No more Cable TV for me

[InternetMeme]

I'm the type of person that pays out his nose for television and rarely watches it. But if I were to cancel my subscription I'd sit around all the time wishing I could watch tv

If/when the Apple Television comes out I'll be the first in line to buy. I love the idea of pay per watch and not pay for 1,000 channels I don't need.

[unimogken]

I've been cable/satelite free for close to 10 years!
We now have FiOS internet 35/35 so it makes streaming really painless.

Everything is online that I need because i'm not a sports guy.
If I wanted to watch a sports game I can use the slingbox I have set up at my parents.

We use Netflix, Hulu, amazon and other random places to steam shows.

[1inhiding]

Can't quite honestly say we're cable free. We stuck with Comcast Internet, and it was cheaper to bundle it with basic basic cable. But we're saving ~50/month and reading a lot more now. Plus, we still get our local sports channel (Root) for Husky football in the fall...
But no HD. Oh noes!

[Sizzla]

In the interest of trimming some bills, and after a long time of being appalled at how much it costs, I've canceled the cable TV. I didn't have any extras, I had the minimum setup to get HD channels and a DVR. A savings of $75/month. Heck, that will pay for 2 weeks worth of gas in the daily driver. Now I'll be relying on my PS3, Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox.

I was raised by TV, as many of my generation were, so this is no small feat for me, but it's the right choice. We watch way too much TV, the wife and I, and our 7 year old is watching more and more and he can live without all that stupid Disney crap (Wizards of Waverly Place, etc).

Check back with me in a few months and see if my resolve is still strong.

Check out Crackle.com also.

I watch way too much TV to ever get rid of it totally. Scaling down is a possibility but not the kybash on it all together.

[third_attempt]

Can't quite honestly say we're cable free. We stuck with Comcast Internet, and it was cheaper to bundle it with basic basic cable. But we're saving ~50/month and reading a lot more now. Plus, we still get our local sports channel (Root) for Husky football in the fall...
But no HD. Oh noes!

I too have the Comcast ghetto cable package. I don't even have the cable hooked up to my Tv. I get more channels (some in 1080) with an antenna I made from coat hangers. Seriously, there are a bunch of DIYs on youtube. Next is figuring out free satellite.

[kenny301]

In the interest of trimming some bills, and after a long time of being appalled at how much it costs, I've canceled the cable TV. I didn't have any extras, I had the minimum setup to get HD channels and a DVR. A savings of $75/month. Heck, that will pay for 2 weeks worth of gas in the daily driver. Now I'll be relying on my PS3, Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox.

I was raised by TV, as many of my generation were, so this is no small feat for me, but it's the right choice. We watch way too much TV, the wife and I, and our 7 year old is watching more and more and he can live without all that stupid Disney crap (Wizards of Waverly Place, etc).

Check back with me in a few months and see if my resolve is still strong.

I haven't had cable since March of last year and I don't miss it at all. There is virtually nothing on that I want to watch anymore given that Disco/TLC/History are all "reality" channels now and if I want to watch sports I just go to the bar.

Everything else I want to watch is on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Prime or I just go hang with a friend/go to my firehouse and watch.

[e_andree]

Im so tempted to drop my cable as well.....but not sure I could do it.

Anyone have one of these?
http://www.roku.com/

[Sporin]

Channels keep dropping off, I'm down to about a dozen SD channels now. This is fine for us until the NFL season starts.

[Fritz27]

I couldn't handle losing sports.

I wish the cable companies weren't such crooks and people could just buy channels a la carte. I think my fiancee could get by on less than 20 channels instead of the 500 we have.

[ZeRo_C0oL]

I'd suggest a Roku or similar device if you still have internet.

[Sporin]

I'd suggest a Roku or similar device if you still have internet.

I stream Netflix and Hulu+ with my PS3, not sure what I'd gain by adding Roku or AppleTV.

[Laser04]

I stream Netflix and Hulu+ with my PS3, not sure what I'd gain by adding Roku or AppleTV.

Not sure if PS3 has the same thing, But with Xbox360 you can dl ESPN and watch the games. Covers all sports.

[gruppe-b]

i dumped Comcast 5 years ago or so.it was tough at first,but i really only miss watching ESPN2 and Speed,that's it.
i went out and bought a HDtv receiver for my 'HD-ready' rear projector at Circuit City right before they closed up shop,best $170 i ever spent.i get about 20~25 channels over the air

[Merc-MarkO]

I stream Netflix and Hulu+ with my PS3, not sure what I'd gain by adding Roku or AppleTV.

Do you get amazon vod through those ?

[Sporin]

Do you get amazon vod through those ?

Yes

[not JDM]

Good luck!

I've been close to doing it many times, just lack the balls I guess.

same here. Stupid comcast and their bills just keep raising over time (for the first year it was 100 for cable + internet, mysteriously now 150), and it's the only service available in my apartment building. Seems like an antitrust issue honestly...but I'm so addicted to TV I can't cancel it

[ZeRo_C0oL]

I stream Netflix and Hulu+ with my PS3, not sure what I'd gain by adding Roku or AppleTV.

You can add hundreds and hundreds of channels. I have very little experience with them, but my sister hasn't had cable tv in a long time and I wanted to give her a way to watch Netflix, Hulu, etc on her tv over wifi. From what I read, you can add all sorts of channels far beyond Netflix and Hulu+. Apparently even pr0n

[SAPJetta]

Sports (NFL specifically) is the only thing that keeps me using a cable provider. If I could get live sports some other way, I'd drop it in a heartbeat and just use netflix and Hulu for everything else.

I haven't tried any OTA channels, but from what I've read and researched, I'd get very, very few around here.

[bootyon4]

This is not one of those "oh, we don't have a TV" things, I'm not about to buy a Prius, go vegan, or start taking yoga classes.