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MadrasT

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105. Teevee with no "service" since November 2004.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2013, 08:00 AM

Dec 2013

I use it to watch DVDs but have no cable or satellite.

I can get NBC and CBS over the air with an antenna but I rarely bother.

Once in a blue moon I hook up the antenna and watching broadcast teevee (last time I did was to watch the 2012 presidential debates).

I do watch a lot of teevee shows on DVDs but don't see commercials, and I get my news on radio and the internet. What passes for teevee "news" these days is just sad.

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How many of you don't have a TV [View all] Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 OP

Count me in. Ten years. arcane1 Dec 2013 #1

So you never witnessed Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #6

Sadly, I did witness that. It was late 2003 when I cancelled my cable service. arcane1 Dec 2013 #10

haven't had one in five years arely staircase Dec 2013 #2

Motion pictures. earthside Dec 2013 #7

yeah. the price of HD technology has come down to the point I can't justify not having arely staircase Dec 2013 #13

That's good to know. Raksha Dec 2013 #73

you can get a ginormous used one at a pawn shop fo less than 300 bucks arely staircase Dec 2013 #74

No TV since 1/1/2007. silverweb Dec 2013 #3

Just canceled my DirecTV subscription. randome Dec 2013 #4

I was so happy with Direct TV Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #11

No tv. And so happy I don't. Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #5

All youtube commercials can now be cut out Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #19

No TeeVee 2naSalit Dec 2013 #8

You are probably going to get mostly people who don't have one, but I have three OKNancy Dec 2013 #9

I watch all of those Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #15

we have seven flatscreens, four in the bedrooms, one in living room, one in workroom, one in games r loli phabay Dec 2013 #17

I am the only one in the house and I have 3 Flats and a grandma Sony.... Walk away Dec 2013 #64

Five flat-screens. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2013 #87

sir you are a connoisseur. loli phabay Dec 2013 #94

The Blacklist is my new Best Thing EVAH! ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #77

i have 5 -- 1 in my bedroom, DesertFlower Dec 2013 #79

Four years for us. canoeist52 Dec 2013 #12

I saw advirtising Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #16

I have NO cable TV connection. Don't need it even though I've got two fairly large flat screen TVs. rdharma Dec 2013 #14

Five years plus no TV. SheilaT Dec 2013 #18

Yes... ohheckyeah Dec 2013 #20

I have a tv, but I don't have cable. LuvNewcastle Dec 2013 #21

When was the last time Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #22

I don't even remember the last time I bought one of those things. LuvNewcastle Dec 2013 #24

Hmm. Another "I don't have a TV, so I am far superior to everyone else" thread. meh. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #23

and we only shop at whole foods. ileus Dec 2013 #25

No we think Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #31

no i'm econimically strapped. Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #26

Yes, I understand that from your post... madinmaryland Dec 2013 #43

good for you Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #48

+1,000,000. It's always that way. Paladin Dec 2013 #36

it's like being an ex-smoker.... mike_c Dec 2013 #41

Point, meet overwhelming confirmation. Paladin Dec 2013 #55

No one but you brought up anything even remotely like what you represented. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #82

I appreciate your response to my post. But it has been very interesting to madinmaryland Dec 2013 #84

25 years without a tv. Too rural for cable and satellite was too expensive riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #27

TV malaise Dec 2013 #28

I love your reports to us on what's TV doing Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #38

LOL malaise Dec 2013 #52

no TV here for 20+ years.... mike_c Dec 2013 #29

Ah..... that's why Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #58

No TV. johnp3907 Dec 2013 #30

I have a TV, but I depend on the internet for news FarCenter Dec 2013 #32

I used to go to the library Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #33

Yes, the translation is great for sites like Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung that aren't in English FarCenter Dec 2013 #37

Sometimes with those free translations, you get what you pay for Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #101

TV is my master n/t CFLDem Dec 2013 #34

I believe it. tabasco Dec 2013 #60

Almost no tv... 5X Dec 2013 #35

Our tv is used mostly for sports madokie Dec 2013 #39

TV? Pah! I don't even use computers! Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #40

Serious answer: we watch tv sometimes, just not the "Newz" Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #42

Don Imus? Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #44

Yeah, you're right. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #45

No tv for about five years Sanity Claws Dec 2013 #46

I have three. tammywammy Dec 2013 #47

My budget is very limited Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #49

All my tvs have been given to me. tammywammy Dec 2013 #57

Love my roku. kiva Dec 2013 #88

I didn't have a TV for a lot of years in the late 60s Warpy Dec 2013 #50

TV for sports only - TBF Dec 2013 #51

Are your TVs hooked to the internet as well? Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #54

I don't know - TBF Dec 2013 #76

I've got a TV but its over the air wercal Dec 2013 #53

Don't disagree Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #56

I'm so rural I use a Verizon wifi hotspot and even that's sketchy service. riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #59

the lack of good bandwidth Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #63

we have a converter box fizzgig Dec 2013 #62

me too, don't pay a dime for that shite. Over the Air 2banon Dec 2013 #70

I've got an amplified indoor antenna wercal Dec 2013 #96

I have a TV but no TV service Le Taz Hot Dec 2013 #61

I think the new media Ichingcarpenter Dec 2013 #71

No tv...gave it away about 5 years ago. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #65

No TV since West Wing went off the air NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #66

i have a tv but don't look to it to become informed JI7 Dec 2013 #67

TV yes....but no cable or satellite red dog 1 Dec 2013 #68

TV without Cable, Dish Satellite. only airwaves 2banon Dec 2013 #69

I don't have one, but only because I can't afford cable Raksha Dec 2013 #72

T-V = NO, absolutely NO, cultural poison. Coyotl Dec 2013 #75

TV? Yes! Addicted to television shows that many here would make fun of me for? Yes! ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #78

Yes, we have a tv. MineralMan Dec 2013 #80

No TV, for so long I don't count it. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #81

No TV n/t Yo_Mama Dec 2013 #83

Have a TV. It's for playing movies. That's all. DVD, VCR. hunter Dec 2013 #85

I have two TVs but no cable or aerials. last1standing Dec 2013 #86

I have two tv's. ananda Dec 2013 #89

I have a tv to watch dvds on. intheflow Dec 2013 #90

I have a 55 inch flat screen ...Monitor Egnever Dec 2013 #91

I have a TV, but I mainly use it for entertainment, not news sakabatou Dec 2013 #92

I have a TV, no cable Skittles Dec 2013 #93

I have a TV but I don't get televised content. nt rrneck Dec 2013 #95

I have no TV. donheld Dec 2013 #97

Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own A Television joeglow3 Dec 2013 #98

Thanks for the early morning, monitor-viewing laugh! kentauros Dec 2013 #103

I have a TV Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #99

TV no n/t TroglodyteScholar Dec 2013 #100

I absolutely DO have a television set. kentauros Dec 2013 #102

TV News? nolabels Dec 2013 #104

Teevee with no "service" since November 2004. MadrasT Dec 2013 #105

If you have a computer and the internet you have a TV CBGLuthier Dec 2013 #106

I got rid of my TV IN 1995. Nika Dec 2013 #107