While I do agree with you in general Steve, what’s the sense in watching tv at all if you cannot get the channels you want? That to me would just be a joke. I don’t turn my tv on for background noise. I usually turn it on for the purpose of watching a specific show. So, if I could get all the channels I wanted with Philo I would be on their bandwagon tomorrow. I’m surely not going to tell my wife to suck it up. You don’t really need that channel dear! The old saying happy wife happy life is also one of the most truthful statements ever uttered. Took me quite a few years to learn that because I’m a little hard headed but after 48 years I’ve learned my lesson!
Thanks you for the kind comment!
My point was not that a specific channel was necessary, my point was people generally seem to think they need 35+ specific channels, as if they watch them all (as did we!). It comes down to does a given service have most of the channels you want, and if so, is it really the end of the world if it does not, how important is any missing channel. We have no problem at all with Philo. The channels my DW likes are the Discovery series, HGTV, Food, Cooking, and, Hallmark, all of which are there. We gained some, we lost some. The ones we lost were more than offset by those we gained. DW and I discussed, and, we decided we got everything we needed without the expense.
So, if there is one single channel you cannot get, my question I was asking was is that worth an extra $100 per month (in our case $16 vs $125). Perhaps you can get the content somewhere else, which is easy for most channels (not sports) for example.
My point was also is TV actually that important to you? Maybe it is to you. it's no longer to us, we have so many other things to do now. TV is near the bottom. But that's us, not making a judgement on you or anyone else.
And another point I was trying to make is at what point does it cost too much, maybe you do need every one of your channels. When does it become too painful though? $200/mo? $300/mo? At some point I would think it has to. We reached that point, and if or when you do, you will have to make that choice.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that's for everyone, etc. I am not trying to say that's what
you should do. I was responding to the article which made the claim that you pay just as much as cable, not true (but could be). Just saying when we analyzed what we do now after retirement, vs, what we want to do, that's the path we went. That and being gone 4 months a year is another reason we went away from paying so much. If none of that applies to you, then you are not a candidate for cutting of course, which is fine. We were a candidate and after 19 years with Dish Network, sent it all back. Very happy we did. And we are saving.