[RKDinOKC]

Good Morning.

It is Saturday for those of us that still keep track. Beautiful sun shiny spring day, birds chirping, etc.

Tryin to decide what to do about watching F1 LIVE has got me rethinking my current cordcutting. Shut off cableTV. Basically didn't watch F1 all last year. This year F1 coverage is only available thru SkySports. In the USA ESPN digital ie ESPN2 and ESPN3 will be showing commentary, all the practices, qualifying, and races with ABC broadcasting just the races.

Option 1
Plug in the Antenna to TV and watch local broadcast.
Pro: Free, includes local TV.
Con: Races only, commercials, broadcast networks has history of iffy F1 coverage, would have to change sources and use 2nd remote to watch thru TV's tuner.

Option 2
Get a HomeRun box. Connects Antenna to my Wifi so can watch local broadcasts on AppleTV, computer, iPhone, iPad, etc.
Pro: Any device including AppleTV, includes local TV.
Cons: Costs $125, races only, commercials, iffy network F1 coverage.

Option 3
Setup a VPN and watch SkySports directly. My routers don't do VPN so would have to watch thru my laptop.
Pro: Full F1 coverage.
Con: Cost of reliable VPN $20/yr, Use Laptop as tuner and mirror to TV, No local TV.

Option 4
Subscribe to Sling Orange. $20/month. Stream basic channels including ESPN2/3 to any device.
Pro: Full F1 coverage, some extra channels, can use AppleTV or any other device.
Con: Cost is $20/month, no local TV.

To get ESPN2/3 thru cox cable is $125/mo. Their web site said $70/mo for 1st year. Seems I can't get that deal because I was a previous customer, What? Had to keep telling them all I want is to watch ESPN2/3 on my AppleTV. Also their sales person tried to tell me Sling Orange did not have ESPN2/3 and Sling says orange does. Heck even ESPN.COM lists Sling Orange as the cheapest subscription option. That is one of the reasons I became a cord cutter. These providers say they have 165 channels, but a lot of them are HD versions of SD channels or freakin Spanish. They sure need to rethink their "packages."

For levity, ET Bob does not understand why I don't get the same local over-the-air stations he gets in Tulsa.