https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:05:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2648869 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 19:21:52 +0000 NCSUchick27 2648869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: @snowjewelz: Playstation Vue has Disney Jr and Nick Jr in their cheapest package. It is $29.99 per month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2648568 Sat, 05 Nov 2016 19:59:21 +0000 NCSUchick27 2648568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just cut ours today. We were paying almost $200 a month for phone (never used), cable, and internet. We dropped down to just internet, which we also upgraded to a higher speed. We are now paying $82 per month for that.</p> <p>We share a Netflix account with my parents and we have Amazon prime. We also just signed up for PlayStation Vue, which seems pretty awesome so far. We are saving about $70 per month.</p> <p>We stream on the Amazon Fire stick, Chromecast, iPad, and PlayStation 4. You can stream with up to 5 devices on PlayStation Vue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2635280 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:37:00 +0000 Umbreon 2635280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $30 or so for the 10 main channels, like the prime time ones, so that works for us. We also have Netflix and I watch Food Network through Plex. It's the only thing that works though, I think the rest of those channels are for Americans only.</p> <p>We use a chromecast to cast Netflix and Plex to our TV. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2635018 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:14:08 +0000 ShootingStar 2635018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We went cable free for a few years. We have an Apple TV and we stream Netflix and Hulu through it. We also buy certain shows iTunes that we can't get for free - i.e. Walking Dead. The only thing we missed was cbs shows. DH refused to pay for shows on broadcast channels. Oh and we had a digital antenna that got used a couple times for football games. </p> <p>But thanks to quirks in pricing plans, we now have cable again. It was cheaper to get internet + tv than it was for internet alone. It's so bizarre. I didn't even use it for months after we got it. We did decide to reactive our TiVo, which we had cancelled along with cable and we've used it to watch Big Bang. </p> <p>I really hate the cable experience versus Hulu though. Having to fast forward through commercials has gotten really annoying. I've been spoiled by Netflix and Hulu without commercials. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634903 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:30:00 +0000 pachamama 2634903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also We went from $135 to $75 ... Have Wi-Fi but only like 15 crappy channels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634902 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:28:28 +0000 pachamama 2634902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: we cut our cable and hardly watching TV. My husband watches Netflix on his iPad at night. I currently have Halloween decorations in front of our TV downstairs! Baby watches Spanish nursery rhymes on our computer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634719 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:48:53 +0000 bubblegum 2634719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: Hmmm! I've heard about that! That sounds pretty cool </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634717 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:42:55 +0000 kiddosc 2634717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: I think we're probably looking at something like the Amazon fire tv box, that would allow us to install apps and then watch on the tv. I need to look into it more, I could be wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634716 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:40:55 +0000 bubblegum 2634716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: I probably could but it's not the same surrounding our kindle rather than sitting comfortably on the sofa watching from our tv. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634714 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:38:30 +0000 kiddosc 2634714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: That's pretty much it. By the time we get home from work, do the bustle of dinner, bath, bedtime, cleanup, prep for tomorrow... we really only watch one show a day, MAYBE. And that's usually something DH has DVRed. It looks like we can find most of his shows through some streaming service, so I think we can do this. </p> <p>@bubblegum: Can you get the disney junior app and pay a little to watch shows that way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634697 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:26:39 +0000 bubblegum 2634697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: It's sooo expensive. It's with all the channels included, premium channels as well. But honestly I want to cut all that crap out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634694 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:23:49 +0000 snowjewelz 2634694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: Oh no! We're a Disney Junior family here too haha. Ugh, that's so expensive! We only pay $135 so that's why it hadn't been such a priority to switch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634692 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:21:28 +0000 bubblegum 2634692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: They don't have Disney Junior :crying: I'm so over spending $200+ for cable and internet </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634685 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:13:27 +0000 snowjewelz 2634685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: I think slingtv is very attractive since it's pretty much live TV.. I agree with you, the whole reason I never seriously considered is bc DH likes to relax by channel surfing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634680 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:06:51 +0000 bubblegum 2634680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: The only think that makes me hesitant is the fact that I can't watch live tv. Something we enjoy doing on the weekends when LO is napping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable/page/2#post-2634677 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 10:04:53 +0000 snowjewelz 2634677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bubblegum: @kiddosc: I think I'm gonna do it by next year too. Someone posted about no time to watch TV with two kids anyway; #2 is due in Jan so I feel like even if I don't save that much, something is something right?! And it's not like it's forever so I can always go back if I don't like it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634642 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:58:54 +0000 bubblegum 2634642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>commenting to follow. We're thinking of cutting of cable as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634639 Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:56:20 +0000 kiddosc 2634639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: I think that's probably the one hangup. DH loves his Discovery channel shows. </p> <p> @emilye519: We only really watch football sports wise too. That sounds like a pretty good option to pick up more games. </p> <p>I think we're definitely going to take the leap and cut the cord. We just don't watch enough TV to make the huge bill worth it. We already have Amazon Prime, so we'll probably just add on another streaming service or two to that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634446 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:55:49 +0000 looch 2634446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: It would have been very difficult for me to cut the cord if I hadn't moved abroad and didn't have access to a lot of American programming. By the time I came back, I was so far behind that I didn't bother "catching up." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634443 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:45:20 +0000 MrsB2012 2634443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never had cable since Dh and I started living together 8 years ago. We got netflix a few years ago and that's it. We pay for a better internet package so that we can stream things well too </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634409 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 12:17:09 +0000 gingerbebe 2634409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have AppleTV and subscribe to Hulu. We have Netflix but go back and forth on it (I don't use it when I'm not on maternity leave, for instance). We get Amazon Prime video with our subscription. The only thing extra we pay is NHL TV for hockey season, which is like $150 a year. We read online news. The only annoying thing is like Olympics coverage or something like that but that's so rare that it outweighs the enormous money savings. If we really want cable for something we can easily subscribe and turn it off again later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634384 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 10:12:45 +0000 emilye519 2634384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't had cable in years. We have Hulu which is $8 a month and we have a digital antenna (Mohu) it cost us about $20 and we get local channels. During football season we use sling which is $20 per month + $5 for the sports package so $25 total. We cancel sling when football season is over (so about 5 months total). Sling is going a promotion now that if you pay for 3 months in advance you get a free Roku. That could be a good option if you don't have a smart tv or other streaming device. Honestly, we could probably go without Hulu too, we just don't watch TV but love the voice </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634275 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 21:39:38 +0000 caterw 2634275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I have been together for eight years and have never had cable. We use HuluPlus (but very sparingly and could probably get rid of it) and Netflix with a DVD addition- we can stream on my laptop or DH's XBox. We also recently invested in a set of rabbit ears so we could get local channels. DH manages a restaurant, so he can watch any sports we don't get through local channels at work (or maybe we don't get any games.... I'm totally not a sports person hahaha). I definitely feel that my family is not deprived of screen time without cable lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634249 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 20:10:02 +0000 tbuzz 2634249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Roku and PlayStation Vue. Vue has some live local channels, but otherwise we have an antenna for local television. If you decide to do internet only through a cable company, I would suggest buying your own modem and router. The cable rental fees are crazy. We've not missed any live sports and haven't had to pay extra to watch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634225 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 19:02:55 +0000 ladybee 2634225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay $50 a month for local channels and internet. Then we pay $11 for Hulu Plus. Right now are getting Sling ($20) to watch baseball. We use my parents direct tv login to sign into everything on Apple TV or roku. We also have a fire stick in our bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634206 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 17:05:26 +0000 arosebyany 2634206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We cut our satellite 3 years ago! And we are major tv watchers, as in the tv is on like 14 hours a day, even if we're not watching, it's as background noise. My internet bill is 85$ I have hulu 11$ a month and Netflix 10$ a month. We bought a mouleaf antennae for local channels, which gets me about 30(channels) which I use to watch the news and sports. My satellite bill was 190$ a month. So it's still a significant saving, considering I would have internet either way. Forgot to add we use a Roku </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634195 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 15:16:51 +0000 Cole 2634195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have Chromecast, fire tv, Apple TV and one other and we use the fire thing the vast majority of the time. It's super easy and user friendly. We subscribe to Netflix and Hulu and have Amazon prime. I believe we mooch off of my in-laws for NFL Sunday ticket (I can't swear that's what it's called but it's some streaming option that comes with their package and they don't use.) We also use their login for HBO go. My husband gets baseball through MLB at bat but we are out of the blackout area since we no longer live in the city he roots for. </p> <p>I believe we pay $40 or $50 for just internet through Xfinity. I know my husband haggled to get it that low but it's definitely possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634175 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 14:04:50 +0000 mrsrain 2634175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have an Apple TV and a Netflix subscription. We also use a relative's Hulu subscription, occasionally, and sometime network apps that do some free streaming (i.e. PBS, pbs kids, CNN, hgtv, YouTube). We've been cable-free most of our marriage (going on 7 years)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634160 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:09:35 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2634160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are coming up to our 1 year mark of no cable and I'm so glad we did. Honestly, I do miss some shows that we can't get easily (things on Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV, CBS, etc) but it's been worth the savings overall. Also, with 2 kids we don't really have that much time for television anyway! I don't know if we'd be watching those shows anyway.<br /> We have a SmartTV so we watch using apps and have tried all the streaming sites (Amazon, HBO, Hulu, Netflix). We use mostly Hulu, especially during fall because it puts many current shows up the next day. Each service has pros and cons so I'd say try them all out (at once or on a rotating basis) to see which one(s) fit. Also, if you have an actual television with an antennae (not too expensive at electronic stores) you will get all the basic channels in real time. Our son loves PBS cooking shows now! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-cable#post-2634127 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 10:47:22 +0000 YouGotMe 2634127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We cut cable last month. Right now we are only paying for Netflix. It saves me $70 per month without cable, since we were already paying for Netflix anyway. </p> <p>We have a chrome cast and are slowly checking out the apps to watch tv on so we don't use much other than Netflix at the moment </p>