One thing I forgot earlier is that most "cable cutters" apparently have local broadcast sources so use an antenna for them.
This may not be possible in Santa Fe which, according to the link in the article (zip to TV station map), can only get Albuquerque .. which likely doesn't work for most sites. An other cable cutter technique is using cable for internet which comes with the minimum TV plan .. I think the FCC requires such a plan for emergency purposes. -- Owen On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Joshua Thorp <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > ============================================================ > 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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