RaleighDeacon
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So here's the deal. I have read several articles and have a lot of disparate pieces available to me, but I want some feedback from folks that have actually ditched cable/Dish/DirecTV.
RDToy and I are moving in roughly a month and we are considering just buying out the rest of our DirecTV contract and using other options to save money. Here's the deal:
1. I have to pay for high speed internet and the only thing fast enough here in Charlotte is to go through Time Warner. Not happy about it, but I don't have other options with enough speed for me to use video, etc. from home for work.
2. I have to have a landline phone for work. I am open to any and all suggestions that make it cheap and reliable, otherwise, I'll just go through TWC for that too.
3. Being that we'll have highspeed Internet and I have an Xbox with apps we can use, plus I have a pretty beefy laptop with an HDMI out, how hard is it for me to get the TV we want through streaming services. I know we can get the majority of shows via on-demand or Netflix or Amazon services, albeit maybe a day late. That's not a big deal as we DVR everything right now anyway. What do we do about sports though? I know I can get an HDTV antenna for local channels, but what about getting sports on ESPN? Can I get those through my Xbox, or is that only the crappy ESPN3 stuff?
Here's what I would like to do:
- Have an HDTV antenna for the ability to just flip through network stuff
- Have my Xbox hooked up to the main TV for streaming services
Can someone who has done this give me some feedback on living with it? Does our other TV just become worthless, or is there any way to share services with it too? What's the best setup here?
RDToy and I are moving in roughly a month and we are considering just buying out the rest of our DirecTV contract and using other options to save money. Here's the deal:
1. I have to pay for high speed internet and the only thing fast enough here in Charlotte is to go through Time Warner. Not happy about it, but I don't have other options with enough speed for me to use video, etc. from home for work.
2. I have to have a landline phone for work. I am open to any and all suggestions that make it cheap and reliable, otherwise, I'll just go through TWC for that too.
3. Being that we'll have highspeed Internet and I have an Xbox with apps we can use, plus I have a pretty beefy laptop with an HDMI out, how hard is it for me to get the TV we want through streaming services. I know we can get the majority of shows via on-demand or Netflix or Amazon services, albeit maybe a day late. That's not a big deal as we DVR everything right now anyway. What do we do about sports though? I know I can get an HDTV antenna for local channels, but what about getting sports on ESPN? Can I get those through my Xbox, or is that only the crappy ESPN3 stuff?
Here's what I would like to do:
- Have an HDTV antenna for the ability to just flip through network stuff
- Have my Xbox hooked up to the main TV for streaming services
Can someone who has done this give me some feedback on living with it? Does our other TV just become worthless, or is there any way to share services with it too? What's the best setup here?