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We cut the cord after the first of the year and don't miss DVR at all. We have a few smart tvs, then amazon firesticks. We stream Netflix and Prime stuff and we've also downloaded Terrarium (followed youtube tutorials) and can stream pretty much anything with that for free, although its not always immediately after it airs. We're pretty happy with it, the only thing we miss is things like the local news, and baseball games. But ehhh, not really that much.

We temporarily cut the cord about 1.5 years ago. We did Playstation Vue which was fine but sometimes it would pause for buffering or connection would just be slow.

We ended up getting cable again about 6 months later because we watch a lot of sports and we were missing games and getting poor quality during some. AT&T gave us a good deal to get our business back so it was worth it to us!

We still have cable because I still haven't found that cutting cable for us save that much money.

I have Netflix and Amazon Prime Video; so I do DVR current shows that I'm trying to keep up with. Also, the girls recently got super into The Wiggles. I stay away from YouTube so the only way they watch is the episodes I record in DVR.

We use Playstation Vue and it has DVR capabilities. You follow certain shows and it'll save them for you. I think they only are saved for a few weeks before you would have to watch them on demand. I don't really miss cable at all. Like @skinnycow: said, it will buffer sometimes and that's annoying. But DH is able to watch all of the sports he was watching before and we are saving $100 a month. I was bummed at first that we don't get Nick Jr but my boys are watching more PBS and Amazon kids shows that I like a lot better than Paw Patrol.

@bhbee: Ha! We ended up buying one season of Paw Patrol as the little asks for it now and then. Otherwise, we're big on Dinosaur Train and Wild Kratts for now. Though the older one just got into Pokemon on Netflix and I have no idea what's going on there.

The only thing I miss is baseball! There is a streaming service but it’s like $120+/year and you can’t even watch live.

We cut it all 3 years ago and literally the royal wedding this weekend was the only thing I was like ah I wish we could DVR it. Other than that, I haven’t missed the DVR. We are actually likely going to buy a tv package again when DW is on mat leave...we miss HGTV and food network for brainless entertainment!

We’ve been doing no cable for years. We got so used to it, at one point we had to have it back because it made our internet package cheaper but we never used it.

We pay for Hulu with no commercials, plus Netflix and we buy cable shows on iTunes occasionally (like Walking Dead). I’m so spoiled by no commercials I find DVR’d shows and having to fast forward every few minutes to be annoying.

I haven't had traditional cable for about 10 years now. At first, I missed it, but now, I have all I need with Netflix, Amazon Prime and occasionally purchasing movies on Google Play. I tried Apple TV, but the content wasn't that great at the time, so we sold it and I have never tried Hulu or Roku so I don't know what I am missing there.

I had DVR when I lived abroad and it just ended up being tons of stuff that I would record with the intent to watch but never did, so I don't need that feature going forward.

All these changes have changed the way I watch TV and it's for the better, I think. I used to be majorly addicted to TV and now, if I don't know what the latest shows are, it's ok.