Cord Cutter Diary: Part 2 - Getting Into The First Details
The journey to a box-free television life continues.
There is something almost as exciting about gathering up all the DirecTV hardware all over the house as there was in having it installed. It's all gone to FedEx (no remotes requested) for free delivery back to the home ship. Shelves are more open. Fewer wires float around our TVs.
The reality for my family is that we still want access to everything. And everybody's everything is something else. For us, it's all the movie channels, all the broadcast networks, cable news, cable kids shows, and the top cable channels. That last one got more complicated than expected.
Our baseline of choice is YouTube TV. We have four TVs in our home, so if we want to have all of them on - very rare, but it happens - they are really the only choice. So here is our new monthly bill.
YouTube TV $49.99
Showtime $11
Starz $9
AMC Premiere $5
Sundance Now $7
Epix $6
HBO Now $15
Philo $20
TOTAL: $123
After a few days of settling into the YouTube TV life, I realized that Co…
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