I decided to go with TiVO so that I could get all of the OTA channels in my area and have DVR capabilities on them. TiVo also has multiple tuners which is nice since I do have a few shows that overlap here and there. Continue reading “TiVo for all the OTA”
Stream it all or OTA a little?
The first thing I needed to figure out is if could get away with 100% Streaming or if needed/wanted to mix in OTA. I looked at a few streaming services and will get into each of them a little below. I also wasted a few bucks here and there to get a taste and some free gear. Continue reading “Stream it all or OTA a little?”
Satellite just plain costs too much
Satellite TV which I currently have from dish is just too expensive for the channels offered. All prices included below are current with no promotions when posted.
I knew my contract from Dish was coming up and with my Hopper 3 not really living up to the hype I decided to start looking at streaming options and local OTA TV. I don’t really watch a lot of TV and being a father of 2 young boys I almost never get to watch live TV. The Hopper 3 with Auto-Hop was a nice idea but seems like every few month since release the time between a show airing and the feature being active was getting longer and longer. Some shows don’t enable Auto-Hop until the next episode airs making it nice for catching up but not a killer feature like it was when it released. Also DISH just raised prices for my February bill and it doesn’t sound like much but the $9 increase was the final straw. They didn’t add any channels and with other features lacking it was time to stop paying for the increases. Continue reading “Satellite just plain costs too much”
TV shouldn’t cost this much
Why is TV so expensive? Why do I need to pay for your 200+ channel package because you set it up so that the more popular channels are only included there? Why can’t I buy my hardware? Why do I have to pay a monthly “lease” fee that never expires? Why don’t I get all of the locals in the area and why do I have to pay extra for them?
Those are the questions I asked myself as I finally got sick of paying $135+ a month to watch about 8 channels in total. Read on as I explain what I looked at as I decided to cut the cord and tell Dish Network that it was finally over.