We ditched DirecTV a bit ago and now use Netflix and Sling TV--primarily so my husband can get his UK sports. We are very pleased with it. We went with the basic $20 plan and added the $5 sports package so we could get what he wanted. It sure beats the almost $120 we were paying for DirecTV. You do have to have a good high-speed internet connection for it to work good.
We also use TIVO so that we can record the shows we like to watch that we have to miss for one reason or another. We rarely use Netflix-I pay for it but our daughter watches it at her house.