Started my 7 day YouTube TV trial yesterday- took about 15 minutes to set up the dvr with all the shows - very easy.
So unless I run into something that I really don’t like - I will be calling Comcast and dropping TV - has anyone else done this lately? I’ve only called up to renegotiate a new rate.
Many of us have cut the cord. Did you have a question?
With Dish we had a legacy channel lineup (no longer offered) with three TV's, two
9 year old receivers, one DVR and Dish floated us a price increase to $83 from $78/mo. I called to renegotiate again, this time no dice.
A new subscriber would pay $96/mo + fees/taxes for the same package with current equipment vs our old equipment.
When I called to cancel in Jan 2017, they immediately cut our cost to $43.85/mo for 6 months and then extended to 12 months. I wanted to change anyway, but DW resisted, didn't want to
learn new stuff. When Dish finally couldn't live with that any more in Jan 2018, they offered us $20/mo off or $25/mo with a 2-year contract. Buh-bye!
In our case for
content, we ruled out Sling and DirecTV Now, tried Hulu, YouTube TV and PlayStation Vue and dropped Dish for PlayStation Vue. We have Comcast internet at 25 mbps (fine for 2 people), but we'd have that without TV. For
hardware, I also ruled out Apple TV, Amazon Fire Stick and Chromecast in favor of Roku (though I have a Chromecast on the exercise room TV). But content and hardware are largely personal choices - all the content and hardware mentioned have their merits and flaws.
We cut the cord 8 weeks ago, and we're thrilled with PlayStation Vue using Rokus, spending $45/mo.
We have a better channel lineup, (any device) cloud DVR, and can view on up to 5 devices simultaneously (3 TV's plus iPhone/iPads). As of a few days ago, we could even travel with our Rokus and watch our channels including DVR on any TV almost anywhere. Before that, traveling with PS Vue was limited to mobile devices, TV's had to be on your home network only, no longer.
We're saving $500-600/year with no loss in TV entertainment and improved capability. Dish has sent us a couple "we want you back" flyers.
Good luck.