Any cord cutters in the house?

rk_sports · 12-30-2012, 01:20 AM

As some of you know, cord cutters is a young trend with many options available and one thing that was missing was a decent DVR for cord cutters...
now I heard about Boxee TV (albeit available only in selected areas)

So, any of you here cut the cord?
If so, whats your setup? Any cons?

heycal · 01-01-2013, 03:35 PM

What is cord cutting?

cluckcluck · 01-01-2013, 03:45 PM

I cut the cord about 3 months ago. I broke up with Directv cause it was getting out of hand expensive.

We are now setup with Roku streaming Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu Plus, and Vudu.
We have been watching a bunch of series we never knew existed and are pretty legit.

The biggest con would be the lack of live sports like tennis. I can stream on my computer but it's not the same quality as ESPNHD or TennisChannel HD.

Though, with all the money I'm saving, I can afford to buy some tennis tickets.

Bowtiesarecool · 01-01-2013, 03:56 PM

We haven't had cable in our house in 3 years. Netsucks& Vudu are alright. I'm trying out amazon prime now, and the in-laws have Uverse with the sports pack so if I can't watch my F1/tennis online, it gets recorded over there.

heycal · 01-01-2013, 03:59 PM

What if you guys want CNN, foxnews, the networks, etc?

Bowtiesarecool · 01-01-2013, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by heycal

What if you guys want CNN, foxnews, the networks, etc?

Personally, I read all my news. Television news just makes it too difficult to form a biased opinion.

zapvor · 01-01-2013, 04:09 PM

anyone watching tv for news is like........i cant even say it

cluckcluck · 01-01-2013, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by heycal

What if you guys want CNN, foxnews, the networks, etc?

I have the internet which is faster and seemingly more accurate than TV news.

heycal · 01-01-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowtiesarecool

Television news just makes it too difficult to form a biased opinion.

What do you mean?

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Originally Posted by cluckcluck

I have the internet which is faster and seemingly more accurate than TV news.

More accurate??

cluckcluck · 01-01-2013, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by heycal

More accurate??

Take the election for example. The news websites were all up to speed and accurate while Fox News was running around claiming Romney was in front of Obama, where the actual numbers were in favor of Obama.

ollinger · 01-01-2013, 06:51 PM

The notion that information on the internet is more reliable than other information sources is laughable. I won't soon forget the patient who told me he read on the internet that a medication he was taking could make your head fall off (and yes, he showed me the citation). There's bad information everywhere, probably moreso on the internet where oversight and financial liability are all but nonexistent.

SoBad · 01-01-2013, 07:22 PM

Yeah, I did not bother setting up TV last time I moved a few months ago. Internet media and computer equipment far easier to manage.

heycal · 01-02-2013, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by cluckcluck

Take the election for example. The news websites were all up to speed and accurate while Fox News was running around claiming Romney was in front of Obama, where the actual numbers were in favor of Obama.

That's not quite an accurate representation of Fox News election coverage. It's more like they had some commentators and guests on news shows who spun scenarios of how and why Romney would win. The news division as a whole never said such a thing. (Nor did Bill O'Reilly, the network's biggest star.)

But that aside, the internet is a horrible source for accurate information compared to TV overall. It's not even close.

ollinger · 01-02-2013, 07:54 AM

^^ absolutely. My daughter worked for ABC News a few years and now for NPR, always interesting to hear from her about all the fact checkers who double-check on information. It's not fool-proof, but it's something that doesn't exist at all with the various news and blog sites on the web.

Cindysphinx · 01-02-2013, 08:49 AM

I would be very interested in cutting the cord. My current bill is about $175/months. That is for a basic package, Tennis Channel, DVR and a total of three TVs, internet and landline.

I just dropped Tennis Channel to save $15/month.

If I drop the landline, Verizon will drop the price another $10.

If I get change two high-def boxes to standard, that will save $8 a month.

I am getting so resentful that I am tempted to cut the cord and go with Netflix + internet. . . .

NickC · 01-02-2013, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by zapvor

anyone watching tv for news is like........i cant even say it

What's wrong with TV news? I am a big fan of PBS Newshour. They don't exhibit any bias nor do they waste time with little menial stories that seem to flood the major news networks.

It's cable news that sucks. Cable news, and I mean all of it, needs to be destroyed.

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Originally Posted by cluckcluck

I have the internet which is faster and seemingly more accurate than TV news.

The internet isn't always accurate.

BigServer1 · 01-02-2013, 01:22 PM

I just can't handle not having HBO and AMC...90% of the TV shows I watch are on one of those two networks.

Couldn't give up Tennis either...ESPN 3 streaming isn't available through my internet provider, so unless I want to deal with crappy pirated streams, DirecTV will do it for me.

sureshs · 01-02-2013, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cindysphinx

I just dropped Tennis Channel to save $15/month.

Exactly the wrong thing to do. It is the duty of every poster here to support Tennis Channel. You can easily save the $15 by cutting out one tennis lesson a month, and learn much more from TC.

Cindysphinx · 01-02-2013, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by sureshs

Exactly the wrong thing to do. It is the duty of every poster here to support Tennis Channel. You can easily save the $15 by cutting out one tennis lesson a month, and learn much more from TC.

It feels like TC largely duplicates the programming on ESPN2. I will miss minor tournaments and early round matches but . . . dang. Even I can't watch that much tennis.

Dropping TC also cost us the Golf Channel. My husband is in pain.

krz · 01-02-2013, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ollinger

The notion that information on the internet is more reliable than other information sources is laughable. I won't soon forget the patient who told me he read on the internet that a medication he was taking could make your head fall off (and yes, he showed me the citation). There's bad information everywhere, probably moreso on the internet where oversight and financial liability are all but nonexistent.

They can't post anything on the internet that's not true.

Where'd you hear that?

The internet.

12-30-2012, 01:20 AM	#1
rk_sports Professional Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: soCal Posts: 1,408	Any cord cutters in the house? As some of you know, cord cutters is a young trend with many options available and one thing that was missing was a decent DVR for cord cutters... now I heard about Boxee TV (albeit available only in selected areas) So, any of you here cut the cord? If so, whats your setup? Any cons?

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ollinger Hall Of Fame Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,471	The notion that information on the internet is more reliable than other information sources is laughable. I won't soon forget the patient who told me he read on the internet that a medication he was taking could make your head fall off (and yes, he showed me the citation). There's bad information everywhere, probably moreso on the internet where oversight and financial liability are all but nonexistent. __________________ Angell 105 WC Silverstring