HeltonCreek
Well dang!
This all sounds great to me. I'm paying too much for DirecTV.
Can you (or someone with comparable setup) walk me through exactly what equipment and programming I'd need to order? Thanks.
I have an older flat screen TV that I don't want to replace yet so I bought a Roku Premiere+ and use an ethernet cable to make sure it has a fast connection with no buffering. My modem is in my living room behind my TV so the location worked fine. I think the Roku I bought was $84. The wifi only version is like $65.
I compared between Hulu's new streaming option, Playstation Vue, and Sling. I thought Vue was the best option between them. Just sign up and install the app on the device. It's really easy. Roku's apps are very user friendly. Vue also allows you to watch on 5 devices at once.
For the antenna, I just went to Walmart and picked up an RCA amplified antenna (you have to plug it in) with a 55 mile range for like $32. Hook it up to the coax plug on the back, do a channel search on the TV after changing the input from cable to air, and then I had like 16 channels. My folks are going to drop cable too and I took it over to their house and hooked the antenna up in the basement and they got the same channels I'm getting with no issues.
It was easy for me to do this since I live alone and really only have the one TV. Costs could add up if you want access to everything on multiple sets but you would still probably come out cheaper in a few months.
I was paying $155 a month for internet and cable with Cox. Now my internet (100 mbps) will be $82 a month and Vue is $45 for the core package so I'm at $127 total. It's only $28 a month but that's $336 a year.