Comments on: Over-the-air v. Cable v. No TV http://www.wearebutmen.com/2008/05/05/over-the-air-v-cable-v-no-tv/ The innate ramblings of a bunch of guys Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:14:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ben http://www.wearebutmen.com/2008/05/05/over-the-air-v-cable-v-no-tv/#comment-34 ben Tue, 06 May 2008 04:41:41 +0000 http://www.wearebutmen.com/?p=32#comment-34 We have gone OTA since we moved to Oregon, ie since we have started having to pay for cable. We have done the Blockbuster online thing and we watch a decent amount of movies. As for my friends getting tired of me every weekend during football season I feel that the animosity goes a way with a six pack or so of a nice IPA. Besides, if you crash say four different friends houses they only have to feed you once a month. We have gone OTA since we moved to Oregon, ie since we have started having to pay for cable. We have done the Blockbuster online thing and we watch a decent amount of movies. As for my friends getting tired of me every weekend during football season I feel that the animosity goes a way with a six pack or so of a nice IPA. Besides, if you crash say four different friends houses they only have to feed you once a month.

]]> By: luke http://www.wearebutmen.com/2008/05/05/over-the-air-v-cable-v-no-tv/#comment-33 luke Mon, 05 May 2008 20:12:04 +0000 http://www.wearebutmen.com/?p=32#comment-33 Rarely do I sit through a full sports game anymore. Espn.com gives me all the sports I need. Network TV provides me with enough of the sports I enjoy watching to keep me satisfied ... college football and basketball, NASCAR, horse racing, and the occasional baseball to put me to sleep. We have always had rabbit ears, except for the one time we had free cable at the church house in Vancouver. I just got our digital converter box with the $40 coupon from the government. Personally, I can't justify the extra expense of cable, because in order to justify the expense I would have to watch more TV, which I wouldn't be able to justify from a time or health perspective. Although I am pretty close to throwing out the TV altogether, which I may have to do anyway when we move to North Central Washington. Rarely do I sit through a full sports game anymore. Espn.com gives me all the sports I need. Network TV provides me with enough of the sports I enjoy watching to keep me satisfied … college football and basketball, NASCAR, horse racing, and the occasional baseball to put me to sleep. We have always had rabbit ears, except for the one time we had free cable at the church house in Vancouver. I just got our digital converter box with the $40 coupon from the government. Personally, I can’t justify the extra expense of cable, because in order to justify the expense I would have to watch more TV, which I wouldn’t be able to justify from a time or health perspective. Although I am pretty close to throwing out the TV altogether, which I may have to do anyway when we move to North Central Washington.

]]> By: aaron http://www.wearebutmen.com/2008/05/05/over-the-air-v-cable-v-no-tv/#comment-32 aaron Mon, 05 May 2008 16:51:51 +0000 http://www.wearebutmen.com/?p=32#comment-32 TV-less is easy. I could drop cable faster than fellow Nerbergians drop non-Organic, shade grown, fairly-traded coffee. Every show we are interested in is either streamed or available direct from corporate websites (15-20 sec ads really are not that big of a deal, vs the $50+ cable pkg) ...The day sports are freely available online will be like the start of never-ending Christmas! TV-less is easy. I could drop cable faster than fellow Nerbergians drop non-Organic, shade grown, fairly-traded coffee.

Every show we are interested in is either streamed or available direct from corporate websites (15-20 sec ads really are not that big of a deal, vs the $50+ cable pkg)

…The day sports are freely available online will be like the start of never-ending Christmas!

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