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If you're spending too much on pay television, consider firing your monopoly cable or satellite provider and joining the 1% of Americans who watch all of their TV on Internet connections.
So what do you do after you get rid of cable or satellite? Here are some alternatives:
YouTube has launched feature-length programming, plus there's always Joost and Hulu. An estimated 20% of cable programming is now available through the computer.
Firing your cable or satellite provider can save you more than $1,000 annually.
Two friends of mine DITCHED cable television and they'll never go back.
Don't go cold turkey, but see if you can ease your way into it. Also, the lowest level membership in Netflix allows you to get the Roku box and have a huge library of content on-demand.
Or you could improve the quality of your life immeasureably by just NOT WATCHING TELEVISION AT ALL!!!!!
I switched to Dish from cable for tv. For 70 dollars I was getting 77 analog channels and no on demand or pay per view or dvr. I have the package deal price now, but for 20 dollars I'll go for it, and even when its 40 its not bad.
Unforutnately, since there are NO other internet provider but the cable company I'm stuck with them. I'm considering paying a bit more to Sprint for a connect card instead. I can see the tower from my porch so I'd get a good signel. I'm just sick of the way the cable slows to nothing as soon as everyone gets home from work every night.
I would watch tv on my computer but the laptop with the nice clear hd screen went out the window before I moved out of california. Thiis one is older and much less clear. I'd rather watch tv on my small if not fancy hd tv.
Here you don't get much with an antenna. Maybe three channels if your lucky and there is no storm. I'm not sure what kind of difference the new digital boxes will make, but since I don't spend money on going out to dinner and movies and such, I figure what I spend on watching tv is fair. And the cable channels like history, discovery, and such often do NOT put their shows on the internet and that is what I have tv for. And I think the local channels and their weather updates with storms are important to have.
If I had to I could do without tv. But the internet... naw....
Or you could improve the quality of your life immeasureably by just NOT WATCHING TELEVISION AT ALL!!!!!
20yrsinBranson
Your personal opinion only; television is not the debbil. That's like saying you could improve the quality of your life immeasurably by not reading books.
Television is cheap entertainment for me. I don't watch hours a day, but I do turn it on while I'm cooking dinner, and I have two or three shows a week that I tend to watch.
Your personal opinion only; television is not the debbil. That's like saying you could improve the quality of your life immeasurably by not reading books.
Television is cheap entertainment for me. I don't watch hours a day, but I do turn it on while I'm cooking dinner, and I have two or three shows a week that I tend to watch.
i'm the same way.. cheap once in a while entertainment.. basic cable. But there are TONS of people out there that act like they would die without it. I knew a family that was spending 160$ a month on tv... and borrowing peter to pay paul... broke broke broke.. when i suggested they cut down their cable.. the look was shock in the "What would we do then.."
no joke... you get that response from people... "What would we do..?"
If you're spending too much on pay television, consider firing your monopoly cable or satellite provider and joining the 1% of Americans who watch all of their TV on Internet connections.
So what do you do after you get rid of cable or satellite? Here are some alternatives:
YouTube has launched feature-length programming, plus there's always Joost and Hulu. An estimated 20% of cable programming is now available through the computer.
Firing your cable or satellite provider can save you more than $1,000 annually.
Two friends of mine DITCHED cable television and they'll never go back.
Don't go cold turkey, but see if you can ease your way into it. Also, the lowest level membership in Netflix allows you to get the Roku box and have a huge library of content on-demand.
The best solution is to forget about television all together. I have not watched tv for more than 12 years (other than at bars, or friends houses), and I don't miss it one bit. There isn't much good programing on these days.
And, there are so many better things to do with your time than sit in front of the boob tube.
Or you could improve the quality of your life immeasureably by just NOT WATCHING TELEVISION AT ALL!!!!!
20yrsinBranson
You'll be suggesting people start thinking for themselves next.............
My grandfather used to call television the 'idiot lantern' and he wasn't far wrong.
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