We tried to go without cable or satellite or any type of TV augmentation once before…we made it about 5 days.
So today is a red-letter day. We are cutting the proverbial TV cord.
We have had a gazillion options over the years (direct, dish, cable, comcast – everything) and just hate almost everything that is on TV and actually rarely watch a show when it is on anyway. How is it possible to have 897 channels available and not be able to find one redeemable thing on when you have a few minutes???
So we figured, for instance, when Dave wants to watch that horrible “Walking Dead” show, he can use Hulu and see it a day late. Which is fine, because he just finished watching 6 back episodes that he’d recorded months ago but hadn’t had time to watch.
Plus we got our AppleTV a year ago and even though we couple it with our Netflix subscription, we haven’t really fully explored everything it avails for us and I don’t think we will until we take the plunge.
So, we did it. We called them. We said, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
We bought one of those exterior digital antennas ($40 @ WalMart) to get local channels in hi-def and it looks good. But I am still hyperventilating. I am madly surfing before they actually pull the plug with no intention of watching anything-just afraid of losing the control and selections. And I truly hate 92% of what is available anyway.
Tell me: have you done it? How do you de-tox? How do you change what you have done for 30+ years? What will help me transition when I feel like I need a fix? Please, friends and family: get me through this. What do I need to know and where will I find everything I neeeeeeeeeed???
I will miss Paula Zahn and Dateline on Investigation Discovery. And for the grandkids, whom I have raised on Sprout (Caillou, and Angelina Ballerina and so many other sweet little shows), I will miss “119.” But I will miss you the most, Judge Judy.
I take this leap willingly. Let’s see if we can go longer than 5 days???