We gave up on TV about 8 years ago. Haven't looked back. Of course I care very little for sports and only miss it for big political moments like state of the union or presidential debates.
I have noticed that my tolerance for advertisements is very low and watching TV at the in-laws house can be very mesmerizing as every ad is new to me… --joshua On Feb 24, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Owen Densmore wrote: > This was on Randy Burge's Google + stream: > > http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2012/02/special-series-cutting-the-cord-to-cable-tv052.html > > Basically a series about getting rid of Cable/Satellite TV: > With rising cable and satellite bills, thrifty Americans pinched by the > recession have considered cutting the cord to cable. The savings can be > enormous, even if the tech know-how can be daunting when creating your new > cable-free TV-watching environment. So MediaShift has decided to devote a > week of editorial to cord-cutting, with our in-depth guide, first-person > accounts, and even a defense of cable TV. And we want to hear from you about > your experience -- whether you like cable or loathe it. Sharing your setup > and your situation as a cord-cutter might help others take the plunge. Here > are all the stories in our special series. > > Our monthly is $80+ and HUGELY under utilized. We never use live TV, we > always TiVo. The closest to current content (i.e. recorded w/in 24 hrs) is > watching is ESPN's Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption. We also > watch a recent show, The Chew, a sorta foodie reality TV, but generally a day > or so late. And football games during the season. > > The majority of the rest TV we watch is internet media downloads, then > uploaded to the TiVo via pyTiVo, which has the advantage of serving avi, mp4, > ... to the TiVo. Mainly older TV series like Boston Legal, Star Treck (TNG & > DS9), and so on. > > The main problem we have, therefore, is just a few current shows, football > games, and one-offs like the Academy Awards and a few golf tournaments. > > So: how do YOU handle getting off cable? My guess everyone has one "must > have" that simply isn't on the internet one way or another. > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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