Cutting the Cord from Cable company

[Zundfolge]

IMHO, you're not going to find a magic pill when you cut the cord, just like you're not going to find the "perfect/ideal" cable/sat package at a comfortable price.

The big thing with cord cutting is that you have to understand that how you consume media will be drastically changed. Sitting and just channel surfing is not something you'll really do anymore. You tend to watch what you want, when you want so if you just want to mindlessly veg its more difficult. And if you're into live sports that too will be more difficult.

I've been very happy with my Roku devices running YouTube, Netflix, CRTV and Plex.

Plex is similar to Kodi but its more oriented toward media you have stored locally on your network (you have to run a Plex server on a computer). I download* a lot of movies and TV that I keep stored on a NAS and run Plex off of my wife's Mac (you can run it on Windows, Mac or Linux ... I keep saying I'm going to build a Linux box to be a Plex server, but never seem to get around to it ). Plex is easier to set up than Kodi (which I messed with back when it was still called XBMC. so maybe its gotten easier).


*no, I'm not going to explain how/where I download stuff ... y'all need to figure that out on your own

Homemade antenna in the attic (Made using parts laying around and a single $5 part from Radio Shack). .

Radio Shack? I seem to recall seeing one next to the Five and Dime that I used to get S&H Green Stamps at when buying Grape Nehi ... was just up the street from the AMC dealer.