slo’s TUESDAY 10/18 poll - Traditional Cable vs. Directv vs Dish

[slo]

Do you still pay for Comcast or Netflix or Dish?
Or have you stopped those services and use an antenna?
Or do you do none of the above and only use streaming services like Netflix and Disney+?
*ETA….the Comcast option should say Comcast/Traditional Cable


For Me…..We still pay for Directv.
It is so expensive now - ridiculous!
We still use the DVR, which is one reason why we keep it.

 

[Snowflakey]

FINALLY after 25 years we cancelled Directv!! I am SO HAPPY we did. We now have Xfinity. I have more channels then I did with Directv PLUS our landline and wifi all for less then what we paid for Directv only! I'm saving about 80 dollars a month. Bye bye Directv!

 

[Kitty 34]

We have DISH.

 

[design_mom]

Other. We don't have a satellite service, but we still have traditional cable. Don't love it, but it's the least expensive option that includes our local hockey games (DH insists), but I think I'd miss DVR too.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I have Spectrum - only 15 channels and basic channels which really isn’t much - but have it to get local channels as antenna not allowed per HOA - I’ve cut this back as far as I can but it’s still if I could get my local channels & a few others some other way I’d be all in

Between DD & me we have following streaming services -
Netflix - DD
Hulu - DD - I watch one show on here
HBO Max - mine for House of Dragons
Disney+ - mine !!!
Discovery ( free trial ) - mine - lot of interesting shows may get if price is cheap if not nope

I find these days I have less time to sit down and watch tv / I have it on all the time in the background - but to sit and watch a show - not very often - except Sunday night for House of Dragon !!!

 

[mamamary]

We have Fios. We pay for Netflix. My dd pays for another that I can’t think of right now. Hulu maybe?

 

[mumto3girls]

We have cable. I love love love my DVR.

 

[Southernmiss]

We use streaming services. Have many more channels than with cable and save $100 a month.

And we were late to the game, but never looked back.

 

[mickey916]

We just made some changes. We had comcast cable but we now just use comcast for internet (our only choice in our neighborhood for cable) and stream. But in our vacation mountain house, we just got Starlink (we had no previous options except regular satellite which we hear was expensive and spotty). We love it! Now we can use our streaming services in both spots. We use Fubo due to the sports offerings, Netflix and the Disney+/Hulu/Espn+ package.

 

[macraven]

just basic spectrum for us

 

[DisneyHardin]

We have cable, but our provider is Spectrum not Comcast, so I didn't vote.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Verizon Fios, bundled with phone and internet.

 

[mrodgers]

I said other because although I have Netflix, I don't ever watch it. My mother watches it. I have Amazon as I pay for my daughter's student Prime account. I don't ever watch it.

I don't watch much of any Hollywood. When I do, it's a very few select shows on Netflix (waiting for You season, and also Dead to Me) or I will admit I watched Yellowstone and 1883 without a streaming service.

I watch Youtube and don't put that in the same category as Hollywood streaming services.

I don't have an antenna as I need to order a tuner as well and have never bothered.

 

[MIGrandma]

We had DirecTV for 20+ years, kept raising the rates. We would periodically call about it and they would give us various deals for 6 months or so. But then when AT&T bought them out the service went downhill. DH told them we were going to cancel and they didn’t care. So we did. Went with Hulu, savings of over $100 per month. Love it. Oh, and DirecTV keeps calling and sending mail wanting us back.

 

[RedAngie]

Traditional Comcast cable. No premium channels. No streaming.

 

[easyas123]

For Me…..We still pay for Directv.
It is so expensive now - ridiculous!
We still use the DVR, which is one reason why we keep it.

Yes! This is us as well. Directv is sooo expensive but we love the DVR. I understand Directv has a streaming service, but haven't checked it out yet. We are slowly inching towards possibly switching to streaming. I find it a bit confusing and can't figure out how I'd get my local news channels which I do not want to give up. Oh well - I guess I'll figure it out when I want to get serious about it.

 

[Meriweather]

We cancelled DISH many years ago and only stream now.
We use a Roku and have Hulu, Netflix and Prime.....and a lot of other free ones.
All my usual shows are stored for me. Love it.
After vacation we are still catching up on over 50 recordings.

Oh and Disney +

 

[NAB]

We have Shaw satellite here . Just took a bunch of channels off I don’t watch anymore. Mainly kids channels and the movie channel I never watched.

I love it for the PVR it automatically records my shows when ever they come back for the season and has a ton of room when we’re away on holidays.

Husband streams Netflix . Disney plus for my daughter.

 

[lynxstch]

We have cable, but our provider is Spectrum not Comcast, so I didn't vote.

Same here,,cable (Breezeline), since I can't live without my Tivo! I didn't vote either, as it wasn't a choice other than Comcast (which we don't have in our area)

 

[ronandannette]

Other - because the services on offer here are a little different than yours. We have regular cable through our phone and internet provider. It includes a DVR and all the broadcast shows and pay movies on-demand and is also how we access HBO and Crave (kind of equal to your Hulu). We pay separately for Prime, Apple TV, Netflix and our son buys Disney+.