I did it years ago. I don't regret it - and I don't miss it or the expensive bills that come with it.
I don't have cable/satellite television. I have a digital antennae which cost less than $8 to buy from Amazon. I also have Hulu Plus and an Amazon Prime account which gives me access to free movies and television shows. So I pay approximately $8 a month to watch television. (I am not including my Amazon Prime costs as that pays for itself with all of my free shipping and book rentals!)
What is the exception? I absolutely love Walking Dead. That is AMC and not available through Hulu Plus. Now, if I was a patient person, I would wait and get Netflix for a month and watch it there a year from now. But I am not. So, I make dinner and go over to a friends house and we watch it together - which I prefer. I get to see the show, but I also get to enjoy watching it with friends.
I have heard so many people talk about how they couldn't live without it - the biggest excuses typically being need for kids programming and need to see the game. I can say that there loads of kids shows and movies on Prime and Hulu - and you will get them will no or fewer commercials (a big plus). Now, regarding the games - you will get the local channel games - but if it is on ESPN or some special cable show - find a friend and go watch with them, aren't games better watched that way anyway?
See, even Clark Howard is telling people to do it:
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-bargain-hunter/2013/01/24/clark-howard-its-not-so-easy-to-cut-cable-or-satellite-tv/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_bargain_hunter
More importantly, shouldn't we be detaching ourselves from the television and getting off of our couches? So, try it - cut your cord or ditch your dish - you will save money and maybe you will like a life less dependent on television.
I don't have cable/satellite television. I have a digital antennae which cost less than $8 to buy from Amazon. I also have Hulu Plus and an Amazon Prime account which gives me access to free movies and television shows. So I pay approximately $8 a month to watch television. (I am not including my Amazon Prime costs as that pays for itself with all of my free shipping and book rentals!)
Here is my antenna from Amazon (it just plugs in where you would plug in your cable cord):
I have heard so many people talk about how they couldn't live without it - the biggest excuses typically being need for kids programming and need to see the game. I can say that there loads of kids shows and movies on Prime and Hulu - and you will get them will no or fewer commercials (a big plus). Now, regarding the games - you will get the local channel games - but if it is on ESPN or some special cable show - find a friend and go watch with them, aren't games better watched that way anyway?
See, even Clark Howard is telling people to do it:
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-bargain-hunter/2013/01/24/clark-howard-its-not-so-easy-to-cut-cable-or-satellite-tv/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_bargain_hunter
More importantly, shouldn't we be detaching ourselves from the television and getting off of our couches? So, try it - cut your cord or ditch your dish - you will save money and maybe you will like a life less dependent on television.
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