If You're Not Streaming, You Should Be

[BobbyV]

I've thought about cutting the cord several times myself. We have accounts with all of the major streaming services except YouTube and Directv.

I have an OTA receiver that is capable of being a DVR but haven't installed a USB drive yet to check the capacity or quality yet.

Might need to pick back up my research again.


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[kroberts2131]

Guess I'm in the minority here but I have the mid level cable with DVR, the higher end internet package, and alarm through Cox for only 185 a month. I just call and renegotiate my rates with them every year and that's that. I'd save some if I cut the cord but not enough to really care.

 

[TerryMiller]

I don't know if there is any truth to this, but I read once that people can't get the full benefit of 4K TV because they can't "see" in 4K. Thus, I'm not in a big hurry to upgrade.

As far as TV goes, we cut out satellite a few years ago, so I've missed a bunch of things I always liked watching. Going back to our Summer work gig tomorrow and living out of hotels, so I'll have access to some of those again. At least for 2 or 3 months.

 

[Hobbes]

I don't know if there is any truth to this, but I read once that people can't get the full benefit of 4K TV because they can't "see" in 4K. Thus, I'm not in a big hurry to upgrade.

As far as TV goes, we cut out satellite a few years ago, so I've missed a bunch of things I always liked watching. Going back to our Summer work gig tomorrow and living out of hotels, so I'll have access to some of those again. At least for 2 or 3 months.

It depends on the size of the screen and viewing distance.
With a smaller screen or longer viewing distance the difference is minimal.
With a 65 or 70 screen and distance of 1o feet or less the difference becomes readily visible.

Here is a general guide

 

[Tanis143]

I don't know if there is any truth to this, but I read once that people can't get the full benefit of 4K TV because they can't "see" in 4K. Thus, I'm not in a big hurry to upgrade.

No, that's not true. Whoever said that is confusing refresh rate vs resolution. Refresh rate is how often the frame updates. The human eye/mind can perceive around 60 fps second (some people can see more, some less). So anything higher than say 65 fps doesn't do anything really for clarity. Resolution is completely different. The way an image is "drawn" on a screen is complicated to explain in detail, but a simplified way is the screen is divided into lines, and each frame the lines are drawn either one at a time (progressive) or evens then odds (interlaced). The more lines, they less pixel crop you see (think of comparing the graphics from an Atari 2400 to a playstation 4). The 4k means it uses over 4,000 lines as opposed to 1024 lines in regular HDTV. This means the picture is sharper and moving pictures have more detail. The human eye does not have a resolution because we see all detail at once. So the higher the resolution, the closer the picture mimics real life clarity.

 

[j-black]

Cut the cord with Cox and saved $160 a month and still up-tiered the internet service. Not having the DVR is probably the hardest to get over, but I did grow up most of my life without one.

 

[BobbyV]

I don't know if there is any truth to this, but I read once that people can't get the full benefit of 4K TV because they can't "see" in 4K. Thus, I'm not in a big hurry to upgrade.

As far as TV goes, we cut out satellite a few years ago, so I've missed a bunch of things I always liked watching. Going back to our Summer work gig tomorrow and living out of hotels, so I'll have access to some of those again. At least for 2 or 3 months.

I can actually tell a slight difference between HD and 4K on my Samsung with Directv.

 

[John6185]

At the risk of a foolish question, how about breaking national news if cable is eliminated? We'll still have local channels but they don't have the news like some channels on cable.

 

[BlackRifle]

Went to Netflix and Sling 3 years ago,and never looked back.

 

[jmike314]

Dropped the cable TV back in 2014 and haven't missed it. Have the Amazon Fire TV Sticks on all the house TVs. I used Netflix & KODI for all my TV/movie watching except for tuning in the OTA stations for football on the weekends. Last year I added YouTube TV and that has worked out perfectly. Between YouTubeTV, Kodi, and Netflix....I'm all good.