Comments on: How To Live Without Television - It Can Be Done!

By: 300+ Channels in College | Chegg Blog

300+ Channels in College | Chegg Blog — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:58:03 +0000

[...] Save yourself the $20/month. My school offered a basic cable package in the dorms and apartments, for free, and we hardly ever even watched that. If your school doesn’t even offer that much, pick up a set of bunny ears, or just remind yourself that nearly all of the good shows are streaming online now. [...]

By: Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:51:55 +0000

I had a hard time learning to live without TV, but now that I am used to it, I wouldn’t start watching again! It’s really nice not to have all that noise and those violent images interrupting my dinner.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:14:13 +0000

My fondest memories with my two boys happened when we had no TV. One place we lived we just couldn’t get it. Another time lightning ruined our TV. Both times have special memories of our TVless time together.

By: Danette Miller

Danette Miller — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:56:54 +0000

Its hard but not impossible. Like everything, moderation is the key. I’ve reached a point that I’ve reduced my TV time mainly because I realized how angry I was becoming over idiotic/formulaic shows and infuriating commercials.

By: Sandra Bradley

Sandra Bradley — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 21:38:36 +0000

I have done both. My life has revolved around the TV schedule and I’ve totally sworn off of TV. Right now the TV is on almost all the time, but I rarely watch anything. I think it’s just habit and background noise. I think it would be great for people to at least lessen the amount of time that they watch TV, even if they don’t totally quit watching it.

By: Phillip

Phillip — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:03:15 +0000

Posted this on part 2, but also posting here…

Free TV and movies:

http://www.tv-links.co.uk

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:05:14 +0000

I have lived in my new place for like a few weeks now and I have yet to watch TV. I normally don’t watch it and don’t find it a great source of entertainment.

By: How To Live Without Television | Xaasid Dot Com

How To Live Without Television | Xaasid Dot Com — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:41:13 +0000

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By: The Sunday Review #30: About Bad Advertisements And Debt

The Sunday Review #30: About Bad Advertisements And Debt — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:00:58 +0000

[...] How To Live Without Television - It Can Be Done! by Stephanie @ Poorer Than You. We humans do not like to give up luxuries that we�ve become accustomed to. When a personal finance blogger suggests that someone in financial peril cut the cable or satellite, the person in trouble often balks at the idea. Who can live without cable in this day and age? [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:18:18 +0000

I have a satellite dish and come January I’ll get rid of the service because of the two year contract. There isn’t much of a point to having several hundred channels and only watching 10 of them. I get the local channels through my dish though. My wife and I don’t watch much TV and if we miss shows, they are always available to watch on the Internet. We’re in an information shift where the Internet and radio are starting to dominate what TV, cable, and newspapers used to do. Growing up I probably wasted a lot of time watching TV and now I don’t have time to waste watching TV. There are only a few shows I’m hooked to: Survivor, Amazing Race, Apprentice, and Deadliest Catch. If it wasn’t so expensive to cancel the contract I would just do it now rather than wait. Once I get rid of it though, I might sell some TVs I have because we will only need one.