcast on iPad).

I'll sample/short subscribe CBS All Access once the entirety of Picard is available. NBC's coming Peacock service may merit a look as there's rumblings of a lot of "historic" TV. (Hulu has a good selection of Classic TV (think popular 70s & early 80s) but not enough. I had high hopes for CBS All Access but it's mostly the same as what others have had.)

[jdc]

mattkime wrote:
Do you have an antenna for over the air broadcasts?

Otherwise I think you're set. if there's something you really need to watch you'll figure it out.

Agreed. Just play it by ear. If you think you are missing something, easy enough to add later.

[graylocks]

my alarm is monitored over the internet by NextAlarm. been with them for years.

[space-time]

Zoidberg wrote:
YMMV:

Netflix
Hulu
BritBox (most of the Brit shows from BBC, iTV, etc.)
AcornTV (got gutted by BritBox; shows a wider variety of Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, etc.)
PBS Passport (perk of donation)
Boomerang (lots of classic cartoons)
Amazon Prime Video (perk of Prime membership; wouldn't pay for it separately)
Disney+ on the day it lands

Also have OTA digital antenna for local news/weather (rarely used, honestly; mostly use app/streaming simulcast on iPad).

I'll sample/short subscribe CBS All Access once the entirety of Picard is available. NBC's coming Peacock service may merit a look as there's rumblings of a lot of "historic" TV. (Hulu has a good selection of Classic TV (think popular 70s & early 80s) but not enough. I had high hopes for CBS All Access but it's mostly the same as what others have had.)

How much is the monthly total when you add them all up?

[NewtonMP2100]

......got free 30 days of AcornTV when it came out on Roku.....I literally only watched one maybe 2 shows........mostly filled with older British content [ from like 10 years ago ].......very little new stuff but no need to subscribe if you don't like old stuff.....

....got DirectTV Now with the $5 HBO [ which you can no longer get as they changed plans ].......for the most part good but occasional glitches but the $5 HBO allows for new movies and HBO TV shows [ wish I had gotten the cheaper SHO too but DirecTV gave no notice ].....

.....got the 99 cent Hulu deal......Hulu has a lot of older shows and smaller new movies but it is good for old TV shows, some original Hulu content, international TV shows, and they get new movies but mostly smaller 'independent' like movies.......they get bigger studio movies but only 'older ones'........

.....Netflix fills in the gap of original Netflix stuff, international stuff, and movies......

......at some point, I pretty sure AT&T will get rid of DirecTV Now so that may disappear soon.......

.....with the Apple TV there is a lot of free TV apps: PlutoTV, Tubi, Sony Crackle, etc........Roku has Roku channel which has old TV shows and movies.....


....PBS app is free but you has to be Passport member to get access to everything on demand which requires a donation, worth it if you like PBS programming [ most of it is locked down unless you are Passport member ]........

....use OTA for basic/local channels.......library for free DVDs for new movies.......

....I don't think Amazon Prime is worth it, had free membership and mostly old content, yes they have huge library but mostly 'older' content.......they have their original shows, which if you like might be worth it......if you have Amazon Prime anyway, then the video library is a bonus......if you don't use the membership, then the video library is not worth it......