I just canceled my cable and landline

Now use my two HDMI ports for the PS3 and 360 and watch netflix (and soon hulu). 

Now use my two HDMI ports for the PS3 and 360 and watch netflix (and soon hulu). 

Good on ya!

We canceled our cable over a year ago or so due to Netflix and Hulu. We save so much money! 

I canceled my cable a bit ago and wish I did it sooner, sure there's a few programs I miss and watching some sports but the money I'm saving is definitely worth it.

Never had cable to begin with. Hulu for life.

I've reverted to OTA TV and Hulu myself. The few channels I did watch on Cable were always in the upper price tiers, and I'm just talking about stuff like Science Channel and History International and such. Two or three channels isn't worth $80+ regulatory fees per month.
 
Besides, OTA (antenna) HD looks a lot better than that grainy compressed shit on Cable or Satellite. And with the switch to digital broadcasting a while back, most stations have substations so I don't have just 5 OTA channels like we used to here, we have like, 14.

I could also live without either, if it came down to it. I do watch sports so that is the reason I still have cable, but there is only one sport I watch and it's only on 5 months out of the years. The other 7 months, I literally only turn on the digital cable box (if that) once a week to watch the one show on TV that I like.  
 
I also have a landline that I absolutely never use, and often wonder why I still pay for it.

I'll cancel as soon as they come up with a solution for watching sports live that's as simple and easy to use as Hulu / Netflix. 
 
The majority of my TV watching is relegated to sports, and I don't know that I could give that up, no matter how much money I'd save.

I wish I lived in America, where this is a viable option.

I cancelled my cable a long time ago, glad I did 
I can watch most of the shows I like online and for sports my antenna works fine

I wish I lived in America, where this is a viable option.

" @FreakAche said:

I wish I lived in America, where this is a viable option.

I live in America and Comcast will actually charge me MORE if I cancel my basic cable TV... "

When I moved I never even got cable or a landline.  It's the world of tomorrrow!

it's a real shame the internet in my area is tied to my landline, and the UK OTA Sky player requires a subscription to the companies satellite TV service . I would love to do similar and get rid of some of the monthly cost because as is it costs around £80 or $120 a month.

I can't cancel cable due to needing the news channels.  

the least expensive cable service that i can get from comcast is $150 per month including landline and internet.  compared to $59 for internet + $9 for netflix + $9 for hulu + $5 for xbox live = $82 per month.   comes to $68 per month in savings (a conservative estimate since i'd pay for xbox live even with cable service).  can spend it on more games and blu-ray purchases andor smoking weed and fucking hookers.

I can't comprehend why people still have land line phones.

" I can't cancel cable due to needing the news channels.   "

" I can't cancel cable due to needing the news channels.   "

i prefer reading the news to watching it on tv for the same reason i prefer netflix and hulu to cable tv and movie channels.  i get to choose what i want to read and watch rather then having some potentially crappy content delivered to me. 

If it wasn't for fucking ESPN and Sportscenter I would have no need for cable.

I don't even own a television!

I cancelled a long time ago, and between Netflix, downloading, and Hulu I miss nothing that I used to watch.    
 
 
 
@laserfrog: 

I could never cancel my cable. There's too much programming I like that I would never seek out. Stumbling on a cool documentary, being able to channel surf odd programs in the middle of the night, getting sucked into home decorating shows all make cable worthwhile. 

" I could never cancel my cable. There's too much programming I like that I would never seek out. Stumbling on a cool documentary, being able to channel surf odd programs in the middle of the night, getting sucked into home decorating shows all make cable worthwhile.  "

yeah, i kind of know why you would cancel cable. if i lived on my own i would probably not get cable just internet. there are plenty of things to do than watch commercials.

" @RecSpec: I love Pawn Stars too, coincidentally. It's that type of experience that makes cable fun. "

That's what I plan to do when I move into my own place without roommates (my roommates, all ladies, can't get enough of their cable and their Kardashians). Get a Netflix & possibly a Hulu Plus account (but probably not the latter) and just screw cable. Good on you, OP.

Unfortuantely, we don't have any service like Hulu or Netflix, so I am forced to keep my cable

" @HarlequinRiot said:

" @RecSpec: I love Pawn Stars too, coincidentally. It's that type of experience that makes cable fun. "

Pawn Stars is on Netflix. "

" @Axxol said:

" @HarlequinRiot said:

" @RecSpec: I love Pawn Stars too, coincidentally. It's that type of experience that makes cable fun. "

Pawn Stars is on Netflix. "

But I would have never found it if it wasn't for my cable.   "

" @RecSpec said:

" @Axxol said:

" @HarlequinRiot said:

" @RecSpec: I love Pawn Stars too, coincidentally. It's that type of experience that makes cable fun. "

Pawn Stars is on Netflix. "

But I would have never found it if it wasn't for my cable.   "

I found it because of Netflix. I only have basic cable. "

I haven't needed a TV service in over a decade. Thanks piratebay!

I've never had cable television. Once, while on vacation, I watched a 2 day marathon of "The Real World" and barely left the hotel. Too much of a good (or bad) thing.  I have a giant picture tube television from the pawn shop... but it stays off unless I play a rare DVD.
I watch movies and catch some shows on the web.

Yup this seems to be the way to go. We canceled our cable awhile ago and never had a land line.
 
The funny thing is after not watching tv for a long time, watching it again at a friend's house or something like that, I am reminded of how shitty most tv is nowadays.

If I could get live HD sports over the internet, I would finally ditch cable.  
 
And no, ESPN3 doesn't cut it.  

The only reason I keep cable is for live sports and news.

MagicJack, fools. Get with the now.

People still have landlines?

Any day we get hulu in canada fuck cable.