Comments on: Life Without Cable TV

By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:27:26 +0000

When we bought our home about 10 years ago we were threating our boys about dropping cable they said that we could not do it. We did it! But we learned how much money we were saving and decided that it just was not worth the time nor moiney that it was stealing from us. Our children learned to play games together and well we were adopting another child and the social workers came to do monthlky check one us and they saw about 6 boys aroung our dining room table and wondered what the hub bub was about and they were playing a card game together and having a blast I might say. She wanted to know how many more Kids we could sqeeze into our hom to adopt. haha. It has been a blessing rather than a loss. With the new digital signals about we can get about 16 channels for free when we choose to watch it, but mostly we use it like a theatre, a movie and popcorn and surround and we are set to go..

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By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:51:45 +0000

I just wrote a post on my blog about this topic……cable is indeed becoming an arrogant dinasour….I watch HULU and subscribe to the “Fan Pages” (100 different TV shows) on Plaxo…..

Franks last blog post..Is Cable TV A Dinasour?

By: Duchess

Duchess — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:35:36 +0000

No cable here. We down load shows when we find something we like. We have friends who buy the DVDs of all kinds of shows. We borrow those. Elizabeth. I am totaly the same way when we stay in hotels. I think I’d pay for tv if I could just get the stations I want and nothing else, Discovery is the big one.

By: marci

marci — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:47:35 +0000

No cable, no antennae, since 1990 or so. No TV watching.

I do use the old TV for watching library movies tho on occassion.

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By: Squawkfox

Squawkfox — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:24:39 +0000

@fathersez is correct. The site hulu.com is only available to those with IP addresses in the USA. No hulu for this Canadian girl.

I too don’t have cable.

Squawkfoxs last blog post..Reasons to Build and Love an Emergency Fund

By: fathersez

fathersez — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:52:57 +0000

We cancelled our cable since early this year and so far so good. Sometimes I do miss not having the cable, but the shows are endlessly repeated.

And hulu.com seems to be only for you lucky (or unlucky…hehe) US people.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:24:56 +0000

I don’t own a television, either. Or have internet at home. I had a TV for many years and watched it a lot. Amazing Race, Nanny 911, Big Loser, Wife Swap, etc., one anesthetically segueing into another. I tapered off very gradually and one day I unplugged it to clean under it and didn’t bother to plug it back in. Pretty soon, it became a gargantuan dust collector and space eater, so I sold it. Now, at home I have a laptop, so the shows I watch on it are beloved ones I buy off iTunes or Netflix movies. I love staying in hotels because the minute I walk in the room, I turn on the TV and click through all the channels. It’s so exciting. Then after a couple of hours, I get bored and cut it off. Then I cut it back on later to suck in all that stimulation while I have the chance, then get bored again…

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