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Showing Original Post only (View all)How many here have cut the cord on tv? [View all]
I keep reading different stats on the # of folks who have cut the cord and use no mainstream tv.
Mainstream tv meaning cable/satellite/antenna to get tv channels from stations, not Hulu or streaming.
A 2013 study from GfK estimated that 19 percent of U.S. TV households had broadcast-only reception, up from 14 percent in 2010. Those figures include people who have dropped cable and those who never had it, something common for younger adults.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/08/25/5128087/tivo-to-make-version-for-those.html#emlnl=Top_Stories%3A_Business_Review
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I cut the cord more than 3 years ago. | |
28 (53%) |
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I cut the cord less than 3 years ago. | |
14 (26%) |
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Seriously planning on cutting the cord within the next 12 months. | |
3 (6%) |
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Robb is a dingbat. | |
1 (2%) |
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Other: | |
7 (13%) |
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What kind of emergency do you foresee that needs pictures, rather than just sound?
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#20
It's not snark - I've really never heard of someone having TV for emergencies
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#41
The poll results will prove that people who don't watch TV tend to ridicule people who do.
tridim
Aug 2014
#4
Well, now there is a list, so the every stupid "morning joe" thread...we can do a diff via Excel
snooper2
Aug 2014
#10
We got rid of cable in 2001. I'd only ridicule someone for spending $120 a month on cable
bhikkhu
Aug 2014
#90
I don't have a tv.. but, I certainly don't "ridicule" those who watch what they want to on theirs..
Cha
Aug 2014
#116
I got rid of cable television some years ago, but keep a telly and a digital antenna...
LanternWaste
Aug 2014
#15
I watch exactly 4 shows: The Ed Schultz Show, Rachel Maddow, The Last Word and Chris Hayes.
jwirr
Aug 2014
#23
I'm with you. I tried cutting the cord a few months ago and missed MSNBC so much, especially Rachel
Stardust
Aug 2014
#113
I like to have different views and often they are covering something we are not. I think that TV and
jwirr
Aug 2014
#120
Those of you who have given up cable/satellite TV are missing some first-rate viewing.
Paladin
Aug 2014
#24
I cut cable when I got the Internet in 2008. It was a choice between cable and the Internet so
Louisiana1976
Aug 2014
#29
I did go back last year, for a year, because they offered it to me for free...
cbdo2007
Aug 2014
#53
No cable or anything, but still get over-the-air local channels for PBS and a few good shows.
pampango
Aug 2014
#61
And Blitzer walking around the props and screens on stage like a demented ringmaster.
dixiegrrrrl
Aug 2014
#72
Never had cable tv, always use an antenna, and have had broadcast TV. only..ever....
Stuart G
Aug 2014
#78
Other: I got back and forth depending on my ability to convince my SO to keep it cut. nt.
Hosnon
Aug 2014
#125
I have Dish for the movie channels - the offerings get worse and worse
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#131