# Better ways to get TV & Video than Comcast? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614 "2014-03-01T18:27:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614/1 "2014-03-01T18:27:51Z")
We want to cancel our comcast cable. Does anyone have any suggestions? Hulu plus, Netflix, Amazon Prime… anyone have good or bad experiences with cancelling their cable and just going to online sources for video content? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614/2 "2014-03-01T18:36:37Z")
also over the air tv [http://www.tvfool.com/](http://www.tvfool.com/) then ‘check you address for free tv’ you can get local news and weather. you also may find a much better quality picture. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-ways-to-get-tv-video-than-comcast/682614/3 "2014-03-01T19:01:47Z")
There is a currently active thread on this: Thinking of dropping cable. What will I miss? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17144633](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17144633) The biggest problem is sports.