Comments on: Could you give up cable?

By: sportsfan

sportsfan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:12:56 +0000

I dont pay for cable, but with the new digital converter box I get upwards of 20 channels in Seattle crystal clear. As far as the sports events that are not on brodcast tv I will splurge and head to the local sports bar once or twice a month… I can’t go to long without cougar sports!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:05:59 +0000

Good comments – all of them. Right now we have cable at our house (Future Husband pays for it – if I had to I could give it up) and it’s appalling sometimes when I find myself laying on the futon watching TV when I could be doing something far more proactive.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:41:19 +0000

I think with the internet it’s all going to go in the direction of not needing or wanting cable anymore. The sports thing is an exception – and that’s probably the thing that keeps so many people on it. But yeah, so many shows now available online, on DVD, iTunes, NetFlix, etc. And so much more fun to watch all in order, all at once, with no commercials.

By: whitestripe

whitestripe — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:04:09 +0000

in australia we only have five channels – 10, abc, sbs, 9 and 7. with a set top box you get 9, and in a few months i think everything is changing and we will be able to get 11 channels.
i have never had cable tv and would probably never get it – unless we had money to throw away. i just don’t see the point. watching tv all the time is NOT living. play a game of cards with someone. go for a walk. paint. go for a picnic with friends.

By: mom-from-missouri

mom-from-missouri — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:42:41 +0000

Cable is not on my high list of items to have. We have limited dish and local channels and I have gone without them and it didn’t bother me at all. Day after day I don’t even turn on the TV, except for the girls homeschooling videos.
My “must haves” are food, shelter,heat….

By: dmontngrey

dmontngrey — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:56:24 +0000

Ours is getting chopped the 26th. This is by choice. I’ll be fine with it, but DH will have a tough time. Trying to figure out how he’ll be able to watch the later part of the Nascar season once they switch coverage to cable.

By: M E 2

M E 2 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:20:40 +0000

Could I? – maybe

Would I? – NO

By: Monkey Mama

Monkey Mama — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:34:08 +0000

I could personally live without cable, but not my spouse. (YEah, lived most of my life without cable – I am not much of a TV person). Of course, HIS soul and being revolves around movies and sketch comedy, so I don’t blame him for the luxury.

We actually had a local cable company that was quite affordable and awesome until mid-2008. We aren’t thrilled with the choices out there at this point. Even my spouse is on the verge of cable/satellite boycott. On the other hand, since we dropped to one income, the cable compromises most of our entertainment. From that angle, it’s really not a bad price.

So I don’t think cable is the worst thing. I think it can be a bit of a racket though. & far too many people have it who really can’t afford it, and think they have to have it. That’s really the crazy part. In college I never had cable. I remember friends in college, in debt to their eyeballs worried about how to eat, who had the most expensive cable packages. & between all my job and classes I am not sure when I would have watched TV anyway. You just have to wonder what people are thinking.

By: moonlight

moonlight — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:28:11 +0000

I’m one of those people who is happier without television entirely. I like the way my time is more my own without it. I listen to public radio – Wisconsin Public Radio is absolutely wondeful – and I take a daily newspaper (remember them?) and I spend time on dialup internet (of course I spend time – it’s dialup!?).

By: disneysteve

disneysteve — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:09:30 +0000

We’ve only had cable for about 3 years and only limited basic ($11.30/month). I would drop it in a second and not miss it. Yes it is nice to have the extra channels but if I had to go back to just local channels (like I had for the first 41 years of my life) I’d be fine with that.