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I need some advice please

Libra2 — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:37:38 GMT

Trying to get rid of cable. Bought a fire stick and an adapter for my non-smart tv. What are the best streaming companies that I need to subscribe to next?

If anyone has gone through my situation, please help.

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Still Raining — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:43:00 GMT

Have you checked to see what you can get over the air? Sometimes it can be a lot.

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patbz — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 23:58:15 GMT

We subscribe to:

Netflix, Prime, Hulu, Starz and Disney +

Probably Netflix and Disney + are our favorites (especially when Grands visit. We don't think networks are going to have much new programming this year.

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fthunt — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:54 GMT

Cable.............like around our neck. Spectrum bill went up $2 + change this month.

Their TV ad says...........'we're here for you"

I say - no, we're here for you and keeping you in business.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:04:04 GMT

By all means, get an inexnsive interior antenna. I got a Mohu Urban interior antenna for about $13., on Amazon. If you like movies, Netflix is cheap entertainment. I also subscribe to Sling and get streaming on many cable channels. All of this gives me plenty to watch. I get 50 channels, including all the local channels, PBS, QVC, HSN, JTV on my antenna.

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fthunt — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:17:49 GMT

See....I've never even seen Netflix nor do I stream nor do I watch for entertainment - ever.

If not hard news I might watch a Weather Channel documentary on weather situations - or Canadian productions of real life situations....and a couple of local channels (news)

I'm still 'employed' so sitting to watch an old time movie ain't of interest.

Thanks for the suggestion tho.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:24:51 GMT

@patbz I don't know why I didn't think of this when the kids were with you. Have you discovered the series "Heartland" on Netflix? It's family drama produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Co. There are 11 years of long seasons available. It's about the trials and tribulations of a ranch family in Alberta near Banff NP. Scenery is gorgeous. All episodes are extremely well written and engrossing. Lots of animals, especially horses. I just loved it and got my sister addicted to it. I'm waiting for Season 12. My favorite TV series of all time.

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Love my grandkids — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:57:36 GMT

@Kachina624 Oh thank you for the recommendation for Heartlands. I've heard of it but had no idea what it was about. Sounds like something I will love, thank you! I love anything with lots of animals, too and love things set in Canada.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 01:08:29 GMT

@Love my grandkids Its a wonderful series. I think you'll love it.

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Nuttmeg — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 21:48:27 GMT

@Libra2 wrote:
Trying to get rid of cable. Bought a fire stick and an adapter for my non-smart tv. What are the best streaming companies that I need to subscribe to next?
If anyone has gone through my situation, please help.

@Libra2

I have cable TV and a few streaming services.

Please research will an indoor antenna work where you live. You have to be within a certain range to receive a signal.

There are places online that talk about the cost of cutting cable.

Will a Roku or your Fire stick work best with your current TV.

I have Hulu and just installed the Peacock TV app on a tablet and my smartphone the other day.

Hulu gives you all the content from NBC, FOX, and ABC.

Peacock TV has some original content and all of NBC offering. I get it free from Comcast with service.

YouTube has very good programming and even free movies.

You are an essential worker. Do you qualify for a discount from your internet provider?

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glb613 — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:28:57 GMT

@Libra2 wrote:
Trying to get rid of cable. Bought a fire stick and an adapter for my non-smart tv. What are the best streaming companies that I need to subscribe to next?
If anyone has gone through my situation, please help.

Depends on what you like to watch. I subscribe to Acorn TV, Britbox, Netflix, PBS passport and Amazon Prime. I really like British TV shows and movies and why I have two different streaming service for them. I really should cut cable but, I do like to watch sports which costs almost as much as my cable bill to subscribe to each channel.

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4kitties — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 10:55:17 GMT

@Kachina624

Another BIG fan of Heartland here. One of my al time favorite tv shows! I started watching season 13 on UPtv by accident. My daughter got me a fire stick for Mother's Day and I have Netflix. I started watching from the beginning and am now on season 6.

Watching it has been such a blessing during this dern virus mess..

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gardenman — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 12:17:22 GMT

I've been using Sling, but they've cut a few channels I like (NFL Network being one). I might pay a bit more and move to YouTube TV at least for the football season, but I haven't decided just yet. It's a better channel lineup for me right now, but it's a bit more expensive.

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Bridgegal — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:44:56 GMT

Hulu with live TV is the best. We get loads of channels, everything we want and more. Plus, many of the Hulu originals are fabulous. I get most every sports game that I want and believe me , that's a lot. Sports fanatic here.

In addition, I add things like Netflix, HBO now, Showtime etc as things come on that I want to watch and then drop them until some show comes back with a new season.

I'ts a snap to set up. You can get a free trial and see what you think.

We also have PBS Passport but I'm not using it like I thought I would. It's $60.00 a year.

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glb613 — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:18:43 GMT

@Bridgegal wrote:
Hulu with live TV is the best. We get loads of channels, everything we want and more. Plus, many of the Hulu originals are fabulous. I get most every sports game that I want and believe me , that's a lot. Sports fanatic here.

In addition, I add things like Netflix, HBO now, Showtime etc as things come on that I want to watch and then drop them until some show comes back with a new season.

I'ts a snap to set up. You can get a free trial and see what you think.

We also have PBS Passport but I'm not using it like I thought I would. It's $60.00 a year.

I looked it up and Hulu does have a lot of live channels. One word of warning, before you go to all streaming TV, check your internet data usage limits. While most companies give a lot of minutes each month, they get used quickley streaming everything and going over can be expensive.

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4oclocks — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 06:48:21 GMT

We have the Amazon fire stick and get a lot of channels Netflix Hulu Disney channel Fox movies
ABC NBC hope this helps you

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Bridgegal — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 16:24:40 GMT

@glb613

This is true. We have internet with xfinity and when we first got hulu, we had one terabyte per month of data free. The first month we got pop ups about exceeding our free amount. I called xfinity and they explained about the terabyte and said that it's almost impossible for 2 people to use them all, etc. Well apparently we did or there was some glitch.

So, for the next year we watched the number of bytes we'd used as we went thru the month and never had over 600 or so. We don't watch them as often now and for some reason, Covid maybe, we now have 1.2 , but we still are around 5-600 every month. And keep in mind that we are streaming everything. No cable only hulu+live tv with them. If we're watching anything, using phones, iPad it's using bytes of internet.

So, we still don't know what was going on that first month but unless you have a lot of family members, you'll probably never go over the free amount. This applies to all streaming devices ,not just hulu. It's an internet thing.