Savvy Streaming: Affordable Cable Alternatives
MOVIES & TV SERIES Simultaneous Offline Service Description Content Included DVR Add Ons Cost* Streaming Playback Amazon Prime Video On-demand TV shows and Original series such as N/A CBS All- 3 devices at a time Yes $12.99/month for Prime movies from a variety of Mozart in the Jungle, Access, HBO, Membership ($119/year) major networks Transparent, and STARZ, Downton Abbey. A Showtime, Prime Video Only $8.99/month variety of movie and &more show genres. Acorn TV Acorn TV streams world- Shows included: Doc N/A N/A Unlimited N/A $4.99/month ($49.99/year) class mysteries, dramas, and Martin, Midsomer comedies from Britain and Murders. Agatha beyond. Christie Pariot, Folye’s War, and more. AT&T Watch TV 30+ live TV channels, 15,000 AMC, CNN, HGTV, N/A HBO, 1 device at a time N/A $15/month + on demand titles. Premium Food Network, History, Cinemax, add-ons for additional fee TCM and more SHOWTIME, or STARZ CBS All Access Limited live TV, 10,000 Access to on demand N/A N/A 2 devices at a time Only $5.99/month-$9.99/month episodes on demand. shows & movies such available Exclusive member access to as; NCIS, The Young & with $9.99 member only originals The Restless, Criminals ad-free Minds, and more. Live subscription CBS TV streaming in tier select markets. Crackle Sony Crackle is a free to use Access to TV series N/A N/A Unlimited N/A Free video entertainment network such as; The Shield, featuring full length movies, Snatch, & Walker Texas TV shows and original Ranger. Access to programming. movies such as Charlie’ s Angels, A Few Good Men, & Superbad DIRECTTV NOW Stream primetime live tv Base Package includes N/A HBO, 2 devices at a time N/A $40/month-$75/month favorites, breaking news, live ESPN, HGTV, Cinemax, non-stop sports, and CNN, History, Food SHOWTIME, thousands of on-demand Network & more or STARZ titles HBO NOW New movies added every HBO originals such as N/A N/A At least 2 devices at aN/A time $14.99/month week, on demand talk Game of Thrones, Band shows, sports, of Brothers, True Blood, documentaries & original The Detective, The content Sopranos, & more. Hulu Stream thousands of shows Hulu originals; N/A HBO, 2 devices at a time, Offered soon $7.99 - $11.99/month and movies anytime, 11.22.63, The Cinemax, upgradable to anywhere Handmaid’s Tale, STARZ, unlimited Castle Rock & more. Unlimited screens, & more Netflix Netflix is a streaming service Original movies and TV N/A N/A Basic 1 device, Some content$9-$16/month that allows customers to series such as House of Standard 2 devices, watch a variety of TV shows, Cards, Stranger Things, Premium 4 devices movies, documentaries 13 Reasons Why, Birdbox, & more SHOWTIME Commercial free original Showtime originals that N/A N/A 3 devices at a time Some content$8.99/month-$10.99/month series, movies, include; Dexter, documentaries & more Shameless, & more. Also movies such as Den of Thieves, Baby Driver, & more STARZ Access to obsessable TV, Original tv series that N/A N/A 4 devices at a time Yes $8.99/month movies and more includes Outlander, American Gods, & Camelot. Plus lots of new release, cult classics, and documentaries. VUDU Vudu's Movies on Us offers a Free movies and tv N/A Digital copies 3 devices at a time Only movies Free wide selection of free-to- shows that stream on a of movies you that you own stream movies and TV variety of devices. Also, own shows. Can link your stream any of your UltraViolet and Movies purchased digital copies Anywhere accounts to Vudu. of movies. Movies Anywhere links to Prime Video, Google Play, and iTunes. If you've purchased digital movies on any of those platforms, you can pull them right into your Vudu library. Live TV options with On Demand Simultaneous Offline Service Description Content Included DVR Add Ons Cost* Streaming Playback AT&T Watch TV 30+ live TV channels, 15,000 AMC, CNN, HGTV, N/A HBO, 1 device at a time N/A $15/month + on demand titles. Premium Food Network, History, Cinemax, add-ons for additional fee TCM and more SHOWTIME, or STARZ ESPN + The NEW streaming service ESPN PLUS features a N/A N/A 3 streams at a time Some $4.99/month from ESPN. Live Sports. selection of live games content ESPN Originals. from MLB, MLS, Serie A, UEFA Nations League, EFL and NHL. Get instant access to your favorite college sports like football, basketball, lacrosse, and more. Also with ESPN original shows such as 30 for 30 and more. fubo/fubo Extra Live sports & TV without cable75+ live channels that Additi NBA League 3 streams at a time N/A $44.99/month-$49.99/month include Big Ten onal Pass, Sports Network, Fox Sports, Charg Plus, NBCSN, NFL Network, es Showtime, and more. apply AMC Premiere, & more Hulu + Live TV All the benefits of Hulu with Local channels, HGTV, Yes HBO, 2 devices at a time, N/A $7.99/month-$43.99/month the ability to stream 50+ Live Food Network, ESPN, Cinemax, upgradable to and on demand TV channels Discovery, & many STARZ, Cloud unlimited more DVR, Unlimited screens, & more Philo Live TV Live TV & on-demand. HGTV, Hallmark, Food Yes N/A 3 streams at once N/A $16/month-$20/month Unlimited recording. Less Network, BBC America, expensive because no sports CMT, TLC, History & channels. more Playstation VUE Watch local channels sports, Base plan includes Yes Sports Pack 5 streams at once N/A $44.99/month-$79.99/month news, and more with multi- channels such as; CBS, FX+, epix channel plans Fox, CNN. ESPN, Fox Hits, Espanol News, Food Network, & more Sling TV A variety of live shows, 3 Total packages Additi Sports, Orange 1 device N/A $25/month-$40/month sports, movies and more available; Sling Orange, onal Comedy, & Sling Blue, and or both Charg Kids Packs, Blue 3 device depending on your es STARZ, preferences. Lineups Apply Showtime, & Orange + Blue 4 that include HGTV, more devices at once Food Network, CNN, & more. YouTube TV Live sports, news, and Memberships include Yes AMC 3 streams at once N/A $40/month shows. This service is mainly your local ABC, CBS, Premiere, geared towards sports fans. FOX, and NBC Showtime, streams, ESPN, STARZ, regional sports Shudder & networks, and more. more *Prices were recorded 1/19/19. They are subject to change and are for select services only.
ANTENNAS Name Indoor/Outdoor Max range (miles) Cost Channel Master 3020 Outdoor 100 $119.99) Channel Master SMARTenna Both 35 indoor/50 outdoor $59.00) GE UltraPro Signal Finder Indoor 60 $50) Mohu Leaf Metro Indoor 25 $17.99) *Prices were recorded 1/19/19. They are subject to change
OTHER STREAMING OPTIONS Some TV channels let you watch free episodes on your computer without having to pay monthly. It never hurts to check and see if your favorite TV channels offer a free streaming option on your computer. Some channels allow you to stream the last 5 episodes of a particular series, while others allow to you watch only certain episodes of a service. CBS, CW, FOX, AMC & ABC are a few websites that allow you to watch free episodes. Other websites allow to you watch live TV a variety of channels such as XUMO. Over 100 channels such as NBC News, TIME, or AFV are included with XUMO.
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