I'm gonna miss network TV

**RolliePollie** · 06-13-2009, 09:26 AM

Wah. I'm sad. No more network TV for me.

I was happy enough with my fuzzy reception from the antenna on my roof. But I live too far away from the network transmitters to receive the new digital signal, so as of yesterday, I have no TV! You'd think a person could live without it, but I'm not so sure. I'm going to try it out for a while and then I'll probably break down and get Cable. Luckily we do have Cable on our street...a lot of places around here don't. And I can't do satellite because I live in the middle of a forest.

I know I'm whining...I guess this is what you get if you choose to live in a rural area far away from the city. I bet there are a lot of people having TV withdrawals across the Country today. And I wonder how many people just can't afford Cable or Dish in this economy.

OK, my rant is done now.

**sundial** · 06-13-2009, 09:37 AM

You might be pleasantly surprised to learn you don't miss t.v.

I use my computer for entertainment moreso than the t.v.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 06-13-2009, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by sundial

You might be pleasantly surprised to learn you don't miss t.v.

I use my computer for entertainment moreso than the t.v.

Me too. I haven't watched tv in about 11 years now. We rent movies, and I learn lots of good stuff online and that keeps me plenty busy. Whatever cool educational/documentary stuff I want to watch, or even any series I might like to see, I can just rent from Netflix super cheap- without the tons of commercials. "TeeVee" has nothing much to offer me anymore.

**kelownagirl** · 06-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Me three. I stopped watching TV about 2-3 years ago and don't miss it at all. And I had many favourite shows. It was hard the first few months but then, once the new shows started and I had no clue what I was "missing" it didn't bother me at all.

**msincredible** · 06-13-2009, 12:39 PM

TV-free for 4 years now.

**AnnieBikes** · 06-13-2009, 04:13 PM

Nine years next month for me!! Do we sound like AA for TV?!!

When my two younger sons decided to do a 6 week cross country bike-camp-kayak trip, I discontinued the cable TV. When they returned, we did not seem to notice. I thought it would be hard, though I did not watch much anyway. It was a bit of withdrawal for them but they are now gone and I am fine without. I get calls from the Cable company weekly asking if I want "the bundle" and they CANNOT believe that we have no TV service. We did get one channel but that is over now! They even tried to tack on an extra $10 fee because all we get is internet!! I threatened to change service and they backed down. Now I am fighting with them over a "contract" like a cell phone or they will raise my internet only rate to some ungodly amount like 59.99 a month...and it doesn't cost them anything for me to have internet...just the line maintenance which hasn't been a problem!

You can go cold turkey. The computer has all you want for TV anyway....Hulu, I hear, is quite good and free!

**TsPoet** · 06-13-2009, 04:20 PM

Not a member of AA TV here.
You can get your TV still, you just need a converter box.

**AnnieBikes** · 06-13-2009, 04:32 PM

No, thank you. No TV for me!

**uforgot** · 06-13-2009, 04:39 PM

I have a tv but I don't watch it. As a matter of fact, I used it at school about a month ago and still haven't hooked it back up yet. It isn't a conscious choice for me, I'm just really not interested in anything on there.

**solobiker** · 06-13-2009, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl

Me too. I haven't watched tv in about 11 years now. We rent movies, and I learn lots of good stuff online and that keeps me plenty busy. Whatever cool educational/documentary stuff I want to watch, or even any series I might like to see, I can just rent from Netflix super cheap- without the tons of commercials. "TeeVee" has nothing much to offer me anymore.

Same here. We rent 2 movies a month from Netflix and watch them on our lap top. Other then that I surf around and find fun things to see on line. TV has not been on at all, except for when I want to spend some quality time on my bike with Coach Troy

**shootingstar** · 06-13-2009, 05:47 PM

Well, have lived in home with tv since 2002. But somehow my tv watching interest naturally falls within 5-8 stations...across cable network.

Before that I was tv-free in household for 25 years. Yes, the computer became my entertainment but that started only around 1993 when I owned my first computer.

My parents did a brilliant maneouvre to dissipate tv obsession: when tv broke down, it would be months before had tv repaired. It happened a couple times when growing up.

**Cataboo** · 06-13-2009, 06:45 PM

I haven't bothered to hook up my tv... I use hulu.com and stream shows if I know I want to watch something.

**smilingcat** · 06-13-2009, 10:42 PM

Hi, my name is Smilingcat.

I was addicted to TV.

I have been TV free for 4 years now. We don't keep track anymore. I didn't take too much time for me to get over the withdrawl. maybe 2 or 3 month? After that, it was easy.

I also see the prices of those new flat screen TV

I can't justify buying one of those. The cost of the monthly charge for cable or satellite

Besides, I always have stack of books to read. The stack never gets smaller it seems. Yes I do read, the stack is not stagnant.

**sundial** · 06-14-2009, 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by smilingcat

I also see the prices of those new flat screen TV

I can't justify buying one of those. The cost of the monthly charge for cable or satellite

For the price of a new t.v. you could have a sweet bike.

**Biciclista** · 06-14-2009, 09:00 AM

i use my television to watch movies with my DVD player. When my DH is not here, the tv is never on. I grew up in the 60's with TV as our main indoor entertainment. You can break this nasty habit.

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