Do You Have Cable TV?

[oldbuddy]

The next best thing to making money, is saving money and my cable tv with Internet was going through the roof! My monthly bill was like $170 and I finally had enough. I was talking to my son about it and he said he dropped cable and got one of the new Winguard flat panel HDTV antennas and got tons of channels to watch with no monthly payment. The antenna was only $29 one time!!!

Well we live in a hilly subdivision and when we moved here 40 years ago, we tried a normal TV antenna and only got one or two channels with so much snow you couldn't stand to watch it, so I didn't think it would work. To make a long story short, he brought his over, hooked it up in a few minutes and my jaw hit the floor. It got a better picture on the Network channels than the cable did.

So I am headed to Costco tomorrow to pick up a couple of them, so I can quit the cable tv vice. Then I ordered a competitive Internet service for $29 a month instead of $70 I have been paying, not to mention if I drop the cable tv and kept the same Internet service it would increase.

I should save about $130 a month after paying for the antennas and spending $8 a month for Netflix (which I already do anyway) and end up with all the entertainment I need.

My wife is on a trip, so last night I was surfing my favorite traffic exchange and watching Grey's Anatomy on my 32" Monitor.

[nascar048]

I know what you mean, i drop cable two years ago, kept the internet, i live in the city still need a antenna,   

[dkanofsky]

Cable is the way to for us.  We had direct TV but every time the weather acted up we'd lose reception, now we don't.  Everything is bundled (phone, internet, and TV) and we pay $130/month.

[vp44]

The next best thing to making money, is saving money and my cable tv with Internet was going through the roof! My monthly bill was like $170 and I finally had enough. I was talking to my son about it and he said he dropped cable and got one of the new Winguard flat panel HDTV antennas and got tons of channels to watch with no monthly payment. The antenna was only $29 one time!!!

Well we live in a hilly subdivision and when we moved here 40 years ago, we tried a normal TV antenna and only got one or two channels with so much snow you couldn't stand to watch it, so I didn't think it would work. To make a long story short, he brought his over, hooked it up in a few minutes and my jaw hit the floor. It got a better picture on the Network channels than the cable did.

So I am headed to Costco tomorrow to pick up a couple of them, so I can quit the cable tv vice. Then I ordered a competitive Internet service for $29 a month instead of $70 I have been paying, not to mention if I drop the cable tv and kept the same Internet service it would increase.

I should save about $130 a month after paying for the antennas and spending $8 a month for Netflix (which I already do anyway) and end up with all the entertainment I need.

My wife is on a trip, so last night I was surfing my favorite traffic exchange and watching Grey's Anatomy on my 32" Monitor.

The most comment I hear about cable is price. Yes I have a complaint and many others do too. Guess what that antenna most speak of DOES NOT WORK FOR Mountain FOLKS and many others. If companies do not apply to this then NO you will not get any channel except for what is in your area. Trust no matter what the channels will not come in. RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FOR YOU.

[vp44]

SHOW YOUR BILL PROOF! Many will want to see the savings.

[jcalexis]

 :thumbsup:good saving!! Do you get HBO, Cinamax, and the other premium channels?

[rghvac69]

There's no cable service where I live, so I have Dish TV.

[sgluckadoo]

I do have cable TV and it is ridiculously priced, but other than dish there are no other options where I live.

[momdileo]

No i don't have cable. Its to expensive. I use netflix and hulu plus.

[lhz123]

We used cable tv and its expensive. We are bundled also, cable, internet and phone for $170/month.

[yikes77]

we have satellite.  It's not bad for time shifting purposes but a nuisance when it's raining outside and cuts the signal.

[Liquidfire_43]

Personally I want to drop cable because we could practically use the internet to watch shows instead of cable tv.... However my brother still watch some shows so we can't get rid of it...

[aflyingmonkey]

Time Warner Cable = television with ALL the channels + cable + phone.    Came to over $275 a month 

I'm in the processess of cutting services.  The first that is going to go is the home phone line & private listing, to a voip NetTalk.    Everyone in my family already has a cell phone, so why pay the monthly $45 dollar cable phone line + $1.99 private listing fee.

The next thing to go is the cable modem I rent for like $8.00 a month, I'm just planning to buy one straight out from Amazon.

Then the cable boxes are going to be switched to Roku & appleTV.     You can get Time Warner on Roku, why pay for the box.

Should save about $900 a year after the initial costs.  I will still be able to keep all the channels.

Not about being frugal or cheap, it's about being smart & efficient.

I'm going to look at getting that antenna for the smartTV,  Thanks for that info   

[reiddb]

We do not have it....too much $$ to watch a few oldies...not worth it!

[greenthumbjan]

we have cable 120 month 40 of that is for the web