Cutting the cord update

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Matt

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We cut the cord on cable TV sometime around January 2013. When we did we replaced $129 per month service with a $55 internet only package, and since moving to a new area we are now on a $45 internet only package. We added a digital antenna, which worked really well in Brooklyn, but might not be so effective here in the boonies; a subscription to Hulu Plus for $7.99 per month, and a lifetime subscription ($40) to a service called PlayOn.

Playon I haven’t even bothered looking at for a year, as it was really pretty crap, Hulu Plus seems OK but I don’t know with any certainty that it is worth it over the regular, free version of Hulu. There really are so many different solutions out there now that it is mindblowing – from big firms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, to smaller players like Moho Leaf, MythTV, PlexTV etc. (more…)

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mrsjon01

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Matt said:
We cut the cord on cable TV sometime around January 2013. When we did we replaced $129 per month service with a $55 internet only package, and since moving to a new area we are now on a $45 internet only package. We added a digital antenna, which worked really well in Brooklyn, but might not be so effective here in the boonies; a subscription to Hulu Plus for $7.99 per month, and a lifetime subscription ($40) to a service called PlayOn.

Playon I haven’t even bothered looking at for a year, as it was really pretty crap, Hulu Plus seems OK but I don’t know with any certainty that it is worth it over the regular, free version of Hulu. There really are so many different solutions out there now that it is mindblowing – from big firms like Netflix and Amazon Prime, to smaller players like Moho Leaf, MythTV, PlexTV etc. (more…)

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We did the same thing. Don't know if you've seen the excellent Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on the Crackle channel, it's Jerry Seinfeld's little vanity project and it's hilarious.
 
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mrsjon01 said:
We did the same thing. Don't know if you've seen the excellent Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee on the Crackle channel, it's Jerry Seinfeld's little vanity project and it's hilarious.
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Nope - but will check it out between screaming baby and cooking dinner sometime!
 
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