Okay, here's some advice that sounds odd, but it worked for me. I was in a bar last year complaining about Spectrum's cost (Tampa, FL area) and new requirement to buy a box for each of my TVs which I had to pay for monthly, not just the main TV as was previously the case. A guy told me to stick a large paperclip into the cable connection on my TV to get just about as good reception as you can with one of the HD antennas. I didn't believe him, but researched online and sure enough, there are YouTube videos showing how to do it. I had already bought one of the HD antennas which I attached to my main TV. I have two guest rooms, so I used the paperclip idea on those TVs and it really worked. They bring in good HD signals for the regular local networks (ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, CW, MeTV, some channels featuring westerns like Grit, GetTV, Comet, MorTV, PBS, and other stuff, which should be good enough for anyone spending a few nights in my guest room. I think this will work best if you live in a city. Pictures below. Also, after I cut cable I bought a Roku stick for my main TV and it's amazing. Using it I get all kinds of free programming. Nothing like ESPN or HBO of course, but still good stuff: Pluto, The Roku Channel, Crackle, Tubi, Filmrise, etc. Hundreds, if not thousands of things to choose from. Plus, I already had Amazon Prime for the free shipping, which incidentally adds hundreds more movies, which I had been paying for all along, but not using. If I want to watch a sporting event that I can't get on local networks, I take the opportunity to eat out at a nearby pub or visit a friend. It's a great new lifestyle and I have more time to play pinball, rather than watching network news, which was eating up my brain anyway.

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My experience dropping Spectrum in Florida back in November, is that they'll wait a few months and start trying to bait you back. Their first try was to offer a streaming service of pretty much what I had previously dropped down to about $45 a month. I didn't bite, so most recently, they've offered a supposedly exclusive Spectrum TV Choice $25 package where I can pick 10 channels from most of the cable channels I had previously (plus all local channels included with the 10). I don't think that includes taxes though. That's a decent package in my mind, as I only had about 6-8 channels that I ever watched anyway. It's close to the price of a Sling package, but gives me a little more choice in the stations. I haven't decided if I'll bite yet or not and I have another two weeks to decide. There's no contract, but they guarantee the price for two years. Quite frankly, I've had more time to play pinball and more enjoyment watching various Roku and Prime older shows and movies these past few months, so, I may pass on it and see if they have anything better to offer over the coming year as more and more people cut the cord.

Has anyone tried something called VustreamTV? A friend of mine said that it was a service out of Canada which provides a lot of stuff for about $25 a month. It sounds too good to be true, so I'd like to find out if anyone else has experience with it.

Thanks! It figures, if it sounds too good to be true, then it must not be true.