<p>Ok, so I was gone for a few days and came back to the cable being only digital and only the TV with the digital box and control works at all for cable TV. I thought I was OK since we just bought 3 new HD TV’s from Costco. one nice smart TV for the living room that currently has a digital cable box, a smaller HD TV with ROKU for the exercise room, and a small HD TV with ROKU for the bedroom.</p>
<p>Here is the problem. We are thinking of dropping the cable TV all together as I have a ROKU at each TV with internet. A rabbit ears might work some in the mountains for very few local channels that we are not interested in anyway.
H likes to watch- really listen- to the CNBC channel when getting ready for work in the morning and this has thrown him. I found that ROKU has a CNBC channel but it is just clips that are not really live streaming. CNBC has a PRO CNBC option for $30 a month ($300 a year) that he could watch it on a laptop. This may be an option. We pay about $130 a month (internet is $45 of it). I read that etrade and td ameritrade also have it but that is not what we have. The Charter Cable company that bought our little company here ,do, in other cities have an option to stream if you have cable but they don’t offer that here. I just despise paying for more ugly boxes and controls and really not watching TV.</p>
<p>We have the blasted CNBC on every morning for 30 min while we are getting ready to get out of the house, and we pretty much don’t have the time to watch anything else. Why am I writing a $98 check to Comcast every month?! 'Cause it is the only place one can hear Cramer screaming “sell, sell, sell!” </p>
<p>Rick the bond guy! Yup. They all scream because they used to work in a very noisy environment. Nowadays, the trading floors are not that chaotic (computers do the job), but the semi-deaf old dudes still yell because they can’t hear themselves. </p>
<p>I didn’t think of that reason. Lol. I told my husband not all culture are calm and carry on like his culture. He turned the remote control way down when Rick is on.</p>
<p>I have poor tv reception and no cable. If I felt like I needed a news channel (which I don’t. NPR fan), I would buy basic cable. For now I have Hulu Plus, Netflix, and Amazon Prime through my Roku. I can’t seem to figure out which one I can do without. </p>
<p>TV is boring, period. the interesting programs are rare and they keep cutting and cutting them.<br>
There is no need to keep any channels at all. We have cancelled Netflix also, boring…
We have all the channels. H. likes to watch them, but he is usually watching something else on his laptop, while watching TV, sometime in 2 different languages. This way he is not bored, I guess. I am always doing something, while TV is on, there is nothing new for me though after having news in a car for 15 min traveling from work, TV cannot produce anything different.<br>
TV is a good substitution for a sleeping pill, no side effects, works like a charm.
I understand that other had a different opinions. I am not arguing, I am just expressing mine. </p>
<p>Cut cable out completely, you’ll be glad you did. With a Roku, and a few additional services you can get everything cable offers AND more for under $50 a month. For me, I started with a monthly Netflix subscription. Only problem is that Netflix doesn’t offer current episodes of shows which kinda sucked. That’s when I found Rabbit TV. Theyre basically an aggregator for all the Internets free content. I wasn’t completely sold on the idea at first, but they convinced me with their $10 yearly service fee. With rabbit, I can watch episodes of shows currently on television sometimes as soon as the day after they air on cable as well as free sports like NFL, NBA and NCAA. I also use Hulu and am looking into Hulu Plus subscription. I need to do a little more investigating first to see if it’s worth it and if the same stuff isnt already on Rabbit TV or Netflix. Also Im looking into purchasing an Apple TV. Ive heard it’s a one time purchase of about $100 and you get international channels so thats good for when soccer comes on.</p>
<p>Are you able to watch every NFL game? Or is it limited? What about the NBA games? My son & his roommates are paying a handsome fee for their Direct TV.</p>
<p>I would gladly cut the cord if only I could get ESPN and BBCAmerica someway. Between Netflix (for watching movies and previous seasons of TV shows) and HuluPlus for watching recent episodes, I’ve got most everything i need - except hubby needs his sports and I need my BBC!</p>
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