Apropos of this thread, a post on The Atlantic Wire from Derek Thompson that suggests anyone who doesn't watch sports on the TV could benefit from cord cutting.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/12/if-you-dont-watch-sports-tv-is-a-huge-rip-off-so-how-do-we-fix-it/265814/ David >________________________________ > From: Joe Hass <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 4:32 PM >Subject: [TV orNotTV] Add One To The Cord-Cutters Tally > >As of Friday, for the first time in about 22 years, I am without cable >TV. We noticed that the majority of shows we DVRed are from OTA >broadcasts, so I dropped AT&T UVerse, bought a TiVo Premiere (along >with an HDTV to replace my analog one from 1997) and an Apple TV (we >have a vast library of TV shows from DVDs and original broadcasts on >our 2005 iMac). The two shows we watch on cable (Mad Men and SpongeBob >SquarePants) will be purchased via iTunes (I might add Sunny and The >League if and when I get around to watching the episodes I already >have). We don't plan on getting Netflix or Hulu Plus because (a) I'm a >buyer, not a renter and (b) we've found that there isn't much on there >that interests us from the cable channels. > >Price absolutely played a part in this: Even though we only paid >around $80/month for the U200 package, we felt we'd rather spend this >money elsewhere. I will probably spring for Fox Soccer's online >package for my Chelsea fix. I'm doing a little research on using >Tunnelbear to tap NHL Center Ice (assuming I'll still give a rat's ass >if/when the sport resumes) and MLB.tv. As for F1, since Bernie and the >gang don't have any online package (as far as I could tell), I'll be >using "other methods" to watch the races (and setting my alarm). > >Just a mention. Thanks for reading. > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
