If you get basic cable tv with no digital box, you will lose service in May.

I currently plug the cable into my tv and get a surprising number of free channels legally.
In May all of that will end according to customer servicè rep.

The solution is to get an adapter from them.
It is free for 2 years, then $7 more per month after that.

Your option is to find another service or pay up.

If you get basic cable tv with no digital box, you will lose service in May.

I currently plug the cable into my tv and get a surprising number of free channels legally.
In May all of that will end according to customer servicè rep.

The solution is to get an adapter from them.
It is free for 2 years, then $7 more per month after that.

Your option is to find another service or pay up.

the way I read the letter is that you get 2 free boxes for 2 years if you have no boxes right now
and if you already have boxes, you get one free for 1 year
but you have to sign up online after may 8

I canceled spectrum because of this doodoo.  I found that the new digital over the air tv signals SUCK.  I can only get reception for channel 11, some of the time, and with worse contortions that one had to do with the rabbit ears of the past.   

trying to make a move to internet TV.  I tried "Sling TV" It's ok, and cheap,  but their computer app isn't too good.  watching over the smart phone is much better.
Netflix is ok, their stream vids have gotten worse and cheesier over the years.

I hardly watch TV anymore anyway, and I really disagree with paying for 1000 channels of garbage, that I mostly disagree with, and they also fund anti freedom propaganda machines...

What a scam

Most TVs made after 2007 should have the digital tuner built in. It was a Federal mandate. Google your TV specs. AtSC tuner. Digital ready. Are some key words

Switched the TVs at my dad's place a couple of weeks ago to the boxes.  My BIL ordered them, but they arrived pretty quickly.  The "hardest" part was teaching my dad how to use the cable remote as opposed to the simple TV remote. 

If my building didn't have cable provided (not really free as it's in our maintenance), I would have switched to 100% Internet a while ago.  I still do watch TV shows, but plenty of opportunity for that with Hulu and others.  The crappy thing about Internet TV is if your connection isn't the greatest.  One of my best friends has been 100% Internet for a while and I've noticed that there are times when buffering can be an issue.  But overall, I could live with it. 

I too don't watch that much TV anymore. 

I canceled spectrum because of this doodoo.  I found that the new digital over the air tv signals SUCK.  I can only get reception for channel 11, some of the time, and with worse contortions that one had to do with the rabbit ears of the past.   

trying to make a move to internet TV.  I tried "Sling TV" It's ok, and cheap,  but their computer app isn't too good.  watching over the smart phone is much better.
Netflix is ok, their stream vids have gotten worse and cheesier over the years.

I hardly watch TV anymore anyway, and I really disagree with paying for 1000 channels of garbage, that I mostly disagree with, and they also fund anti freedom propaganda machines...

What a scam

I use SlingTV, Over-the-air antenna, Amazon FireTV (has a SlingTV app), and Netflix.  FireTV accesses Prime Moves, TV Series, and Music, YouTube, several other free movie apps, ABC (free programs are viewable 1 wk after airing), and so on.

OTA works great for me in Mililani.  I get 15 channels I like to watch and a bunch more (religious, foreign language, ...) that I hide from my line-up.

I fund my Samsung TV tuner more easily tunes the hard-to-receive channels.  My 2 Sony TVs have to be programmed several times until I get the antenna in the best position to pick up all available channels.

There's a SlingTV compatible device I've seen that lets you receive all the OTA channels on that one receiver, which then broadcasts them over your home network to all your TVs.  So, instead of an antenna on every TV (some of which might not work), just find the best location for the one device to pick up all stations, and all TVs can share without signal repeaters, boosters and wires/cable going to each TV.

https://www.sling.com/devices/airtv

    I've been trying to watch less TV and Movies just to boycott the Celebs who think they know my rights better than I, same as I stopped watching Football.

    Some are no loss (Cox, Ferrell, Patrick Stewart, Rosie O'donnell, Stallone, Streep etc) but after you really find out who some of them are you do miss their movies and once having admiration for their artistic ability (Hoffman, Michael Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Leonard Nimoy, Jodie Foster, Clooney,  Sigourney Weaver and more)

   But especially hate  the hypocrites who made their fortunes using guns violently on film (Damon(s),  Baldwin(s), Louis Gossett, Jr, Redford, Leam Neeson, Costner(s), Dennis Lear, Quad 
Heck, even  comedy gunslingers like Mel Brooks,Danny Devito and Michael Myers! 
To me,less boob tube simply provided more dry-fire practice and reloading time. 

I hardly watch TV anymore anyway, and I really disagree with paying for 1000 channels of garbage, that I mostly disagree with, and they also fund anti freedom propaganda machines...

On the mainland, we had Direct TV satellite for several years.  Worked great there, hard to get an antenna positioned here on the wsst side of a volcano.  Satellites seem to be masked by the southern slope.

A great feature of Direct was the ability to customize menus.  Wife had one, I had one, trimmed down to only those channels of interest.

Amazing going from a bazillion channels to several dozen to browse through quickly.  Dunno if they still have that.

I finished building my house last year and ended up not finishing the coaxial wiring to the TV wall mount height spots I had for them because of this reason.  Now I just have blank plates where the coax would have come out of the wall.

I dont agree with them forcing me to pay more, even if they give it free for a year or whatever.

Bastards still have us by the balls with the better internet though - so even if you tell em to F off on the cable TV, you're still feeding the beast if you have fiber/coax cable internet.

I've got 1 included DVR box and the rest of the TVs have Rokus ($30) that stream paid netflix, amazon, and you can also use your spectrum account to turn the roku into a cable box basically as youll be able to stream all the channels you are subscribed to as long as you have internet connection.

Edit: if youve got a Smart TV, theres probably a spectrum app you can download to get the cable box feature on your connected TVs as well so you'll only need a roku or similar device on non-smart TVs.

I have to keep the TV fed here for my wife who now watches a lot of TV due to her disability.

I have a question for those here who are in the know. I don't get the OTA channels here where I live. Is there a service where I can get some of the local broadcast channels over the Internet through my Roku box?

got 2 boxes this afternoon
we already have one box, so we get one additional box for one year
I hooked them up, and then let them update for about 10 minutes, and called a toll-free number
activation was almost instant

if you have a recent Samsung tv with apps, you can download the spectrum tv app and have them hook it up without the box

I have to keep the TV fed here for my wife who now watches a lot of TV due to her disability.

I have a question for those here who are in the know. I don't get the OTA channels here where I live. Is there a service where I can get some of the local broadcast channels over the Internet through my Roku box?

Download the "Spectrum" app on your Roku.  Then you'll need your Spectrum account login details to plug into the newly downloaded app.

You're set as long as your internet connection is solid.

Download the "Spectrum" app on your Roku.  Then you'll need your Spectrum account login details to plug into the newly downloaded app.

You're set as long as your internet connection is solid.

Thanks. I have Hawaiian Tel not Spectrum. I’ll look and see if they have something similar.

Thanks again. 

Download the "Spectrum" app on your Roku.  Then you'll need your Spectrum account login details to plug into the newly downloaded app.

You're set as long as your internet connection is solid.

Sorry, one more question. I checked out Spectrum and Hawaiian Tel using my Roku device. My wife wants to watch KGMB, KHNL along with other local channels. I don't se the answer to this on either website. They say I can watch NBC, CBS, etc. But I am afraid that would be mainland TV rather than local. Do you know with Spectrum that this would give me only local TV? Thanks!

Sorry, one more question. I checked out Spectrum and Hawaiian Tel using my Roku device. My wife wants to watch KGMB, KHNL along with other local channels. I don't se the answer to this on either website. They say I can watch NBC, CBS, etc. But I am afraid that would be mainland TV rather than local. Do you know with Spectrum that this would give me only local TV? Thanks!

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There is nothing worth watching on kgmb or khnl anyway. K5 is pretty good because they have a lot of locally produced programs.

Sorry, one more question. I checked out Spectrum and Hawaiian Tel using my Roku device. My wife wants to watch KGMB, KHNL along with other local channels. I don't se the answer to this on either website. They say I can watch NBC, CBS, etc. But I am afraid that would be mainland TV rather than local. Do you know with Spectrum that this would give me only local TV? Thanks!

Ah Hawaiian Tel sorry, not sure about that one.

I looked it up, and from what I can tell, the Hawaiian Tel TV Everywhere feature requires you to download channel specific apps to stream from them (similar how you load channels on the Roku, I think?).  Perhaps oldfart can expand on what content is available from channel specific apps like the Hawaii News Now one.

Edit: Also forgot to mention, while the Spectrum app does sound good in theory, in reality, its glitchy at best.

Ah Hawaiian Tel sorry, not sure about that one.

I looked it up, and from what I can tell, the Hawaiian Tel TV Everywhere feature requires you to download channel specific apps to stream from them (similar how you load channels on the Roku, I think?).  Perhaps oldfart can expand on what content is available from channel specific apps like the Hawaii News Now one.

Edit: Also forgot to mention, while the Spectrum app does sound good in theory, in reality, its glitchy at best.

Thanks for your honest assessment of the app. My Roku is one of the original boxes so I will need to upgrade to a newer model any way.

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There is nothing worth watching on kgmb or khnl anyway. K5 is pretty good because they have a lot of locally produced programs.

Actually, she likes to watch the local news broadcast in the morning on KGMB. I watch it before I go to work mostly for the traffic reports and to a lesser extent some of what Howard reports on. Then she sits and watches it for another hour or so after I leave. There are a few programs she records throughout the day on the local CBS, NBC and ABC channels.

It's been over 6-weeks and I'm still waiting on my "free" Spectrum boxes. 

Umm ... If the newer TVs can tune the digital stations that are coming directly through the coax cable, why do I need a "set top box"? I already get the HD off the digital stations (i.e. 48.1, 48.9, etc.), or am I getting this totally wrong? I feel like this is just a way for them to scoop more money from me on the rental of the box and remote (after the 2-years).

Also, does anyone know - If I can cancel TV service, but keep my RR, will the Spectrum app work on my Roku? or would they cut me off, because I've opt to ditch them for TV service? I can see why there are lots of Direct TV and Dish Network antennas mounted to houses now days.

It's been over 6-weeks and I'm still waiting on my "free" Spectrum boxes. 

Umm ... If the newer TVs can tune the digital stations that are coming directly through the coax cable, why do I need a "set top box"? I already get the HD off the digital stations (i.e. 48.1, 48.9, etc.), or am I getting this totally wrong? I feel like this is just a way for them to scoop more money from me on the rental of the box and remote (after the 2-years).

Also, does anyone know - If I can cancel TV service, but keep my RR, will the Spectrum app work on my Roku? or would they cut me off, because I've opt to ditch them for TV service? I can see why there are lots of Direct TV and Dish Network antennas mounted to houses now days.

you can go into the spectrum offices and pick them up