Comments on: How Much Do You Pay For Television? http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/ Debt Reduction Rocks - We Are Living Debt Free! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: JEM http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-130560 JEM Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:12:02 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1710#comment-130560 Hubby and I have been married 4.5 years and we have not given in and gotten cable yet. We only get ABC, NBC, and CBS with rabbit ears....we are going to buy a new TV as our christmas present to ourselves to get ready for the switch to digital...but we still won't buy cable. Who has time to watch it anyway?!?! Hubby and I have been married 4.5 years and we have not given in and gotten cable yet. We only get ABC, NBC, and CBS with rabbit ears….we are going to buy a new TV as our christmas present to ourselves to get ready for the switch to digital…but we still won’t buy cable. Who has time to watch it anyway?!?!

]]> By: Mike http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-130187 Mike Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:25:21 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1710#comment-130187 interesting.. we pay $54/mo for Comcast cable internet and basic cable (channels 2 thru 70 something). It's not a promo rate either. interesting.. we pay $54/mo for Comcast cable internet and basic cable (channels 2 thru 70 something). It’s not a promo rate either.

]]> By: Izzy http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-129037 Izzy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:20:29 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1710#comment-129037 Nada! We got rid of cable in 2005 in our effort to pay off our debt - We were paying $203 for cable/month, internet and phone. We never watched the tube so we dropped it and kept the internet and phone. We got Netflix and are super happy with it. I had never heard of hulu before, my dh would love that! Nada! We got rid of cable in 2005 in our effort to pay off our debt – We were paying $203 for cable/month, internet and phone. We never watched the tube so we dropped it and kept the internet and phone. We got Netflix and are super happy with it. I had never heard of hulu before, my dh would love that!

]]> By: Sunflowers http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-128941 Sunflowers Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:32:43 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1710#comment-128941 We don't pay for cable. If we want to watch something, we do it online, for free. :) We don’t pay for cable. If we want to watch something, we do it online, for free. :)

]]> By: Ott http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/09/07/how-much-do-you-pay-for-television/comment-page-1/#comment-128897 Ott Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:29:52 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1710#comment-128897 I pay $86 a month for digital cable (200+ channels) with about 30 of those channels also in HD. Also included in that is my internet. I've considered dropping my HD as well. But I think it's more than worth it, especially if you've already invested in a high quality HD set. I've realized I've spoiled myself with HD and 5.1 surround sound - luckily I've held off on DVR (so far). I also tend to not look at my cable expenses as a monthly "fee," but more as an annual charge - at least in my mind I feel more comfortable paying it that way. Point of information: a pair of 1970's era rabbit ears will pull down over-the-air HD broadcasts just as well as these so-called "HD antennas." Don't get sucked into buying something needlessly expensive....although I do admit that a 1970's era pair of rabbit ears would look quite out of place next to a 2008 HDTV. I pay $86 a month for digital cable (200+ channels) with about 30 of those channels also in HD. Also included in that is my internet.

I’ve considered dropping my HD as well. But I think it’s more than worth it, especially if you’ve already invested in a high quality HD set. I’ve realized I’ve spoiled myself with HD and 5.1 surround sound – luckily I’ve held off on DVR (so far). I also tend to not look at my cable expenses as a monthly “fee,” but more as an annual charge – at least in my mind I feel more comfortable paying it that way.

Point of information: a pair of 1970′s era rabbit ears will pull down over-the-air HD broadcasts just as well as these so-called “HD antennas.” Don’t get sucked into buying something needlessly expensive….although I do admit that a 1970′s era pair of rabbit ears would look quite out of place next to a 2008 HDTV.

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