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When I got rid of cable, I got an OTA antenna, Roku stick and Tablo whole house DVR. The Tablo is two channel so we can watch something different of both TVs, but we never do. We also have Amazon prime, but we had that way before it was a television network. Not counting prime, I think the whole thing was under $300.

I do get Sunday ticket from YouTube to watch out of market NFL games. That's 3-400 a year. For the paid streaming games I use the Dofu app on my phone and cast it to my TV.

 

100% this ^^^

 

This is exactly why I don't pay for sirius/xm. I want like 3-4 channels. I'm not paying their absurd prices for it. Especially because they say they are "ad free" but ever other song you get an ad for more sirius or XM stuff. If they dumped the commentary of most of the DJs and just had they tell you who was playing what song, that would be great. I don't want to hear the DJs weekend plans. Their not my buddy or my bro. I just want the music.

 

The thing with SXM is that they will give you cheap monthly rates, but you have to call and threaten to cancel. It's really annoying, but they always give you a better deal. The last time I called, I was paying $33 a month, and I got an email saying they were bumping the rate to $70 something. I called and said no way in hell, cancel my sub, and they gave me a rate of $24 for the next 6 months. That's for 3 subscriptions.

I spend a lot of seat time in my work truck, so I would hate to get rid of it, but no way I'd pay what they were asking.

 

I actually didn't have a tv for 10 years. We got one again when the girls were little with Netflix only. We switch it up every 6 months or so between Netflix and paramount or some other streaming services that is less than $20 a month. Plus internet we can keep our streaming bills under $80 a month.

 

I haven't had cable since 2021 when I lived in Arizona. I find myself mostly watching nature, history and science documentaries of which the best stuff is available for free on the internet. There are maybe 1 or 2 movies I want to see each year and I just buy the blu-ray for them when they are available, such as the two Dune films.

I have pretty much lost almost all interest in anything coming out of Hollywood, the major networks or streaming services. They have just become too formulaic and uninteresting to me. Constant remakes or recycling of the same overused tropes. Just feels like low effort slop entertainment.

Oh boy, yet another marvel, spiderman, superman, batman, bizarre disney movie

 

Um... my wife pays $5/mo. for it. She calls every year, but damn - $70?

I like Spotify. No DJs, just music. And podcasts. And audiobooks. For $9/mo.

 

We have Comcast internet and are paying $79.00/mo. I used to call them and threaten to cancel once a year, but things have settled down since the city has fiber installed everywhere, so there’s finally some competition.

Our budget is a shitshow after that, we have a lot of the streaming services. But we do the attic antenna and that’s been a great investment.

 

Job interview tomorrow... my kid walked in shoes yesterday for the first time... 10.45 months old... like wtf... slow down bro!

Hope you all are doing great

 

Thank you sir! dropped off to focus on the task at hand. Hoping this gets me back on track to my daily programming... we will see! more to follow!

 

Terrible.

Perfect.

 

Cable:

We use Xfinity for internet...had it since time began. pay ~$90/mth

we use Fire Sticks.

Direct TV Stream is the most used app.

Netflix is 2nd

I rarely watch TV.
If I do, I use Pluto TV to watch old movies.

If cable fails, we use an amplified antenna. it will get the local channels.

My use is mainly in the garage.
Pandora in background
Radar Now app is foreground

 

We like YTTV well enough, and we have Prime and Hulu. We may give Hulu back, since we don't watch it often enough. T-Mobile pays for Netflix and AppleTV. Paramount+ has a free version that has plenty of good programming. If we don't find something to watch, it's not the TVs fault. We're probably spending too much on entertainment, though.

 

Well, I am using sick time for the last 2 days of this hitch.

My eye was itchy yesterday, woke up with it goobered up today, and it's red and irritated.

Freaking pink eye.

 

Free when you're mooching off a friend's family plan.

 

All caught up on my daily dose of haterade now that I have read through the latest in the "2025 Tundra Engine is Down" thread. Time for a walk and some fresh air.

 

Yes. 100 times better than pandora or SXM

 

Yeah... I dont go on that thread any more.

 

Good luck in the job interview today.

 

You're supposed to wash you hands after wiping.

 

Thank you... getting super close so fingers crossed.

 

I forgot to make the Sirius/XM phone call this year and paid $26 a month for 3 months before I caught it.
I usually make a reminder on my phone calendar.
I guess with the surgeries and pain pills, it slipped my mind..

Anyway, I called to get the $6 or whatever I was paying.
They now offer $6.99 plus BS fees, and it is allegedly permanent.
They said I wouldn't have to call them every year for a discount.
I use XM a lot at work and I have to have the Bonfire show.





'The Bonfire' with Big Jay Oakerson & Robert Kelly | Faction Talk

I miss the original XM radio.
No DJs running their mouths just to hear themselves talk.
As well the O&A show and Ron and Fez, the good old days..

 

Yep. Got my daily fix.

 

This reminds me. I meant to ask what shows or podcasts everyone streams most often. My go to podcast is crime in sports. It's a couple of comedians talking about all the crime athletes commit. Pretty damn funny.

 

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