For the last couple of years, I've gone way down on my cable subscription. Comcast is just getting so expensive and the prices keep going up. But let's face it, I miss my sports and my old movies.
Last week I joined a streaming service called SlingTV. For $20 a month you can get ESPN, and several other channels. And for an additional $5 a month, you can get TCM and some other movie channels. If I add up my cable bill, with my Netflix subscription, and throw in SlingTV, it still ends up being a cheaper monthly alternative than a premium Comcast package. You get fewer channels, but ones that I'm more likely to watch. So I purchased a 3 month subscription, which also got me a free Roku streaming stick.
I plugged the streaming stick in to the TV downstairs, and the idea is that you launch the SlingTV app using the Roku remote, and then you can browse and watch your purchased channels. Unfortunately, my streaming DVD player upstairs doesn't have the SlingTV app. But I was able to download the app to my tablet, so I can watch on my tablet from anywhere in the house. Easy peasy. And just in time for Friday's "Maureen O'Hara" tribute day on TCM.
Last week I joined a streaming service called SlingTV. For $20 a month you can get ESPN, and several other channels. And for an additional $5 a month, you can get TCM and some other movie channels. If I add up my cable bill, with my Netflix subscription, and throw in SlingTV, it still ends up being a cheaper monthly alternative than a premium Comcast package. You get fewer channels, but ones that I'm more likely to watch. So I purchased a 3 month subscription, which also got me a free Roku streaming stick.
I plugged the streaming stick in to the TV downstairs, and the idea is that you launch the SlingTV app using the Roku remote, and then you can browse and watch your purchased channels. Unfortunately, my streaming DVD player upstairs doesn't have the SlingTV app. But I was able to download the app to my tablet, so I can watch on my tablet from anywhere in the house. Easy peasy. And just in time for Friday's "Maureen O'Hara" tribute day on TCM.
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