Cable Free?

[thefrugallery]

My husband is a big sports fan and that was something that was causing us to stick with cable. We found a workaround. One of his friends has DirecTV and for $30 per season you can get NFL games broadcast online. We paid his friend the $30 and his friend gave us the username for the online site. I realize this will only work if someone you trust has DirecTV and is willing, but it's working for us. We bought $3 speakers at a rummage sale and hook the computer up to the TV so we can watch it full-size.

[riverwed070707]

I never thought of that, thanks. Don't most major networks carry games, though?

Depends on what you watch. We're cubs fans and you certainly can't keep up with all teh games just by having FOX, etc. Most of our games are on Comcast and espn.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Games here are on a private network and i don't know anyone with directv. Most have fios. I admit to liking watching hockey occasionally. It's better than many reality shows.

[dawnwes]

We have yet to install our rooftop antenna I bought a while ago.

But we discovered that if you put a splitter on your cable line and plug your TV lines into it, you can get most of the OTA channels as they are unscrambled.

We will eventually get that antenna up as it is already purchased and allows us to get better picture and all the channels. Right now we just can't get NBC, I guess they scramble that one.

We also have Roku boxes and subscribe to Hulu+ and Netflix. I have purchased a few items on Amazon but not many.

We tried Playon but never got it to work well enough to keep it.

Dawn

[SeanH]

I'm returning to school in August and will be ditching Uverse for antennae/ Netflix / Hulu. We already have Netflix through our Wii and I'm hoping there will be some good Hulu content once the Wii starts supporting it. I will miss college football in high def, but there shouldn't be time for it if I'm allocating my time correctly. Savings will hopefully be $85 a month.

[pdweaver]

I would love to get rid of Comcast but sports channels are whats keeping me. I NEED SPORTS. Blackhawks, Bears, Bulls, and Cubs. If there is a way to get these without it, Goodbye Comcast!!

[helenir]

Netflix, of course.> We prefer to watch a specific film when we want to watch, not when a TV station decides to air it.

[Silver Bug]

I don't think I would be able to survive cable free :/
Mainly because I watch a lot of shows that you can find only on cable.

[acat29020]

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I am seriously considering cancelling my cable as well. It just went up again... and i only watch shows on a few channels (ABC and FOX, a few on Bravo). Have you all noticed any networks that do NOT post new episodes online the next day? It seems like they all do now.

Thanks!