Goodbye DISH Network, you are too expensive.
I get like 500 channels beamed to my house from space. Its pretty amazing. And, really, its too expensive.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank television for all it has given me. This Old House, Julia Child, Justin Wilson, Gold Rush, and many many more shows. I don't want to give up TV. I want to give up the bill. I already spend money on the Internet.
"But what about Local Channels?" I went out and got an OTA antenna, it pulls 40 HD channels for me.
"But what about show X?" Well, I basically have found ways to have any show I want. My Roku does Netflix and Hulu and many others. With the PBS App, we can have This Old House and my wife can have Downton Abbey. So that's not a problem.
This means no DVR, I have to look at that later. Apps play shows commercial free so its only the live tv that suffers.
My most difficult thing so far has been really simple stuff like News. I don't like US news. I never will think the Oscars are more important that what is going on with ISIS or Syria or the Ukraine, etc... Today I found something awesome.
On a Roku you can add "private channels" and today I found No Where TV. Here is some information on it from another blog. http://mkvxstream.blogspot.com/2014/04/nowhere-tv-best-private-roku-channel.html
I can now watch BBC. This means I am back in business and for DISH this means I do not want their bill.
www.sling.tv
I had gotten a suggestion of Sling.tv for things like TBS, TNT, etc... I looked at it, $20/month. Seems OK. But wait, what is this, Sling.tv is owned by DISH??? Ok, they are recognizing the market place and looking for simple content, here's the problem. $20/month for the service and they pick the channel line up. THAT IS WHY I AM DOING ALL OF THIS!!!! no Thanks.
here is what I want. A content DVR that has an OTA input, with channel guide, for cost of the device plus ~$10/month for the channel guide and search service. that would actually kill cable.
