We are cutting our cable. Off.
Yep.
The cable company has us over the barrell with a bundle of cable, internet, and phone. Oh, you want HD channels? That's a premium. You want a DVR for shows you may or may not watch? That's a premium too. The bill is over $200 a month and do you know what?
THERE'S NOTHING ON TV!
Seriously, $200 plus a month for shows and sports I don't watch. In fact, none of us watch many shows that are not reruns; Sam watches a lot of Law and Order and other forensic type shows. Yes, the exceptions are The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey, but we do not watch a lot of current TV.
So we ditched the house phone - only telemarketers call us anyway.
We cut the cable.
We kept the internet.
We hooked the TV up to a ROKU - a brand name streaming wifi device that gives all of the shows we watch via Netficks, HULU, and 600 other on line services that do not need cable. Are we on the cutting edge? Maybe. Quite possibly cable as we know it is on the way out at other, cheaper services out pace the demand of the instant gratification age. Think about it, do you still have a rotary phone with a cord in your house? The technology has moved on. The younger generations are already ahead of us. The more and more people I talk to the more and more I hear about people who have been without cable for months or longer - and they are all younger than me.
I have to admit, its scary not to turn on the TV and have to flip through channels or the guide, but then that's a stupid response. It isn't like we can never go back to cable. Yes, the next few months might be challenging as we learn a new way of watching TV. The most important thing I've learned so far is that you have to know what you want to watch. With 600 on line services you really have to know what it is you are in the mood for. Its like going out to dinner and having to know what you want before you get there because the menu is so vast you cannot go through it all.
I apologized to my wife for cutting her into March Maddness but she just streamed the game onto her iPad.
So why do we need cable?
Yep.
The cable company has us over the barrell with a bundle of cable, internet, and phone. Oh, you want HD channels? That's a premium. You want a DVR for shows you may or may not watch? That's a premium too. The bill is over $200 a month and do you know what?
THERE'S NOTHING ON TV!
Seriously, $200 plus a month for shows and sports I don't watch. In fact, none of us watch many shows that are not reruns; Sam watches a lot of Law and Order and other forensic type shows. Yes, the exceptions are The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey, but we do not watch a lot of current TV.
So we ditched the house phone - only telemarketers call us anyway.
We cut the cable.
We kept the internet.
We hooked the TV up to a ROKU - a brand name streaming wifi device that gives all of the shows we watch via Netficks, HULU, and 600 other on line services that do not need cable. Are we on the cutting edge? Maybe. Quite possibly cable as we know it is on the way out at other, cheaper services out pace the demand of the instant gratification age. Think about it, do you still have a rotary phone with a cord in your house? The technology has moved on. The younger generations are already ahead of us. The more and more people I talk to the more and more I hear about people who have been without cable for months or longer - and they are all younger than me.
I have to admit, its scary not to turn on the TV and have to flip through channels or the guide, but then that's a stupid response. It isn't like we can never go back to cable. Yes, the next few months might be challenging as we learn a new way of watching TV. The most important thing I've learned so far is that you have to know what you want to watch. With 600 on line services you really have to know what it is you are in the mood for. Its like going out to dinner and having to know what you want before you get there because the menu is so vast you cannot go through it all.
I apologized to my wife for cutting her into March Maddness but she just streamed the game onto her iPad.
So why do we need cable?
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