Money-Saving Alternatives To Cable Or Satellite TV, Movies, Games, And Books.

Subscribing to cable or satellite television can get pretty expensive every month. Not only this but the monthly bill will go up in price. Yes, these companies love to raise prices on their services. And what sucks about this is a lot of the time you have to order your service by the package. They have several different packages to choose from. You pick a package and a lot of the time you end up with a ton of channels that you don’t even like or watch. But you are still paying for them anyway. This sucks.

Why can’t these companies let you choose the exact channels you want in your package. That way you can watch the ones you want and then they will chou per channel. Like maybe a dollar per channel. Or they could have packages. Like they could have a 50 channel package and a 100 channel package. But in those packages, you get to choose the exact channels in the package.

This way if you want a package but say you don’t like sports and news channels. Then you don’t have to have any of those channels in your package. Or if you want your package to be all children’s channels, family channels, and drama channels. Then you will only get those channels in your package.

Unfortunately, this is not how these companies work. So you end up paying a lot of money and have a lot of channels you won’t even watch. This is a waste of money for you. This article will give you some better alternatives at better prices. This way you are saving a lot of money and still be able to watch TV.

Netflix

The first one I will talk about is Netflix. This company started out as a service company. You signed for a monthly membership. Then you made a list of movies you wanted to watch.

Next, in the order of your list, they would send you 1,2, or 3 movies. You then watch the movies. Every time you watched a movie and sent it back in the prepaid envelope they would send you the next one on your list.

This is how it used to be. But now they have stopped the mail service part of the company.

You can subscribe for as low as $8.99 per month. You can choose up to 5 small accounts under one larger account. 5 people can have their own section with their own preferences and customizing.

There are no commercials during the movies that you watch. Not long ago Netflix started creating Netflix only movies and shows. This company doesn’t show movies. It has complete seasons of tv shows that you can stream.

You can access this option by using:

A Wii or Xbox

A computer or laptop

A smartphone

Blue-ray DVD player

A smart TV

Hulu

Hulu is a streaming service like Netflix. It streams tv-shows and movies. Disney and Comcast are the owners of Hulu.

You can stream this content on computers, tablets, laptops, phones, and smart TVs. This lets you watch your shows and movies from anywhere you want. You’re not restricted to the front of the tv.

You don’t have extra fees with Hulu as you do with cable service. For instance equipment rental, hookup fees, and any other hidden fees. You don’t even have to schedule a hookup visit then wait all day for them to show up.

Their fees are reasonable. They will give you one week free to start your subscription service. They have limited commercials subscriptions and a no commercial subscription service.

Their subscription fees are as follows:

$5.99 mo./ for the first year. Then it is $7.99 mo./ after that.

If you want a service subscription with no commercials, then it is:

$11.99 a month.

Sling

You may have seen those commercials on TV with that man and wife talking about being slingers. They make the commercials sound so dirty. Because of the play on word swingers to slingers. Every time they talked about slinging people would get embarrassed and uncomfortable.

Sling is almost like satellite and cable but at a much lower price. It has 3 packages you can choose from.

An orange package $25 per month

A blue package $25 per month

Or both packages together. $40 per month.

Then they have extra add on packages you can add on for an extra $5 per month each. For example:

Children

Comedy

Sports

International

Premium

By signing up for one of these packages you can save so much money on your cable bill each month. Even if you do add on some of the extra packages.

Gamefly.com

Gamefly is like how Netflix started out, but with video games. You sign up for an account. Then you begin making a list of games you want to try out and play. They have games for all the game systems.

They will send you the first game on your list to you through the mail. Then if you like it and want to keep it you can buy it at a great discounted price. If you don’t like it or don’t want to buy it return it to them with free shipping. There are no late fees. They then send you the next game on your list. Their monthly service is as low as $4.99 per month

Amazon.com

Amazon is a great place to find new and used books, movies, and anything else that you may want. You will never have to pay full price again if you stick to used books and movies.

Amazon even has full seasons of your favorite tv shows you can buy for your home collection.

You can also watch free movies and tv shows with Amazon Prime. You can read free books, listen to free music, and you can even play free games with Twitch Prime. These services are in your Amazon Prime membership.

Kindle edition of books and games are used on:

Kindles

Tablets

Laptops

Computers

IPads

Phones

Amazon has even expanded to about everything. When it comes to everyday items and groceries you can find it here on Amazon.

If you pay for Amazon Prime you can get a free one or two-day shipping. Amazon Prime is only $12.99 a month or $119 per year.

Then Amazon has a mother service you can sign up for. It is kindle unlimited. With this service, you can borrow kindle books for free. The price of this service is $9.99 per month.

Conclusion:

I have covered a lot of information. By using any of the services mentioned in this article you can save a lot of money. It saves you money on satellite TV, movies, books, games, and shipping. So I have one more thing to say…

Go forth and save!