One project I have given myself while marooned in my apartment in NYC is to look into ditching cable TV. The main hurdle in the past has been access to live sports, including the English Premier League, but there are options now online. Plus, for the next few weeks or months, access to live sports is obviously not a concern. Anyway, this thread is very useful for research so thanks for all of the input!
Just enjoyed calling Comcast to cancel. What a horrible company. They don’t seem to realize it’s easier to maintain customers than try to find new ones and I got tired of crap service after having them for years. Just started ATandT tv the selection is fine but the on demand seems a little buggy. Added Netflix due to the stuck at home thing. I hope I can remedy the bugs in atandt as they have Turnerclassicmovies which is one of the best stations imo
Which package did you get? Do you have att cell service? I found on demand also to be buggy but luckily I keep up with series and rarely need to use the on demand features.
We got the third tier. I guess it’s a cheaper one but it has all the news and enough channels which was all I need. Add Netflix and what else do you need. I don’t think it’s cellular I use WiFi. Does cellular work better. I still use Comcast wifi as I don’t seem to have many choices around me. I hope they work on this on demand as it keeps screwing up my classic films and I get grumpy when bogart cuts out. Edward G Robinson as well.
I meant do you have your cell phones thru att? If so you can get hbo for free for being a loyal customer. I thought I had the 3rd package as well, 93 a month, it has more channels than I need as well as every channel I wanted. I find the on demand to be spotty for older stuff but works fine for new shows (within the last 5 years)
This may be off topic but has anyone tried Apple TV or Disney. I hear they are both a bit subpar but I’d never rule apple out of anything. Disney for that matter either.
We pay 50 right now for the 3rd tier but it goes up to 93 in 12 months. Still much cheaper than Comcast.
This must be a new deal. I'm not complaining at 93 a month but if its 50 for the first year then I will definitely switch my parents over since they were on the fence.
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Just went and looked and seen that theres actually 2 kinds of service although I'm confused as to what the diffrence is. Just to be clear, I have AT&T TV NOW but theres also one labeled ATT TV. The NOW service does not have a contract which is the route I'd personally travel when it comes to cord cutting. Prices seemed to on par with each other and the non NOW service looks like it uses their own cable box setup. Just my two cents but I dont want a contract or any of their hardware to worry about. The lower price deal was obviously not an option in the no contract version. Seems to me like they are trying to become the next cable service Haha.
Ya I got a little box for the WiFi service but I don’t have a smart TV yet.
I said it earlier in this thread but maybe it was confusing but as long as you have a tv with hdmi (cant see anyone not having that) just buy an Amazon firestick and it basically turns any tv into a smart tv. On the main interface you can have all your apps in one place (picture down below for reference) and theres no need to switch inputs unless you have a dvd/bluray player or game console. There are plenty of options out there instead of the firestick but I personally find it to be the easiest cleanest option. I also like that it's so small you can hide it behind a wall mounted tv and there are zero wires showing. Makes for a real clean setup. When on sale the 4k stick is as low as $25 each.
We have Apple TV (came with our iphone). It is pretty worthless.
