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^^this^^ Once you realize that you don't actually have to watch a show the day/week/month that it's actually televised, a whole new world of tv viewing will open up to you. On top of the fact that you're no longer bound to the countless hours of mind numbing advertising. Let alone being tied to a DVR that most people never really use to its fullest potential to begin with, since most of us are simply too busy. I know when I had my DVR, I recorded hours upon hours of programming, (which I fully intended to watch at a later date) but more often than not, that date never seemed to arrive. There was always some other show on the mans "schedule" and I eventually found myself constantly deleting older recorded programming just so I could make room for new programming, which you guessed it....I would never end up watching. It was a vicious cycle that resulted in my never actually watching a full season of any show for a good 16-17 years.
Nowadays I watch what I want, when I want, all without commercial interruption. On top of the fact that I no longer get stuck investing 3-4 weeks to see if a new show is any good, and/or waiting for the network to cancel an awesome new show after just 4-5 episodes. It's madness I tell ya!
Free yourself. Once you get past the initial phase of finding your way without the networks telling you what to watch & when to watch it, you'll wonder why you waited this long to do it.
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Working on convincing the boss to cut the cord, got Hulu, showed her it works well, we never watch live shows except news occasionally. ... I told her, $300 a month buys lots of shoes over the year, actually $240 as we need Internet for Hulu etc, so time will tell...
Why Hulu over Netflix?
 
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Not necessarily over but Hulu for present day programming on ABC, CBS etc.
We have Netflix too, but their programs are older, but great for catching up on an old series past shows from prior years.
 
Re-cutting the cord...
CR, her/our immediate dilemma to dropping is the 10-50 ea past shows copied on the 2TB Cable box... And cutting the landline phone cord, that's probably harder...
 
Not necessarily over but Hulu for present day programming on ABC, CBS etc.
We have Netflix too, but their programs are older, but great for catching up on an old series past shows from prior years.
Yeah, that's part of the "initial shock". But once you get past the need for watching a series the week (or even year sometimes) it comes out you'll be fine. Netflix has improved vastly over the years and they do eventually put up most of the popular network and cable shows. But that's where your OTA antenna will pick up the slack. We have a few network shows that we still watch when they air. Obviously, it's difficult for some folks who live further out of town, but if you live in town investing in a quality OTA antenna will provide you with most of the channels HULU offers anyways, so you wouldn't be missing out if you wanted to watch them the day they aired.

Re-cutting the cord...
CR, her/our immediate dilemma to dropping is the 10-50 ea past shows copied on the 2TB Cable box... And cutting the landline phone cord, that's probably harder...
C'mon, you're a technical wizard....you can copy them over to your hard drive. :) Then purchase a third party DVR that works with OTA programming and has the ability to copy files from your PC and you're good to go! They really aren't all that expensive these days. I imagine the landline will be tough for you since I you probably need it for your business?
 
Yeah, that's part of the "initial shock". But once you get past the need for watching a series the week (or even year sometimes) it comes out you'll be fine....

C'mon, you're a technical wizard.....[emoji14]

I imagine the landline will be tough for you since I you probably need it for your business?

We almost never watch live TV, and are probably not within an antennas working zone, I probably would need to buy one, try it out and return if we're not in the "zone"

Cell and Data coverage is all I use for business..
It's that's she just doesn't like talking on the cell, the regular phone is easier to hold.... It's still being discussed, so we will see...
 
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We almost never watch live TV, and are probably not within an antennas working zone, I probably would need to buy one, try it out and return if we're not in the "zone"

Cell and Data coverage is all I use for business..
It's that's she just doesn't like talking on the cell, the regular phone is easier to hold.... It's still being discussed, so we will see...
That's easy for the phone. These use your cell as home phones.


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Forum is dead tonight. Seems all the east coast lightweights are already fast asleep. I'll take the win from here! [emoji12]

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