Do you subscribe to cable or satellite TV? - Page 2

GeoffC · 08-28-2010, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I have cable though I decided to drop it last week when I realized I had been tuned to the weather channel for 3 hours.

Sparrow · 08-28-2010, 11:23 AM

My house had cable when I moved in - I've got the cheapest TV package, but the fastest Internet connection they can supply.

I've more or less given up watching commercial TV - too many ad breaks. I'll watch their programmes on the Internet instead.

Juliette · 08-28-2010, 03:50 PM

We have free-to-air, but I loathe tv. I once went on without it for weeks, and it was wonderful. Radio definitely pawns tv for me, except for Rai Storia (public channel dedicated on one of my interests) and football games (but I turn off the audio, because it's rarely related to the match going on- in this radio proved quite good, they're bound to stick to that because they don't have images talking for them).

Quake1028 · 08-28-2010, 04:06 PM

Cable here. Can't live without The Colbert Report or PTI.

SneakySnake · 08-28-2010, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparrow

My house had cable when I moved in - I've got the cheapest TV package, but the fastest Internet connection they can supply.

I've more or less given up watching commercial TV - too many ad breaks. I'll watch their programmes on the Internet instead.

We don't have the fast stuff in our area. WE don't even have ADSLII. Bluddy hung parliament.

I guess we are only one step up from dial up.

ardeegee · 08-28-2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by BenG

I have cable though I decided to drop it last week when I realized I had been tuned to the weather channel for 3 hours.

I'm keeping cable broadband though.

If your service is anything like mine, you can't drop cable completely and keep broadband. Back when I was signing up for broadband, they told me that basic cable was $14.95 a month. I asked if I could get the internet connection without the cable TV. "Sure," they said. "But there is a surcharge of $15.00 a month."

But that actually is a reasonable stance from them-- if that physical cable is feeding into your house with a live signal, you have the basic, unencrypted cable channels. If there was no "surcharge" for TV-less internet, all you would do is have to put a line splitter on the cable, run connections to your TV and-- free cable TV.

Druid_Elf · 08-29-2010, 06:35 AM

Nothing here

I have a TV which is hooked up to a DVD player, that's it.
If I visit my parents I sometimes watch TV, but that's it. There isn't anything good anyways on TV.
For the news I read online newspapers, thats it

Prash · 08-29-2010, 09:31 AM

No tv for me too, books, computers and outside world are far more involving, which leaves me no time for tv.

JSWolf · 08-29-2010, 09:34 AM

I don't like option #1 and all the rest are not appropriate. So please, fix this poll. For a lot, it's not a matter of enjoying cable TV shows, it's a matter of it's all there is. So really, #1 is so wrong and that makes the poll not valid as the answers are wrong.

HarryT · 08-29-2010, 09:42 AM

No cable where I live. Broadcast TV here is now digital (the analogue channels were switched off last year) and that gives us about 40 free channels. Mainly garbage, but one finds the occasional gem, especially on the BBC.

bevdeforges · 08-29-2010, 10:09 AM

No cable where I live - but we do have satellite service. (Getting worse now as the trees in the woods nearby grow to heights that seem to interfere with the satellite reception...)

We've got basic service only, and mostly so I can watch English language news (CNNI, BBC and al-Jazeera, occasionally France 24) or the news in French on TF1 or France 2. I'm hoping there might be something worth watching coming up in the fall (maybe season 6 of House in VM?) but pickings are getting slim, even when I'm over in the US. But, it leaves far more time to read!

Maggie May · 08-29-2010, 03:24 PM

I have cable. I don't watch much T.V. really. Just turn it on for the news, rugby and soccer when Ireland's playing, and to watch a couple of my favourite programmes. Criminal Minds, two and a half men, and the big bang theory. We have to buy a TV licence each year also. €160. Mine is due on Tuesday. Dang it.

Mag.

phenomshel · 08-29-2010, 03:42 PM

Neither. I answered the poll as "no, other option (please explain)" but I could just as well have gone for "no, not that interested". Like rebarnmom, I like Food Network and HGTV, but the only network tv I really watch is "Glee". All options are too expensive for the very little TV watching I do, even when we have it.
I finally sent the DirecTV box back - and since we have business plan Comcrap for 'net I don't *think* they'll let us have residential cable tv at the same time. As long as I can get Glee the next day via Hulu.com or something, I don't really care much.

nohmi2 · 08-29-2010, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Javed

I watch free to air, otherwise I watch content from the internet.

Ditto.

There are too many good documentaries (which are free) to watch online to bother with cable.

Cheers.

Sweetpea · 08-30-2010, 02:22 AM

Cable here. And we've the extended package (not the premium ones). I primarily watch the various Discoveries, Animal Planet, NGC's, History and sometimes a movie, series or documentary on Dutch, Belgian or British channels.

View Poll Results: Do you subscribe to cable or satellite television?
Yes, I enjoy watching cable TV shows.	20	29.41%
Yes, because the reception is so poor where I live that I can't get anything without it.	7	10.29%
Yes, I wouldn't, but other members of my family insist upon it.	1	1.47%
Yes, for another reason (please state).	10	14.71%
No, I'm not very interested in television.	15	22.06%
No, cable TV is just too expensive!	6	8.82%
No, for another reason (please state).	9	13.24%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

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08-28-2010, 11:23 AM	#17
Sparrow Wizard Posts: 4,395 Karma: 1358132 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Palm TX, CyBook Gen3	My house had cable when I moved in - I've got the cheapest TV package, but the fastest Internet connection they can supply. I've more or less given up watching commercial TV - too many ad breaks. I'll watch their programmes on the Internet instead.

08-28-2010, 03:50 PM	#18
Juliette I eat books Posts: 601 Karma: 5124 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Milan, Italy Device: Gen3 PRS-505 PRS-600 PB360 PB302 K2 Opus BebookMini OnyxBoox K3 KDXG	We have free-to-air, but I loathe tv. I once went on without it for weeks, and it was wonderful. Radio definitely pawns tv for me, except for Rai Storia (public channel dedicated on one of my interests) and football games (but I turn off the audio, because it's rarely related to the match going on- in this radio proved quite good, they're bound to stick to that because they don't have images talking for them).

08-28-2010, 04:06 PM	#19
Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	Cable here. Can't live without The Colbert Report or PTI.

08-29-2010, 06:35 AM	#22
Druid_Elf Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 612 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: belgium Device: none	Nothing here I have a TV which is hooked up to a DVD player, that's it. If I visit my parents I sometimes watch TV, but that's it. There isn't anything good anyways on TV. For the news I read online newspapers, thats it

08-29-2010, 09:31 AM	#23
Prash Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 387 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bangalore, India Device: K3W, LG OG-E970, Utopia Apad	No tv for me too, books, computers and outside world are far more involving, which leaves me no time for tv.

08-29-2010, 09:34 AM	#24
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,619 Karma: 130140792 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I don't like option #1 and all the rest are not appropriate. So please, fix this poll. For a lot, it's not a matter of enjoying cable TV shows, it's a matter of it's all there is. So really, #1 is so wrong and that makes the poll not valid as the answers are wrong.

08-29-2010, 09:42 AM	#25
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	No cable where I live. Broadcast TV here is now digital (the analogue channels were switched off last year) and that gives us about 40 free channels. Mainly garbage, but one finds the occasional gem, especially on the BBC.

08-29-2010, 10:09 AM	#26
bevdeforges Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1094000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essonne, France Device: Kobo Forma; Sony PRS600B; Sony 350; Sony T-2	No cable where I live - but we do have satellite service. (Getting worse now as the trees in the woods nearby grow to heights that seem to interfere with the satellite reception...) We've got basic service only, and mostly so I can watch English language news (CNNI, BBC and al-Jazeera, occasionally France 24) or the news in French on TF1 or France 2. I'm hoping there might be something worth watching coming up in the fall (maybe season 6 of House in VM?) but pickings are getting slim, even when I'm over in the US. But, it leaves far more time to read!

08-29-2010, 03:24 PM	#27
Maggie May Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,907 Karma: 87755439 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Device: CYbook Gen3 and Sony PRS 3505 Kindle 3 G Nexus 7 iPad	I have cable. I don't watch much T.V. really. Just turn it on for the news, rugby and soccer when Ireland's playing, and to watch a couple of my favourite programmes. Criminal Minds, two and a half men, and the big bang theory. We have to buy a TV licence each year also. €160. Mine is due on Tuesday. Dang it. Mag.

08-29-2010, 03:42 PM	#28
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Neither. I answered the poll as "no, other option (please explain)" but I could just as well have gone for "no, not that interested". Like rebarnmom, I like Food Network and HGTV, but the only network tv I really watch is "Glee". All options are too expensive for the very little TV watching I do, even when we have it. I finally sent the DirecTV box back - and since we have business plan Comcrap for 'net I don't think they'll let us have residential cable tv at the same time. As long as I can get Glee the next day via Hulu.com or something, I don't really care much.

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08-30-2010, 02:22 AM	#30
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Cable here. And we've the extended package (not the premium ones). I primarily watch the various Discoveries, Animal Planet, NGC's, History and sometimes a movie, series or documentary on Dutch, Belgian or British channels.