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Title: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: Cbsteffen on September 04, 2015, 05:21:36 pm
I'm asking because I wonder how you watch TV? I used to have cable, but after a while, it wasn't worth it for me anymore. Why? I wasn't finding many shows or movies I enjoy watching anymore, so it was starting to become a waste of money to subscribe to so many channels for nothing. Nowadays, I plan to stick to antennae, watching shows on Netflix, and buying shows and movies I love on DVD or Blu-Ray Disc. I just bought some old Disney Channel shows on DVD. I think Disney Channel had a lot of better shows when it was a premium channel. I only found that network worth watching regularly for about 5 more years after it became basic.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: snuggleycutejc on September 04, 2015, 05:52:01 pm
we have cable. it is expensive. i tell my friends my love gives me tv. he just ordered a cable to see the wwe channel the 9.99 a month more, from the laptop to our large screen tv our tv watching will be better.  and doing my fusioncash site runs through my service tooooo  :cat:
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: masked_brown_guy on September 04, 2015, 06:27:05 pm
I do not use cable or satellite, I almost watching everything now through the internet.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: pressman on September 04, 2015, 08:18:42 pm
I have cable it is fios it  it is a little expensive my husband likes to watchmovies
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: darkxtsuna on September 04, 2015, 08:25:33 pm
I have none of those now,I just have local channels and I'm satisfy.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: misi49 on September 04, 2015, 09:38:07 pm
I have DirecTV.  But I am seriously thinking about discontinuing my service and just going with an antenna and the basic channels.  DirecTV is getting more expensive every year and besides sports I don't watch that much TV anymore so it's not worth it.  I would rather spend my extra time on the computer instead of watching TV.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: dreamyxo on September 04, 2015, 11:53:22 pm
I just have regular tv that I need a box to watch.  Used to have cable and dish but gave it up years ago to save money.  Don't miss it.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: renee10 on September 05, 2015, 01:18:12 am
I have Verizon Fios for tv.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: camellia0 on September 05, 2015, 04:08:13 am
I have Verizon for cable and internet.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: oldbuddy on September 05, 2015, 05:59:08 am
I use an antenna and have an Android box for Netflix, so my bill is $8 a month. Then if I want more movies or tv series I have Kodi for free.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: nannycoe1 on September 05, 2015, 06:26:14 am
We have cable, internet, and phone bundled
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: articx on September 05, 2015, 07:39:18 am
I use satellite for watching TV.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: braggin on September 05, 2015, 08:25:04 am
I think we are just about the only family in our town who is still watching TV using a digital converter box and an antenna but we just don't want to lose our copper wiring by getting FIOS or any of the others available.  Plus we watch very little TV to begin with, just mostly news shows, so we don't need a whole lot of more options available to us.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: jenniferhoder on September 05, 2015, 08:52:08 am
I have Comcast cable at home. It works great and I can't complain.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: gsdoss on September 05, 2015, 09:07:11 am
I have Comcast the bundle.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: debidoo on September 05, 2015, 09:45:50 am
After my husband passed away in 2013 I cancelled cable.  He always wanted it so I kept it for him but then when I lost his income I had to cut down on bills and expenses and didn't find that much to watch on it.  Also the prices of cable had gone very high in our area.   So for years I've had netflix and find that works out just fine for me and is very frugal.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: yaayme on September 05, 2015, 10:48:34 am
We have cable, but I hardly ever watch tv nowadays...I don't pay for it, my sister does. She talked about getting rid of cable, but she hasn't found an alternative that shes satisfied with yet.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: rghvac69 on September 05, 2015, 11:50:32 am
I have Dish satellite but I'm looking for a cheaper way to watch TV.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: teresa3200 on September 05, 2015, 01:13:25 pm
We have directv. We pay almost $200 a month and dont watch that much. We are seeing which channels we can cut back on to lower it.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: sanglee on September 05, 2015, 04:10:42 pm
i have broadband cable, i only trust that one, satellite, i dont like how it sits outside in the sun
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: Liquidfire_43 on September 17, 2015, 10:11:55 pm
Satellite and Antenna usually have reception issues.. Cable is useless to me, and in this day and age every program can be available online... Only get internet from your isp, pay for Netflix, and profit
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: yikes77 on September 18, 2015, 08:29:07 am
I have Bell TV in Canada and use my sister's friend's netflix on occasion.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: madeara on September 18, 2015, 09:35:42 am
We have Verizon FIOS.  What a great service.  Have a good  weekend!
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: paints on September 18, 2015, 10:35:48 am
None of those things.

I use my computer to watch anything I'm interested in seeing.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: jmc1982 on September 19, 2015, 10:42:18 am
I do not have cable.  I cut that off a year ago.  All i do is stream via Netflix.  Use my sisters Hulu Plus account.  So i should say that i'm saving tons of money from cable and i'm satisfied with streaming. 
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: BlackSheepNY on September 19, 2015, 11:39:52 am
I'm asking because I wonder how you watch TV? I used to have cable, but after a while, it wasn't worth it for me anymore. Why? I wasn't finding many shows or movies I enjoy watching anymore, so it was starting to become a waste of money to subscribe to so many channels for nothing. Nowadays, I plan to stick to antennae, watching shows on Netflix, and buying shows and movies I love on DVD or Blu-Ray Disc. I just bought some old Disney Channel shows on DVD. I think Disney Channel had a lot of better shows when it was a premium channel. I only found that network worth watching regularly for about 5 more years after it became basic.

We had Cable, but like you said, for all the channels you get there was nothing to watch (not to mention that cable was dang expensive)!  We switched to DirecTV, which was way cheaper than cable, however, when bad weather rolls in you lose the Satellite, LOL.  There still aren't a whole lot of things on TV that I'm interested in watching.  If I watch 7 hours of TV in a week, it's a lot, and now that 1 of my favorite shows is over for the season and the other is OVER period, I only watch about 5 hours a week.  Only reason we keep it is because my Mom loves to watch TV and so does my brother.  As far as I'm concerned, I'm not impressed with too much of anything I can see on TV these days.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: melissajh44 on September 19, 2015, 01:20:15 pm
I have cable. I tried satellite and it was horrible, reception went out for hours at a time.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: alina6 on September 19, 2015, 01:27:49 pm
I have satellite, I don't watch much TV other than sports so this suits me fine.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: kimber62372 on September 19, 2015, 03:04:00 pm
I have cable with Optimum Online. Very expensive but afraid to change services.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: lmrbean on September 21, 2015, 10:09:02 pm
We have cable. Even with just the basic plan it is expensive.  But with a family everyone likes different shows, so we need the variety.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: InfuseMe1 on September 21, 2015, 11:09:33 pm
For me, it's just a digital antenna and the internet to watch anything I like!  yay!   :glasses-nerdy:
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: elvisdo on September 22, 2015, 07:47:39 am
I have the cable bundle but am seriously considering of dropping the tv portion of it.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: stretch1967 on September 22, 2015, 08:57:06 am
I have been looking for different options. I have cable. I hate the digitizing.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: ghunter on September 22, 2015, 09:54:32 am
I have Cable and I love it, I can watch all kinds of shows
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: devideddi on September 22, 2015, 10:11:30 am
We have Direct TV.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: JD818 on September 22, 2015, 03:03:43 pm
None, just the net. Me myself am not much into tv shows, movies, ect.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: CharmedPhoenix on September 22, 2015, 03:49:17 pm
I've used antennae for years.  I've had cable, in the past, but don't want the bill.  Besides, with all the broadcast channels showing favorite old shows there's too much to watch now, I don't need more.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: lhz123 on September 23, 2015, 06:01:35 am
We have ATMC bundle.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: honeyflower93 on September 23, 2015, 07:53:25 am
I have cable. I used to only have Netflix but they keep taking down my favorites. Plus it's just nice to be able to support the shows I love by watching them when they air.  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: nannycoe1 on September 23, 2015, 08:15:31 am
We have cable but it keeps getting higher and I am looking for some thing else
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: gaylasue on September 23, 2015, 08:50:08 am
We have cable TV for now.  If it keeps going up in price, we'll go back to the antenna.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: jkhanson on September 23, 2015, 09:42:20 am
We recently dropped our cable due to the high monthly cost....around $100/month.

My husband has subscribed to Netflix and Hulu.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: linderlizzie on September 23, 2015, 09:47:19 am
Only broadcast t.v. here. I can't see the point in paying a lot of money to just watch garbage.  :o

I pick the movies that I want to see on dvd, watch mostly PBS on broadcast t.v. and that's it.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: squirrelgirl44 on September 23, 2015, 10:43:20 am
I went without cable (and internet) for about 3 months. I did not miss TV "that much" - but the internet I missed a lot. I just recently signed back up for both. I have Comcast, which is digital cable.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: alice44 on September 23, 2015, 10:55:48 am
I have a satellite and am quite satisfied with it.  There are packages I can choose from depending on what channels I watch.  There is a lot of choice.  ;D
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: catchow on September 23, 2015, 12:34:44 pm
I have Charter Communications package, Cable Tv, Internet, and Phone, I hardly ever watch the premium channels  (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime) tho which is a waste
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: oldbuddy on September 23, 2015, 12:52:17 pm
I have Charter Communications package, Cable Tv, Internet, and Phone, I hardly ever watch the premium channels  (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime) tho which is a waste

I get all the TV I can stand for FREE with Kodi.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: bowrunner on September 23, 2015, 01:37:34 pm
I have a satellite dish.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: patapon555 on October 01, 2015, 08:45:24 am
We cut the cable a while back. Now we're just on antenna and we're happy with it. Nobody really watches TV anymore anyways.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: gaby_ro_2004 on October 01, 2015, 08:55:58 am
I have cable,net and phone bundle.
Title: Re: Do You Have Cable, Satellite, an Antenna, or None of Those Things?
Post by: ljrjess69 on October 01, 2015, 08:57:50 am
i have cable i get like 50 channels...........