thx for the input… thought I would share more info as you asked… 
@OttoKerner said:
@TeleFragger said:
dropping the HD Homerun Prime box out of the equation
Why?
Well I currently pay $165/m for a package that is almost up. I love the HD Homerun Prime box. I am finding myself watching less and less tv. My wife as well… our kids… well 1 is 17 and never wants to be home and the other is 11. he always watches Teen Titans, Teen Titans Go or SpongeBob… that’s it… over and over…
I am tired of all the TV watching he does… I’m going to take us back to the stone ages…
once my $165/m package ends in June 2018… I am going to get rid of cable tv and go OTA. Most of what my wife watches is on OTA so I will DVR them and place onto Plex which I do now with cable…
I only went to that package because it is xfinity - 200mb blast internet, HBO, Showtime, Skinnimax, Stars and Sports pack for that price. It goes up to $325-$380… I forget which…
my 1 neighbor got tired of Xfinity price gauging and he went Sony Vue and says he misses NOTHING and pays $45/m.
I thought about it but there is one channel that is on cable tv that was not (until now) available which my wife REQUIRES…
Hallmark. Hallmark was only available on cable tv but now Sling TV has it and just now Sony Vue has it!!! oh plus also Hallmark now has their own streaming service for it for $5/m… WOOOT IM NOT TIED TO CABLE TV!!!
I have been DVRn so much stuff, spongebob, teen titans go, my shows, wifes shows to get a plethora of a library running…
so I say I’m going to drop cable tv but I may pickup one of the other services first to not go cold turkey but minimize our channels then keep going down… example…
I was going to drop cable tv… switch to 25mb internet (from 200mb) and pay for Hallmark… thus…
$30 internet + $5 hallmark = $35 vs $165… however I’m contemplating
$20/m Sling TV+ $5 Hallmark add on + $30 internet = $55/m vs $165 OR
$45/m Sony Vue + $30 internet = $75 - which I may do
ive got till June so I have to research and see what works, what doesn’t, etc… I have this tuner card coming… I can keep that handy for my intel nuc’s to use… and if I need a different tuner for Plex… I can get one… and I haven’t bought PlexPass yet but now I am nearing where it is worthy for my use…
hope that sums it up…
oh cartoon network app on ipad has hundreads of episodes of what my son watches… going to limit him to 2 shows in AM and 2 shows in PM MAX for the day…
just tired of all the laziness, etc that we have become to allow… frustrating…
for me the tv shows I like, now really suck anyway…
AMC was my last channel I needed and …
The Walking Dead - dragging on
Fear the Walking Dead - yeah no
Nextflix is coming out with Punisher series - may get Netflix but I bet that show will be good for a little bit then go down like the rest…
All In All I have been cutting bills… and this one I have not been able to do much on…
home phone - wife wants one because our youngest doesn’t have a cell phone and if emergency calls are needed, well you need a phone… we had Verizon land Line service and was paying $50/m… I called got it lowered to $35/m but in 6 months it was up to $80/m!!! WTH!!!
so I went magic jack .Wife said NO… so I did it in tandem and switched us over and she never knew. not until one day phone said you must dial area code first… my wife looked at me and I said… well you didn’t even know till now…
Have had MJ for 1yr, renewed for 5yr, device died (my fault - you need to unplug the phone line from the world and I didn’t) so new device added 1yr… 7 years of phone service… for $230!!! I forget the true number but in 7yr it would save me like $5k-$6k
