Cam - You need to factor the cost of Hulu and Netflix, as well as the cost for the hardware you use. I am not crazy enough to think those costs are more (or even close to being even when compared to cable/satellite), but they need to be factored in to the equation.
I pay less than what Bruce mentioned, but after NFL Sunday Ticket is paid for, the price drops quite a bit ( DirecTV spreads the payments over a few months). Every year around football season, I call DirecTV and tell them I need to cut costs and ask if there is anything they can do to help. Sometimes they give me Sunday Ticket for free, sometimes they give me discounts for the year equal to or more than what Sunday Ticket costs. I have had DirecTV for about 10 years and I have yet to pay full price for NFL Sunday Ticket. Now, rumor has it that the exclusivity of Sunday Ticket to DirecTV will be ending when the current contract is up - in 2015, I think. I look forward to this, because then my threats to leave DirecTV will not be shallow - as I doubt I would ever leave DirecTV if they were the only ones with Sunday Ticket. One installer made the 'mistake' of letting me know that DirecTV will do almost anything to stop customers from leaving for Comcast - and fortunately, we are serviced by Comcast. Sicne then, I have been a bit more aggressive in my annual calls. A few times I have even said, A Comcast rep just called me and offered me 'x' - can you match that. They not only matched it, but gave me a better offer. On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > So right now I pay about $200.00 a month for DirectTV > > > We cut the cord maybe 6-9 months ago and haven't ever even considered going > back to cable. We have a digital antenna for broadcast stations, plus Hulu, > NetFlix, and Amazon Prime (via AppleTV and/or AirPlay). We also buy seasons > of shows like Walking Dead and American Horror Story on our Apple TV and > get them the following day. > > Each of the pay services (Hulu / Netflix, etc) will have holes in seasons > and shows so you really end up needed to get more than one to fill in the > gaps but if you are saving $200/mo that goes a REALLY LONG WAY when you are > paying a-la-carte. > > Also - if you know anyone who has Hulu or Netflix or even Cable, you may be > able to fill in some gaps for free if they are willing to let you log into > their accounts on your devices. This is how many people I know get things > like HBOGO, which you still cannot get without having cable. > > Some shows are really only available on the web too. CBS, for example, has > The Good Wife, which my wife enjoys watching. We pull it up on a laptop and > stream it to the AppleTV via AirPlay. She was frustrated by jumping through > all the hoops at first but now it's like second nature to her. > > In my opinion cutting the cord is a huge money saver. You will end up > having to hunt a little bit more to get all the content you want without > cable, but almost everything is available out there somewhere. Plus you get > to give the middle finger to the cable companies. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
