CUTTING THE TV CORD
One of the advantages of having HughesNet service is ‘cutting the cord’: getting multichannel TV service without a cable or satellite subscription. You can stream video directly over the internet. Several comprehensive video services are available for streaming, and they don’t require proprietary equipment, scheduling an installation, or long term contracts.
Several providers offer fairly complete video streaming services. Unlike Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon Prime Video, these providers offer live TV in addition to recorded shows or movies.
One of the leading web streaming services is Sling TV, launched by Dish Network last year. Unlike the legacy Dish Network service, the new video platform doesn’t require any contracts. Sling TV works on home TV sets or on mobile devices such as tablets, smart phones, and computers. Among the devices supported by Sling TV are the Roku, Chromecast, and Amazon Fire TV streaming boxes and sticks, iOS and Android tablets and phones, and XBox One and PlayStation Vue gaming consoles.
Sling TV’s basic twenty-three channel package costs just $20.00 per month. Optional news, sports, and movie packages are available, each one costing just $5.00 per month . In total, more than sixty-five channels are available, and Sling TV is constantly adding more. The basic package, called The Best of Live TV, includes ESPN, AMC, A&E, Food Network, TBS, History, Lifetime, Adult Swim, Disney, Cartoon Network, Bloomberg, and CNN, among other channels. HBO is available for $15.00 per month.
If you need five hundred channels, you’ll have to get a cable or satellite TV subscription. But if you watch only movies and a few favorite live TV channels, a streaming service such as Sling TV will work better for you. You could get a wide variety of entertainment, news, sports, and premium movie channels for $50.00 to $60.00 per month. This is about half the average monthly cost of a cable subscription, so if you’re interested in cutting your entertainment budget without sacrificing quality, Sling TV may be what you need.
You can manage cutting the cord, and cutting cost, without cutting quality- if you know where to look.
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