Irie308
Well-Known Member
- May 28, 2013
- 2,603
- Boat Info
- 2004 420 DB, GHS Hydraulic Lift
Garmin 8600/Garmin 1222 plus
AB Mares 10 VSX with 30 hp Tohatsu
- Engines
- Cummins 450C 8.3 L Turbocharged
Since our new to us boat came without a Sat TV system I've been finding it very hard to justify installing one. On our old boat i found a KVH unit on craigslist for about $1200 and installed myself 4-5 years ago. I then paid about $30 per month for standard definition programming with a 2 year contract with direct tv. Now with the price of an HD unit and the uncertainty with whats going on with the support for standard definition units in 2019 I've been taking a hard look at the multiple streaming services out there. I've always been shocked by how many boaters i come across who have the units installed and never activated them. I've also thought about every time I've opened up my cable bill to see we are paying close to $300 for a home cable services that we pretty much only watch local news and maybe a few shows on hbo when they are in season.
With the price and abundance of smart tv's nowadays it seems irrational to pay so much for cable or satellite services. We've always justified cable by saying that the kids want to watch their shows but I watched my 7 year old pick up the remote to the cable box this week and used the voice command to open up Youtube. Not cartoon network or the Disney channel.
With this being said I've been taking a hard look at these streaming services and what they offer doesn't look bad at all for $25 - $40 per month and its month to month with support for up to 6 simultaneously streamed devices in some cases.
Have most people cut the cord at home and on the boat. Would love to hear some feed back on some streaming services and devices such as Roku, Sling TV, Youtube TV, Playstation Vue, Hulu, Netflix etc.
With the price and abundance of smart tv's nowadays it seems irrational to pay so much for cable or satellite services. We've always justified cable by saying that the kids want to watch their shows but I watched my 7 year old pick up the remote to the cable box this week and used the voice command to open up Youtube. Not cartoon network or the Disney channel.
With this being said I've been taking a hard look at these streaming services and what they offer doesn't look bad at all for $25 - $40 per month and its month to month with support for up to 6 simultaneously streamed devices in some cases.
Have most people cut the cord at home and on the boat. Would love to hear some feed back on some streaming services and devices such as Roku, Sling TV, Youtube TV, Playstation Vue, Hulu, Netflix etc.