Well, we are currently into week one of the Olympics (go USA!!) and my Dish Network contract is almost up. About two weeks ago, my father was frustrated with trying to operating a FireTV stick on a Roku TV and said I’ll just go without. The reason for the FireTV stick on a Roku TV was because the Dish Anywhere App only works on FireTV. So I told him lets try something different. Because local channels are important to my parents, I signed them up for a 7 day trial of Youtube TV and Philo. I added Philo because YouTube TV is missing some key channels my folks watch like History, Animal Planet, and Destination America. Both services have Roku apps so I was able to remove the FireTV sitck and go just one remote with the Roku TV.
Well, we’re now into week three and my father loves it. He likes the interface of YouTube TV over Philo but he has figured out how to use both and is happy. He was especially happy about how much less the monthly costs were over the current Dish Network setup we have and he said even though he will miss WMUR, he is willing to switch everything over if it saves that much money and works. 🙂 So unless something unforeseen happens between now and the end of the month, I believe we will be saying goodbye to Dish and become full cord cutters. I will miss the Hopper 3 and its abilities but the DVR on both YouTube TV and Philo work well and we will save about a $150 a month and not be stuck in a contract. If another service offers better stuff, we can switch anytime.
So here is the costs breakdown:
Current: $192 for Dish
New: $20 for Philo and $35 for YouTube TV (there is news of a price increase coming to $40 soon).
Links to both:
tv.youtube.com
philo.com