However, be aware that the free streaming channels cut out portions of the shows and add extra commercials, not only Pluto but tubi and others.
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My wife and I laughing, is cutting the cord to millennials canceling cable TV and signing up for Pay Streaming services? *LOL* good god Charlie Brown!
Laughable and then they complain costs going up?
Does anyone know how to be independent anymore?
If you pay for TV and are complaining about price, then stop whining and stop paying the price, like hello?
You want a Ferrari but only want to pay for a Mazda 3?
Hey everyone, its real simple, if you dont want to pay for TV go out an buy a 4K Roku player or 3 or 4 Roku players and cancel your pay TV, its that simple. We actually have 5 Roku players.
Sure, if you want, we pay for Hulu+ for $6 a month and Netflex for $13 a month, plus an attic antenna that feeds the 5 Tvs in our house with all Major Network stations and more, total cost = $20 a month is our TV bill.
We cant possibly come close to watching the HUNDREDS of channels, programs and movies available to us.
Just amazes me all the complaining instead of doing something about it.
Laughable and then they complain costs going up?
Does anyone know how to be independent anymore?
If you pay for TV and are complaining about price, then stop whining and stop paying the price, like hello?
You want a Ferrari but only want to pay for a Mazda 3?
Hey everyone, its real simple, if you dont want to pay for TV go out an buy a 4K Roku player or 3 or 4 Roku players and cancel your pay TV, its that simple. We actually have 5 Roku players.
Sure, if you want, we pay for Hulu+ for $6 a month and Netflex for $13 a month, plus an attic antenna that feeds the 5 Tvs in our house with all Major Network stations and more, total cost = $20 a month is our TV bill.
We cant possibly come close to watching the HUNDREDS of channels, programs and movies available to us.
Just amazes me all the complaining instead of doing something about it.
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Originally Posted by alarmguy
My wife and I laughing, is cutting the cord to millennials canceling cable TV and signing up for Pay Streaming services?
Cutting the cord is canceling landline phone service and going to cellular, or at least that's what I think when I hear the term.
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Hey everyone, its real simple, if you dont want to pay for TV go out an buy a 4K Roku player or 3 or 4 Roku players and cancel your pay TV, its that simple.
Then how do you get internet and phone? Most services are bundled together for a better price.
My wife and I laughing, is cutting the cord to millennials canceling cable TV and signing up for Pay Streaming services?
Cutting the cord is canceling landline phone service and going to cellular, or at least that's what I think when I hear the term.
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Hey everyone, its real simple, if you dont want to pay for TV go out an buy a 4K Roku player or 3 or 4 Roku players and cancel your pay TV, its that simple.
Then how do you get internet and phone? Most services are bundled together for a better price.
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, alittle cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
Originally Posted by Propflux01
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
$6.00 a month for Hulu (for those that dont know)isnt going to break the bank.
Again, get a Roku Player, hundreds of free choices. Yes Pluto too.
Good point alarmguy. I have ROKU and Pluto
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
$6.00 a month for Hulu (for those that dont know)isnt going to break the bank.
Again, get a Roku Player, hundreds of free choices. Yes Pluto too.
Good point alarmguy. I have ROKU and Pluto
Subscribed. Our 2 painful years with Comcast will be over soon and we'll be making a change. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Originally Posted by JLTD
Subscribed. Our 2 painful years with Comcast will be over soon and we'll be making a change. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Don't forget you can get Xfinity Mobile for $12 a month for 1gb of data. It's unlimited voice and texting. They're offering $250 off a phone right now, but I think the black friday deals from other vendors might be better as they might be offering up to $400 off a phone. You can only get it with a Comcast account though. They also use Verizon towers so reception should be good.
Subscribed. Our 2 painful years with Comcast will be over soon and we'll be making a change. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Don't forget you can get Xfinity Mobile for $12 a month for 1gb of data. It's unlimited voice and texting. They're offering $250 off a phone right now, but I think the black friday deals from other vendors might be better as they might be offering up to $400 off a phone. You can only get it with a Comcast account though. They also use Verizon towers so reception should be good.
Pluto TV is real, but recently (maybe still in the process) of changing ownership.
Free with regeneration, but you can browse the movies and tv shows available on demand without signing up. https://www.imdb.com/tv/
Free with regeneration, but you can browse the movies and tv shows available on demand without signing up. https://www.imdb.com/tv/
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gathermewool
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Hulu w/ ads is six bucks. You chose not only to have Hulu with no ads, but Hulu LIVE. When you choose live TV, you're putting yourself right in the same territory, competition-wise, as big cable. What did you expect?
I pay $6 for basic Hulu w/ ads, $16 for Netflix UHD (4 screens watch/download), and Prime, which we don't really find many shows we like (Vikings being the best, IMO); however, we do PRIMEarily use it for the shipping benefits and music through our Echo speakers.
We're doing the free trial of Disney+ right now and may alternate between Netflix and Disney+ or keep both and get rid of Hulu when shows are over for the season.
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We want high-speed internet, so I don't include that in the cost of viewership; that's $54.24 for 200/25 down/up (Mbps).
I pay $6 for basic Hulu w/ ads, $16 for Netflix UHD (4 screens watch/download), and Prime, which we don't really find many shows we like (Vikings being the best, IMO); however, we do PRIMEarily use it for the shipping benefits and music through our Echo speakers.
We're doing the free trial of Disney+ right now and may alternate between Netflix and Disney+ or keep both and get rid of Hulu when shows are over for the season.
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We want high-speed internet, so I don't include that in the cost of viewership; that's $54.24 for 200/25 down/up (Mbps).
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Originally Posted by Char Baby
Yup!
We recently got rid of Cable TV and have moved to watching through an antenna similar to what you've posted. And because we don't have a SHMARRRRT TV, we just bought a FireStick.
Smart TV's aren't very smart for long. I just bought a brand new Fire TV Stick 4K for $25 for our 2 year-old near-to-end 4K Samsung smart TV, because the Fire TV interface is SO much faster and easier to use than Samsung's crap. Also, our 4K Samsung TV has a limited LIVE TV selection, which is would randomly change to: we would be streaming one of the other mains and it would randomly switch us to some bootleg PBS-type stuff on its live channel...
I've got an older Fire TV dongle for our older 1080p Samsung TV, because it literally stopped supporting channels. THAT TV was supposed to be upgrade-able, meaning you could remove the old, modular package and replace it with a new one with more CPUs, etc. Come to find out, Samsung didn't realize that people don't want to pay so much for a CPU upgrade and a new remote, when the software is still crap and the TV itself can't get any better (e.g., local dimming, backlighting, form factor, etc.)
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I would gladly buy a new TV (when I need to) that was NOT smart, even if it only saved me a few bucks, because I find the interface and shelf life to be abysmal compared to cheap, $25 dongles that you can buy with faster response, etc. every couple of years, if you really wanted to.
Yup!
We recently got rid of Cable TV and have moved to watching through an antenna similar to what you've posted. And because we don't have a SHMARRRRT TV, we just bought a FireStick.
Smart TV's aren't very smart for long. I just bought a brand new Fire TV Stick 4K for $25 for our 2 year-old near-to-end 4K Samsung smart TV, because the Fire TV interface is SO much faster and easier to use than Samsung's crap. Also, our 4K Samsung TV has a limited LIVE TV selection, which is would randomly change to: we would be streaming one of the other mains and it would randomly switch us to some bootleg PBS-type stuff on its live channel...
I've got an older Fire TV dongle for our older 1080p Samsung TV, because it literally stopped supporting channels. THAT TV was supposed to be upgrade-able, meaning you could remove the old, modular package and replace it with a new one with more CPUs, etc. Come to find out, Samsung didn't realize that people don't want to pay so much for a CPU upgrade and a new remote, when the software is still crap and the TV itself can't get any better (e.g., local dimming, backlighting, form factor, etc.)
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I would gladly buy a new TV (when I need to) that was NOT smart, even if it only saved me a few bucks, because I find the interface and shelf life to be abysmal compared to cheap, $25 dongles that you can buy with faster response, etc. every couple of years, if you really wanted to.
Where I am at Spectrum is offering a streaming service they claim to be comparable to Hulu Live or Hulu Plus whatever their highest package is around $50/mo. Spectrum streaming was supposed to be $25/mo. Not sure if that's for limited time like other cable packages to get you hooked then after 6 months they increase. Wish I had another good option for internet.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
I watch Pluto TV on my Roku Ultra for free. They do have local commercials which pays for the content.
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
I watch Pluto TV on my Roku Ultra for free. They do have local commercials which pays for the content.
Important to know with Hulu, movies at $6 a month the movies are continuous without ads. There is only an ad before the start of the movie.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
Sure, but they don't have your live local channels, which is what OP was asking about.
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
Sure, but they don't have your live local channels, which is what OP was asking about.
Originally Posted by Quattro Pete
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
Sure, but they don't have your live local channels, which is what OP was asking about.
No problem, I got overpriced Verizon for that but apparently my package doesn't come with the Discovery or Science channels.
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by BigD1
Pluto...free streaming TV. News channels, music channels, movie channels, and on demand movies too.
https://pluto.tv/live-tv/channel-lineup
Is that for real? Won't require you to pay for a subscription after an hour or a day like Hulu did?
Sure, but they don't have your live local channels, which is what OP was asking about.
No problem, I got overpriced Verizon for that but apparently my package doesn't come with the Discovery or Science channels.
Originally Posted by kschachn
Originally Posted by Propflux01
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
If I have a Roku Ultra and 100Mbps fiber for internet, how does Philo (at $20/mo) allow me to watch, HGTV or Fox News for example?
Originally Posted by Propflux01
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
If I have a Roku Ultra and 100Mbps fiber for internet, how does Philo (at $20/mo) allow me to watch, HGTV or Fox News for example?
Pluto is okay. The way they suddenly cut in commercials is annoying. Commercial time almost equals show time.
I wonder how many people are Amazon Prime members but don't take advantage of their television service which is included? Lots of good programs there if you search without paying more.
More and more services are going the annoying commercial route to get you to sign up for premium service that is commercial free.
I wonder how many people are Amazon Prime members but don't take advantage of their television service which is included? Lots of good programs there if you search without paying more.
More and more services are going the annoying commercial route to get you to sign up for premium service that is commercial free.
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Originally Posted by kschachn
Originally Posted by kschachn
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Originally Posted by WhizkidTN
Originally Posted by kschachn
Originally Posted by Propflux01
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
If I have a Roku Ultra and 100Mbps fiber for internet, how does Philo (at $20/mo) allow me to watch, HGTV or Fox News for example?
Philo offers 58 channels for $20/month, and the channels are all real, not 30 real channels and 28 shopping channels. It does have HGTV, but it does not have Fox News or any other news networks except for BBC News and Cheddar. It also does not have any sports channels, that is how they are able to keep the price so low. https://try.philo.com/
I have had Philo for over a year. I view it from cheap Roku boxes and I like it very much. The picture quality is excellent and it has been 100% reliable with zero buffering. The other things that I like about it is that I can use it on 3 different connections simultaneously, it comes with it's own cloud DVR, it has look back capability (for shows that I missed), and when I open a program/show it starts at the beginning.
Originally Posted by kschachn
Originally Posted by Propflux01
I use PHILO for "basic cable " channels. Netflix and one HBO. Along with pluto , some other free app channels, and, of course, broadcast tv. Even with 100MB/S internet, Aim still $100+ less than the DISH I had before. Yes, a little cumbersome to get used to , but its not $100+ cumbersome.
And for $20/month your Philo credentials allow you to log into the individual channel websites to stream all the available shows.
If I have a Roku Ultra and 100Mbps fiber for internet, how does Philo (at $20/mo) allow me to watch, HGTV or Fox News for example?
Philo offers 58 channels for $20/month, and the channels are all real, not 30 real channels and 28 shopping channels. It does have HGTV, but it does not have Fox News or any other news networks except for BBC News and Cheddar. It also does not have any sports channels, that is how they are able to keep the price so low. https://try.philo.com/
I have had Philo for over a year. I view it from cheap Roku boxes and I like it very much. The picture quality is excellent and it has been 100% reliable with zero buffering. The other things that I like about it is that I can use it on 3 different connections simultaneously, it comes with it's own cloud DVR, it has look back capability (for shows that I missed), and when I open a program/show it starts at the beginning.
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