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I'm hoping to quit my full time job next year to do photography full time and I was thinking of ways we could cut back...cable came up. Unfortunately we are pretty obsessed with watching TV...we do have netflix streaming through our playstation and we were thinking about getting Hulu plus too. It would really mainly suck during football season I guess.
Anyone dropped their cable and lived to tell the tale? lol.
Yep. DH and I do not have any kid of TV service in our house. We get most of our movies and shows online and then transfer them to a master external harddrive. Our xbox is then connected to DH's computer and the harddrive through Windows Media Player/wireless internet and we watch them on our TV that way.
We did Netflix in the States, but it doesn't work over here.
@zippylef: That sounds like something my husband would LOVE setting up. He's talked about putting things he downloaded straight onto the Playstation hard drive lol.
We have talked about it, but in reality, DH and I are both channel flippers. I am also a watcher of OnDemand and TiVo, so I just don't think we could ever do it. Neiter of us are big movie watchers, so Netflix isn't really a good alternative for us.
@kate169: It works out well for us. We actually have the whole house on a central wireless network stemming from DHs office. We can access the public folders and hard-drive from any computer in the house (we have 4, plus 2 xboxes). We have 1 xbox in our living room hooked to that TV and one in our bedroom hooked to a TV there. They both connect in wirelessly and we are able to view any media we want through Windows Media Player, which is standard on the 360. The new OS update on the XBox also allows direct streaming from Netflix and Hulu (as well as BBC and Channel 4 here in the UK). DH totally geeked out setting it all up. He was way too excited about it. His goal is to have a "smart house".
(We have 2 xBoxes because we both owned one before we got married. Just wanted to put that out there.)
@zippylef: That's an awesome setup! Lol my husband keeps talking about building a "media PC".
We've talked about it and once we get married maybe. I'm not a huge TV watcher and neither is FI. We both love movies though.
@kate169: We don't have cable. We just use Hulu and Netflix. We do have a media PC connected to the tv. FI will put movies and shows on there that aren't available on Hulu or Netflix. It works out well for us and we have zero complaints.
Yes. We got rid of it in August, and haven't missed it one bit since.
We have a Roku downstairs where we stream Hulu Plus and Netflix, and an Apple TV in our bedroom where we watch Netflix. We pay $5.68 a month for basic cable (so we still get ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX and PBS), and I believe around $10 each for Hulu and Netflix. $26 a month isn't bad when we used to pay $60 for channels we never watched. I do miss watching baseball games during baseball season, and DH misses college basketball games on ESPN, but neither one of us are diehard fans so it isn't too big of a deal (plus, it makes it more fun to go to a sports bar and watch the games that way!). Do it, you won't regret it! (And if you do, you can always get it back for football season 
).
We did, years ago. It's just Netflix streaming and broadcast for us. No complaints.
We haven't had cable for a few years now. We have Hulu Plus and might be re-upping our Netflix account soon. It works really well for us, since we can watch all our favorite shows on our schedule instead of when they air. The only thing I really miss is Food Network :(
Yeah, we did after a few fights with Time Warner. Honestly, I don't miss it. There are times when I think, "Man I wish I could watch x on TV right now" but for the event-type stuff we just go to someone else's house (like the Oscars, Superbowl, etc.) and everything else we stream through our Hulu Plus and Netflix memberships. Having both HP and Netflix is actually FAR cheaper than it would be to pay for cable, and I feel like we have a more enjoyable experience out of it -- less flipping around for something to watch and more going through a queue of stuff we REALLY want to watch.
And I also do WAY more with my time! It's so easy to sit down and get sucked in for hours, but now I find myself with more ability to say, "One more episode" and then get up and do chores or go read my book, etc.
We got rid of ours in June and we haven't missed it except when the Tour de France was on. Instead, we have streaming Netflix and we're going to hook up the computer to the TV. In my opinion, it's totally worth it.
@zippylef: This is exactly what my FI and I do too. We've never had cable. Our internet speed is super fast so we can D/L a show in under two minutes. It's great.
I wish. My husband pretty much lives on sports, so that's a no go getting rid of it altogether. But I really would like it if we could scale back on the premium channels like HBO, Starz etc. We literally have every channel.
We went about 4 years without cable and just recently had it hooked back up. Most shows we watched were on the free channels (NBC,ABC,CBS) and if they were on other channels you can usually find them online.
We got rid of ours last year and I miss it. We'll probably start it up again once the wedding is over. I guess it depends on what you watch on TV. I don't really get into shows, I'm more of a channel surfer. My favorite channel is E, but I like a random variety of stuff that you just can't find on Netflix. If you love watching TV shows though, you probably won't miss it if you do streaming Netflix. We aren't sports fans, but I imagine that would be very difficult to give up.
I have! And I use Hulu. Had Netflix streaming and I just cancelled it. Didn't have any problems with it, just wanted to cut costs...
We don't have cable. We watch all shows through the magic of internet...either hulu or netflix or the network's website. You don't get to see it at the exact air time, so maybe you can't participate in water cooler discussion, but it's really not that big of a deal. I HATE how expensive cable is and I just refuse to pay it.
Same here! I gave up cable when the DTV coupons came out.
Our antenna just died a few months ago, though, so we haven't watched TV in awhile, but use the Wii to stream Netflix and watch lots of Hulu on our laptops. We don't miss cable, but I really need to buy a new digital antenna!
A lot of people I know have no TV service at home. They do the Netflix/Hulu/Apple TV things.
If it wasn't for sports I would SO get rid of our cable/satellite. But my husband does not have many vices so I can't take sports away from him :)
I would be totally down... but FI loves sports and couldn't live without them
We got rid of our cable a couple years ago. It's kind of like caffeine-- you miss it a lot the first couple of weeks and then you get over it. DH and I have so much more time now!!! If there is a show I really, really, really want to see, I either stream it through hulu.com or get my butt to the gym where they do have cable :D You can do it!!!
I don't have cable or internet in my apartment. We use Netflix's DVD service and our own DVD collection for entertainment - I love it and it curbs some of our wasted time in front of the tube. We also have a large social network for sports so we just go out or to other people's houses for football games.
I just have Netflix streaming and watch Colber Report/Daily Show online. Sometimes I'll catch an episode or two of Justified online, but I've sort of dropped off that bandwagon (missed season 2 entirely. :( ).
Even the shows I really want to watch (Game of Thrones) I'm willing to wait for the BluRay/DVD/Netflix.
I don't miss TV at all! If anything, I enjoy my life more and enjoy doing "stuff" more that I would if I watched a lot of TV.
No cable here.. we have hulu plus and netflix. My fi also went out and bought a $15 antennae and we get about 6-7 channels. So we get local news (abc,fox,ect), we used to get ion also. We are doing just fine.. and very happy not to have our $100 cable and internet bill now.. (it was $70 for cable!! EEEK)
My brother and his wife cut cable. They have netflix, they get three local channels (i think they got that adaptor). My brother is a HUGE soccer fan so for christmas his wife got him the package they can watch on the computer. They have two kids so they get to see some cartoons, but mostly they hang out playing games and things. Seems to really work for them.
I tried talking FI into that .... i'm afraid of the shock to his system so we won't be cutting cable .... yet!
Yup. We almost never watch TV, so it wasn't worth it. We do watch plenty of movies through Netflix and Apple TV, however.
We just got rid of texting on our phones and Netflix's DVD delivery. Those two changes alone will save us almost $1000 a year!
We got rid of cable almost a year ago and have barely missed it. We use Netflix and Hulu Plus and sometimes buy shows off Amazon. Our computer is hooked up to our TV and we use the TV as the monitor so we can watch everything on a normal TV. We also have DHs Xbox set up with it so we can watch some things on the Xbox Zune. We watch so many shows it doesn't feel much different than having cable. I'd say the only thing I really miss is having HBO/SHO because I loved those shows. But I'm sure we will buy them when they are on DVD/Netflix.
We also don't have cable. We pay for Netflix streaming (no discs) and have an Xbox that streams content if we ask it to. Mostly we watch on our laptops, and not much at that! We also borrow DVDs from the library (we also borrow books, and spend time most nights reading to each other).
We got rid of our cable for a few years and it was great - we used Netflix or read or played games. I actually really liked not having television - my husband watched way less Sports Center and it forced us to really think about our movie choices rather than just flipping through the channels. However, we had free wireless access at the time.
When we moved, we needed to pay for internet and I was shocked and appalled to find out that it actually cost LESS to bundle cable and internet than to just have internet. So, we have cable again.
Yes we did, and I hardly notice because we have an antenna that picks up a lot of stations.
you will have to pry the remote out of my cold, dead hands! i say YES to tv!!!
I think I'm going to drop it soon. I don't flip through channels, I just watch certain shows so if they are all on Hulu, I'm set.
Sadly, there isn't a lot of price difference between internet or a bundle though.
We don't have cable or internet at home. I also don't have a smart phone. We survive. Our jobs have us sitting on computers 8 hours a day most of the time, so we get all of our internet usage during that time.
We have a pair of HD antennas, so we can get the local channels.
We have Netflix through the mail (but not streaming since we don't have internet).
We watch tons of shows, but they just happen to have already aired several years ago. We are still entertained since we haven't seen that particular show before.
If there's a game or something live we really need to watch, we go to a bar/restaurant.
I used to pay $167 each month for cable and internet. Now I pay $25 for 3 DVDs at a time through Netflix. We pretty much have a new disc in our mailbox every day or so since we are always watching and dropping those in the mail as we go.
I don't plan to ever go back!
I wish we could, but FI is way too big of a sports fan (college and pro), so there's no way we could cut it. But every time we get the cable bill I think of cutting back... If it weren't for the sports, I'd do it, since basically all I watch now is netflix streaming/the occasional dvd.
My FI probably loves nothing more than TV and we got rid of our cable over a year ago. Netflix streaming/hulu is enough.
I don't have cable, but my fiance does. I got rid of it after my sister moved out (we shared an apartment for a few years) and when I realized I was spending my time playing WoW instead of watching TV anyway. I no longer play WoW, but Hulu is enough TV for me, since I prefer reading anyway. My fiance, on the other hand, would not be happy without cable, since he likes to watch sports. So when we move in together, we'll be getting cable. I'll be happy to get HGTV, anyway. :)
@highwire: Wow! That's hardcore. I admire that!!
Wanted to add that when I had cable for internet and tried to cancel my TV cable, the cable company said they'd just HIKE MY INTERNET RATE UP to the price I was already paying, so I wouldn't save anything. Jerks!
I went down to the "vacation" package (it was for 3 months - I think I had access to like 10 channels) and by the end of that time had moved into my condo and never got cable installed. I was thrilled to get rid of them.
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