Just go internet only and an Over The Air antenna for sports.

OTA has WAY higher resolution, you wont believe how much better the HD is compared to cable!

Great material.

Just cut the cord.

In a month, you will not even worry about missing a few boring games.

Use the money you save to buy a new 4K TV. They all have Roku and Netflix built in, so you just have a single remote for everything.

Internet + OTA = Win

Roku has lots of free 4K content, and of course Netflix and Amazon Prime has it too.

Phone is the biggest scam of the entire cable bill.

It looks like it's only $33 a month, but then at the bottom of the bill there are $18 in **taxes** .

All for a phone line that nobody ever calls except for telemarketers that got the number from the Facebook app.

If your landline is sacred for some reason ("I've had the same # for over 30 years....I can't get rid of it, my 80 year old aunt won't be able to call at Easter"), pay a one time $20 to have it transferred to Google Voice - then it's forever free as a 2nd number on your cell.

https://channelstore.roku.com/browse/4k-uhd-content-available?utm_source=organic_social&utm_medium=rokublog

Higher the better, but at least higher than the garage roof, so you have a clear shot at the where the towers are.

A great antenna that goes on sale all the time for $50, is the Channel Master CM-4228

Super lightweight, almost invisible, and of course guys have made tons of mods to it already.

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Also note, that your old **fishbone** antenna from the 70s will still work for HDTV

If it's still up on your chimney, you can just use that.

If you can fix a pinball machine, you can certainly install an antenna.

They don't weigh anything.

You ground it to the grounding rod abandoned from the old phone service, or the grounding rods from the electrical panel.

Once you ground it, your chimney will never get hit by lightning, as all the static is constantly dissipated to ground.

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Not a problem, get a Grounding Rod at HD for $6 and put it wherever is most convenient

If you have a drill that has a "hammer drill" setting, put a hex socket in the jaws, and just hammer-drill it right into the ground.

https://www.menards.com/main/electrical/electronics/antennas/rca-4-grounding-rod/vh129r/p-1444424460421-c-1454940301502.htm?tid=-7966920915335617148&ipos=2

Jerry Seinfeld is mad because the Seinfeld show is sped up to make room for all the extra commercials, then they electronically lower the voice pitch so it seems normal.

All the comedic timing is lost.

After a few months, you just don't care anymore.

You think you will, but then you don't.

Any amazing play is replayed on the news, or even Youtube.

Of course your TVs built in Roku will record shows to the USBstick, but if you want to record 4 OTA shows at the same time to your Plex box or watch HDTV on your phone, you might want to get the HDHomeRun.

It's on sale at BB for 109.99 right now.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/silicondust-hdhomerun-connect-quatro-tuner-free-live-ota-tv-w-2-mo-free-dvr-black/6079602.p?skuId=6079602

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Also, sign up for Plex email newsletter.

They are sending you a unique code this month (until Feb 19) that gives you a Lifetime Plexpass for $79

Now that ESPN is going to start streaming live games, cable tv can finally die

Sports fans were the last people on earth who wanted to pay for TV content with commercials in it

Everything is going to stream, even the super boring college games

Word on the street is it's going to be $25 a month for the whole package... so you'll still be paying to watch ads

Those ONN boxes at Walmart are great for aging TV's.

If your 2 year old Roku tv crawls around slower and slower with every update , the onn makes it seem like it's riding on rails

(And you can install all the ad-free apps)