Comments on: How we save money on watching TV

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:56:08 +0000

I get an even better trick to save money on the TV (idiot box as i call them), sell it and do something useful with your time…

By: Hazzard

Hazzard — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:51:03 +0000

I also hate the Comcast monopoly. I call them every 6 months and get them to lower our prices. This has helped us save thousands over the last few years. When they finally stop giving us the discounts I expect we’ll cancel cable and just keep their Internet service. Even with cable, we still find ourselves watching HULU, Netflix via the Xbox etc. It wouldn’t kill us to lose cable tv all together but with the discounts they are giving us, it just doesn’t make sense to cancel.
Hazzard

By: bee

bee — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:12:36 +0000

never seen television…one a week maybe…

By: Pastor Jim Kibler

Pastor Jim Kibler — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:49:35 +0000

Sorry Dude, but I just can not bring myself to watch TV on my lab top.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:52:50 +0000

Wii just came out (or is coming out) with an app that allows you to get your netflix straight from your Wii.

Also, if you are looking for premium chans there are a TON of websites for it, but we don’t have to go over them here lol

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:16:29 +0000

@Rob, we don’t have a home phone anymore. We used to have Vonage, but we canceled that and now we just have cellphones. We downgraded our plan, but still only use half our minutes (although we use a lot of InNetwork (free) minutes).

For internet, I use Comcast, but I got a deal for $30/mth for a year (actually I got them to extend the discounted price that I had for a year prior).

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:47:26 +0000

May I ask,.. Do you bundle? Either way, how much do you pay for your phone (land line only) if you have one, and your internet?

See, I’ve been thinking about what I want to do with our TV situation. Right now we have DirecTV (which I hate with a passion), but thankfully our contract expires next month. I’m planning on switching to Charter because it’s the only other service out here without keeping some sort of dish – not to mention, no contract required. I’ll be getting a better deal through Charter with more services included, but I’m still paying over $100/month for all three services (TV, Phone, & Internet). I know there are more areas in each service that I can pare down (reducing bandwith, basic cable, minimal [or no] phone service), but each time I think that the one payment of $125, I think that it’s not too bad for all three services.