SteveFord Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I saw some mention of cable bills and ours got out of hand so perhaps this will prove to be of interest: http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=129094.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Your antenna is def. bigger than mine! I threw a little HD ant. up cuz my wife loves network TV. I HATE IT and to hell with the commercials. No cable or Sat. in our home. I'm HD streaming only. Also get 2 DVD's out at a time with Netflix as I tend to watch movies only. My bill per mo. is $16 with Netflix and I watch some stuff on Amazon Prime (have that just to get the free freight, but the prime movies & streaming TV comes along for free). I will say that the station count is VERY IMPRESSIVE however!! Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I cut the cable cord about 5-6 months ago. I just use interior antennas that actually work quite well (I live about 8 miles from downtown chicago), but i do have to occasionally adjust them for certain channels. I save a lot of money and don't miss it much except for live sports on cable. I stream netflix and etc. thru a roku and have a nice growing collection of tv/movies on my plex server. Now i've got AAS for that exterior antenna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug the Old Geezer Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm a cord cutter, as well. I have the Winegard 7697P antenna, along with a small radio shack FM antenna, all on a mast with a Channelmaster rotor. I also, have an inside amplifier (easier to replace if it goes bad than an outdoor amp). I currently get around 40 OTA channels here in the middle of nowhere (120 miles from the Twin Cities, 150 miles from Des Moines, 90 miles from Rochester, MN, 50 miles from Mankato, MN, and 50 miles from Mason City, IA) so it is amazing to me that I get anything. I also have Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Hulu Plus using my LG smart TV through our high speed broadband, so I have plenty to watch. Save about $65/month with this set up compared to the cable cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDavidLee Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I went beserk a month ago and upgraded my cable channels and bundled my internet and phone too. I will save a bunch of money the first two years and then when it goes up I can cancel if I want to. I can tell you this - if I see one more political commercial I'm going to throw up. Unfortunately for us here in Iowa - we're one of the six or so states that are considered crucial to control of the senate so we've had like 70,000 political ads in the past few months and they will continue until the polls close on Tuesday even though about 40% of us have already voted early by mail. It's a sad state of affairs when you start missing Depends, leaky bladder, limp **** and vaginal itch and odor commercials. Will somebody tell me WHY they are advertising Viagra & Cialis? Is there really a man alive in the world who doesn't already know there's a pill for that? Sighhh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Will somebody tell me WHY they are advertising Viagra & Cialis? Is there really a man alive in the world who doesn't already know there's a pill for that? Sighhh.. I've learned 2 things from those commercials. 1. It could be a matter of blood flow. 2. See a doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours. BTW. Of the two, I prefer the Viagra commercials. They show men doing manly things, like pulling their truck out of the mud with a horse. Plus there is some cool blues music going on. The Cialis just shows these older yuppy couples gazing at each other and looking off into romantic sunsets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Farnsbarns Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Yuppy = YOUNG, Upwardly-mobile Person. OK, so I can't join in the bash-the-cable-co conversation because I live in the civilised world so I'm being difficult instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I've learned 2 things from those commercials. 1. It could be a matter of blood flow. 2. See a doctor if it lasts more than 4 hours. BTW. Of the two, I prefer the Viagra commercials. They show men doing manly things, like pulling their truck out of the mud with a horse. Plus there is some cool blues music going on. The Cialis just shows these older yuppy couples gazing at each other and looking off into romantic sunsets. But when they play Howlin' Wolf, that man must be rolling in his grave! Ain't no blues man that needs boner pills; he's got the Johnny Cockeroo. Also, if all older women looked like the milfs in those commercials no man would need pills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 We have the most bare bones cable package so that we can get HBO. When HBO goes a la carte next year our cable tv will be gone. About the only thing I cannot get online now is nationally broadcast and playoff hockey games; which is BS. It's why I didn't renew my NHL Gamecentre subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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