Life without cable or satellite TV?

Predator314 · #1 03-05-2007, 03:10 PM

I was thinking of doing an experiment this spring/summer. I want to see if I can do without cable TV for the entire time. I intend to replace it with a combination of my Blockbuster Total Access and iTunes.

My reasonings:

1.) I'm addicted to TV and need to watch less
2.) My cable service sucks as far as the TV goes...crappy signal, crappy channel lineup

I think my biggest sacrifice will be sports events. I can always watch stuff at the local sports lounge, but watching sporting events at home could be tough. Since it's summer, I'd be missing out on golf and baseball which I do watch regularly.

I don't have an HDTV (yet), so nothing lost in that department.

Anyone think this is do-able?

testaaja · #2 03-05-2007, 03:13 PM

Definitely doable. I average 1 hour/week of tv.

punkass · #3 03-05-2007, 03:16 PM

I'd miss Food Network. I'd also miss the dvr. If I lost the internet that comes with my cable, that's the biggest thing I'd miss.

bonds · #4 03-05-2007, 03:21 PM

It's doable. You're right, you'll miss sports ... but not as much as you might think.

Case Closed · #5 03-05-2007, 03:24 PM

You have inspired me to un plug my cable. I can watch heroes on the internet. No more tv for a while for me.

slickpoppa · #6 03-05-2007, 03:26 PM

Easy. 99% of TV sucks major ass.

Vyse · #7 03-05-2007, 03:27 PM

I don't even watch TV anymore. I download Veronica Mars, 24, and one other show I refuse to say. That's it.

The X-Factor · #8 03-05-2007, 03:27 PM

I could do this but it would suck not being able to watch WWE for the entire summer tho. Would this include boxing, UFC and WWE PPVs as well or just normal TV shows?

Quanah Parker · #9 03-05-2007, 03:32 PM

I've never had cable except for a 2 year stint in where the previous leaser had it illegally hooked up. At first, I couldn't believe how much cool stuff was on TV that I'd been missing, but after 2 years I felt like 90% of the stuff I dug(history, discovery, comedy, etc) was repeats and the cable thing had gotten stale.
I thought I'd miss sports the most, but I actually missed sportscenter in the a.m. even more than I missed watching the games/events in the evening.
Turning off the tube is always a good thing. I supplemented with Netflix afterward.

kidcolin · #10 03-05-2007, 03:36 PM

Very doable. I've thought about ditching cable for a while now. My college didn't have cable in the dorms, so I pretty much never watched TV. Just DVDs. My interest in sports dropped off considerably during college. It's since grown again. I'd really miss my NBA League pass, that's it.