Comments on: Pulling the Plug on Cable http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed chasing family dreams Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:34:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joanna http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-2991 Joanna Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:16:57 +0000 http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3584#comment-2991 I pulled the plug on cable in my apartment several years ago after being laid off from a lucrative job. Who needs 200 channels anyway? You can only watch one at a time! Found using Ye Olde rabbit ears to get broadcast TV - mainly PBS - suited my viewing habits just fine...and was FREE. Panicked slightly when local stations went all-digital, but a $30 signal converter solved the problem. Recently I moved in with a son and his family in another state, and we cut the cable umbilical cord there too. Since he and his wife like to watch movies, a friend recommended a Roku box, which they got, and signed up for Netflix and Hulu Plus ($8 month each - still cheaper than Basic Cable). They watch new and old movies and reruns of their favorite TV shows in one room; I watch PBS and the evening news with rabbit ears in another, but can also watch movies and documentaries on my laptop. We don't miss cable one bit! I pulled the plug on cable in my apartment several years ago after being laid off from a lucrative job. Who needs 200 channels anyway? You can only watch one at a time! Found using Ye Olde rabbit ears to get broadcast TV – mainly PBS – suited my viewing habits just fine…and was FREE. Panicked slightly when local stations went all-digital, but a $30 signal converter solved the problem. Recently I moved in with a son and his family in another state, and we cut the cable umbilical cord there too. Since he and his wife like to watch movies, a friend recommended a Roku box, which they got, and signed up for Netflix and Hulu Plus ($8 month each – still cheaper than Basic Cable). They watch new and old movies and reruns of their favorite TV shows in one room; I watch PBS and the evening news with rabbit ears in another, but can also watch movies and documentaries on my laptop. We don’t miss cable one bit!

]]> By: Should We Let Our Kids Watch Movies in the Car? | FamilyNavigation.com http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Should We Let Our Kids Watch Movies in the Car? | FamilyNavigation.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:26:32 +0000 http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3584#comment-1732 [...] compromise with TV.   I have revoked my threats of removing the TV from our house altogether but we have cut off our cable.  We still watch DVD’s and I will still watch some sports and the occasional TV show streamed [...] [...] compromise with TV.   I have revoked my threats of removing the TV from our house altogether but we have cut off our cable.  We still watch DVD’s and I will still watch some sports and the occasional TV show streamed [...]

]]> By: Martin Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Martin Pedersen Mon, 31 May 2010 03:48:21 +0000 http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3584#comment-998 Very perceptive of you. Very perceptive of you.

]]> By: Blair http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Blair Sun, 30 May 2010 03:48:56 +0000 http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3584#comment-994 We noticed that you waited until after the Canucks were out of the play-offs. ;) We noticed that you waited until after the Canucks were out of the play-offs. ;)

]]> By: Martin Pedersen http://www.familynavigation.com/pulling-the-plug-on-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Martin Pedersen Fri, 28 May 2010 02:24:14 +0000 http://www.familynavigation.com/?p=3584#comment-986 We called in the request to cancel cable yesterday and tomorrow our TV will just show snow. Lisa and I decided that we will watch one last show and we found a documentry called 'Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids' which is a subject we are interested in. We will watch it on TV even though it turns out that we could just watch it online. If it is good we may talk about it in an upcoming blog. The link is: http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/hyperparents/index.html We called in the request to cancel cable yesterday and tomorrow our TV will just show snow. Lisa and I decided that we will watch one last show and we found a documentry called ‘Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids’ which is a subject we are interested in. We will watch it on TV even though it turns out that we could just watch it online. If it is good we may talk about it in an upcoming blog. The link is:

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2010/hyperparents/index.html

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