Reasons to cancel Cable
Jeff April 11th, 2007
Ok maybe not that drastic but I am going down to limited ($15/mo) because I lost my roommate and need to trim back the bills a bit. (also turning off my heat… hey its springtime right?)
Here are a few reasons why I was thinking that it doesnt make sense to keep paying six figures for cable service:
- Comcast’s DVR service is terrible anyway. I had those wankers out to my house 6 times, had my dvr box replaced 2x (the ones in WA are programmed by MSFT… go figure), and it would intermittently decide that it wanted to delete all the shows it had saved. Not to mention that the shows were quite frequently all garbled b/c of the crap service
- I have a pc capture card. Was just using this $50 item to get old video footage onto the pc to keep for posterity (what can i say I am sentimental. isnt that sweet) but am in the process of testing it to record scheduled programs. Still not the same as my beloved Tivo.
- I dont watch much tv. The only shows I watch regularly are LOST and Scrubs. Lost episodes can be found here and Scrubs episodes are bound to be out there somewhere. For the occasional Southpark Episode you simply go to this site. (thanks Tunis)
- I’m trying to read more.
- Blockbuster membership. You just cant beat having movies or tv series mailed to you. I love the service.
- Its baseball season. Lets be honest, who in their right mind watches baseball on tv?
We’ll see how it goes but I don’t think I will be missing tv very much.
