
We finally ditched cable. I guess technically, we still have internet through Xfinity, but we had to dump it. The promotional deal was done and our monthly bill jumped up to $170. It was time.
90% of the stuff we watch is on Netflix or Disney Plus, so we decided to keep the internet and stream. We got the unlimited data plan and cut our bill down A LOT!
Our old TV was a Roku TV, but when it died, we just got a smart TV. So I ran up and bought the cheap Roku set up from Walmart and in a matter of minutes, we were all set to go.

Naturally, the Roku set up comes with a bunch of the streaming apps all ready to go. Sam knew that Paramount Plus had all the Nick Jr. shows that the kids watched and she paid to get that every month. They have just about everything on there, including shows I watched with my older boys that they are just discovering.

I’ve been thinking of getting Paramount Plus ever since they made that series “The Offer” about the making of the Godfather. I just never knew what else they had. After scrolling a bit today, I cannot wait to check out some new stuff and some classics!
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Chappelle’s Show
- Dexter
- Gunsmoke
- Hawaii Five O (the original)
- I Love Lucy
- Key & Peele
- The Love Boat
- Mission: Impossible
- Perry Mason
- Reno 911
- Star Trek (and the many spinoffs)
- Taxi
- The Twilight Zone
- You Can’t Do That On Television
…and SO much more! There are a lot of original shows on there as well as musical stuff. Yeah, I’m kind of excited.
well done!
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Cable outpriced themselves… we do streaming but mostly my tv and movie computer that streams.
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I have an indoor antennae for local channels and a HD Firestick for streaming…don’t need no stinking cable. Pluto TV is good also, free live channels.
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You are going to be one busy guy! They just introduced a Fiber Optic option in our neighbourhood so I’m thinking of switching, we have Satellite TV now which is not too bad.
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Same as Phil. Small antenna for over the air & a Fire stick (we had Roku for some time, it worked pretty well too). I miss cable for things like the Weather Channel, HGTV (though many of it’s shows are on streaming), always clear network pictures…sometimes the antenna ain’t great…but it got too expensive. $170 a month is ridiculous. If they’d offer maybe $40 a month & let you pick specific specialty channels you want (not ‘bundles’ of channels they want to make you buy together) we’d probably go back . But cable’s on its way out, much like landline phones.
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Absolutely. I very rarely watch current TV. I’d rather rewatch old stuff
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Good luck. We had problems.
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