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kahlid74:
Cable isn't actually that expensive when you don't do the HD/DVR boxes.

GameOver:

--- Quote from: kahlid74 on April 12, 2012, 08:45:11 am ---Cable isn't actually that expensive when you don't do the HD/DVR boxes.

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I agree - i pay @40/mo. Just for my 3 set top boxes. Whats the alternative?

Samstag:

--- Quote from: GameOver on April 12, 2012, 09:28:11 am ---
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on April 12, 2012, 08:45:11 am ---Cable isn't actually that expensive when you don't do the HD/DVR boxes.

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I agree - i pay @40/mo. Just for my 3 set top boxes. Whats the alternative?

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I get over 50 channels over the air and have HD and a DVR for $0 per month..

ChrisK:
As an early Tivo adopter who hasn't watched live cable in a decade, a DVR is just part of the service to me.  It's like air conditioning to me; I could go without it, but if I lose it I'm going to do everything in my power to get it back!

HD stations are less important to me, but having switched to cable from DirecTV I was used to them.  For Charter in Wisconsin, DVR and HD and no pay channels adds up to $70/month after all the fees and garbage.  It's a far cry from the $31/month I used to pay for DTV with a genuine Tivo DVR back in the early 2000's!

But I digress.  $40/month ain't $70, but it's still almost $500/year.  Ditch cable, build a new PC for your cab!  :)

Donkbaca:
Hulu is WAY better than a DVR, you don't have to remember to record anything, and you have less commercials.


Most of the stuff on cable is garbage. Seriously.  How many channels with fresh, original content do you actually watch?  Even when we had cable and there were certain shows I liked, there weren't many where I was like - Man I can't wait until the next episode!  Most of what was on TV was mindless filler stuff like Storage Wars.

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