I dont want 250 channels beamed into my home

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Jul 19, 2017
9:32:13am

kccougar All-American

I dont want 250 channels beamed into my home

A small part of it is a question of morality but for me more of it is limiting potential distractions. I prefer my TV consumption to occur as planned events rather than having everything there all the time so that the default activity is to sit in front of the TV.

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kccougar

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Time

Question on why people cord-cut..

FulhamUte

7/19/17 9:09am

Value.

Grit for Brains

7/19/17 9:10am

Saving money to pay some bills off.

Eddie

7/19/17 9:11am

the idea is only to pay for what you watch, i think. like for myself, i pay

smokymountainrain

7/19/17 9:11am

This is true for me

buffgato

7/19/17 9:16am

Makes sense...

FulhamUte

7/19/17 9:16am

Not all of us have Google Fiber to promote price wars

HuskerFan2

7/19/17 9:14am

Cord cutting isn't much help to those who pay ~$100

Kelbob

7/19/17 9:15am

yeah I've wondered this. After paying more for internet by not having it bundled

Mayor of Cougartown

7/19/17 9:16am

DVR

FulhamUte

7/19/17 9:18am

A few things:

El Jefe

7/19/17 9:16am

rebuttal:

nashty

7/19/17 9:44am

A job loss or unexpected medical expense can cause people to want to trim

KingDave

7/19/17 10:10am

Dish does have the best options for streaming on other devices (and away from home) of the traditional offerings.

El Jefe

7/19/17 10:31am

you actually don't need a contract. i was month-to-month for 3+ yrs until they

nashty

7/19/17 10:39am

So you did have to do the chicken challenge, and actually cut it for a month to get a better rate.

El Jefe

7/19/17 10:44am

i would've sued them for you

nashty

7/19/17 12:02pm

If I'd been a lawyer, maybe I would have read the fine print in the first place.

El Jefe

7/19/17 1:05pm

Not intending to butt in to your conversation, but since we cut the cord I pay

TheLoneCougar

7/19/17 10:46am

When I cut the cord I was paying $85/month

KingDave

7/19/17 9:18am

you bring up an interesting point. I hear people say "I can catch the byu game

Mayor of Cougartown

7/19/17 9:26am

Maybe it's people who generally do that anyway

buffgato

7/19/17 9:28am

I think that % of population is very small.our lives aren't like sitcoms

Mayor of Cougartown

7/19/17 9:31am

This is an interesting observation. Our tailgate group has been gathering to

CanuckUte

7/19/17 10:16am

Exactly. I'm usually watching with family or friends anyway so it's no hassle.

RealComfortableJeans

7/19/17 9:56am

That's exactly our situation

KingDave

7/19/17 10:03am

We almost always watch at my dad's house, but I like having the channels just in case.

El Jefe

7/19/17 10:34am

Here's why we did it. We pay combined 65 bucks a month for internet, Amaz Prime,

pistol12

7/19/17 9:19am

$ savings was not the primary driver for me

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/19/17 9:24am

Flipping channels..

FulhamUte

7/19/17 9:31am

um...create channel lists (we have a "family" one and a "sports" one that i use)

nashty

7/19/17 10:18am

um, my 4 teenagers have sneaky abilities to get around these types of controls

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/19/17 10:40am

Hmmm. It's way easier to get around parental controls on a computer than it is

fredgarvin

7/19/17 10:52am

It's not controls on a computer that they are getting around

Greg Kite's 'stache

7/19/17 11:01am

That's great that it works for you; I'm not trying to convince you of anything,

fredgarvin

7/19/17 11:15am

You pay $65 but you cant fathom paying $100?

byubyu

7/19/17 9:40am

Yeah, I overstated that. But paying over $100 seems like a lot to me now.

pistol12

7/19/17 10:56am

If you look at it annually it's different

Playoff

7/19/17 9:21am

We don't watch TV in our house. Kids have Amazon and Netflix for their

7/19/17 9:21am

This is exactly our approach too.

whirl

7/19/17 11:03am

Want to limit what comes into my home

DC12

7/19/17 9:24am

I dont want 250 channels beamed into my home

kccougar

7/19/17 9:32am

This is how I look at it. I don't think I'd have cable/satellite even if it were

RealComfortableJeans

7/19/17 9:56am

Complete agree. Turning the tv on just to see what is on ...

DC12

7/19/17 10:01am

create a family channel list and block all other channels. that was easy

nashty

7/19/17 10:11am

That was the key for me. By cutting the cord, my family has made better choices

Cougar-Duck

7/19/17 9:57am

It's not just the monthly cost. I can't get a cheap rate on Comcast for 4 months

Martin Van Nostrand

7/19/17 9:44am

Before I dumped Dish for Sling, I paid over $1000/year for my TV package.

benny1982

7/19/17 9:45am

Work pays for internet

cypresstx

7/19/17 10:11am

Biggest current reason for me is that I don't need live sports all 12 months...

wanderer

7/19/17 10:17am

Didn't know you could pair antenna with DVR. What setup do you have?

DC12

7/19/17 10:22am

TV Tuner attached to my PC running Windows 7, and using Windows Media Player as

wanderer

7/19/17 10:29am

Primary reason was to change our family's culture. A million channels means

Ash

7/19/17 10:19am

So they can brag about it on Cougarboard?

fredgarvin

7/19/17 10:24am

Cost for me.

TheLoneCougar

7/19/17 10:57am

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