Been cable free for almost 4 months. Got a great over the air antenna and pick up all the major channels available. Walmart had it for under $40. As far as other tv programming I have netflix, hulu and amazon. I also have my sisters cable info for her dish service so I am able to get her cable and HBO, Showtime. I watch all of that on the tablet of laptop, phone but if I want to watch on the big screen I just plug the laptop into the tv. If you happen to have a playstation 4 or even a 3 I suggest trying out the PS vue tv service. You can do a free week trial. Very nice interface and all the major channels available for really good prices. So between all of that I will probably never go back to cable tv again.