Should I get cable?

[ikojo]

I need DU's help.....

I have a little extra money each month now to pay for cable. I am wondering...is it really worth it.

What concerns me is that if I had cable I would become the TV junkie I know I am...I would watch much of the following...

1. Tech TV
2. C-SPAN
3. Book TV
4. Sci-Fi
5. Old movies.

Now, I am not really able to be outside much because I am allergic to the sun and break out with a rash when I have been exposed to the sun for a long time, so the cable would not be keeping me from doing something outside.

[Redneck Socialist]

1. Get cable for your computer and

throw away your TV. No TV, no junkie. Problem solved.

[k in IA]

2. Its one of those things like the internet or cell phones that

once you get it, in a week or two you won't know how you lived without it.

[toddzilla]

3. TV sucks.

nothing but ads saying the other candidate is wrong and "buy my shit".

[dweller]

11. multiply that by 40+ channels....NO vote here n/t

[Momof1]

4. You Need to get Com Central. Just for Jon Stewart

Sci-fi is one of the favorite channels in my house too.

[ikojo]

7. Oh I totally forgot about Jon Stewart and then there is

Chappelle's Show. A co-worker told me about his black Bush sketch.

Hmmmm....difficult decision this is (as Yoda would say)

[NewHampster]

5. You aren't half the junkie you think

Just wait until you have

Travel Channel
Food Channel
History 1, 2 ,3
Discovery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Digital all the way and well worth it.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

6. Yes, get cable

Twenty years ago!

[Exultant Democracy]

8. the Daily Show with John Stewart.

reason enough to get cable right there.

[k in IA]

9. Only reason not to get cable - Faux news. Watch it for 15

minutes and you will feel as if you have entered an alternate universe.

[Taverner]

10. Dr. Who is still found nowhere on cable

Only channel I know that has it is PBS affiliate 54 in San Jose

[huellewig]

12. Broadband.

If you already have a fast internet connection and can spare the cash get cable. If you don't have broadband, get it and download your TV shows with bittorrent. All the good stuff you can get with bittorrent and watch without commercials.

[ikojo]

13. Depending on number of seeds, bit torrent can take

A VERY LONG TIME. I love bit torrent but wish it was quicker.

[mitchum]

14. Kill Your Television

[BlackVelvetElvis]

15. I like all those things and have cable

and yet I rarely turn on my tv. When I feel worthless and lazy, I turn it on and vegetate for a few hours then I'm over it.
If you have an addictive personality, forget it.

[Township75]

16. I got rid of my cable on Jan 1...

and I couldn't be happier without. I never bothered putting up my ariel either. I essentially live without TV, except when I watch a woodworking show that I recorded on VCR tape when I had cable.

I say don't buy it.

[amandae]

17. If you got cable, the novelty would wear off soon ...

Once the newness wears off, you'll be ok.

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