{"id":3407,"date":"2014-03-18T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gomohu.com\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2021-10-15T13:53:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T18:53:30","slug":"i-cut-the-cord-and-lived-to-tell-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gomohu.com\/blog\/i-cut-the-cord-and-lived-to-tell-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I Cut the Cord and Lived to Tell About It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s blog is guest written by Michelle, a friend of Sarah&#8217;s (Mohu&#8217;s usual blogger). Michelle recently cut the cord and is going to tell her story.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had cable for at least the past ten years. While cleaning out some file cabinets I found some old cable bills. The same service we have today used to cost about $25-$30 less. To put it mildly, I was surprised. I&#8217;m currently getting a promotional deal which is $67.75 a month with taxes. Once the deal ends next month, the price for what we have will jump to over $80\/month. For television. Ouch.<\/p>\n<p>We definitely watch TV in my house. I&#8217;m a big fan of <em>Modern Family<\/em>\u00a0because I feel like that&#8217;s my life right now and my husband is a big fan of <em>Law and Order: SVU<\/em>. My kids are pretty limited in their TV viewing and often stream something (approved by me) from Netflix onto a computer or tablet. But $80 a month is $960 a year and I&#8217;m pretty sure I could find something else to do with that money.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So Sarah loaned me her <a href=\"http:\/\/store.gomohu.com\/the-leaf-indoor-hdtv-antenna.html\">Mohu Leaf 30<\/a> and I hooked it up to the TV. We searched on You Tube how to do a channel scan and in about 10 minutes I had about 12 channels, including 2 PBS stations I never even knew existed. \u00a0Before I finally cut the cord we did a week-long experiment courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/store.gomohu.com\/the-leaf-indoor-hdtv-antenna.html\">Mohu Leaf<\/a>. I unhooked the cable box and left the Mohu Leaf hooked up to the TV. First of all, the picture was beautiful. Clear, bright, crisp colors and amazing resolution. A big rainstorm did pixelate the picture a little bit, but nothing awful. I admit I missed the DVR but not having it makes me more mindful and aware of what I&#8217;m watching on TV. Sarah also suggested Hulu+ as a defacto DVR since many TV shows end up on Hulu+ the next day. The cable DVR was going to cost me $25\/month. Hulu+ is $7.99 a month. Hmm\u2026.that&#8217;s a pretty easy decision.<\/p>\n<p>The next step: calling the cable company. 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