Home TV. What are the options?

My TV from 2007 has slowly been developing a large smear like section were the pixels are dimmer that the rest of the TV.


Bought a new 'smart' Sony Bravia tv.
Works similar to a tablet, downloading different applications from the Play Store.
Free tv and movies with my $45 internet that i already use.
Tubi, Pluto tv, Peacock and Crackle are all free. Live and old movies and tv series.
Been getting into Eureka and Warehouse 13, have not seen in ages.(Peacock)

Only a month on this free tv but i like it.
Can subscribe to specific channels too, not quite there yet for me.
Has not been anything at all worth a damn on the Dish for 2-3 months, i dont think i will miss Dish.

So long and thanks for all the fish, Dish.
 
Die Dish Die!

Just said F it and yanked the dish reciever last month, turned it on maybe 5 times the month before that.

Last time was about 5 days over due and cut off, now claiming they let it slide for 20 days...LOL.

Could not access my account, changed password...nope, different login device...nope.

Double billing me now $222 and threat of sending me to collections for their 'pro rated' bill of $77.
Guess i should have called and told them to F-off right away. Lol.
Thanks dish.
:whipping2


Loving the FREE junk on the stream/internet tv.
So much better...and free, did i mention that.
Can pick the garbage you see.
Can pause and replay, on the movies.
Tubi is my fav so far, lots of obscure old stuff. Way less adds than the others.
Some of that live tv, like Pluto is a bit heavy in the commercials but not any worse than the paid Dish service.
That Peacock is very commercial happy too.
...and seems like Crackle is paid by the commercial volume... as in way to loud
 
I went through the same thing with those satellite radio companies. The collections process is an empty threat… it’s just part of their annoying and aggressive AR workflow.

I just ignore it... cost them more to actually start a collections process.
 
We recently switched from Sling to FuboTV and Fanatiz.
I am a big Brazilian and South American Futbol (soccer) fan and recently decided to start following it again. I was living in Brazil when they won the World Cup. Crazy.
My wife enjoys Amazon Prime video that we get with Amazon Prime.
 
RichinRidgewood said:
Internet only: Switching back to Fios fiber optic (1G this time) in 2 weeks after Optimum raised their prices for 200M. No contract unlike before.
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I switched from Optimum internet + cable to internet-only Fios. I hardly ever watched broadcast TV anyway and Verizon included 2 years of Netflix with the $79.99 offer. Spent at least 45 minutes on the phone with Optimum to cancel my service and the final person I talked to ("retention specialist") actually raised her voice at me claiming Verizon is lying about it being a non-contract deal and I'd end up paying more than double after a year.

Almost 4 years later I'm still paying $79.99 a month :laugh:
 
Ed_C said:
I switched from Optimum internet + cable to internet-only Fios. I hardly ever watched broadcast TV anyway and Verizon included 2 years of Netflix with the $79.99 offer. Spent at least 45 minutes on the phone with Optimum to cancel my service and the final person I talked to ("retention specialist") actually raised her voice at me claiming Verizon is lying about it being a non-contract deal and I'd end up paying more than double after a year.

Almost 4 years later I'm still paying $79.99 a month :laugh:
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Ed ... where have you been? I thought the Wuhan got you?
 
Almost a year, end of this month...ME, FREE of any TV bills...love it!

CUT THE CORD.

Just wasted the better part of 4hours for a no-show cable guy last week.
Was 2.5 hours for a new cable hookup because of slow down load speeds...
We sat from 10:00am till 3:30 before it was working...what a joke...and the covid killed any local info phone jockies...all farmed out to east coast or Colorado?
Just to keep the 100year old lady comfortable... hard to teach the old dog new tricks.


Tubi
Pluto
Peacock
IMBd
 
Hulu Live, Netflix, Amazon Prime because it’s included with their membership. Then we’ll subscribe or unsubscribe to other services like HBOMax when a show we like comes back with a new season. Currently subbed to Apple+ until Ted Lasso is done
 
Ed_C said:
I switched from Optimum internet + cable to internet-only Fios. I hardly ever watched broadcast TV anyway and Verizon included 2 years of Netflix with the $79.99 offer. Spent at least 45 minutes on the phone with Optimum to cancel my service and the final person I talked to ("retention specialist") actually raised her voice at me claiming Verizon is lying about it being a non-contract deal and I'd end up paying more than double after a year.

Almost 4 years later I'm still paying $79.99 a month :laugh:
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Still the same bill :dance:

I've been getting junk mail from Optimum announcing an offer for their all digital fiber optic network (like FIOS), uhh no thanks :flipoff:
 
I recommend not paying $65 for Hulu Live, YouTube TV, etc.

Pluto is a fun free option.

You can get great over the air live programming with a good antenna.

Hulu $5.99 has great shows and movies. Maybe add in Amazon Prime Video for $9.99. Lastly Netflix for $19.99 if the programming interests you.

The live streaming options just go up, up, up, and up just like satellite and are more a PITA than they’re worth.
 
I like YoutubeTV and feel like it's worth it. I pay $65 monthly but you get to have 6 people with individual profiles & unlimited DVR for each plus live TV.

I had Directv stream a couple years ago, it was super buggy and now it's pretty expensive. Plus I hate that AT&T consumed them.
 
TobyFrederick said:
I personally have not been using ordinary television for a long time, so I slightly changed the configuration of the devices to view different content. It was enough for me to buy an adequate router, a separate console for the TV and switch to viewing subscription services and YouTube
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Plymouth, Mi

facepalm… i still have bad dreams about that place.
 
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