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Ed Nuhfer's avatar

The really smart choice is to dump Comcast, Xfinity, Verizon, Direct TV, Dish and start reaching to real investigative journalists instead of infotainment channels selling confirmation bias.

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

about the only way to do that is Roku on TV...but I assume you're saying dump the TV for info...

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MLMinET's avatar

ThatтАЩs what we did.

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Bern's avatar

Worked for me 35 years ago, and still does.

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

do you watch anything on TV ?

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

We watch documentaries and films and it's the best way for us to do that. Cutting the cord is difficult when your wife loves TCM and I'm trying to stay current with productions like HBO's John Adams, or some of the Netflix offerings.

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Carole Berkoff's avatar

Are there any smart tvs so u can stream from the internet to the tv?

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Yes of course. Just have to provide carrier and pwd. Can probably confirm using adverts by TV mfr.

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Bern's avatar

What he said.

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Karen Turley's avatar

Or an Apple TV. I'm on my 2nd Apple TV. I technically had cable for 23 years while I lived in a condo in the Seattle area, because it came with the condo fee, but I hadn't used it since I got first a Roku, and then my first Apple TV. (Can't recall how long ago it was, but it's been close to 10 years, I think.) I am 73 years old.

Typically I'll wait to subscribe to a streaming channel until there are 2 or 3 shows I'd like to check out, and then I'll get it for a month or two. Right now there really isn't anything on anywhere, but I suspect I'll be re-subscribing to Showtime soon to see season two of Yellowjackets.

I watch a few news-related things via YouTube, but I primarily get my news online from various sources. The Guardian is my online "paper" of choice.

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Kathy Clark's avatar

Check out "The Diplomat" on Netflix.

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