TV ?

[morninglory]

What options do we have for television viewing in the Eastland area? I sure dont care for these over 100 dollars a month bills.

[Cecil]

Suddenlink cable, Dish Network, and DirecTV. No matter which way you go, if you want movie channels or premium networks, it's gonna cost you.

[marecanine]

An antenna will get you the four channels out of Abilene but I am sure you don't like that idea anymore that I do. Just offering and idea!

[SonicMan]

Internet Hulu Nextflix etc pay for what you want.

I have TXOL works fine.

[mingus108]

Here we have Time Warner with everything on it, even the home-phone. Except the alarms that is wireless for safety & cheaper. But I would cut the cord in a heartbeat if I could.
But when you are old & retired you need some breaks from the no good politicians.

[morninglory]

We have had dish and direct tv. They are good but in my opinion pricey when somedays the tv is not watched.May check out hulu as i have txol for computer internet. thank you all for the information. No good inexpensive options, is there.

[Julie]

I have Dish and its under $50 month, tax and fees included....but I don't know if they still offer that plan. I have the 19.99 a month deal, plus whatever they charge for DVR and a package of outdoor channels which I think run around $5 a month. It still sounds too much to me. I also have Netflix and Hulu plus which total to about $17 a month. I have chromecast to send that stuff from my phone to the TV and an old Roku box for some things. I watch those and the husband watches the Dish. I can get everything we watch on Hulu plus and Roku channels, but its a bit of a hassle and i haven't found a way to get local channels for news . Maybe need to set up antenna for that and drop the Dish. Last time I told Dish I was dropping them, they knocked my subscription down to $10 a month for 6 months. Im about ready to do that again.

[Julie]

How much of an antenna do you have to have to pick up Abilene channels from in town.

[Happy JP]

Will my old antenna work or do we need something else?

[curious_george]

Internet Hulu Nextflix etc pay for what you want.

I have TXOL works fine.

That's what we did last March. Netflix is our primary source, Amazon Prime too. Less than $200 per year plus internet connection.
It was culture shock for a while. In fact I disconnected the DSS receiver but left the service active for a couple of months. We went cold turkey and now it's been so long we don't even get the shakes anymore.

[Julie]

Will my old antenna work or do we need something else?

Old antenna will do, but if your tv is old, it will need a digital converter. At least I believe that's how it works. oh.. and if the wiring to your to your antenna is that old flat wire stuff, it will need to be changed to coaxil cable.

I just remembered I have an old antenna up in the attic. I may just give that a try. If I can pick up one local channel, that will be good for me.