Liberating Myself from the TV..day 1

[The_Worlds_finest]

Cancelled my cable tv today. I don't know if it will only equate to being on the computer more.

I am doing it for to save alittle scratch (70/month) and stop subjecting myself to the bs on tv. As for Spurs basketball and Worldcup? Ill figure something out.

[TheManFromAcme]

Read :reading

[The_Worlds_finest]

that guy beating the thug in that video is kinda a small internet celeb. He is seen in a video getting tased at a baseball game, and lately being interviewed post bus fight. He is insane but a bad-ass, just goes to show, just cause you present yourself to look like a badass doesn't mean shiiiii (aka badasses with cornrows, tattoos, ed hardy, etc.)

[tp2021]

Ed Hardy makes you a badass? When did that happen?

[Darrin]

Cancelled my cable tv today. I don't know if it will only equate to being on the computer more.

I am doing it for to save alittle scratch (70/month) and stop subjecting myself to the bs on tv. As for Spurs basketball and Worldcup? Ill figure something out.

I did this for awhile. I realized how stupid the networks think we are. Oprah became a favorite, as did PBS. The local news was unbearable.

[mrsmaalox]

You won't miss much. I rarely have my tv on before 10:30pm unless there's a Spurs game on. The reality tv trend just totally turned me off to it all.

[spursncowboys]

download boxee and you'll be good.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Man, and this awesome show is premiering tomorrow. Oh well.

[B-Hath]

cable is for chumpass chumps

Eloquently put.

I'll probably to something similar when I move. I'll get a fast internet connection and watch all my tv online. I watch half my shows there anyway.

[z0sa]

Not counting Spurs games, I watch less than 1 hour of TV a week and sometimes zero time at all.

It's way better, trust me. You'll be surprised at the things you can accomplish with the 2-3 hours you watch TV a night.

[Evil Angel]

You won't miss much. I rarely have my tv on before 10:30pm unless there's a Spurs game on. The reality tv trend just totally turned me off to it all.

So true.

[The_Worlds_finest]

Ed Hardy makes you a badass? When did that happen?

Cant forget about tapout and affliction wearing tool belts who wouldn't even know how to wrap their hands

[Wild Cobra]

I've been thinking of canceling my cable as well. The kids no longer live at home, and I rarely watch it. I watch plenty of TV programs, but a year late. When I see a program I like, I buy the season series, then watch it as time permits, without those annoying commercials.

I am so behind as it is. I have the 3rd season of Dexter and haven't watched it yet. Same with the 4th and 5th season of Weeds. Some of the older stuff takes priority. I still need to buy the 8th to 10th season of JAG. I bought and watched Stargate Universe, in Blu-ray, and watched it all the day it was released. Weeds 5th season is still in the wrapper, but it's at least Blu-Ray too.

[Bender]

You won't miss much. I rarely have my tv on before 10:30pm unless there's a Spurs game on. The reality tv trend just totally turned me off to it all.
me neither. I hardly even watch TV anymore, except for spurs games, and I am hardly even watching those anymore. TV is just something to connect my dvd player to.

a have cable, but mostly just for my son.

[remingtonbo2001]

Digital Antenna offers superb picture quality. Best of all...it's free.

[PublicOption]

you missed a great hockey game......sucks for you.

[mrsmaalox]

me neither. I hardly even watch TV anymore, except for spurs games, and I am hardly even watching those anymore. TV is just something to connect my dvd player to.

a have cable, but mostly just for my son.

I keep the cable mostly for the kids, but I've noticed that if the tv isn't on when they get home from school, they don't bother with it. And I keep it because I really love classic movies, so about once a week I'll check the schedule on TCM and sometimes I find something I'd like to see.

[Wild Cobra]

Digital Antenna offers superb picture quality. Best of all...it's free.
Yes, a good antenna works fine for the QAM (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAM) signal.

Please don't call it a digital antenna. There is no such thing. A digital signal in placed in the baseband of the analog carrier, but there is no such thing as a digital radio wave.

Microwave Communications Technician since 1981.

---edit---

I'm sorry, QAM is used for HDTV on cable. It can be used, and is better for radio transmissions. However, 8VSB (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8VSB) has been chosen because it is compatible with existing radio transmitters.

Damn cheapskates.

[MsMcGillyCutty]

I watch very little tv and canceled my cable service a few years ago. What little I watch I just get watch off the web.

[Nbadan]

Get Windows 7 and a TV satellite program....free-loaders...

[Creepn]

So basically lots of people quit TV to spend more time watching the computer screen.

:lol