Tuesday, May 18, 2010

I Joined the 1990's

And got cable. Yup, not just cable, but internet and phone as well.  What drove me to this, well, it was a $42 basic home phone bill (I use a calling card at 2c per minute for Long Distance) and a one year offer for a triple package for $55, no install fee, and unlimited local and long distance phone.

I ported over my phone number, I like the one I have and I have had cable TV for just over a week.  And I'm really wondering if it's worth it.  I've gotten so used to NOT watching a lot of TV. I read, watch DVDs, etc.  Before the switch to all digital TV I got about 10 stations (some digital, some not) after the switch only 2, I even lost some of the digitial stations I had. My house is located in a bit of a dead zone, I can't even get mobile phone reception  where I am, I have to go about 1/4 mile away to get any bars.  I guess I should consider myself lucky that I even had two TV stations.

Even though this is not my TV watching season, I thought I'd try it out.  Except that I spent a lot of time channel surfing 70 some odd channels going Crud, nothing on TV.  I did watch about 30 minutes of an Undateable  Marathon and wondered why I did (BECAUSE IT WAS ON).

Oh well, I've already made a note for my 2011 things to do list to review the cable package and maybe get rid of it or reduce it when it comes up for renewal. 

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We gave up cable tv last year and use both of the above. I can honestly say I don't miss the commercials or the outrageous cable bill.

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I highly recommend just streaming netflix or something similar. I'm going through a bankruptcy consideration currently and thinking about wasted expenses, and TV was definitely one of them.

Digital HD with DVR, hundreds of channels, nothing ever on. I didn't even watch it, last time I watched TV was a Star Trek marathon on Thanksgiving last year.

With my FIOS subscription finally up, I renewed only the internet package (for about half what I was paying for internet and TV) and got netflix for $8.95 a month. I've been watching a ton of movies, it's very worth it and my TV has seen more use in the last month than in the last year because I can finally choose what to watch (and for a lot less than before).

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This is the same commenter as above, I should add that netflix has not only movies streaming, but also full seasons of several popular television shows as well, it's very worth it. For $8.95 a month it's one disc at a time in the mail for whatever movies are not available on the streaming service, and unlimited streaming.

I use it on an XBox 360 as it has a built in Netflix interface, but you can also stream directly from your PC if it's hooked up to your TV, or buy a set top box for it for less than $200 (probably much cheaper if you look around craigslist or ebay).

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