Author Topic: I think I might get rid of cable TV (Read 1253 times)

Eel O'Brian · « **on:** February 18, 2009, 10:37:23 PM »

somehow my dvr missed tonight's episode of lost, so i looked around and found it was already posted to the newsgroups

if shows get uploaded to the internet this quickly, fuck a bunch of time warner

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:38:44 PM »

I got rid of cable a while ago. I now download like 4 gigs a day worth of stuff.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:40:20 PM »

i only watch three shows anyway

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:42:01 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 18, 2009, 10:38:44 PM

I got rid of cable a while ago. I now download like 4 gigs a day worth of stuff.

that's like 6 hours of SD content.

huckleberry · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:42:47 PM »

Just got in another tv tuner card so I could do that very thing....all the shit I want to watch I can get over the air and record it with my computer or just use newsgroups and torrents.

My wife is the tv watcher in the family. I watch Lost religiously, other shit if I happen to be home....maybe 3 or 4 hours a week at most. Loves me some movies though.

Netflix

TVC15 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:43:19 PM »

what about sbtb, roseanne, and full house?

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:43:55 PM »

Quote from: Malek on February 18, 2009, 10:42:01 PM

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 18, 2009, 10:38:44 PM
I got rid of cable a while ago. I now download like 4 gigs a day worth of stuff.

that's like 6 hours of SD content.

ya it's a lot.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:44:18 PM »

Why don't you just get an HD antenna and get a bunch of free HD content?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:55:22 PM »

yeah, i dunno why i've kept cable this long

although in wilmington you'll get about six channels without cable, and half those are pbs

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2009, 10:59:00 PM »

Quote from: Father_Mike on February 18, 2009, 10:43:55 PM

Quote from: Malek on February 18, 2009, 10:42:01 PM
Quote from: Father_Mike on February 18, 2009, 10:38:44 PM
I got rid of cable a while ago. I now download like 4 gigs a day worth of stuff.

that's like 6 hours of SD content.

ya it's a lot.

especially when it's probably all anime

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:03:16 PM »

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on February 18, 2009, 10:55:22 PM

yeah, i dunno why i've kept cable this long

although in wilmington you'll get about six channels without cable, and half those are pbs

I love cable and all the crap channels that come with it. But seriously, if you don't watch very much, just get an HD antenna.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:03:31 PM »

Three gigs of Naruto and one gig of Naruto hentai.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:04:33 PM »

no the only anime I've been watching is naruto which is a half hour every week. It's mostly documentaries and lecture series with a few movies. I've been watching Wild China all day. It's really fucking beautiful. I wish I could live in china and farm rice.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:05:07 PM »

Oh, Arvie, Naruto is not a rice farmer!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:05:52 PM »

I'd be hokage of the rice farm village and people would offer up their virgin daughters to learn my awesome shadow clone jujitsu.

Quote from: Willco on February 18, 2009, 11:03:31 PM

Three gigs of Naruto and one gig of Naruto hentai.

That's the right ration. The hentai is for something to do while watching the two gigs of filler that come with the one gig of real naruto.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #15 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:07:20 PM »

I think it's honestly a crime that bandwidth is being wasted on Naruto. Imagine how much more bandwidth we'd have for worthy needs, like ~~Buffy~~ House episodes, if we could have Comcast and/or Time Warner murder Arvie.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #16 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:10:08 PM »

Wilco I'm your opponent!

*makes funny hand motion

futon rasengan!

cigarillo.

The raw of the new ep is up but not the subs :'( :'( :'( I wish I were dead. :'(

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:10:44 PM »

leper

arvie

ban

malek

patrickula · « **Reply #18 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:17:27 PM »

I get the cheapest cable because it's just as cheap, or cheaper, than if I got the cost added if I got internet service unbundled. I couldn't get an antenna signal where the TV is anyway.

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:25:23 PM »

My cable is part of a package so meh

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:28:01 PM »

Quote from: demi on February 18, 2009, 11:25:23 PM

My cable is part of a package so meh

muckhole's package?

demi · « **Reply #21 on:** February 18, 2009, 11:30:06 PM »

It could be yours

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2009, 02:35:01 AM »

I spend way too much on cable and internet with Comcast, but I love it. Unfortunately, Verizon Fios isn't available in the city of Seattle. You can get it in the suburbs, but not in the city itself thanks to Qwest.

CHOW CHOW · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2009, 07:03:00 PM »

do it, just cancel it

there are like 3 or 4 good shows on television now and you can download all of them and stream them to your ps3/360 and watch in high-def about an hour after it airs

24
lost
dexter
true blood
chuck

that's about it

unless you like watching mtv and espn, cable tv is pointless nowadays.

discovery channel is the only one that i kinda miss because i liked channel-surfing and landing on some random footage of two orangutans fornicating

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #24 on:** March 07, 2009, 07:31:04 PM »

I don't have cable TV nor do any stations come in.

Netflix for my film needs, the internet for my news needs.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #25 on:** March 07, 2009, 08:30:11 PM »

I could just as easily get the 3 shows I actually care about enough to even know when they come on through the webs, but then what would I do without my 7 hours of the Food channel and HGTV a day? Huh?

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Author Topic: I think I might get rid of cable TV (Read 1253 times)