CABLE

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 9:51pm

What television do you watch? I spend over 90 dollars a month for cable and decided it was too much to spend when the only tv I watched was HBO and NY1.
I downgraded my cable. Now I only have basic and NY1.
90 A MONTH FOR TV IS INSANE.
I didn't even have dvr.
PS I had HBO for Sex and The City and Rome but both are over.
NY1 AND 13 are all I need.
So long Lifetime! (I did watch Lifetime every now and then) Updated On: 8/18/07 at 09:51 PM

[tazber]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:32pm

I don't have cable at all, ergo I get no reception even for local channels.
My tv is simply a monitor for my dvds.
I don't miss tv in the least.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:34pm

I don't have cable either. Youtube basically serves me well.

[HeidiPuck]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:36pm

I've just got an antenna - can't beat free HDTV.

[CJR]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:45pm

I have cable. It's 65 bucks a month, but I have 800 something channels. I don't watch most of them, but it's either that or have the $20 package and only have like 15 channels.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:47pm

My package was an old box with HBO FOR ALMOST 90 A MONTH.
I never watch tv except 13 and NY1 and I lived for HBO DURING ROME.
Today I gave it all up for basic and 36 a month.
No reason to pay for the other channels as I never watch them.

[CJR]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 10:53pm

Yeah, I have the DVR in the living room and the digital cable box in the bedroom....

I do love my cable. The only things I watch on network TV are Grey's and Ugly Betty

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 11:03pm

I watch NY1 (ONSTAGE) AND THEATER TALK ON 13 when I am awake.
The rest of the time I am at the theater.
My rent went up a 100 a month so I got rid of the extras.
Sad but true.

[CJR]

Posted: 8/18/07 at 11:13pm

Yeah, as you've stated in almost all your replies to your own thread......

[bschneid76]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:00pm

I wish you could pick and choose the channels you want. I started with a big package, but found most of the channels useless, Basic Cable works well, but I wish it would have TCM.

[Raviolisun]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:08pm

I've never had cable, and thank God, because I think I would freak out with all those channels.

[bschneid76]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:49pm

Half of the time there are never any good movies playing on those so called "good" channels. Any time I've wanted to watch HBO it's nothing special that I wanted to see.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 3:52pm

It's harder if you live by yourself or just one roomie. But having a 4 bedroom, the bill gets divided by more people and works out. It's expensive. But I love my DVR. LOVE IT.

[Kringas]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 5:23pm

I have DirecTv, and I've always found it to be cheaper than cable and have a better selection as well.

[madbrian]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 6:56pm

I have a big cable package, which includes my home phone and internet. We pay about $150 per month, which covers the internet and phone. He have six TVs in the house, one of them hi-def, and on that TV we have hundreds of channels (lots of movie channels, lots of sports channel, lots of other channels I thought would be obscure but I now watch (trave channel, biography channel, additional history channels)).

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 7:15pm

cjr, that simpson woman is missing two assets that could make her seem a bit more representative of you, if that's what you were going for.