Cable Television

[Kevin]

Early this year we dropped cable tv for one of those Amazon Fire sticks. You plug it into your tv and then you have to pay for which tv or movie channel you want. It ends up being cheaper than AT&T cable. Bonus, zero commercials.

For news, I read the news from a variety of different news sources each morning. Well actually a little bit all day long. Mostly from my phone. It’s quick and easy. Bonus, no commercials.

Yesterday I had to drive down to Houston and stay in a hotel overnight. I turned on the tv for a few minutes. I’ve totally forgotten what “regular” television is like. Mostly commercials. Plus, you are stuck listening to the news “they” want you to hear. Followed by more commercials.

And movies? No pause button, can’t skip to the next movie very easily at all.

Cable television better make some drastic changes if it wants to survive much longer. It’s becoming like an old 8 track player. Or even CD’s anymore.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

Cable television, the Hoppe's of the broadcast world.

 

[Bob Wright]

I got Cablevision when it first came to Memphis, some forty years ago or so, and had it until about 2014 or so. Have had only antenna TV since. And never missed cable.

With Comcast we had maybe forty channels or more, most not fit to watch. We found we were watching PBS mostly. And we were paying nearly $80.00/month to watch a channel we got for free. So, we dropped cable. We now get about twenty five channels, and few of them are trashy. We get the Grit channel which has mostly western movies and old western TV programs.

The very best TV entertainment we have is when I turn on the VCR/DVD player and watch one of slide shows I've transferred to DVD.

Bob Wright

 

[blume357]

I got too many choices here.... and it is strange.... with this new digital transmission.... I put up a digital antenna and we now get 105 channels just with it... 6 of which we might watch on occasion. On top of that... direct TV, Roku, Acorn, Brit Box & Prime.

Oh, and even though we live in the city, surrounded by folks with cable... we can't get it... because the cable company would have to rent a power pole just to run the line to us alone.

 

[WendyZXZ]

We are strictly OTA antenna here, not much on cable or dish or satellite that we ever watched.

 

[Bull Barrel]

PBS has become propaganda any more passed off as documentaries.

 

[Valmet]

I have a Roku fire stick that I stream with and got rid of cable a few months ago as their was literally nothing on TV I was even remotely interested in. Saved me nearly $60/month.

 

[gasbag]

Dropped cable tv about 10 years ago.
A full 1/3rd of it was commercials which were being interrupted by horrible programs.
The moment we dropped cable my I.Q. went up 30 points.
It's up to 57 now.

 

[Kevin]

A full 1/3rd of it was commercials which were being interrupted by horrible programs.

While I do enjoy some of the programs, I agree with the amount of commercials. They are just non stop during the morning news. I'd forgotten all about that since we have the Fire Stick device.

 

[Snake45]

I record almost everything I watch now, and fast-forward through the commercials. I watch a one-hour show in 45 minutes. Some shows, if you wait a week, are available on demand without the commercials in them at all.

I watch very little on network TV anymore, but I do enjoy History Channel, Discovery Channel, Nat Geo, AMC, FX, HBO, and Showtime.

 

[Redington Slim]

I haven't had cable TV probably since the early 1980's, also did a few years with DirecTV satellite, then I gave up on TV entirely, only watched rented movies or movies from my collection. Now with "smart TVs'" comes Internet streaming, or Internet TV. As someone already said, with a smart TV or a "firestick" or "Roku", etc., you can watch anything you want anytime you want and you are (almost) totally in control of what your eyes see. I am a follower of Christ, so I am very careful of what I watch. I really like YouTube, because I can find videos of all manner of sermons and Bible teachings and related topics. Especially love watching videos about Israel' history and archeology. Check out "Sergio and Rhoda in Israel", or "The Watchman". YouTube is also a gold mine for gun owners and car enthusiasts because you can find all manner of videos! Gun and scope reviews, instruction on disassembly, you name it. As for car and truck enthusiasts check out "Vice Grip Garage", the young man from MN who does this series is funny! On PureFlix (the Christian alternative to netflix) there is a series titled "Sons of Thunder" about a big tough ex-biker gang member turned Christian. Really good! Internet TV is the future and is here to stay! I'm surprised DirecTV and cable are even still around!

 

[kramden]

I have Direct in one house and Xfinity cable in Florida. Cable is truly crap.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Cable television, the Hoppe's of the broadcast world.

Difference being that Hoppe's is good for something. :wink: