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Without a doubt my favorite subscription has been YouTube TV. Can’t recommend enough (no affiliation whatsoever).

ghaff 8y ago
It's definitely an option. Though I suspect that, with my Internet bundle, dropping cable and adding this probably wouldn't save me a huge amount of money.
- nervousvarun 8y ago
  Yeah this is the boat I'm in. Cut the cord almost 10 years ago now (I do live in a town with decent over the air digital) and saved money at first but the "trend" has been to just slowly up the cost of internet. With a subscription to Netflix ($11) and YoutubeTV ($40) + our base internet cost (~80$/month for 100MB down) we don't actually save much over the TV/internet bundles...if at all. I'm at $130 which is essentially where we were before...just not all going to the same provider now I guess. For areas like where I live with terrible fiber coverage, the cable industry still effectively has a stranglehold.
  - throwaway413 8y ago
    Definitely true. However for me personally the value has been less about the cost financially and more about the overall delightful experience you get. It just doesn’t compare. Show notifications, cloud recording, and multi-device support just to name a few. Also, in the past, I feel like attempts to do similar cloud-based TV services have always lacked network selection quality - none of the good stuff was on there. Not the case with YTV - so far it has every show or event that I'm looking for without having to pay for add-ons or additional networks (ie NBA TV).
    - ghaff 8y ago
      I still have an old TiVo with lifetime which is really the only reason I still get cable TV. Honestly, if I were to drop cable, I'd probably just do without live TV. It would be a bit of a nuisance but I don't really watch sports or regular TV enough to justify the expense.
      - throwaway413 8y ago
        Makes sense. At $35-40 a mo, it is indeed a substantially heftier subscription than the normal $5-10 a mo. If only!
nervousvarun 8y ago
just curious how much do you pay for your internet connection? At $50/month + the $40 for Youtube TV you'd be over $1000 a year (not that this was what you were responding to but I'm curious as thread started w/ $1000 year).
- throwaway413 8y ago
  I pay $75 a month for 300d/30u. Plus $35/mo for YouTube TV.
- s73v3r_ 8y ago
  Yeah, but in general, wouldn't it be $50/month + $60-70/month for cable and internet?
  - nervousvarun 8y ago
    Right. Was going with $50/month for internet (but I personally can't get it near that cheap) and $40 for YT TV which puts you at $1080/yr. I guess my real point is who ISN'T paying $1000/yr now? You pay almost that much for the internet package alone in a lot of America.
- ghaff 8y ago
  I'm $200/mo for Internet + phone + cable TV (Comcast Triple Play). Phone is mostly there because I have poor cellphone reception and Internet is sometime a bit wonky for video conferencing but I could probably drop it at this point. Last I looked, Internet would be > $100/month standalone.

It's definitely an option. Though I suspect that, with my Internet bundle, dropping cable and adding this probably wouldn't save me a huge amount of money.

nervousvarun 8y ago
Yeah this is the boat I'm in. Cut the cord almost 10 years ago now (I do live in a town with decent over the air digital) and saved money at first but the "trend" has been to just slowly up the cost of internet. With a subscription to Netflix ($11) and YoutubeTV ($40) + our base internet cost (~80$/month for 100MB down) we don't actually save much over the TV/internet bundles...if at all. I'm at $130 which is essentially where we were before...just not all going to the same provider now I guess. For areas like where I live with terrible fiber coverage, the cable industry still effectively has a stranglehold.
- throwaway413 8y ago
  Definitely true. However for me personally the value has been less about the cost financially and more about the overall delightful experience you get. It just doesn’t compare. Show notifications, cloud recording, and multi-device support just to name a few. Also, in the past, I feel like attempts to do similar cloud-based TV services have always lacked network selection quality - none of the good stuff was on there. Not the case with YTV - so far it has every show or event that I'm looking for without having to pay for add-ons or additional networks (ie NBA TV).
  - ghaff 8y ago
    I still have an old TiVo with lifetime which is really the only reason I still get cable TV. Honestly, if I were to drop cable, I'd probably just do without live TV. It would be a bit of a nuisance but I don't really watch sports or regular TV enough to justify the expense.
    - throwaway413 8y ago
      Makes sense. At $35-40 a mo, it is indeed a substantially heftier subscription than the normal $5-10 a mo. If only!

nervousvarun 8y ago

just curious how much do you pay for your internet connection? At $50/month + the $40 for Youtube TV you'd be over $1000 a year (not that this was what you were responding to but I'm curious as thread started w/ $1000 year).

throwaway413 8y ago
I pay $75 a month for 300d/30u. Plus $35/mo for YouTube TV.
s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yeah, but in general, wouldn't it be $50/month + $60-70/month for cable and internet?
- nervousvarun 8y ago
  Right. Was going with $50/month for internet (but I personally can't get it near that cheap) and $40 for YT TV which puts you at $1080/yr. I guess my real point is who ISN'T paying $1000/yr now? You pay almost that much for the internet package alone in a lot of America.
ghaff 8y ago
I'm $200/mo for Internet + phone + cable TV (Comcast Triple Play). Phone is mostly there because I have poor cellphone reception and Internet is sometime a bit wonky for video conferencing but I could probably drop it at this point. Last I looked, Internet would be > $100/month standalone.