I’ve nearly convinced myself to cut the cord. Yep, I think I’m going to tell the cable company to take my beloved DVR and all 3 digital cable boxes and shove them where the sun don’t shine. (We’ll talk about why a single person has 3 TVs in her house some other time.)
Like the former RTVMP that I am (you’ll either get that reference or you won’t), I heart TV. In the past few years, I think there’s been a renaissance in TV writing that rivals the mid-70’s. Storylines have been amazing and the creativity has just oozed out of the idiot box.
But I am sick to death of paying $108 a month for cable. That doesn’t include internet, digital phone, or even premium channels. That’s just for cable. That’s $1296 a year. Ridiculous.
Nearly every show I watch I can get for free on the Internet. Well, free if you don’t count what I pay the phone company for Internet service. But still, I’m going to pay for Internet access anyway.
I know there’s a way to hook up your computer to your TV so you can watch shows that way. I don’t quite have all those details worked out yet, but I know I can watch anything on my laptop whenever I want.
Still…I really like my DVR and watching my recorded shows while I exercise makes exercise less of a pain. And I do a pretty new digital TV and all. Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m going to cut the cord this week. Or maybe after the new fall season starts.
