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Within the last 3 weeks, we have cut the cord on cable tv. Even though we are IT people, we elected to go with a commercial infrastructure versus piecing together everything we want. In short, we went with Roku, DirecTV Now, and OTA for local channels. We kept our cable 100MB Internet connection.

FWIW, we went with Roku since we already had it for our NFL Sunday Ticket. From there we evaluated DirecTV Now and Sling TV. The deciding points for us were Velocity on DTV Now and cheaper HBO (Game of Thrones, Westworld) and Starz (Outlander). Sling TV has a feature we want and that is a DVR feature but no Velocity. But after a week using both, we went with DTV Now.

For local channels we bought a Mohu Curved 50. Really nice and does a great job.

As a quick sidebar, Mohu has one of the slickest products I have seen, the Airwave Indoor Antenna. This antenna connects wirelessly to your Roku so you can place the antenna anywhere in the house that gets the best signal for you. The limitation is that it is unamplified and is effective with towers 35 miles or less from your location. We tried it and it seems 35 miles is a good limit as we are 40-45 miles away and no joy. My suggestion is to check with a site like OTADTV.COM or NOCABLE.ORG and see how far away you are.

DTV Now is OK, not great. It will with some regularity drop my signal, the Guide will freeze up or it will refuse to allow me to log on. It can be a PITA but a simple leaving the DTV Now channel and returning usually clears it up. Saving over $150 per month is well worth it.