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Since 2007 I've been more than satisfied with OTA HDTV using a quality indoor/outdoor antenna (ClearStream2) and a TiVo HD. I've also recommended this setup many times and those cord cutters have been happy with their choice.
For me personally, specially now that Bloomberg offers a full stream, I doubt I'll ever purchase a TV subscription ever again.
Sure, every now and then it is a bit challenging, maybe a couple times a year at most, when there is something really important I want to see live but can't find it on the internet.
But I am really much better off overall First, I haven't seen a commercial in 5 years. And second, I don't get stuck watching CNBC or something all day, filling my head with "reasons" the market is doing something.
HD Antennae with a Playstation 3 that I run Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon Prime on. I might cancel Netflix because this Amazon Prime is pretty good. Tv's overrated.
Time Warner Cable in my area for channels 2-99 is about $74.
What I did a number of months ago was to still go with TWC but only get
their channels 2-23 package. (I also get National Geograpic for some reason.)
Doing this allowed me to pay <$13 per month for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS,
FOX, Weather Channel, ION... but there is no CNBC.
(I would just use a antenna but I live in the Berkshire's. That means lots of
hills, and bad bad bad reception. Just ABC, if that. I tried with a neighbor a couple
years ago.)
Also started HULU at <$8 a month. Unfortunately there are commercials and it's
on my computer screen, not my 37 inch Dynex.
So $13+$8 = $21.
$74 - $21 = $53
So I can spend $50 a month on DVD's (typically using Walmart site to store) and
still be spending less than I was. Just finished Big Bang Theory Season 1. Here is
a clip. Sheldon, a theoretical physicist, makes a comment on engineering.
I don't know if anyone has ever done the figures for the number of households that
have not dropped their cable service but have just down-graded as I have done. TWC
lost about 80% per month from me when I did this.
Maybe a future with more channels is all we need? Wouldn't that be super?! ( hee, hee)
If you don't have access to these programs you're missing some cinema quality entertainment; Smash, Missing, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, and some others.
Watched most of We can't help it-We're men on DVD by Red Green.
It's amusing. I don't think many on this site would get it though. It
really helps to:
*) be a guy (especially married or once married and now over 40)
*) live in up state NY,VT,NH or Maine (or Canada)
*) be uneducated
*) be in the lower class
A couple clips below. The show's ok. It's probably all on you
tube from what I can gather.
I'm not sure I should be thanking you for posting this . This is possibly the most spoiler-filled
trailer I have ever seen. They've entirely ruined the cliffhanger from last season.... Odd choice on Showtime's part.
Anyway, I am excited about the conclusion of the story. I've always loved Dexter but feel the series is and recently has been on the decline.