(09-14-2017 03:16 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(09-14-2017 02:58 PM)Frog in the Kitchen Sink Wrote:  I'm a card carrying corder and probably won't switch (although with fiberoptic, I don't have any cords in a literal sense, ironically). If I was younger and pinching pennies, I'd be more interested. But I can afford a bundled package, it's convenient and I don't want to hear any grief from the wife and kids if there is some hoop they have to jump through to watch their show. And I don't want to risk missing an important game. I will pay extra for convenience. I suppose there is a limit there- if it was several thousand dollars difference I might. But at the current rates the convenience is worth it.

I hear ya.

For me DirecTV at $150/mth ($1,800 per year) vs $35/mth ($420 per year)...

Didn't make much sense to give DTV and extra $1,400 per year. Especially since my daughter is starting college.

When I've done an analysis of what I want, it's not that different. My guess is that you are not getting the same content as you did before. I could cut back right now to a $30 base package on my FIOS if I wanted to save but I wouldn't get the channels I want.