If you had to give up either cable TV or your internet

[defendandprotect]

due to financial reasons, which would you give up --- ???

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. NEVER would I give up my internet connection...

Never!

[Angela Shelley]

26. Sweet addictions

:-)

And if the choice was internet or chocolate?

[lligrd]

2. Easy, Cable TV

If it were up to me alone, it would be gone already. So many channels with nothing worth watching.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Can I choose "pare my cable package way down"?

:D

We have a ridiculously large channel pkg. But, that's the only way we can get certain channels. And, I special order 2 channels (TV5 from France and NFL Network)

[LeftyMom]

4. Teevee.

I'm on a sweet deal with the cable company now, so there wouldn't be much point (I'd save $37/mo, and I could shave off $12 of that if I didn't want the HD/DVR box,) but I'm a student so I can't really go without internet if I want to get any work done.

[Richard D]

5. I haven't had or watched a TV in . . .

. . . over 10 years. Can I still vote?

[Speck Tater]

6. I gave up cable for NetFlix years ago. NT

[defendandprotect]

19. My son loves NetFlix but I've never understood it ---

This is only movies, right . . . ????

[galledgoblin]

21. and any tv shows on dvd, one disc at a time

working through season one of "Torchwood" currently

[defendandprotect]

23. I don't know what Torchwood is . . . is that an HBO show . . .

At some point, my library gets all the DVD's of the shows in . ..
like Sopranos and Sex in the City ---

and you can take out as many as you want ---

How is Netflix different --- ???

And what does it cost?

[galledgoblin]

24. "Dr. Who" spin-off

overall it's kind of like a car crash; it's horrid but I can't look away.

I'm paying ~9 dollars a month for unlimited dvds; they send me one disc, I watch it, send it back in the envelope they sent with the dvd at no additional expense to me, and three days later the next dvd from my online que is in my mailbox.

[aasleka]

7. I don't have cable tv anyway, the net is expensive enough, also

don't have a phone.

[Eric J in MN]

12. Not even a cellphone? NT

NT

[aasleka]

38. i do have a work cell

edit: but aside from the principle of my sons school or my wife nobody outside of bussiness calls me on it.

[defendandprotect]

20. HOW do you not have any kind of a telephone . . . does no one want to talk with you . . . ????

[aasleka]

39. Why would i want to call someone? I used to have a phone and I kept the ringer off

the telephone ring is an option, not a demand to be answered. Anyone I want to talk to is generally available by email or they are under the same roof, or in the same neigborhood.

[mondo joe]

8. Buh-bye Cable TV. I can get just about everthing from cable TV on the internet.

It's not as convenient but it can be done.

When iTunes started carrying TV shows a number of users dropped their cable because just buying the shows they really wanted on iTunes was less than the cost of cable.

[leeroysphitz]

9. I've already had to make that choice A few weeks ago...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7482284

[Eric J in MN]

10. I already have internet service and not cable TV. NT

NT

[galledgoblin]

11. what about watching tv shows

THOROUGH the internet? what does that count as?

[defendandprotect]

15. I think it counts as internet . . .

simply internet ---

the guy with the antenna doesn't get c-span and he can watch that via the internet ---

The problem is in doing that .... that you can't watch more than one thing at a time ...

and you can't HEAR two things at once ---

For instance, I can use the internet, even watch C-span . . .and put something else on the
little TV I have by my compuer --- and put it on MUTE which I love and I get a text so I can
do two things at once.

[galledgoblin]

18. it's not so bad

on one hand, sometimes I wish I had a separate tv

but on the other hand, it makes me actually get up from my computer when it's running a show or a movie and interact with meatspace, plus there's that whole theory that multitasking cuts productivity in half with every task added, which I buy into.

sitting down to watch a tv show that I'm interested in makes me appreciate it more than when I have it on the tv behind me, and when I'm working it really helps my concentration and quality when my focus isn't split.

[defendandprotect]

22. I hear what you're saying and I think that's where we are headed . . .

but you know, I'm starting to think we need another computer ....
cause I also want to totally get rid of newspapers and my husband is vying with me
for computer time ---

I'm also interested in getting something more portable in computers . . .

Needless to say, I'm not much at technology ---

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. I dispensed with TV over 3 years ago.

Any random episodes I get the word I should watch I can easily download from the internet. But in reality there's not much there to hold my interest...

Perfect symmetry.

[defendandprotect]

16. Do you watch it at your computer . . . ???

Or do you mean that you download it onto a CD . . .
and put that in a DVD player ... ???

[eShirl]

14. had satellite TV, gave it up in December

the internet is news, entertainment, public library, global two-way communication
all rolled into one

[defendandprotect]

17. I'd give up cable first, naturally . . .

and I'd probably try the antenna route ---

Actually, I thought about 10 years ago, they were supposed to have the tiniest of antennae --
like 4" H and 2" wide that would be available and knock out cable ---

Satellite is a big deal --- I hate the cable companies as well --- !!!

[Adsos Letter]

25. to paraphrase the NRA people...

"I'll give up my mouse when they pry it from my cold, dead, hand..."

[Hekate]

27. We only get one channel without cable--ABC. That is, unless you put up a humongous antenna...

...and even then the reception has snow and shadows.

I'd give up cable before the Internet though.

Hekate

[kevinbgoode]

40. You might fare better with the antenna and a digital converter

I gave up cable years ago. . .when I got my first flat screen I've been using rabbit ears and getting excellent reception on 13 digital stations in a 60-mile radius. I used to get varied, snowy pictures.

[Delphinus]

28. Screw TV!

I want my 'net!!!

[Broken_Hero]

29. Cable...

most of it sucks anyways.

[pecwae]

30. Easy; TV.

I rarely turn it on and if I do it's for something vintage or travel. The commercials! I feel like I'm being programmed just by watching them.

[BadgerKid]

31. Cable can be pricey

The local provider solicits us once a month, either by mail or by sending someone in person, basically, to find out "why wouldn't you want cable?"

Funny thing, the TV has been collecting dust for over four years. Crazy, I know. The question is whether to bother buying a digital to analog converter.

[Breeze54]

32. I've been boycotting pay TV for years now.

Internet is cheap. That I'd keep.

[pleah]

33. I would gladly give up the idiot box!

[defendandprotect]

34. Wow . . . if only half of this could be believed, TV is pretty much finished ... ???

[supernova]

42. I'm much more fond of movies anymore

I really enjoy movies and buying/renting them is much cheaper than cable.

I've considered letting go of the cable and just having a flat screen strictly for movies and whatever over the air HD channels there will be. My local CBS affiliate has been broadcasting in HD for the past few years.

[undeterred]

35. never had cable tv

[VOX]

36. Cable TV in a New York second...

I don't even have a good answer as to why I havent yet just had the cable yanked. I **rarely** look at anything on TV any longer -- all I'm interested in is available on the Net.

Mostly use the tube as a device to view Netflix rentals.

[Jed Dilligan]

37. I gave up cable years ago

If I gave up the internet I would have to give up working, so that would not be a wise financial decision.

[Canuckistanian]

41. I don't even have cable and I know the answer

If you're an information junkie like I am, you know that the TV only doles out meager portions of information that needs to be heavily filtered.

They'll have to pry my modem out of my cold, dead hands...

[Zorra]

43. Don't have a TV. They are dangerous to children and democrats. n/t

[HuffleClaw]

44. pretty easy choice

since pretty much anything i'd ever want to see on tv is available online for free

[scarletwoman]

45. Can't vote in your poll -- I've never had cable TV, and never plan to.

It has never ceased to amaze me that people actually pay money to be propagandized and have their intelligence insulted.

[conflictgirl]

46. Honestly I only keep my cable because I get a discount for multiple services

I have a high speed cable modem, which is deductible for me as a self-employment expense. Without the discount for multiple services, the internet alone would be $50 a month; with both, it's $75 before the various taxes and fees. I figure the extra $25 isn't *that* much since I don't go out to eat or to see movies in theaters etc. But I could very easily live without cable and have done so at lots of times when I had to cut out even that $25. It would be very difficult (even painful LOL) for me to go without internet!

[Thickasabrick]

47. Going on 8 months with no TV/cable - thank God for youtube

[mdmc]

48. off of cable

but still watch dvds and movies

[lumberjack_jeff]

49. What's Cable TV? n/t