Cancelled my cable and land line. Bought a digital antenna. Get 50+ channels. Get seasonal NESN. And single stream Netflix. Saved $130 a month. Should have done years ago.
AND CLARK! Thank YOU for your service to this Great Nation of ours. 🇺🇲 C-17s hold a dear place in my heart, as it brought my injured husband (and so many more injured heroes) to safety in Germany from Iraq in 2007. Seeing that beautiful big bird brings tears to my eyes. Again, thank YOU for your service.
👀 What an eye-opener, knowing that much of the world saves 1/3 of their income. I just did the math for me. Yikes! For years, I've encouraged my 18 and 22 yr. old grandsons to open Roth IRAs. A gift, indeed. Thanks, Team Clark!
17:21 - Re: Streaming Pay Services - As a "seasoned citizen" baby boomer I'm actually shocked that folks pay for streaming of "original series" and typical TV shows/movies in the first place because of what I'm watching this video on right now on my desktop monitor - FREE UA-cam. I watch youtube 90% of the time because 1. I can find GREAT educational content (like Clark Howard) on any topic I want in 5 seconds. 2. Videos of 60s and 70s rock bands that were not available back then when I could only listen to the AM/FM radio to hear the songs. 3. The content will be typically less than 30 minutes and 4. Even a lot of live sports and movies for free or less than $5.00. On top of that I stay at Marriott properties 90% of the time and they have free UA-cam channel as one of the selections on the hotel TV screen (Channel 17). Thanks for all your great content and advice Clark!
We saved 20% of our incomes for years, things got a little tight due to job changes and we dropped back to 5% for a while, we noticed pretty quickly that extra 15% was not making much difference to our finances, and we started back saving 20% ASAP and haven't looked back!
As I sit here eating breakfast and it’s 31 degrees out I have a video of a roaring fireplace playing on my big screen TV. I searched Utube for fireplaces and found many. I do the same thing with fish aquariums when I want to relax while watching fish. I have enjoyed various fall settings showing the beautiful tree colors . 8:52 I get it all for free w few ads🙂
Clark an antenna can not get you 4K. The new standard ATSC 3.0 is rolling out slowly but any TV station that has adopted it is still not broadcasting in 4K. Add to that your TV must have a ATSC 3.0 capable tuner, which TV manufacturers are just starting to add. You can purchase a separate tuner that you can connect to your antenna and then your TV. The major networks are DRM encrypting their current 3.0 signals effectively denying any viewer access.
I had a friend that took a 3 month contract job operating a small utility plant for an R&D facility in Antarctica, he said it wasn't bad at all, good food and sleeping quarters etc. although he didn't go outside or see the light of day during the 3 month assignment (he wasn't exposed to the cold conditions outside the facility)
Nothing anyone would have said could have influenced my financial decisions, either back then nor today. I'm a visual person, hands on. I've got to see it work for me & the other person but also talk me through it, how do you do it & I have to see the results in people who have done it. Yeah, I'm a lot of work, but once I catch on, invision as a real possibility, it's go time! Just someone saying, " save your money" isn't going to cut it. Reminds me of the slogan used for the war on drugs....JUST SAY NO, LoL😅. I have to take a tour of the penetentury, a field trip to skid row, watch some drop like flies etc etc. MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME😊 Nobody did any of those things so, life had to be my teacher, & she was savage! I am going to be debt free in 4-5 months. Whew!!😅
I got rid of direct tv 25 months ago! I bought a Roku and streamed the discovery channel for $5.39/month and haven’t looked back and will never come back to satellite again! Plus AT&T allowed the data breach when they owned direct tv! I don’t do AT&T either! 😡
I keep a list of shows I want to stream. I wait until the entire season is available, then subscribe to the streaming channel. I then binge watch all the episodes and cancel the service. I save lots of money doing that.
What upsets me is that many of these paid streaming services that change a monthly fee, will charge extra for a lot of movies or series, or, you have to get the premium subscription. I refuse to do that because they're just greedy.
Perhaps you can do a much better in depth video on the options of free TV because the little bit you did here was rather confusing and obviously reading the comments. This is a big big thing to people around the country. That would be helpful thank you.
For those in the market for a new Toyota, I highly recommend Earl Stewart Toyota in West Palm Beach, Florida. Earl Stewart sells his cars at MSRP and does not charge a dealer fee.
My biggest issue with Google Fi is that they won’t let you mix and match plan tiers on a family plan. If they did then Google Fi would be a good deal cost-wise year-round, not just when traveling overseas.
Personal finance education is very important. Adults get into so much debt, making it a terrible way to learn about debt and savings. This education should start early.
I miss the rabbit ears antenna days. Can you get 7, 10 and 13 free anywhere? I pay for dish network just for the old 7, 10 and 13 local that used to be free. I’m an old woman I can’t get in the roof and install an antenna.
As I could not survive on my poor retirement paycheck within the US I have resettled to Russia several years ago looking for cheaper place to retire. However several months ago payments have been stopped. When I requested the Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, which manages the transactions they replied that because Central Bank of Russia has been sanctioned therefore payments became impossible. I know that Russia supplies the US with titanium along with some other materials and of course those shipments have always been paid. It means payments still possible when authorities want it. Moreover each Embassy has cashier desk where I could come getting cash. It is what I proposed in my communications with the Embassy, but they did not reply anymore. Neither Social Security nor Embassy in Moscow wanted to have any business with me. I am to old and weak to resettle again. They also defrauded me on three Economic Impact Payments that I was illegible for. I wrote to Biden in White House with no result of course. This is how the US government treats its own citizens. I can only go to the street begging in a foreign country. Judge yourself. The US is a country of fraudsters. Watch out the US.
For now I’m sticking with satellite. They have all my channels. Even the biggest streaming channels are missing some I can’t be without! We also have a good antenna just in case we need it.
Understandable! Check out our Live TV Streaming Channel Tool. We designed it to help you find the best live TV streaming service based on the channels you love. Just plug in all of the channels you can't live without, and it will tell you which streaming service offers all of them and at what price. Then compare the cost to your satellite service to see if you can get everything you love, cheaper. clark.com/streaming-tv/live-tv-streaming-channel-tool/
I don't find that an antenna signal is ALWAYS better quality than a stream. Streaming quality definitely varies a lot, but over the air broadcasters sometimes downgrade their signal particularly with live sports.
I would love to have free TV released lower-cost in my Dish Network, but I need to have a way to record rewind fast-forward. Not very good at the technological setup of those streaming services so I seem to be kind of stuck!
When the federal government pulled the switch on analog TV, my new digital couldn't pick up anything, it stopped thousands of people in rural areas from being able to enjoy TV. I never have, or never will pay for TV reception when most of my life it was free, the way it should be.
@@autohelixBecause our job is to watch those ads. We do it and are paid in TV programming. The networks, etc., make money on the ad revenue. Without our numbers, they have nothing to sell to advertisers.
I haven't had a TV for years. If I want to watch a series of movies, I watch Tubi. I don't mind the ads, gives me a chance to run to the potty, refill my drink, etc. Most times the movie has started before I'm back....
TV started as add supported content . Cable brought us pay to watch commercials which I always thought was odd . If your getting an antenna don't buy a cheap junk antenna . Need to spend about a 100 or more to get the most out of over the air content . These antennas will get you a long life while the junk ones you maybe lucky to get a year and may end your over the air content because you may feel it doesn't work . Antenna man on UA-cam is a good resource and helped me to select a antenna
When we first had cable there were no ads on the cable channels because your payment was supposed to cover that support but it gradually changed and now every cable channel also have ads plus you're still paying for the service
@@bethmiller6827 Great idea . I began my transformation away from satellite TV over 1.5 years ago . The TV antenna gives me that channel surfing I am use to . I got the Google Chromecast for streaming . Yes the savings is amazing . Dish network keeps offering me a $500 gift card to come back but I ain't ever coming back .
Just say no to streaming or any subscription services. Stop trying to impress people you don’t even know with the fancy car/truck - they don’t care. Be intentional with your spending. Learn how to be a DIYer and stop paying people to do things that you can do yourself. Yes, living below your means is the best path forward, even if it is small in the beginning.
You forgot to mention the ultimate content streamer, UA-cam. I've gotten used to clicking on the "Skip ads" button, so I am not really tempted to pay the $12 per month to be ad-free on UA-cam. However, there are no Skip Ads buttons on traditional streamers, and I find shows to be unwatchable when they are interrupted every 5 to7 minutes with 90 seconds of ads. My solution so far; pay the ad-free rates, search for streaming deals and free-trial periods. As far as MLB baseball is concerned, that is a big problem. I have a solution that is only costing me $10 per month, but I doubt Clark would approve.
Cancelled my cable and land line. Bought a digital antenna. Get 50+ channels. Get seasonal NESN. And single stream Netflix. Saved $130 a month. Should have done years ago.
Thanks for the tip, I'm about to do this today... I guess Amazon is where to buy a digital antenna?
@@feleciawallace8420 yes that is where I bought mine. The one I bought just plugs into my HDMI port on my TV. No power cord necessary. Was $30.
Sorry USB port 2023 HD TV Antenna for Smart TV
@@feleciawallace8420A digital antenna doesn't work in rural areas.
@@gsp49 I live in the country and I get 40 channels on a Leaf antenna. I got rid of DirecTV several years ago.
AND CLARK! Thank YOU for your service to this Great Nation of ours. 🇺🇲 C-17s hold a dear place in my heart, as it brought my injured husband (and so many more injured heroes) to safety in Germany from Iraq in 2007. Seeing that beautiful big bird brings tears to my eyes. Again, thank YOU for your service.
Thanking your husband for his service too! ✈✈💚
👀 What an eye-opener, knowing that much of the world saves 1/3 of their income. I just did the math for me. Yikes! For years, I've encouraged my 18 and 22 yr. old grandsons to open Roth IRAs. A gift, indeed. Thanks, Team Clark!
is it true?
Yes. Search 'Countries that save the most money'. Some are 2x the savings % that Clark mentioned.
There is a lot of truth to this. In America, people think they must have a car, which soaks up about one-third of their income.
Your grandsons are off to a great start towards financial security! 👏👏👏
17:21 - Re: Streaming Pay Services - As a "seasoned citizen" baby boomer I'm actually shocked that folks pay for streaming of "original series" and typical TV shows/movies in the first place because of what I'm watching this video on right now on my desktop monitor - FREE UA-cam. I watch youtube 90% of the time because 1. I can find GREAT educational content (like Clark Howard) on any topic I want in 5 seconds. 2. Videos of 60s and 70s rock bands that were not available back then when I could only listen to the AM/FM radio to hear the songs. 3. The content will be typically less than 30 minutes and 4. Even a lot of live sports and movies for free or less than $5.00. On top of that I stay at Marriott properties 90% of the time and they have free UA-cam channel as one of the selections on the hotel TV screen (Channel 17). Thanks for all your great content and advice Clark!
We saved 20% of our incomes for years, things got a little tight due to job changes and we dropped back to 5% for a while, we noticed pretty quickly that extra 15% was not making much difference to our finances, and we started back saving 20% ASAP and haven't looked back!
Great observation and not looking back! 🙌
As I sit here eating breakfast and it’s 31 degrees out I have a video of a roaring fireplace playing on my big screen TV.
I searched Utube for fireplaces and found many.
I do the same thing with fish aquariums when I want to relax while watching fish.
I have enjoyed various fall settings showing the beautiful tree colors . 8:52
I get it all for free w few ads🙂
Clark an antenna can not get you 4K. The new standard ATSC 3.0 is rolling out slowly but any TV station that has adopted it is still not broadcasting in 4K. Add to that your TV must have a ATSC 3.0 capable tuner, which TV manufacturers are just starting to add. You can purchase a separate tuner that you can connect to your antenna and then your TV. The major networks are DRM encrypting their current 3.0 signals effectively denying any viewer access.
The Antenna Guy on UA-cam gives expert advice on the subject of Antenna and ATSC 3.0
Great advice! Thank you Sir!
I had a friend that took a 3 month contract job operating a small utility plant for an R&D facility in Antarctica, he said it wasn't bad at all, good food and sleeping quarters etc. although he didn't go outside or see the light of day during the 3 month assignment (he wasn't exposed to the cold conditions outside the facility)
Thank you Team Clark.
Nothing anyone would have said could have influenced my financial decisions, either back then nor today. I'm a visual person, hands on. I've got to see it work for me & the other person but also talk me through it, how do you do it & I have to see the results in people who have done it. Yeah, I'm a lot of work, but once I catch on, invision as a real possibility, it's go time!
Just someone saying, " save your money" isn't going to cut it. Reminds me of the slogan used for the war on drugs....JUST SAY NO, LoL😅. I have to take a tour of the penetentury, a field trip to skid row, watch some drop like flies etc etc.
MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON ME😊
Nobody did any of those things so, life had to be my teacher, & she was savage!
I am going to be debt free in 4-5 months. Whew!!😅
I got rid of direct tv 25 months ago! I bought a Roku and streamed the discovery channel for $5.39/month and haven’t looked back and will never come back to satellite again! Plus AT&T allowed the data breach when they owned direct tv! I don’t do AT&T either! 😡
I keep a list of shows I want to stream. I wait until the entire season is available, then subscribe to the streaming channel. I then binge watch all the episodes and cancel the service. I save lots of money doing that.
What upsets me is that many of these paid streaming services that change a monthly fee, will charge extra for a lot of movies or series, or, you have to get the premium subscription. I refuse to do that because they're just greedy.
I want to go back to good ol’ free tv with an antenna, I don’t watch much tv as it is, if it weren’t for husband and his shows and sports I would 😅
Thanks
I’m new to your channel. Amazing! Question about 529’s -is the 10k or 5 k tax break ( Ny ) per child ?twins …
Perhaps you can do a much better in depth video on the options of free TV because the little bit you did here was rather confusing and obviously reading the comments. This is a big big thing to people around the country.
That would be helpful thank you.
For those in the market for a new Toyota, I highly recommend Earl Stewart Toyota in West Palm Beach, Florida. Earl Stewart sells his cars at MSRP and does not charge a dealer fee.
Earl Stewart has been a supporter of Big Dog Rescue Ranch, so no dealer FLEAS.
HD antenna, UA-cam, and your local free public library
Thank you Clark cares. Beat sleeping in your car when you 60's something.
My biggest issue with Google Fi is that they won’t let you mix and match plan tiers on a family plan. If they did then Google Fi would be a good deal cost-wise year-round, not just when traveling overseas.
Thank you for the video. Blessings to you.
Personal finance education is very important.
Adults get into so much debt, making it a terrible way to learn about debt and savings.
This education should start early.
Prices are up 20%!
That means the value of our fiat currency is down 20%
Not really. Look at the figures again, other countries but not US.
I like Pluto TV, but I can't quite call it free if you have to have an internet connection.
💯 True, unless you need internet anyway - regardless of TV.
This relates to a question I have. Can I get unlimited data on a phone and use that for home internet? Or do they restrict you from tethering?
what is best deal for internet...I gave up cable have internet only but almost $100.00 a month now.
Know how I found free TV? Hotels. Many have a smart TV. Also I just put 1 dollar rabbit ears and found the HD 2 channels 😅😂 on my 2 sets
I miss the rabbit ears antenna days. Can you get 7, 10 and 13 free anywhere? I pay for dish network just for the old 7, 10 and 13 local that used to be free.
I’m an old woman I can’t get in the roof and install an antenna.
Pay once to get an antenna installed.
If I could tell myself what I should do at 20, I would have said 10% of your paycheck in index funds. Trust me.
As I could not survive on my poor retirement paycheck within the US I have resettled to Russia several years ago looking for cheaper place to retire. However several months ago payments have been stopped. When I requested the Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, which manages the transactions they replied that because Central Bank of Russia has been sanctioned therefore payments became impossible. I know that Russia supplies the US with titanium along with some other materials and of course those shipments have always been paid. It means payments still possible when authorities want it. Moreover each Embassy has cashier desk where I could come getting cash. It is what I proposed in my communications with the Embassy, but they did not reply anymore. Neither Social Security nor Embassy in Moscow wanted to have any business with me. I am to old and weak to resettle again. They also defrauded me on three Economic Impact Payments that I was illegible for. I wrote to Biden in White House with no result of course. This is how the US government treats its own citizens. I can only go to the street begging in a foreign country. Judge yourself. The US is a country of fraudsters. Watch out the US.
I wonder what the effect to inflation would be by offering a savers tax credit to all Americans
Should we expect government to do everything? People want less government and at same time, want more and more.
For now I’m sticking with satellite. They have all my channels. Even the biggest streaming channels are missing some I can’t be without! We also have a good antenna just in case we need it.
Understandable! Check out our Live TV Streaming Channel Tool. We designed it to help you find the best live TV streaming service based on the channels you love. Just plug in all of the channels you can't live without, and it will tell you which streaming service offers all of them and at what price. Then compare the cost to your satellite service to see if you can get everything you love, cheaper.
clark.com/streaming-tv/live-tv-streaming-channel-tool/
I don't find that an antenna signal is ALWAYS better quality than a stream. Streaming quality definitely varies a lot, but over the air broadcasters sometimes downgrade their signal particularly with live sports.
I would love to have free TV released lower-cost in my Dish Network, but I need to have a way to record rewind fast-forward. Not very good at the technological setup of those streaming services so I seem to be kind of stuck!
That is Tivo
@@retired8484 it works with streaming? I have never had it.
One of the best moves you can make is to get rid of the TV.
When the federal government pulled the switch on analog TV, my new digital couldn't pick up anything, it stopped thousands of people in rural areas from being able to enjoy TV. I never have, or never will pay for TV reception when most of my life it was free, the way it should be.
@@gsp49Why should it be free?
@@autohelix because it is ...thinking of buying ad free UA-cam though..cost too much.
@@autohelixBecause our job is to watch those ads. We do it and are paid in TV programming. The networks, etc., make money on the ad revenue. Without our numbers, they have nothing to sell to advertisers.
I haven't had a TV for years. If I want to watch a series of movies, I watch Tubi. I don't mind the ads, gives me a chance to run to the potty, refill my drink, etc. Most times the movie has started before I'm back....
I watch Pluto TV and UA-cam. I stopped watching satellite etc over 2 years ago. Money wasn't worth it.
Wait a minute - for how long has Clark worn two watches?
He has a video about that!
Great observation!! ⏰⏱
TV started as add supported content . Cable brought us pay to watch commercials which I always thought was odd . If your getting an antenna don't buy a cheap junk antenna . Need to spend about a 100 or more to get the most out of over the air content . These antennas will get you a long life while the junk ones you maybe lucky to get a year and may end your over the air content because you may feel it doesn't work . Antenna man on UA-cam is a good resource and helped me to select a antenna
When we first had cable there were no ads on the cable channels because your payment was supposed to cover that support but it gradually changed and now every cable channel also have ads plus you're still paying for the service
@@Savannah-ed4rv hmm . I don't remember that . I do remember the remotes that had some kind of cord attach to it and the box . It was fairly long .
Depends on where you live. We get 80 channels. Going to buy a ROKU, go to basic cable and high speed internet. Should save at least $100 per month.
@@bethmiller6827 Great idea . I began my transformation away from satellite TV over 1.5 years ago . The TV antenna gives me that channel surfing I am use to . I got the Google Chromecast for streaming . Yes the savings is amazing . Dish network keeps offering me a $500 gift card to come back but I ain't ever coming back .
If you are over 30 miles from a broadcast TV station, all bets are off, a good antenna will not help. The new digital doesn't get out to rural areas.
"A lot of other countries" Name a few countries where people can even afford to save 1/3 of their income?
Just say no to streaming or any subscription services. Stop trying to impress people you don’t even know with the fancy car/truck - they don’t care. Be intentional with your spending. Learn how to be a DIYer and stop paying people to do things that you can do yourself. Yes, living below your means is the best path forward, even if it is small in the beginning.
Stay single and become a millionaire.
Surprised you didn't say your usual, "and don't have kids." 😜
@@Clark😂
You forgot to mention the ultimate content streamer, UA-cam. I've gotten used to clicking on the "Skip ads" button, so I am not really tempted to pay the $12 per month to be ad-free on UA-cam. However, there are no Skip Ads buttons on traditional streamers, and I find shows to be unwatchable when they are interrupted every 5 to7 minutes with 90 seconds of ads. My solution so far; pay the ad-free rates, search for streaming deals and free-trial periods. As far as MLB baseball is concerned, that is a big problem. I have a solution that is only costing me $10 per month, but I doubt Clark would approve.
Yikes! Watching ads that often but make me crazy!
It's beyond comprehension why people pay $100+ /month for TV. TV has been free since it was invented.
Rural areas don't get good reception...