Comments on: Alternatives to Having Cable

By: Todd

Todd — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:19:59 +0000

Thanks – it’s been very rewarding so far.

By: money-saving-tips

money-saving-tips — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:39:06 +0000

Gotta love the effort you put into this blog

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:42:37 +0000

I agree Rajeev. Watching shows on the net seems to be a great alternative to cable. Thanks for weighing in.

By: RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH

RAJEEV KUMAR SINGH — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:28:18 +0000

Great Post.. I think a very good and viable option to all this can be your own broadband connection.. you can watch virtually everything on net these days..saves cable money..get unlimited download tarriff rate and enjoy…

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:37:26 +0000

That’s awesome, Sharon. I’m sure that would only make your life better. As long as you can still watch movies (which I love). I’m a big baseball fan, and the ability to watch baseball games would be the one thing I really missed if we didn’t have a tv. You can get packages to watch them on your laptop though for a reasonable amount. Maybe that’s the next stop for us – to not have a tv.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:50:41 +0000

Todd — we’ve avoided this one all together, since we haven’t had TV for the last five years.

It first started out when we were newly weds — all the books encouraged new couples to cancel their TV to have more one-on-one time with each other. Definitely true.

Now, we’re just used to it and I can’t imagine finding time in the day to squeeze in TV. We have a DVD player to meet our need for entertainment. Works for us. People think we’re weird of course. Kinda counter cultural….

Sharon

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:46:52 +0000

Hi Tim, thanks for the comment. I’m not familiar with VUDU – I’ll have to check it out. I’ve heard a lot about Entourage but never actually seen the show. I think there’s a very legitimate case for punting cable. I think the only thing I would really miss are sports.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:29:49 +0000

Cable seems like kind of a waste to me too. I haven’t completely cut it out yet because my roommates still watch a lot. But I find that most of the shows I want to watch are available online, or I just don’t have time to watch many anymore. And I don’t really miss it.

I still watch a bunch of movies, but I do it through my VUDU box. I found that getting HBO through cable wasn’t worth it, because the selection was terrible. For the same price I can watch just as many movies through VUDU.

The only thing I will really miss is Entourage, but I can always get the DVDs from the library.