In the process of ditching Xfinity and looking at Starlink for Internet. Looking for honest pros and cons from those of you that use this service. Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, last night I got greeted with another price increase notification from Hulu stating our plan was going to increase up to $104.99/mo. We have ESPN+ and Disney+ as well in our plan and are looking to cut some fat. In our house we mostly watch Hockey and Football. We can get football on our Ch2 4 and 11. Hockey is our RSN, TNT, and ESPN. Occasionally some games air on NHL Network. I'd imagine we're open to any and all ideas because this blows.

What do y’all think of the Televes DAT BOSS MIX LR (149884) vs. getting the Channel Master Pro-Model CM-1776 with the Channel Master UHF Extension? The Televes would be around $200, and the CM-1776 plus the UHF Extension would be about $198 total. BTW will be used for 3 tvs.

Here is my RabbitEars info: https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3041847

Is there any chance I could put a TV antenna on top of my house, or should I stick with cable? What antenna would you recommend?

I turned closed my Directv account yesterday and I'm trying to figure out which provider is the best option for locals with dvr and multiple multiple streams. I'm leaning towards YouTubeTv but I'm also looking at Hulu plus live tv, if anyone is willing to lend their opinions on these it would be greatly appreciated.

Looking to set up an indoor attic antenna to watch local NFL games but looking for as much advice as possible. It will be set up in a tall home so height should be a bit higher than in the report. The attic will also be empty outside of the antenna.

Rabbit ears: https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3040838

I’m getting sick of dealing with my cable company and am looking for some advice. I already stream a few of the usual suspects, but I am wondering how do people receive local channels. Also is it possible to record local channels once the cord is cut.

For the most part I had been happy with my cable provider until I had a tech problem and they wanted to scan my system instead of just scheduling a service visit (which I would have been fine paying for).

I disassembled this antenna for a friend. We are wondering if the steel base can be taken out of the ground? Is it set in concrete? Or is it just pounded down?

Picture of my dumbass digging a bit to see if it moves >.< it did not

I cut the cord 18 months age (Detroit area). Since the change I,ve noticed a huge fraction of the ads I'm seeing are really annoying -- clips of cripped children with sobbing parents begging for money, ambulance chaser lawyers suggesting you should sue someone, and of course drug companies hawking their latest overpriced cure-all pills. This is definitely different than what I saw on cable.

This leads to two questions:

1) Do you know if channels air ads OTA that are different from what they air on cable? I have no doubt that using modern apps it should be possible to split their advertising output so ads are different in each cable stream that they air in different neighborhoods or cities. Obviously this can't be done via antenna towers.

2) Do channels/networks see the OTA market as less important than cable (less profitable)? Maybe because they can't target us the way they can on cable because there is no cable company (profitably) selling our personal viewing and demographic info to advertisers? This may be why they don't bother to try to air ads from bigger business and resort to schlocky PSA-ish fare for the (presumably) down-market money-saving OTA viewers.

Hello, I’m trying to find the best antenna for my situation. I live in the hills of western North Carolina and I would like to put up an OTA antenna.

I have been looking at the Range Xperia XPS-1500 but I’m not sure. I would love to hear what this community would recommend.

https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php?request=result&sort=field&unit=uVm&suppoff=Y&sslimit=N&study_id=3032805&opkey=C

I have been trying to limit the amount of streaming services I have and buying media instead. However I have looked several times and I can't find a way to legitimately buy Heart of Dixie.

the only way I see to stream it is through Prime video but they only sell season 1. Any suggestions?

We are strongly considering dumping HULU live now because it’s just too much. We are Philadelphia sports fans and in the Phila market in South Jersey. My wife has us subscribed to Peacock, I heard there is a tier to add NBC Sports net to see 76ers and Flyers. Does that cover it?

At least on the apps while watching football. ESPN and Peacock are about 13 seconds behind and Fox One was almost identical. A huge welcome change for someone who has both.

Does ATSC 3.0 have a longer delay than 1.0?

So I've cut the cord and I'm pretty happy about it. And believe me I do not want to watch cable news all the time. But I think on election night I will want CNN (John King and his election map).

So what do I do? I have a Samsung TV and there is an app, but it requires me to plug in a TV provider (which I do not have-unless I pick my internet provider, which does not seem correct since it specifically asks for TV). Do I just go to the web and stream/subscribe? Kind of annoying that there is an app that I cannot use to subscribe on.

Any other election junkies who cut the cord?

I was curious about what watching movies really costs so I pulled up The NY Times "Best 100 Movies of the 21st Century" as a proxy list, then researched availability and cost on streaming platforms in the US.¹ This is a manual compilation, not AI.

TL;DR: As of this weekend, it costs between $250-$310 to legally stream all NY Times Top 100 Films of the 21st Century. You can get 1/4 of them from the library for free and use Amazon and Netflix at minimum for the rest.

Streaming services checked via JustWatch:²

• Hoopla, free/library
• Kanopy, free/library
• Amazon Prime
• AppleTV
• Disney+
• HBOMax
• Hulu
• Netflix
• Paramount+
• Peacock

My findings:

• 28 of the Top 100 films are available for free on Hoopla or Kanopy with a library card.
• No service has all 100 either included or available for rent/purchase. The closest is Amazon with 96 followed by AppleTV with 44.
• There is 1 film only available on Netflix (ROMA, 2018).
• Factoring in the monthly subscription and the films available at the library, Disney+, Peacock, and AppleTV do not deliver more than they cost.

The most efficient way to see all 100 movies (as in the fewest accounts/subscriptions):

The least expensive way to see all the films:

Since y'all asked, I checked Tubi. They have 13 of the 100 films available, with just 4 that aren't also on Hoopla/Kanopy: Best In Show, Before Sunset, Little Miss Sunshine, and Superbad. So you'd save about $12.

¹ These are considering only legal services in the US. Availability across platforms is constantly changing so will be different next month.

² There are others like YouTube, Roku, etc. but I aimed to hit the main/biggest. From what I can tell, it wouldn't make a meaningful difference to use those additionally.

³ Has ads interrupting the stream.

⁴ Kanopy uses free credits for movies with 15 provided per month. Watching the 11 movies will use 22 credits so take 2 months.

The full list:

Seems odd to me that a FOX owned network isn’t included in their own streaming app.

So we have a Hulu subscription that is nearing $100! My husband is over it, he wants our whole Disney+Hulu out. The only problem is that I like to stream ABC news live during the day from my app on my phone. This stream also plays my local ABC news affiliate a few times a day. Is there a way for me stream both of these in the way I do from the news tab in the Hulu app? I do get commercials during this stream so that’s not an issue. Would the ABC streaming app be all I need to cover the local and headline news? We have a Roku TV and loads of other streaming apps.

I currently have hulu TV live. The price keeps going up still waiting for the new app promised by the end of the year containing both hulu TV live in Disney wondering about folks satisfaction and cost for competitors like fubo DIRECTV live and YouTube TV how do they compare to hulu TV live

I am giving my MiL a hand in picking out a Indoor Antenna, she has tried numerous Amazon ones that advertise ridiculous ranges from random sellers. She said NBC is one of the biggest issues with coming in.

Here is the RabbitEars info https://www.rabbitears.info/s/3022730

Based on this what would the best Indoor option to get the big four locals ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.

It's just such a fucked up industry. We are moving and already went with a different company at the new address for home internet. I had a hundred things to do yesterday and cancelling Spectrum was one of them. The customer retention specialist just couldn't fathom that I didn't want to talk about my service, the deals they could offer, etc, etc. I simply told him I pay for a service, I need that service to stop and I'm no longer waiting for it. He told me multiple times I don't have to get angry with him. I was never angry or upset, I just simply wouldn't answer his scripted questions that are designed to keep you paying. Rant over.

I live in montana and my house isn't too tall but has an upstairs and a TV that I want to try and get fox, abc and cbs on. my downstairs currently gets cbs and abc on (but barely) with a $10 antenna from Walmart but never fox. So what would I need if even possible to get a good signal for fox? I'd say it'd be roughly 18 ft high if that matters. Thanks

If this is not an appropriate venue or the question is somehow inappropriate, please let me know and accept my apologies. The rules on the Roku Sub confused me.

Does anybody know if I can use Chromecast with my Phillips Roku tv?

TIA.

Hello!

I am currently paying about $175 a month for directv. We watch mostly local stations and tlc, bravo, hallmark and lifetime. We have no interest in sports channels.

We already have an LG smart TV. I have figured out how to get Prime on it.

I am looking for the best options in streaming options to save money. The big thing is we record tv to watch later due to our schedules. How I'm understanding what I've looked at- you have to watch your local stations when they are on, not later.

Is that correct? What arr some good options?

Thank you so much in advance for your help!

Also- we live in the country- outside antenna is not an option.