How would this work with multiple tv's in the house?? Besides being able to get sports, the fact that I have 4 tv's, I fear that I'd have to buy a bunch of equipment. Not to mention I'd have to up my internet speed to be able to stream 3-4 things at once.

 

You can install a 1 in 4 out HD splitter at the antenna. I got the splitter at Lowes, 10 or 20 bucks. DirecTV had a similar device located next to the dish, but it would not work with the antenna. In my case, I simply had to disconnect the wires from the DTV device, pull the wires back into the house, and attached them to my new splitter at the antenna in the attic.

 

If your TVs are not smart, then you will have to purchase Roku or AppleTV or Amazon Firestick or .... devices for each. That can run 50-80 bucks a pop.

 

We have no DVR, now.

 

I upped my internet bandwidth about a year ago. I'm paying less now, but after the 2 year contract with Frontier is up, I'll be paying the same as I was for 50/50.

 

In the end "cutting the cord" comes down to your TV watching habits. You may have to compromise, some. Mrs. S had to give up her DVR in favor of waiting for her shows to come to Netflix or Hulu. I know there will probably be sporting events we will have to go to a sports bar or watch party to watch, though more and more are being streamed. I haven't tried watching Sling TV on 2 devices at once. That may not work, but Mrs. S does not go on Sling and I don't utilize Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu.

 

We made a conscious decision that saving $1200 a year was worth it. To this point it has not been a hardship. We haven't missed anything we've wanted to see, so it's working for us.

Just an FYI re internet speeds. I work for Spectrum in the call center, with Spectrum they have two speeds available. In most parts of KY basic speed is 60 mbs down 5 mbs up, and ultra speed is 300 mbs down, 20 mbs up. Some of Northern KY will start at 100 x 5 instead of 60 x 5. There are a few rural areas that start at 30 x 5, and in some areas ultra is just 100 x 5. pricing varies depending on if new customer and if bundling other services, but at full rate price basic internet is $64.99 and wifi is $5 extra (can use own wireless router and save the $5 per mo). To upgrade to ultra is $40 more, ultra doesn't charge extra for wifi.

I have been often interested in cutting the cord, but I personally think we still watch too much traditional TV to do it. We watch a good deal on Netflix, and I could acquire means for a lot of shows, but I watch a lot of live sporting events. A LOT. And my wife DVRs an absurd amount of shows, many from smaller networks like Turner Classic and Food Network. Any service that we ever went to would have to have some DVR capability, and I'm in the dark about what ones that encompasses right now. Anyone have insight into those areas?

 

I will say, one that hasn't been mentioned here that looks intriguing is Playstation Vue. It has a "cloud DVR" (which allows saving only up to 28 days), is available on more devices than DirecTV Now and Sling TV, and has a pretty solid lineup.

I have been often interested in cutting the cord, but I personally think we still watch too much traditional TV to do it. We watch a good deal on Netflix, and I could acquire means for a lot of shows, but I watch a lot of live sporting events. A LOT. And my wife DVRs an absurd amount of shows, many from smaller networks like Turner Classic and Food Network. Any service that we ever went to would have to have some DVR capability, and I'm in the dark about what ones that encompasses right now. Anyone have insight into those areas?

 

I will say, one that hasn't been mentioned here that looks intriguing is Playstation Vue. It has a "cloud DVR" (which allows saving only up to 28 days), is available on more devices than DirecTV Now and Sling TV, and has a pretty solid lineup.

 

I'm looking into Playstation Vue. The nice part about Sling TV is there is no contract. I can cancel at any time.

 

I did look into DVRs for recording OTA programming. I may still try the Mediasonic Homeworx. You must attach an external hard drive to the device to store programs, though it can be as large as you want, and programming it is not as straight forward as simply clicking a guide and telling it to record. However, the device only costs around $30.

Sling only works on one device at a time. That's not a problem for me, but may be to others.

 

Hulu has a new Hulu TV option that is designed to replace cable, is available on multiple devices simulateously and costs under $40.

 

There is always Playstation Vue. I haven't had the time to check it out, yet, though.

 

I did end up purchasing the Mediasonic Homeworx converter box a month ago and attached a 2 TB drive to it last weekend. The guide on the converter box works great. We've had the grandkids for the past week, so I haven't tested the recording, yet. Mrs. S is in no big hurry. She's binge watching everything on Hulu, at the moment.

 

After tinkering around with the antenna, I'm up to 70 channels over the air. The raw HD signal produces an amazing picture, better than satellite or fiber. Way better than non-fiber cable.

There is also YoutubeTV. $35 for up to 6 accounts with an unlimited cloud DVR. However, it is not available in all cities, yet.

Please help. I currently have Cincinnati bell. Called to get my bill lowered today, went from $179 to $152. Interenet is 30Mbps, have only one DVR box with a total of three HD boxes and no home phone and zero movie channels. I really dont watch much other than PBS and a ton of sports. I truly only need cable for UK games, all available college football games, I like NBCsports network. We have HULU and NetFlix and Amazon Prime. I didnt follow what swamprat was saying. Should I try to find a better deal or can I?

Please help. I currently have Cincinnati bell. Called to get my bill lowered today, went from $179 to $152. Interenet is 30Mbps, have only one DVR box with a total of three HD boxes and no home phone and zero movie channels. I really dont watch much other than PBS and a ton of sports. I truly only need cable for UK games, all available college football games, I like NBCsports network. We have HULU and NetFlix and Amazon Prime. I didnt follow what swamprat was saying. Should I try to find a better deal or can I?

 

I'll still try and help, if you desire.

 

Are all of your TVs HD TVs?

All three are HD. We have a fire stick for the first floor, a smart tv in the bedroom and our basement tv has a XBox and WiiU hooked up to it.

 

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I have a 150 mile antenna and a USTVnow account.

 

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It's a little bit of a pain in the beginning to get it all set up, because you have to set your rotations and stuff. Once you get done though, it's point and click.

 

NKY folks can get Cinci, Columbus, Dayton, Indy, 'Ville, Lex, and Huntington markets.

 

For those of you that don't know there is a website USTVnow - Watch Live American TV Shows Online

 

You can for free get ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW, and PBS. All you have to do is sign up for a free account. You'll need a computer, ROKU, Firestick or Android Box to hook to your TV. This is a free service for all US citizens. It was meant originally for military personel and US citizens abroad.

 

For $19 (first 3 months) $29 after that. You can get:

 

Channels included in USTVNow paid plans:

 

ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, My9, NBC, PBS, A&E, AMC, Animal Planet, BBC America, Bravo, CNBC, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, ESPN, ESPN2, FX, Fox News, Freeform, History, Lifetime, MSNBC, National Geographic, NBC Sports, Nickelodeon, Spike, Sundance, Syfy, TLC, Universal, USA.

I have a 70 mile antenna and Sling TV. All of the transmitters covering the Tampa Bay area are to the southeast of it.

 

Amazon.com: ClearStream 4 Indoor/Outdoor HDTV Antenna with Mount - 7 Mile Range: Home Audio & Theater

 

With the $50 Sling TV account with the sports package, I get these sports channels FS1, FS2, Fox Sports SUN, Fox Sports Florida, NBCSN, Bein, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESPNEWS, ESPN Bases Loaded, SEC Network, SEC Network +, ACC Extra, PAC12 Network, NFL Network, Golf Network, NHL Network, NBA TV, Motorsport.TV and the most important NFL Red Zone.

 

Note that you cannot watch any of the ESPN channels on more than one device at a time with my package. Go to Sling.com for the non-sports list in the orange and blue packages.

 

The TV in the Living Room is HD with a Roku attached. There is also a converter box attached that replaced the DirecTV box that was attached at the same location. The converter box has a USB hard drive attached to it, allowing the converter box to be used as a DVR.

 

The TV in the Man Cave is also HD with a Roku and a XBox attached. There is no converter box and the connection from the antenna runs directly to the TV.

 

Note that I used the existing DirecTV cabling to connect the antenna to my TVs.

 

2 of my bedrooms were wired for DirecTV, but I do not have them connected to the antenna, yet. I will either have to replace the old analog TVs with HDs or buy converter boxes for each locations. The converter boxes are

Anyone have any experience with the Hulu Live TV service?

 

$39.99 a month and it appears to have all the sports and entertainment channels (including locals) included.

 

It doesn't appear to be offered for Samsung Smart TVs (which is what ours are) yet, but I wasn't positive on that.

 

We're looking for other options other than DirecTV come September when our discounts go away.

I soooooooo want to get rid of DirecTV. However, I live in a rural area with spotty Internet (provided by my mobile hotspot). I am also not very tech savvy. Do I have any options?

I got rid of directv a few months ago and went with PlayStation Vue. I do the $29 package and get all the espn's, fox sports channels, sec networks and big ten channels. I also get my over the air signals without a problem. I have been pretty happy other than you just can't mindlessly flip through channels. You almost have to pick a show. You can change channels but not as easy to just press up or down on your remote. I have it set up on 2 different hdtv's by a Roku

 

I am thinking of getting an unlocked firestick with Kodi to get the free movies.

I just got my Chromecast today! Hooked it up, were up a Netflix account and I'm now watching Grace and Frankie! I'm preparing for the end of my Direct TV contract in a few months.