They’re converting old phone booths to WiFi hotspots with USB charging stations and Android tablets for free video calls. Plus I live in NYC, which is in the process of providing high-speed WiFi - faster than my cable internet - for free throughout the city. Several other vendors are following Sony and working on streaming cable channels, even loathsome TWC (it would take 50 pages to describe what they’ve put me through). There are no space limitations, and never any conflicts. It also has a built-in DVR service that’s way better than cable TV versions. ![]() I subscribe to Sony’s new PlayStation Vue service, which can stream 100+ channels - including all the major cable channels as well as the broadcast channels - over high speed internet. Or FCC reverse auction and repacking will adversely impact OTA. ![]() Or as some say real OTT a la carte will impact OTA. Maybe someone will purchase the company within 3 years and totally change direction. I’m a little cash poor at the moment, though.ĭoes anyone here pay monthly? Those are the only two options, right? Is there anything in the middle? I have another week or so to think on it, but I’m leaning that way. So… I guess a lifetime subscription is just another month and a half. But that will pay for itself in 5 months. So now my monthly bill (for much more than I had with cable TV) is $95/month - not nothing, but better than $197.98.Īnd then there is the upfront cost… I spent about $500 on hardware setting all this up: HD OTA antenna, tablo with single tuner, hard drive, used PS3 (for PSVue), a new universal remote that can talk bluetooth (for the PS3), and various cables and adapters. Oh yeah, and HBO Now (lotta good shows on HBO that I would miss). I greatly reduced my monthly fee (a killer $197.98 for March from loathsome TWC), but I still have to pay for hi-speed internet (need it for work and streaming), and I can’t do without cable channels - especially in an election season - so I have PSVue. Thanks for sharing your thinking on this. It has now been 5 or so months ith Tablo… 4 or so since I paid the lifetime… And I still frequently smile knowing that there is no more fees associated with it… So by not having a monthly or a yearly fee associated with my OTA DVR called Tablo, I can truly feel like the cord has been cut, because there is nothing more to pay… So $149 is less than 10 months of satellite related guide/dvr service, and then never pay again.īy paying it all now, I never have to spend another penny unless there is equipment failure. I was paying $16 a month (at least) with satellite to get whole home dvr service. So, after year 2, month 6 you are ahead… Not 3 years… I am very happy with tablo, and plan to keep it a long time… For 4.99 a month, venus $149 for lifetime, it’s really 2.5 years at the monthly rate. I was paying $97 a month for satellite (cheapest package I could get)… The lifetime fee was only 1.5 months of satellite that I will never have to pay again. I didn’t like paying a bigger chunk up front either, but I looked at it this way: What do most people do - monthly? lifetime? On the other hand, if I’m going to keep this for more than 3 years (which I surely will), it would cost a lot more to pay monthly. I’ve spent a lot of money on hardware for this cord-cutting venture (I also bought a PS3 to stream PlayStation Vue, and a universal remote that can handle both bluetooth and IR), and I don’t really want another big upfront purchase. I can’t decide if I should pay a monthly fee or buy the lifetime guide. If I were to go with the monthly fee version, should I wait until the end of the trial so as not to lose my free days? I still have 13 days left in my 30 day trial for the guide. ![]() So now I want the guide, but I have some questions. I get 63 OTA channels with my antenna, and I had no idea how much cool stuff there was to watch until I looked at it through the lens of the Tablo Guide and its categories. I use PlayStation Vue (streams cable channels with a built-in DVR - way better than Sling) in addition to Tablo, so at first I didn’t think I’d need more than the Tablo daily guide - that is, until I spent some time looking at it.
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