Do you pay for cable TV?

[Guest]

Yeah? Well? I couldn't afford it so have been going without it. It is good, but it kinda sucks too because I miss my science channel shows and discovery ch. shows.

 

[Space Ghost]

havent had tv for about 5 years, don't miss it a bit.

 

[rusto]

why pay for tv when you got the internet!

 

[The Son of Man]

Get a buddy who has tv to get a sling box and you can watch what they watch over the internets series of tubes.

 

[Guest]

Internet is ok but it still isn't up to par with the quality of TV

I tried "Joost" and it's cool, it's like TV somewhat, but has bugs in it and is slow and unresponsive and overall sucks. Good idea, but it'll take some time to develop it. The internet sadly just doesn't have the kinda stuff I wanna see, like high quality nature shows and stuff like that. It's all youtube bullcrap low quality limited selection etc...But at the same time paying for TV sucks too so eh internet+movies for now

 

[Perpetual Nooch]

Yeah? Well? I couldn't afford it so have been going without it. It is good, but it kinda sucks too because I miss my science channel shows and discovery ch. shows.

I'm in the same boat as you, journies. I had to make some sacrifices and my satellite had to go.

 

[Echoes]

Television

Television

Used to have cable included in the rent but not anymore. It's like $50/month and I only watch maybe ten or so out of all the channels. Not really worth it, in my opinion. I do miss watching a few of the channels, though. TLC, Discovery, Animal Planet, History Channel and Comedy Central to name a few (if not almost all of them.) We have a (very) basic package available for like $10/mo but it's mostly just news, C-SPAN, weather and shop-at-home deals.

I sort of like the change, though. Now I get more time to research and browse online which saves electricity and keeps my mind more active. I do miss watching TV while I eat or late at night when I can't sleep.

I'd recommend getting a Netflix account, though. For $17 a month you can get three movies out at a time, unlimited rentals/month, no late fees, two week free trial and unlimited hours to view certain movies online. Their shipping is pretty quick, too. After you've watched your first three movies, you've basically already saved money compared to Blockbuster or whatever rental place is available. Not to mention the price of gas to drive to the rental store (about 10 minutes away for me.)

 

[Feyd]

I love the history channel, the food network, the discovery channel, and national geographic.

 

[nycdfan042]

^^ yea me 2..military channels aight... hi def 1080 i :d oh yea

 

[treble]

i have tried tvunetworks.com

it has some cable like comedy central, nickel, wheels, some news stuff.... no history or discovery yet. cartoon network... and some international stuff. its ok. some more channels would be good.

 

[ToKEN]

Yeah? Well? I couldn't afford it so have been going without it. It is good, but it kinda sucks too because I miss my science channel shows and discovery ch. shows.

ah journies...SC rules.. watch it quite often..(as I've talked about before with the whole cosmos series, after you brought it up.). you'll be alright though, seems you still have the net...sciencechannel.com..I bet that's a site

 

[Dr Dog]

I have a full digital line up, including the HD channels available. I also have the internet and VOIP through my cable company.

 

[The_Leader]

if you are anti goverment propaganda? you will get rid of cable. it is leos highway to your mind and worse, the youths.


imho

 

[rusto]

Yeah tv can mess with you. I said why pay for tv when you have the internet because....

You can pretty much download full quality tv shows through many websites. If growing marijuana isn't the only illegal thing you do I guess its a good idea to download your tv shows and movies you like too. The reason I like this too is because you can watch when you want and there are no stupid commercials.

 

[Lemon]

The last two places I've lived, the cable company screwed up and left the cable hooked up, despite me never having ordered service. I engage in what they like to call "passive cable theft"

 

[Indica-420]

cable internet and phone all one low monthly bill

 

[green_grow]

i just buy basic cable and i really do miss the discovery channel . it's amazing ... over 100 channels and only 3 or 4 of them are any good .

 

[asa42]

been usin the ol rabbit ears for over a year now. i'm a tv junkie & when i had cable i kept 3 VCR's set up w/ all their timer programs full & running. gotta admit i dont miss all that. but i am tired of squiggly pics & the strobe effect i get so often. then lookin at the packages cable offer & damn i dont want 100 news channels or sports... wtf w/ so many preferences why in fu cks sake have they not worked it where ya can pay for the programming ya want?! & i cant rely w/ the web... seeing as

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[asa42]

...i'm hijackin wifi & the toy i'm usin wont even run java. but it does get me here. any who... i do agree that the propaganda, editing, & commercials suck and if i felt like a rant i'd say more. w/out cable i have really been enjoyin PBS. oh, btw those of ya w/out whacha gonna do next year when tv goes digital?

 

[KGB47]

Not cable, dish. I'll never go back to Comcrap(comcast)