Who needs cable anyway? I thought I did. But guess what? I don’t! We have been talking about for the last year. Why? Because Google Fiber keeps raising our bill. We did our research. Talked to some friends. And two weeks ago, we did it. It is one the best decision we have ever made. Not only are we saving ourselves $100 a month BUT we also get to watch all of the TV we want to … just like we did before. Actually, we have more options than before.
So, if you are like me and worried about how to do it and what will I miss. I’m here to help you out!
Step 1: Go to Walmart, Target, etc and buy an antenna and a Roku. If you live in the suburbs, you are fine to go with the cheap antenna. If you live in a more rural area, you are going to have to spend a little more on that antenna. But it will still save you in the long run. As far as the Roku, the $29 one is all that you need. Do you really need to talk to your remote? Well, if you do – you will need to spend a little more. They other thing to consider is if you have an old tube TV, you can get the $35 Roku with the composite cables and it will work great. We have one tube TV, hooked it up, and everything worked fine.
Step 2: You don’t have to call your cable provider yet. Just disconnect the cable from the TV. Hook the antenna and Roku up and go through the set up. For the antenna, you will need to scan to get your local channels. For the Roku, you will need to enter some information. It’s easy, just follow the screen.
Step 3: Set all of the Roku channels you want. The one that I do recommend is Sling TV. This gets you some basic cable channels and some sports channels. If you need your HGTV or you Fox Sports/ ESPN – than you need Sling! Most of the channels have a 7 day free trial so you can test it out. We did this and after 2 days decided that this was going to be awesome!
Step 4: Call your cable provider and cancel your TV cable (not your internet – you will still need that!)
So our monthly bill went from $190 to $90 (internet ($50) + Sling TV ($20) + Fox Soccer Matchpass ($20). Yes, that last one is a necessity in our house!
Just think what you could do with an extra $1200 a year! So, are you ready to start saving your money? Do it … today!
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