This morning I cut the cable. I called up Charter and disconnected my cable TV. I have researched into all the different ways to get media/TV shows etc online and I have found that it just isn’t worth it to have cable TV anymore. I can watch the shows I really like to watch online, or at worst, buy them for $1.99 an episode, or if I am really desperate, download the torrents.
Basically all you need in your house is a good Internet connection and you can do anything. That coupled with Netflix and you are good to go. I can use Amazon Unbox, Itunes, Xbox Video Marketplace, Bittorrent, Fox.com, Abc.com, NBC.com, CBS.com. Basically there is one show I cannot miss – that is 24. The others, Law and Order’s and 1 or 2 others, I don’t mind if I see or not, it is just background noise usually when I am doing other things.
Do you think you could take the plunge and cut your cable?
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[…] They offer more than just movies as well. There are few networks that have current season shows for download, but most of the major networks like ABC and NBC don’t have much content at all.  Maybe if they had The Office I would follow suit with Steve and drop cable TV all together. […]
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[…] Since I don’t have cable, I really don’t watch much TV. But every now and then you need some entertainment, and when the Netflix Queue is in the mail, I usually find something online. When I first got to Portland, I crashed at Emily’s for a week, and when I wasn’t Photowalking (hah!!) or out, I was on my laptop. I found that NBC has Heroes online, the whole season, full episodes, so I started watching it. When it first came out, I watched the pilot, but then I didn’t catch any other episodes, so I was kind of out it. I always saw the “Save the cheerleader, save the world” commercials online or on TV, and I kinda knew what they meant, but not really.. […]
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