Who watches TV the old fashioned way for free and not cable ?

[ted]

This is the way to go I've got it set up on my Mac mini http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwrel&v=ITl00InGqNY

[tnguy]

Dvr cost extra. Basic cable imo. Is the best option for people on a budget that still wants cable.

 

I have a mythtv box. I pay $20/year for the listings. How does something cost extra on free anyway? :)

[McGarrett]

We have never had cable since we moved in '95, we had an antenna outside at that house but did not get very good reception due to trees and being down in a valley surrounded by hills. We never put up an antenna at the house we live in now, been in it for 11 years, same situation with the trees & hills. We have Netflix, between that, dvd library, and the internet we don't have much use for network TV anyway. I am not a sports fan but I can see if you were then you would need cable or dish for sure

 

All a need is a few of my Netflix selections or other dvd's from our library of movies and I am good; Jesse Stone, Hawaii Five 0 new & old, Magnum PI, Simon & Simon, Emergency!, John Wayne, old westerns or war movies, etc. I can turn one of them on and get on TGO and I will be just fine. I can't wait for winter time so I can build a fire, get some hot coffee, let the dog in, and sit back and relax in my chair. I am thinking I need to take up pipe smoking also. Sounds like it might fit into this scene well. Not sure what the family might think of that.

 

Bottom line, get rid of the crap tv you have been paying for and try it, I think you will find you can do without it just fine. If not you can always get it turned back on and start forking over the cash again.

[runco]

I am now 30+ days without cable/satellite, after a 13 year run with satellite.  Best decision I have made in awhile, and the decision was driven by cost, the channels we mostly watched and the content that my kids may see or could see on TV.  I do miss football and Fox news at night, but life is not perfect.  I have found that A&E, History, and few others have their episodes available the very next day via their web site.  I have my living room tv hooked up to my computer, so I watch these shows.  I don't have Netflix, but I do have Amazon Prime instant videos, very similar to Netflix.  Kids love Gilligans island and is a regular show we watch now, even though the show is close to 50 years old, my kids laugh, sing along the intro song, and just love the show.  So out with Sponge Bob, and in with Gilligan, the skipper too, the millionaire, and his wife, the mooovie star, the professor and Mary Ann........
 

[Guest uofmeet]

Dvr cost extra. Basic cable imo. Is the best option for people on a budget that still wants cable.

 

I am not paying for my DVR.....

[Troutburger]

Its amazing how many people are cutting cable and satellite. Sign of the times I guess. We ditched direct tv 3 yrs ago.  Haven't missed it, and enjoy the extra $100/month.