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Watching the Super Bowl the other day, I realized that it had been about 1 year since we “cut-the-cord” with satellite. I remember this because the 2014 Super Bowl was the first one I could remember that I couldn’t watch (other than the time I was traveling for work in 2006).
Looking backwards, the year hasn’t been too bad. We’ve been using Amazon Prime for a large portion of our watching, and we bought an antenna (yes those still exist) for our TV. Thanks to the antenna, I could watch this year’s Super Bowl, and I get to watch several hours of network TV every night, if I’d like (though I almost never do).
The upshot of all this is that I don’t feel like I’m missing much. The girls have plenty to watch: thanks to Amazon Prime, they’ve become quite enamored with Sheera, Annie, and Pippi Longstocking. There has been plenty to watch for Katie and I as well.
As much as I hate to say it, I don’t miss our monster DirecTV package at all.
I will say that the hardest part was the football season, but with a busy family I rarely have time to watch the games I want live (mostly Michigan and the Detroit Lions). With a little patience, it is possible to find the games later in the week through “various” channels.
Overall, saving over $200/month we are giving up very little.