I couldn't justify the cost of cable, esp given that cable customer service sucks. So I've been living with just broadcast TV and what I can get on the Internet for years now. It can occasionally be frustrating but I'm mostly satisfied. And I don't have to deal with evil cable conglomerates nor spend that monthly $.
Spike: Taking up smoking, are you? Harmony: I am a villain, Spike. Hello!
Spike/Harm ,'Help'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Oct 16, 2010 9:11:24 am PDT #60 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Sue - Oct 16, 2010 9:12:04 am PDT #61 of 30001
hip deep in pie
We can't see Hulu in Canadia and messing with proxies has never really worked for me, but I've thought about cancelling cable. I almost switched cable providers (but the cable comes through DSL lines so it's not!cable) but they told me that the service wasn't compatible with my TiVo...and their DVR sucks, so I backed off for now. I'm sure some googling will let me figure out have to have BellTV and TiVo, but that's for another day.
Scrappy - Oct 16, 2010 9:17:36 am PDT #62 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We have a cleaning person come every two weeks. It's AWESOME. Two dogs and two cats make a lot of furballs, yo.
Pix - Oct 16, 2010 9:20:49 am PDT #63 of 30001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
New Natter! Yay!
DavidS - Oct 16, 2010 9:26:12 am PDT #64 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Turner Classic Movies alone occupies such a large chunk of my viewing that it would be difficult to forego cable. Throw in baseball, Mad Men and the kids programming, and its rare for us to go into the "low channels." I think it's just HIMYM and Glee now, and we for a long time it was just HIMYM.
javachik - Oct 16, 2010 9:26:17 am PDT #65 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I got an email from Roku this week declaring that soon Hulu will be on Roku. So exciting!!
msbelle - Oct 16, 2010 9:40:14 am PDT #66 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
couldn't you get most of tcm via netflix?
DavidS - Oct 16, 2010 9:47:47 am PDT #67 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
couldn't you get most of tcm via netflix?
I value finding things I wasn't looking for.
Like, the difference between a great song coming up on the radio and just punching it up on your iPod?
Similar to what I like about going into a bookstore and browsing. It's a form of thinking for me, a kind of meditation. I get the same thing from scrolling through the listings of upcoming TCM movies and marking them to record then watching them.
Jessica - Oct 16, 2010 9:51:46 am PDT #68 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The few times I've been cable-less and watching shows online instead, the picture quality just depressed me. Maybe we shouldn't have bought such a nice TV when we upgraded everything to HD!
Polter-Cow - Oct 16, 2010 9:52:03 am PDT #69 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I value finding things I wasn't looking for.
Like, the difference between a great song coming up on the radio and just punching it up on your iPod?
Me too.
Similar to what I like about going into a bookstore and browsing. It's a form of thinking for me, a kind of meditation. I get the same thing from scrolling through the listings of upcoming TCM movies and marking them to record then watching them.
Yeah, I did scale down my cable and lose TCM, but I do miss that a little. Not enough to pay fifteen or twenty bucks a month, but a little.