We don't have cable tv, never have had it. We don't have ANY pay streaming service. Did try Amazon prime for a while, but you might as well wait for DVDs to come out, they don't get titles quickly. I do have a dvd subscription to Netflix, and I use the public library heavily.
We have a modern tv antannae that allows us to get about 15 channels. I hate network dramas and won't watch them but I do watch a few of the comedies.
For quality tv which is not network, any more I prefer to load up on a season and binge watch. I use DVDs.
We just finished watching all of Justified this way. I watched two seasons on eve, knew it was really good, and wanted to,wait until the entire show finished since by the time I watched it
I,knew it was ending with 6th season. These shows are more intense and interesting this way. The experience is multiplied by being able to watch an entire season in, say, a week.
I'm waiting for next seasons of Homeland, The Affair, House of Cards, Oranhe is the New Black, Ray Donovan, etc to come out. I am so enamoured of everything I hear about Game of Thrones that I will just wait until the entire thing wraps up, and I realize that may be a decade.
It's also important to recognize that one looses a bunch of content in stream vs dvd. The dvd format has many kinds of extras such as additional scenes, commentary on production, etc. It amazes me actually that people don't talk about what they lose. Now greatness, I don't watch all extra content on DVDs but I DO watch it on shows that are great.