i'll be moving in with my boyfriend soon and i originally told him that no cable means no me. however, we've decided to go without cable tv and instead save money - we have netflix and will soon be getting a wii, so what's the need for cable when we can watch what we want through regular tv and the wii? :)
I don't pay for cable or satellite. The over-the-air broadcasts are of much higher quality and have most of what we need. We've been living this way for about 2 years now. We're experimenting with Hulu+, but too much content is computer only (we watch on PS3) so this service may be cancelled soon.
I was just about to quit, and the satellite company reduced my monthly bill by 60% from 62.99 to 25.00. They really were running scared that I actually would leave. I was not going to a competitor, but cold turkey. Only my Roku box and an antenna.
Only the absolute most basic package and only that because it's how we get internet. If I could get internet without having to get the cable, I'd be okay with that. But based on where we live, basic-basic cable + internet is the cheapest option out there.
Yes, I pay for cable. Call me a sucker but I like the freedom of being able to flip channels and catch different shows. I'm paying a pretty low price right now for a package of cable plus internet; if I switch to just basic cable then the price of internet goes up so I don't save much money anyway.
I subscribe to DirecTV and I ultimately regret getting locked into a contract. Television has become nothing more than an endless string of copycat reality shows. If it wasn't for live sports, I would hardly watch at all. My kids love the cartoon networks, but that's nothing that can't be found online somewhere. Once my contract is up, I'll be looking to "cut the cord!"
Nope, Nope, Nope!! We have had cable exactly 3 months of our married lives. The 3 month introductory period when cable came to our neighborhood and wanted to connect to all our home for $1 a month. Almost 16 years of marriage, and I can honestly say I have loved not having that bill. Do I miss having a plethora of channels? Sure, but when you look at yearly cost, rather than just monthly, is it REALLY worth it? We're even reviewing Netflix to see if we want to keep spending $60 a year for the most basic package you can have!!
I don't pay for cable. I do pay for Netflix--one DVD at a time, plus many streaming movies and TV shows. For less than $10 a month, I can watch many of the cable shows I like, just a season later than people with cable. This is not a problem for me, because I tend to watch TV while running on my treadmill at home and watch it for my own enjoyment (as opposed to watching it to discuss a program with co-workers the day after it airs). So, for very little money, I get to watch shows I like and stay fit. That's a hard combination to beat.
No - it's just a vaster wasteland. Back when they put the cable wiring in my building, the basic price was $30/month. So I looked at the TV schedule in the paper (yes, back in those days news was actually printed on paper) and for each day I looked at the cable listings and asked myself "is there anything on there I'd pay $1" to watch?".
For those few things that don't come in by rabbit ears that I gotta see, there's the internet. Watching the BCS title game on the tiny screen was pretty sucky, but there are not enough shows to make cable worth the bucks.
Yes, we pay for cable, but we will probably drop it once school starts in the fall. We don't watch much "live" tv, but we use the dvr alot. I think we'd all be just as happy borrowing dvd's from the library or renting movies.
We currently pay for cable, but it's an expense we are trying to get rid of. We bundle our cable, internet and home phone, so the current bill is outrageous. We can do away with the home phone since we all have cell phones with local numbers. We do watch the cable channels, but we can live without them. The internet can be purchased separately for a fraction of what we pay now.
My husband and I have watched TV exclusively using our computer for over three years no, and have never looked back! We now have our daughter and her family doing the same. We stopped relying on cable TV because the lack of good programming made it pointless. We discovered pretty quickly that anything we were interested in, including lots of shows and movies we didn't know existed, were available on a variety of websites as well as most major networks. We've been able to watch shows based in Britain and Australia, which is wonderful. I love Asian horror and was thrilled to find a website featuring nothing but Asian horror!
I do pay Comcast but its the very basic package. Its a bundle with internet so the cost ends up being $6.00 per month. I get many QAM (HD channels that are not scrambled). There is another package that does not have HD channels that Comcast only advertises in the classifieds.
Yes, we pay for cable but only the minimum amount. So we have the basic plan without bells and whistles. Netflix has made this work for us. We really like streaming our programs and get much better tv that way. If cable continues to go up I will not have cable.
Unfortunately, I pay for the lowest tier of "analog" (plugged directly into the wall socket) cable. I live on the bottom floor of a three-story condo, partially underground, in a heavily wooded area. I tried getting over-the-air broadcasts, and it just wasn't happening. I loathe paying the cable company every month (and I'm on an extremely limited budget), but I love TV!
The reason I bought my first laptop (the one I'm typing on now) is the Cedar Wildfire of October 2003. I don't/can't drive and my brother-in-law's truck was so packed and junked up that there was only room for me and my cat Henry. The house burned to the ground even though the owners of the property said no fire had ever come close. Now I know there's always a first time although I believed them then. Since there are still wildfires here in Southern California, I bought a laptop so I could carry it out of here if there was another. Hopefully wildfires are one to a customer. I still don't like typing on the keyboard, but since I don't write novels, it's OK. A wireless mouse is cheap, so you don't have to use the built-in one. The mouse is the only extra I bought. I treat the laptop like a desktop, it never leaves my desk. I like quiet when I'm online too.
Oh, packing materials are the BANE of my existence. I think just mailing something off to someone has pretty much eaten up any profits I might have made on, say, Etsy!
i'll be moving in with my boyfriend soon and i originally told him that no cable means no me. however, we've decided to go without cable tv and instead save money - we have netflix and will soon be getting a wii, so what's the need for cable when we can watch what we want through regular tv and the wii? :)
I don't pay for cable or satellite. The over-the-air broadcasts are of much higher quality and have most of what we need. We've been living this way for about 2 years now. We're experimenting with Hulu+, but too much content is computer only (we watch on PS3) so this service may be cancelled soon.
I was just about to quit, and the satellite company reduced my monthly bill by 60% from 62.99 to 25.00. They really were running scared that I actually would leave. I was not going to a competitor, but cold turkey. Only my Roku box and an antenna.
No, I think it's a waste of money and time. I'd rather spend my money on things that get me out of my house and away from the TV.
Only the absolute most basic package and only that because it's how we get internet. If I could get internet without having to get the cable, I'd be okay with that. But based on where we live, basic-basic cable + internet is the cheapest option out there.
Yes, we still pay, although we are very close to cutting the offering or switching to FIOS
Yes, I pay for cable. Call me a sucker but I like the freedom of being able to flip channels and catch different shows. I'm paying a pretty low price right now for a package of cable plus internet; if I switch to just basic cable then the price of internet goes up so I don't save much money anyway.
I subscribe to DirecTV and I ultimately regret getting locked into a contract. Television has become nothing more than an endless string of copycat reality shows. If it wasn't for live sports, I would hardly watch at all. My kids love the cartoon networks, but that's nothing that can't be found online somewhere. Once my contract is up, I'll be looking to "cut the cord!"
Nope, Nope, Nope!! We have had cable exactly 3 months of our married lives. The 3 month introductory period when cable came to our neighborhood and wanted to connect to all our home for $1 a month. Almost 16 years of marriage, and I can honestly say I have loved not having that bill. Do I miss having a plethora of channels? Sure, but when you look at yearly cost, rather than just monthly, is it REALLY worth it? We're even reviewing Netflix to see if we want to keep spending $60 a year for the most basic package you can have!!
I don't pay for cable. I do pay for Netflix--one DVD at a time, plus many streaming movies and TV shows. For less than $10 a month, I can watch many of the cable shows I like, just a season later than people with cable. This is not a problem for me, because I tend to watch TV while running on my treadmill at home and watch it for my own enjoyment (as opposed to watching it to discuss a program with co-workers the day after it airs). So, for very little money, I get to watch shows I like and stay fit. That's a hard combination to beat.
i still pay for cable. the only thing stopping me from canceling it is live sports.
No - it's just a vaster wasteland. Back when they put the cable wiring in my building, the basic price was $30/month. So I looked at the TV schedule in the paper (yes, back in those days news was actually printed on paper) and for each day I looked at the cable listings and asked myself "is there anything on there I'd pay $1" to watch?".
For those few things that don't come in by rabbit ears that I gotta see, there's the internet. Watching the BCS title game on the tiny screen was pretty sucky, but there are not enough shows to make cable worth the bucks.
Nope, I don't! Free internet sites all the way =)
Yes, we pay for cable, but we will probably drop it once school starts in the fall. We don't watch much "live" tv, but we use the dvr alot. I think we'd all be just as happy borrowing dvd's from the library or renting movies.
We currently pay for cable, but it's an expense we are trying to get rid of. We bundle our cable, internet and home phone, so the current bill is outrageous. We can do away with the home phone since we all have cell phones with local numbers. We do watch the cable channels, but we can live without them. The internet can be purchased separately for a fraction of what we pay now.
My husband and I have watched TV exclusively using our computer for over three years no, and have never looked back! We now have our daughter and her family doing the same. We stopped relying on cable TV because the lack of good programming made it pointless. We discovered pretty quickly that anything we were interested in, including lots of shows and movies we didn't know existed, were available on a variety of websites as well as most major networks. We've been able to watch shows based in Britain and Australia, which is wonderful. I love Asian horror and was thrilled to find a website featuring nothing but Asian horror!
I do pay Comcast but its the very basic package. Its a bundle with internet so the cost ends up being $6.00 per month. I get many QAM (HD channels that are not scrambled). There is another package that does not have HD channels that Comcast only advertises in the classifieds.
Yes, we pay for cable but only the minimum amount. So we have the basic plan without bells and whistles. Netflix has made this work for us. We really like streaming our programs and get much better tv that way. If cable continues to go up I will not have cable.
Yes, I pay way too much for Direct Tv.
Unfortunately, I pay for the lowest tier of "analog" (plugged directly into the wall socket) cable. I live on the bottom floor of a three-story condo, partially underground, in a heavily wooded area. I tried getting over-the-air broadcasts, and it just wasn't happening. I loathe paying the cable company every month (and I'm on an extremely limited budget), but I love TV!
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The reason I bought my first laptop (the one I'm typing on now) is the Cedar Wildfire of October 2003. I don't/can't drive and my brother-in-law's truck was so packed and junked up that there was only room for me and my cat Henry. The house burned to the ground even though the owners of the property said no fire had ever come close. Now I know there's always a first time although I believed them then. Since there are still wildfires here in Southern California, I bought a laptop so I could carry it out of here if there was another. Hopefully wildfires are one to a customer. I still don't like typing on the keyboard, but since I don't write novels, it's OK. A wireless mouse is cheap, so you don't have to use the built-in one. The mouse is the only extra I bought. I treat the laptop like a desktop, it never leaves my desk. I like quiet when I'm online too.
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Thanks!
Oh, packing materials are the BANE of my existence. I think just mailing something off to someone has pretty much eaten up any profits I might have made on, say, Etsy!
Yes, much cheaper to upgrade memory and other things, as well!