Comments on: I Saved Another $100 Per Month

By: az carpet cleaners

az carpet cleaners — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:04:50 +0000

I respect your decision. Having some entertainment is a must in our lives. If we go out excessively that gets expensive. Cable is still a great value in my mind compared to other things we could be doing. But I applaud you.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:38:35 +0000

There are so many digital channels available over the air, I’m shocked that anyone pays for them at all.

If you have a house with an attic, a basic attic-mounted antenna will be feeding 10-20 HD channels into your TV for nothing, depending on how close you are to a city, and how well you aim it.

I bet that most of the shows people actually watch regularly are on one of the broadcasted stations in their area, and they’ll only ever have to miss out on a few specialty shows.

Plug your address or lat/long into a site like TV Fool and you’ll get a complete listing of free OTA stations that you should be able to get (some are subject to interference by buildings). Use their radar map to aim your antenna for the ones you want. (the address search is US only, outside the US you’ll need to go to Google Maps and get your coordinates in decimal format)

By: tucson carpet cleaning

tucson carpet cleaning — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:22:05 +0000

I just read a recent article that says the average American family has 118 channels but watches a mere 14 of them.

By: The Arabic Student

The Arabic Student — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:16:11 +0000

When I joined the military I lived in the barracks on base for the first 2 years. There was no cable TV in the rooms so I just got used to not having it. If you have the internet you don’t really need TV anyway.

By: arizona bankruptcy lawyer

arizona bankruptcy lawyer — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:22:23 +0000

My power went out the other day. I could not believe how many activies I have that include utilities. It made me realize how nice it is to just do stuff that does not require a television, wii, movies, music etc. Taking a walk and playing with the dog. Free stuff that is relaxing.

By: Imani

Imani — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:02:51 +0000

Me too! Gave up cable TV in February 2008 and haven’t regretted it. It was costing me $50 per month. I only watched between 6-8 channels and when the cable company wouldn’t/couldn’t adjust my service to provide just those, I canceled.

Anything I really want to see can be found online, especially news coverage such as President Obama’s inauguration yesterday. I won’t scrimp on my internet though! But that only costs me $50…so it is still a $50 saving per month. Right to ING it goes.

Feels sooooooooooooooooo good!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:52:02 +0000

My family just canceled our cable tv as well. We replaced it with a netflix account in which we will be paying less then half the amount and will get more entertainment for the buck. No commercials, DVD movies and TV shows by the season. I’m loving it. I might even get one of the boxes that let your stream free shows & movies from netflix and or Amazon.com (Amazon charges a small fee)

By: Miss C

Miss C — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:17:24 +0000

We’ve gone a step farther, we’ve never had cable and we don’t miss it. Neither do we text or use the camera feature on the phones.

We save the boob-tube for when we’re tired, and watch only certain shows which helps us define our time limitations. (Although we do occasionally indulge in good PBS specials.) As a treat we’ll check out a movie from the library.

The computer is also a time-drain. I limit my non-productive time on the computer to an hour a day.

By: ClearDebt

ClearDebt — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:19:24 +0000

I wish I could talk my wife into doing without cable. I really think we watch to much of the boob tube, and as you say, you will be spending more quality time together. Watching the latest episode of “Law and Order” really is not quality time.

By: blanne

blanne — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:33:06 +0000

i think you made the right decision. but it's really bold if you ask me. i can't really imagine myself without cable tv and also a connection to the internet. but i guess those two things lessened my communication with my family. i barely talk to them and if i ever do, it wouldn't take 5 minutes, which isnt good right? maybe someday something bad will come from lack of communication.. i really like this post. you reminded me that i need to spend time with my family too. Himalayan Gochi Juice Pinoy Negosyo Directory Hit-or-Miss