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Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

06/01/2007 01:54:13 PM · #2

Man, I've made it without cable for maybe 5 years now. I do miss ESPN, but that's about it. DiscoveryHD would also be cool, but those two channels are not worth the extra $50/month over basic, basic cable (ie. good reception on networks)...

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

06/01/2007 01:56:19 PM · #3

Cable internet - right?
Hardly anything worth turning the TV on for anymore, as I think the janitor is in charge of programming.

mpeters

Canon EF 28-135mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/01/2007 01:58:06 PM · #4

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

I thought I was the only guy in the US without cable. (except the 13.00 variety; local channels and about 5 homeshopping networks, + courtTV).

My wife is Dutch and I'm from a conservative background. What is your excuse? ;)

daboardergirl

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

06/01/2007 02:03:12 PM · #5

We don't have cable either. I think it is great. I have so much more time (that would have probably been spent on watching the tube).

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

06/01/2007 02:38:34 PM · #6

Originally posted by mpeters:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Man, I've made it without cable for maybe 5 years now. I do miss ESPN, but that's about it. DiscoveryHD would also be cool, but those two channels are not worth the extra $50/month over basic, basic cable (ie. good reception on networks)...

I thought I was the only guy in the US without cable. (except the 13.00 variety; local channels and about 5 homeshopping networks, + courtTV).

My wife is Dutch and I'm from a conservative background. What is your excuse? ;)

Nope, I'm there with ya. I'd cancel the basic cable since I get the HD network signals over the air, but I get $10 off my internet by having the basic basic (which is $13/month) so it's a wash. Plus I get Discovery channel for that $3/month. Not HD though...

Elmakias

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

06/01/2007 02:44:20 PM · #7

I havnt had cable my whole life
well, for one year we tried it
but no one watched it
so we have liek 6 channels

i mostly just watch everybody loves raymond

mpeters

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/01/2007 02:47:13 PM · #8

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by mpeters:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:
Man, I've made it without cable for maybe 5 years now. I do miss ESPN, but that's about it. DiscoveryHD would also be cool, but those two channels are not worth the extra $50/month over basic, basic cable (ie. good reception on networks)...

I thought I was the only guy in the US without cable. (except the 13.00 variety; local channels and about 5 homeshopping networks, + courtTV).

My wife is Dutch and I'm from a conservative background. What is your excuse? ;)

Nope, I'm there with ya. I'd cancel the basic cable since I get the HD network signals over the air, but I get $10 off my internet by having the basic basic (which is $13/month) so it's a wash. Plus I get Discovery channel for that $3/month. Not HD though...

Now, if I could just get CourtTV in HD... Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do?

LeeD

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/01/2007 02:50:17 PM · #9

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

And THAT my friends is the secret to how you take a good photo!!! Pry yourself away from the TV...

OK, commercial is over, gotta go.

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 14:50:39.

eamurdock

Pentax KP

Pentax FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited AF

06/01/2007 03:01:39 PM · #10

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Other than one month in high school, I'll be cracking my 33rd cableless year this monday. I get three channels, which is more than I need.

Unfortunately for me,

DowseDesigns comment aside, it seems there's more to take good photos than JUST turning off the tv.

LeeD

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/01/2007 03:04:09 PM · #11

Originally posted by eamurdock:

Unfortunately for me, DowseDesigns comment aside, it seems there's more to take good photos than JUST turning off the tv.

OK, OK, OK.... you gotta get the 5D too!

Strikeslip

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

06/01/2007 03:14:46 PM · #12

We had cable TV-Internet-Phone, for $150 a month for years, until some snot-nosed tech talked back to me. (Cogeco doesn't have customers, they only have people they deem worthy to bless with the holiness of their cable.) Now we have Satellite-ADSL-PoTS for $200 per month. I'm gladly paying the extra $50 for decent customer service.

:-P

Rebecca

Nikon D80

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX

06/01/2007 03:23:51 PM · #13

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Hmm... I pay $14/month for the most stripped down basic cable available. I'm pretty sure I have ESPN. I don't have DHD, but I do have regular Discovery. They generally don't advertise the super basic, and I've even been treated like I asked them to shave my head when dealing with it, but heck, $14 for cable!

Of course, I pay considerably more than that for the cable internet, about $45 I think.

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 15:26:34.

Valdo

Canon EOS-40D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

06/01/2007 03:30:17 PM · #14

I haven't had cable for two years now... AND I MISS IT :´(

I love to watch series or just to zap and zap and zap.

In the UK we used to have freeview which is something but Sky was just too expensive for me

alfresco

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

06/01/2007 03:37:51 PM · #15

No cable, no satellite, no over-the-air stations in range --- total bliss!!!

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon

06/01/2007 03:45:26 PM · #16

Originally posted by Rebecca:

Hmm... I pay $14/month for the most stripped down basic cable available. I'm pretty sure I have ESPN.

Double check that. If you are getting it, I'm 99.9% sure it's by accident... ;) ESPN is so addictive to men that no self-respecting cable company would give it away for $14/month.

levyj413

Nikon D7100

06/01/2007 04:02:57 PM · #17

Haven't had cable in ... ummm ... more years than I have fingers to count on.

Haven't watched a TV show regularly in about 3 years. I do enjoy watching movies on DVD. Having young kids makes it tough to be there for an 8 pm show, and I have other things I want to do besides taping and watching anyway.

This state of being is quite relaxing, but it wasn't a conscious choice. Just kind of stopped watching.

Every night after the kids are in bed (9-10 pm), it's a choice between shooting/editing pix, goofing off on DPC, and watching a movie.

CoinCounter

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

06/01/2007 04:11:45 PM · #18

Originally posted by Valdo:

What, No freeview?

(Well, over here, No TV is Free!)

As long as I can get the Discovery channels, NGeo and the normal 5 channels, I'm happy. Currently Boston Legal, Heroes and (The)CSI(s), are on top of my watchlist. (Oh and Shark is ok, if a bit repetitive)

You can probably tell... I watch quite a bit of TV. But most of it is Intelligent, Mind enhancing TV.

Message edited by author 2007-06-01 16:12:52.

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

06/01/2007 04:16:56 PM · #19

When the programming is so good that you realize that 30 minutes has gone by and the TV guide has scrolled about 15 times. On a side note, I almost have the Billy Mays infomercial scripts memorized now.

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/01/2007 04:42:29 PM · #20

I think we have a few cable channels (hubby watches a lot of sci-fi), but they're all full of ads.

I am allergic to most forms of advertising, so my Blockbuster subscription plan is the only reason I still know how to turn on the TV.

Don't worry about "going without" - it can be done quite safely :-)

CoinCounter

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

06/01/2007 04:48:15 PM · #21

Originally posted by Beetle:

I think we have a few cable channels (hubby watches a lot of sci-fi), but they're all full of ads.

How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?

I've always assumed it was more than the 3 ad breaks we get, because in American shows there seem to be a lot more 'punctuated' sections than we actually punctuate with adverts. (Although our ad breaks avg. 5 minutes in length. So we total 15 mins, via 3 breaks.)

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/01/2007 04:54:36 PM · #22

Originally posted by CoinCounter:

How many ads do you get in the USA in an avg. 1Hr show?

I haven't counted in a while now because I really really do avoid watching anything with ads in, but I know it takes me 40 minutes to watch a taped 60 minute show, and that includes the time it takes to whizz over the ads .
I guess that means the show can only be about 35 minutes long..... close to 1/2 the movie time is taken up by credits and ads.

I wonder where it will end. Yet there are still people who tell me they LIKE ads!!! I better not go into that, though, or this will be moved to the rant section.

mpeters

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/01/2007 05:02:39 PM · #23

Head ON, apply it directly where it hurts.Head ON, apply it directly where it hurts.Head ON, apply it directly where it hurts. AGHHHGHGHGHGHHGHGHGHG!

CoinCounter

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II

06/01/2007 05:03:58 PM · #24

Originally posted by Beetle:

I wonder where it will end. Yet there are still people who tell me they LIKE ads!!!

I don't LIKE ads, but they can be handy, because, as I said they are on avg. 5 minutes long, so they are long enough to have a pee or make a cuppa. On the Beeb, they don't do adverts, and if there's a film on or something, it's good, but if you're bursting...

Beetle

Canon EOS-5D Mark II