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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How many of you guys have t.v.s Got rid of mine and my satellite about a year ago. poll coming

Posted: 12/28/2012 2:59:22 PM EDT

Get all my news, weather, and entertainment from radio and the internet.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:02:57 PM EDT

[#1]

Pretty close, down to rabbit ears. Netflix, Amazon Prime. But in reality just stopped watching a lot of the crap.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:04:29 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Pretty close, down to rabbit ears. Netflix, Amazon Prime. But in reality just stopped watching a lot of the crap.

Yep, I don't miss mine.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:07:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Should change Poll, i got a TV but no provider sooo

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:09:42 PM EDT

[#4]

About 3% of Americans don't watch TV per recent figures I've seen in the industry rags.

Mostly younger people.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:14:20 PM EDT

[#5]

TV but no cable. No way am I paying $100 a month for 1 or 2 good shows.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:21:16 PM EDT

[#6]

I still have a TV, but only rabbit ears. I occasionally watch movies and old TV shows online. I am currently enjoying The Prisoner, for example.

I started cutting back in 2008. When TV switched to digital, it took me several months to buy a new one. It is not very big, but I don't watch it very often.

Important events are usually broadcast online these days. So the TV sits unwatched for weeks and even months at a time these days.

I still enjoy a good book, however.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:26:56 PM EDT

[#7]

I live alone and enjoy my cable TV and reading. There are several series that I like mostly because of the interaction of the characters more than the plot. Dexter, Homeland, Fringe, Boardwalk Empire and On demand channels are worth most of what I pay and the boxing matches are some of my favorites.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:29:06 PM EDT

[#8]

I have a Teevee but no cable on antennae. Its only hooked up to the Xbox for games and DVDs.

I do watch a lot of television shows on Netflix though.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:29:06 PM EDT

[#9]

herp derp double tap

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:31:24 PM EDT

[#10]

DTV, but I watch ZERO network TV, news, ect.

If we fall off the fiscal cliff and my taxes go up, it will be gone.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:33:22 PM EDT

[#11]

If I didn't like football I could do without it.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:36:30 PM EDT

[#12]

As above.. I have DTV... We enjoy sports. (Almost ALL of them.) That is the majority of what we watch. Out side of old movies.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:37:25 PM EDT

[#13]

Have a TV but the only thing it is hooked up to is the xbox. No cable, no dish, not even rabbit ears; basically a monitor for the xbox.

No fucks are given for TV.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:41:13 PM EDT

[#14]

Haven't watched/owned a TV in a number of years now, it looks so stupid when I see sitcoms, "news", commercials ect. now for the most part. Only time I see TV is while in a store that sells them or visiting my folks, they watch it round the clock.

Feels weird being around people watching TV programs, the blank stares, only talking when commercials are on and such. Cracks me up.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:45:57 PM EDT

[#15]

I still have TV / cable but the g/f just got some wifi/wireless "cable" box thing. has netflix / hulu plus / cinimanow and like 15 other things along with it. figured it try it on the spare room TV since its free and go from there.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:48:51 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Should change Poll, i got a TV but no provider sooo

Same here...Air, or DVD's.

Posted: 12/28/2012 3:54:41 PM EDT

[#17]

tv, rabbit years and net flix.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:02:27 PM EDT

[#18]

The only time I miss having a TV is once a year when I can't watch the Indy 500.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:10:53 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Haven't watched/owned a TV in a number of years now, it looks so stupid when I see sitcoms, "news", commercials ect. now for the most part. Only time I see TV is while in a store that sells them or visiting my folks, they watch it round the clock.

Feels weird being around people watching TV programs, the blank stares, only talking when commercials are on and such. Cracks me up.

Do you have the same reaction when say you're at a play and people are watching the performance quietly until it pauses at intermission? People have enjoyed theater for quite some time, I don't really see a reason to look down upon it just because its piped into the home instead of on stage. I may not be able to go out and see a show most nights of the week but it doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see an entertaining story performed. One can only talk about the same thing they did at work that day that they do every day for so long. There's a very superior tone that comes off with a lot of people who don't have tv's that words like stupid and blank remind me of and really I just don't see any justification for it.

I have a tv in my living room, if I'm home its often on for noise or there are some series I like to watch on netflix or bluray. Cable is too expensive, I'd be willing to spend about $30 a month for tv service but it surpassed that years ago.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:18:03 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Haven't watched/owned a TV in a number of years now, it looks so stupid when I see sitcoms, "news", commercials ect. now for the most part. Only time I see TV is while in a store that sells them or visiting my folks, they watch it round the clock.

Feels weird being around people watching TV programs, the blank stares, only talking when commercials are on and such. Cracks me up.

Do you have the same reaction when say you're at a play and people are watching the performance quietly until it pauses at intermission? People have enjoyed theater for quite some time, I don't really see a reason to look down upon it just because its piped into the home instead of on stage. I may not be able to go out and see a show most nights of the week but it doesn't mean I wouldn't like to see an entertaining story performed. One can only talk about the same thing they did at work that day that they do every day for so long. There's a very superior tone that comes off with a lot of people who don't have tv's that words like stupid and blank remind me of and really I just don't see any justification for it.

I have a tv in my living room, if I'm home its often on for noise or there are some series I like to watch on netflix or bluray. Cable is too expensive, I'd be willing to spend about $30 a month for tv service but it surpassed that years ago.

You never sat with my folks and a TV in the same room before.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:20:22 PM EDT

[#21]

Arfcom is no substitute for Walking Dead

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:22:02 PM EDT

[#22]

internet only. Family of 4. Everyone is fine with it.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:22:16 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Arfcom is no substitute for Walking Dead

They have the internet for that now.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:22:30 PM EDT

[#24]

Not having cable or satellite isnt a big deal. But I find it pretty fucking odd when people dont have any TV at all.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:25:20 PM EDT

[#25]

just news and Netflix these days. Not really missing it.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:25:30 PM EDT

[#26]

I voted "no", but I think I have one buried back in the storage room though I haven't seen it in years.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:25:57 PM EDT

[#27]

Question-

Why do some think they are somehow superior because they "threw out their TV" (you know the type) but are OK with watching TV SHOWS on the internet?

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:27:21 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Pretty close, down to rabbit ears. Netflix, Amazon Prime. But in reality just stopped watching a lot of the crap.

This.

Posted: 12/28/2012 4:29:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
TV but no cable. No way am I paying $100 a month for 1 or 2 good shows.

This.

The internet provides most of my entertainment needs.

Posted: 12/28/2012 6:16:34 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Not having cable or satellite isnt a big deal. But I find it pretty fucking odd when people dont have any TV at all.

I have internet, I have video games and I have real and ebooks to read. Who needs TV and movies? It was tough convincing Verizon that I wanted FIOS and didn't want the triple play package.

Posted: 12/28/2012 6:18:16 PM EDT

[#31]

I have several Tvs, all for gaming and movies. No cable though. I got rid of cable a year ago and havent looked back.

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