I have three things holding me back from cutting cable: 1. My wife - she watches (records) a LOT of television 2. Live sports - come fall I can't live without watching NCAA football all day on Saturdays 3. If I cut cable, I cut internet since cable is required. - I NEED my internet
Otherwise, I would have cut cable a long time ago. I've never been much of a TV watcher, I enjoy watching movies more. I'll watch the occasional Sci-Fi/supernatual type shows but otherwise I can live without television. Netflix or Amazon streaming I use for watching Sci-Fi/supernatural TV shows that I hear are good that I missed when it was on TV. ---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep making the argument that I don't want to leave cable because of the > sports, but honestly, how much sports does my wife really let me watch at > this point? I can watch most of the Panthers games OTA. Tigers are hit or > miss, depending on who they are playing. Mets, Hurricanes, and Bobcats > (soon to be the Hornets), if I really want them I can get subscription > services for all of them I am pretty sure. So what the heck is holding me > back? Not like I get to watch just random games or SportsCenter/Around The > Horn/PTI/etc. > > > On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 1:53:02 PM UTC-4, cwpreston wrote: > >> I've used a media center PC, a TiVo, and the Apple TV. Apple TV has >> offered the best (and cheapest) experience, the media PC the broadest. Mac >> Minis make perfect media centers- every input you could want is built in, >> the OS is rock solid, the form is compact, and they have plenty of power. >> The Roku would be a good option too for those that don't like Apple. Some >> here love the promise of the Chromecast, but for me it's a little >> underdeveloped to rely on as my primary source. >> >> >> On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:25 PM, "Dug B." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Every time I mention that Meagen and I live without cable everyone in the >> room wants to know how well it works because they are ALL thinking of >> trying it. Every single person at the station I just started at has quizzed >> me about it because they all want to get away from the cable companies. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Equally interesting... people walking away from the Cable companies is >>> no longer something they can deny. It's not massive numbers, but it's >>> enough for them to sit up and take notice. >>> >>> http://variety.com/2013/biz/**news/cord-cutting-no-longer-a-** >>> urban-myth-pay-tv-operators-**drop-316000-subs-in-past-year-** >>> 1200574763/<http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/cord-cutting-no-longer-a-urban-myth-pay-tv-operators-drop-316000-subs-in-past-year-1200574763/> >>> >>> Shag >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://variety.com/2013/**digital/news/comcast-** >>>> developing-anti-piracy-**alternative-to-six-strikes-** >>>> exclusive-1200572790/?utm_**source=feedburner&utm_medium=**feed&utm_campaign=Feed: >>>> trblogposts (Hottest blogosphere >>>> items)<http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/comcast-developing-anti-piracy-alternative-to-six-strikes-exclusive-1200572790/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20trblogposts%20%28Hottest%20blogosphere%20items%29> >>>> >>>> >>>> Interesting. Comcast benefits by reducing traffic from torrents running >>>> constantly, and the content producers benefit from (hopefully) increased >>>> sales. I'd happily buy high quality versions of media if it were available- >>>> but that's a big IF. Game of Thrones isn't put up for sale until the season >>>> is over. >>>> Heck, for that matter I'd buy streaming access to a few things if the >>>> content providers would deviate from their current model. The Apple TV now >>>> has HBO and ESPN- both I'd gladly pay a subscription for, but both are only >>>> available if you already have a cable subscription with a participating >>>> third party, making the app useless. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >> >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >> . >> For more options, visit >> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >> . >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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