Likewise, we gave up on cable/satellite TV several years ago. I built a Linux-based home entertainment center; 100 percent of our news and entertainment comes off the web and gets sent through an 800 Watt Denon amp attached to some pretty good speakers and a 46 inch Samsung flat screen. I even cancelled my Netflix DVD subscription and am using the streaming only option. Occasionally we will stick a blu ray disk in to the player, if it's a movie with good special effects.
--Doug -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins <http://parrot-farm.net/Second-Cousins> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > ============================================================ > 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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