Cable co. is forcing me to rent or buy what they call a

Jweilers, I like your amount of equipment. Very cool. I remember torrents. Oh boy. I use a simple digital antenna on the roof mounted to my old direct tv spot. It is totally free and the 1080 pixel quality is superb! Digital feed right through the air, love it. I think it is because it is free. I use Hulu also because is so so easy and cheap if you want commercials still. Best picture and sound still is from the roof. Pretty amazing if you think about it. I do need to up my size on my Samsung TV , wish I had more than one. 

I'm on the Spectrum teet as well, but many newer smart tv's have  apps loaded that take the place of the cable box...

I would have rid the house of cable years ago, except for “She who must be obeyed “ must have the food channel.  I was able to convince her we didn’t need the landline phone anymore. 
Small steps…

I got tried of overpaying for cable company TV fee's extra cable boxes, additional user fees all adding up to $160+  So l went with YouTube TV all controlled with the Amazon fire stick and now paying $49 per month 
I also have to pay for high speed internet but that kills two birds with one stone Watch 4K TV and listen to Qobuz high rez music 

+1 curiousjim

I would smash the friggin' TV if given half a chance.  But, the net result would be pain and anguish and even more dollars for a bigger TV as if 75" isn't enough.  My son has an 85" and my daughter has no TV at all, go figure.  

Food channel gets almost no play in this house, but the ol' lady is a legit died-in-the-wool football fan and has to have every offering available on cable. And has season tickets to the Giants!

Growing up in the fifties my old man would take the tubes out of the TV for any infraction.  I couldn't care less, my sister on the other hand had a fit.

Regards,
barts