DirecTv Rates going up

[O2HeN2]

This group might have some ideas given this topic...

I'd like to ditch DTV, have wanted to for some time. Currently ~$150 a month. No premium channels. I've seen in hundreds of places claim "Hey, just call 'em up and say <whatever>... I now pay $12 a month!" Well, that hasn't worked for me.

For $150, I can subscribe to a LOT of services, rent movies and still be ahead.

But...

The GF is old school and likes to channel surf "to see what's on" and choose from that. And when just vegging out, will choose something to watch from what's currently showing (which 9 times out of 10, is a Harry Potter movie) rather than surgically go "I want to watch Outlander".

There's no way to display in a schedule the sheer number of channels displayed by DTV (because, after all, all those channels IS the service). But I might be able to get a few OTA "being shown right now" channels, perhaps with some existing OTA PVR (recommendations please) or even build a OTA Raspberry Pi PVR.

Suggestions, anyone?

$150/month is a heck of a lot to pay to channel surf.

O2

[00tec]

This group might have some ideas given this topic...

I'd like to ditch DTV, have wanted to for some time. Currently ~$150 a month. No premium channels. I've seen in hundreds of places claim "Hey, just call 'em up and say <whatever>... I now pay $12 a month!" Well, that hasn't worked for me.

For $150, I can subscribe to a LOT of services, rent movies and still be ahead.

But...

The GF is old school and likes to channel surf "to see what's on" and choose from that. And when just vegging out, will choose something to watch from what's currently showing (which 9 times out of 10, is a Harry Potter movie) rather than surgically go "I want to watch Outlander".

There's no way to display in a schedule the sheer number of channels displayed by DTV (because, after all, all those channels IS the service). But I might be able to get a few OTA "being shown right now" channels, perhaps with some existing OTA PVR (recommendations please) or even build a OTA Raspberry Pi PVR.

Suggestions, anyone?

$150/month is a heck of a lot to pay to channel surf.

O2

I use Sling. I have the Sling box (airTV or whatever), connected to my antenna for OTA (and a hard drive to DVR the OTA stuff), and it displays them all on a guide similar to a regular TV service. I think we pay $45 or $50 a month.