Streaming TV Services

[CowboyRam]

Now that dad has passed I am going to cancel Dish. $150 per month is just way to much. We kept Dish because dad would not have been able to use any sort of Streaming service. He sometime had problems with Dish sometimes, and I would usually have to figure out how to get out of whatever he had got into. I'm thinking of going with Amazon Prime. $15 per month is a lot better.

 

[Logan52]

I recommend "rabbit ears". We get 35 channels for free over the air, all heavily slanted toward the older generation. With local news, Perry Mason, Mannix, Bluebloods on around the clock, the only drawback is the adult diaper commercials that drag on and on.

All kidding aside, with the exception of an occasional University of Kentucky game that I watch as a quest on my daughter's streaming service, a small antenna on top of the TV has served my wife and I well over the years. We watch a lot of Kentucky Educational Television and she particularly enjoys the BBC mystery programs. It is a little frustrating how "woke" PBS and even the local news has become.

 

[Ky hills]

We canceled dish network a few years ago.
Wife has the Amazon streaming. I can’t hear so I either just literally watch and if I’m interested try to read the closed caption words on the screen.
She watches series of shows in down time. Occasionally a movie. There’s a lot content that’s included in the regular subscription price, then there’s things that you have to pay extra for. We usually just watch the “free” shows.
Like Logan said we also have the rabbit ears that look more like a kitchen table placemat sitting up against a window.
We can get a local channels that way,

 

[Brute 23]

Not sure what you like to watch but Netflix has a lot of original series that are pretty good. It's cheap.

You will probably have to add Paramount or P+ to what ever you get to see the Tailor Sheridan stuff.

 

[SBMF 2015]

The tv that I had for 14 years finally died this summer. A smart tv is cheaper than a non smart tv. It has lots of stuff on it, all you need is a Wi-Fi connection

 

[Dave]

Up on the ridge probably 400-500 yards from the house is a juniper tree with the top cut off. At the base is the remains of an old TV antenna. I am certain that rabbit ears wouldn't work here. So to get anything we have to have satellite. The price we pay for living in a hole surrounded by hills 2,000+ feet higher than we sit at.

 

[Brute 23]

I have an older Samsung smart TV. I was told last year that in like a year or two Hulu woll not support that TV, meaning no more updates. It will be interesting to see what happens. I haven't checked to see if Amazon and Netflix will do the same. That may be the end of the road for Hulu if its only them. Trashing a TV with nothing wrong because the provider won't update it just doesn't seem right.

 

[EasTex]

I have an older Samsung smart TV. I was told last year that in like a year or two Hulu woll not support that TV, meaning no more updates. It will be interesting to see what happens. I haven't checked to see if Amazon and Netflix will do the same. That may be the end of the road for Hulu if its only them. Trashing a TV with nothing wrong because the provider won't update it just doesn't seem right.

You could get a Roku stick or Amazon fire stick to save the tv.

 

[Silver]

I have an older Samsung smart TV. I was told last year that in like a year or two Hulu woll not support that TV, meaning no more updates. It will be interesting to see what happens. I haven't checked to see if Amazon and Netflix will do the same. That may be the end of the road for Hulu if its only them. Trashing a TV with nothing wrong because the provider won't update it just doesn't seem right.

Like having to throw away a phone for the same reasons

 

[1982vett]

I have an older Samsung smart TV. I was told last year that in like a year or two Hulu woll not support that TV, meaning no more updates. It will be interesting to see what happens. I haven't checked to see if Amazon and Netflix will do the same. That may be the end of the road for Hulu if its only them. Trashing a TV with nothing wrong because the provider won't update it just doesn't seem right.

A $40 Roku Streaming Stick w/TV controls should fix that. The $18 should fix it too, but then your playing "find the right remote" to operate the volume.

Actually, the older tv will probably keep on working. I still have CattleMaxCS on a Windows 7 computer. I works just fine. Neither have been "supported" for quite a while.

 

[Mrcopier]

We have Netflix ,prime and paramount + and never looked back. Oh and access them all with Roku so you also get the free Roku tv. All for less than about $40-45 per month

 

[greybeard]

just spend a little more and get a Roku ready smart tv and there ya are. I still have Direct Tv but 90% of what we watch is streamed Roku.
REN is ok in a big town or city, but out in the wide open like west Tx, up in the heartland, and the OP's Wyo, Rabbit Ear Network won't work well. Too far between broadcasting towers. I tried it at my old place and the best outside antenna on a 30' pole barely brought in the stations from Houston or Beaumont..depended on the weather. 55 miles from the towers and 5 different stations broadcasted from the same tall tower on the SW side of Houston.

 

[Travlr]

Now that dad has passed I am going to cancel Dish. $150 per month is just way to much. We kept Dish because dad would not have been able to use any sort of Streaming service. He sometime had problems with Dish sometimes, and I would usually have to figure out how to get out of whatever he had got into. I'm thinking of going with Amazon Prime. $15 per month is a lot better.

Do you have grown kids? My daughter subscribes to Netflix, Prime (Amazon), Hulu, and Disney Plus, and she piggy backs us on to her Netflix account for a minimal fee. The others, as far as I know, don't require the extra fee and we share her account for them. Between antenna, which gets us ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and Grit, (and others we don't really watch) we have more than we need. All free to us.

 

[Travlr]

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[CowboyRam]

Do you have grown kids? My daughter subscribes to Netflix, Prime (Amazon), Hulu, and Disney Plus, and she piggy backs us on to her Netflix account for a minimal fee. The others, as far as I know, don't require the extra fee and we share her account for them. Between antenna, which gets us ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and Grit, (and others we don't really watch) we have more than we need. All free to us.

No kids at home. I'm not so sure I will ever have grandkids, but that could change someday. Right now he is concentrating on work.

I have the Amazon Fire stick, have had it for several years. To start I will probably add Prime and maybe Paramount+ at some point.

 

[shaz]

We have Prime, Netflix and Max. Prime is my favorite and Tubi is free + has a lot of content

 

[Travlr]

No kids at home. I'm not so sure I will ever have grandkids, but that could change someday. Right now he is concentrating on work.

I have the Amazon Fire stick, have had it for several years. To start I will probably add Prime and maybe Paramount+ at some point.

My daughter lives in another state and I can still piggy back on her accounts. They don't need to live close to you. But then, if he doesn't subscribe it's a moot point.

I think anyone that subscribes can share what they have. So neighbors, friends, church members?

 

[Texas Ranch Hand]

Up on the ridge probably 400-500 yards from the house is a juniper tree with the top cut off. At the base is the remains of an old TV antenna. I am certain that rabbit ears wouldn't work here. So to get anything we have to have satellite. The price we pay for living in a hole surrounded by hills 2,000+ feet higher than we sit at.

Elon Musk’s STARLINK satellite is absolutely the best satellite internet. I run my Samsung Smart TV on it along with my Internet. I’ve tried Hugh’s Satellite and one other. STARLINK has them all beat. Streaming is perfect. I can’t say enough good things about it.

 

[Dave]

Elon Musk's STARLINK satellite is absolutely the best satellite internet. I run my Samsung Smart TV on it along with my Internet. I've tried Hugh's Satellite and one other. STARLINK has them all beat. Streaming is perfect. I can't say enough good things about it.

We have Hugh's. It works good enough unless the dish gets covered by snow. How does the price compare?

 

[greybeard]

Hughes was big over in East Texas piney woods because it was the only thing that worked very good, until Direct TV came along. (DirTv is now ATT/DirTv)

Where I live now, (in the hated city) there are so many options, it's hard to choose. The house I bought has 4-5 different cables run into it from 3 past owners and their kids, plus the sat dish for DirTv.