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NWMR - Who here has given up cable tv?
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If you have, are you using something to replace it or just not watching as much tv? What service have you found that offers the most up to date shows? How much are you spending now compared to what you used to spend?
TV is my guilty pleasure so I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around getting rid of cable but man, it's expensive!
Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12
Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck. Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.
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Re: NWMR - Who here has given up cable tv?
Do people really save all that much on cancelling cable? We have a triple play- internet, cable, and phone and a multi-room DVR, and its like $140 a month. I'd cancel the home phone before I cancelled cable. And we'd still pay for internet. I really don't think we'd see much cost savings.
I really like it bc we have to plan to watch something - it's nice not having the temptation to scroll through channels. But! I don't watch sports, and DH isn't that into them, but will go out if he wants to watch a specific game.
DS2 - Oct 2010 (my VBAC baby!)
My sister got rid of cable and now just doesn't watch tv much anymore. I think she does use Hulu.
"No one will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you're the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside." -Unknown
Google is in talks with the NFL to take over Sunday Ticket from DirectTV and stream it instead but most people are skeptical it will actually happen.
I think a big problem with getting rid of cable is sports. From what I've been reading, there just isn't any way to really replace that. You can get a NBA or NHL package through a streaming service but it does cost a certain amount per season. We like watching Packer games which I think we could probably still see the majority of since many would be on our local stations but I think we might lose our Brewer's games and pretty sure we'd lose our Marquette basketball.
I watch some Bravo shows and other cable shows, like Dexter and Homeland which would be hard for me to be months behind in watching since so many people at work talk about them, but I think I could live with that. My bigger thing is just the whole not being able to turn on the tv and just find something that's on. Last night after the kids were in bed my husband and I caught the second half of Interolable Cruelty. We love that move and were cracking up at it and the whole time I'm thinking how we'd lose that since nothing would ever really just be on, we'd have to actually say, let's watch Interolable Cruelty tonight. What would we have done instead of watching it? I don't know, I probably would have read a book while he worked on school stuff. I'd love to think I would do big projects around the house but I know me and I doubt that would happen!
Maybe for now I'll ditch the home phone, get a lesser cable package and get rid of the cable box in the basement which we never use and then re-evaluate in another few months. My thinking is as my kids get older and get more involved in activities I'll have way less time and maybe that is when we'll give up cable for good.
Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12
Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck. Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.
This Cluttered Life
We gave up cable a while ago and were considering coming back to it so I really love this thread. We currently use Netflix and I've started watching Hulu.
I would love it if I could get a device that let me stream Hulu to my TV, and also something that would let me record shows and watch them later. Even with the crap that's on basic cable, I still like my masterchef and SYTYCD, but I don't always get to watch b/c of DS's bedtime.
We stream Netflix and Hulu using our Wii but I know you can also use an xbox or playstation. There are streaming devices as well for around $99 like Roku and Apple TV that let you stream quite a bit of things like Hulu but also YouTube.
If you want a DVR you could get a Tivo which would let you record shows along with streaming Hulu for you. There is a monthly fee for it though, I think maybe $10 or $15.
Kelly, Mom to Christopher Shannon 9.27.06, Catherine Quinn 2.24.09, Trey Barton lost on 12.28.09, Therese Barton lost on 6.10.10, Joseph Sullivan 7.23.11, and our latest, Victoria Maren 11.15.12
Secondary infertility success with IVF, then two losses, one at 14 weeks and one at 10 weeks, then success with IUI and then just pure, crazy luck. Expecting our fifth in May as the result of a FET.
This Cluttered Life
We have the extremely basic cable, no HGTV, Food Network, CNN, PBS Sprout, more like TBN, TBS, PBS, local channels kind of thing.
I DVR all of DS shows from PBS and I work really hard to find something interesting on the limited channels and DVR those for myself. It works out great, because, to me, TV can be such a time sucker.
I'm surprised so many of you still have home phones. Why?
Is it a luxury? Yes, sort of like cable. I honestly don't think I'd miss cable at all if we got rid of it. But we like having it for "convenience" (for lack of a better term), i.e. for the times we want to watch something. The extra $70 bucks a month or whatever we'd save is such a tiny fraction of our monthly bills/savings we'd hardly notice it.
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DD 12.2010
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