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Atman's going to cut the cord
« on: December 27, 2013, 02:33:24 PM »
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Atman (26,897 posts)    Fri Dec 27, 2013, 09:36 AM

Looking to cut the cord. Charter can suck it.

I'm sorry this post isn't about men hating women and the women who hate them, but the only thing I can't stand more than those threads is paying my now $170 cable/internet bill. It seems to go up every month, and digging through this months bill we found they've increased the modem rental fee to $10 (I honestly thought we owned it!), a basic dtv box rental went up to $10, the HDTV box another $10, and the fees and taxes are almost as much as the damned service! Well, not really, but there are LOTS of taxes, regulatory fees, access fees, this fee, that fee. Insanity.
 
We've been looking around and I'm thinking we're going all the way (still need internet, of course...we'll have to suck it up); Digital antenna for OTA hdtv, combined with Hulu/Netflix, internet and an Apple TV, and SCREW CHARTER. For about the cost of one month's cable bill I can say good-bye to their usurious bullshit. I admit, I'll miss me some Jon Stewart and Shameless, and the programs we got hooked on on Showtime and HBO, but we don't watch anything else except Morning Blow over coffee. And don't really even "watch" it, just morning noise. It seems like most other content we can get online or just wait for it to be released elsewhere. Our area, though fairly rural, seems to be in decent range for all the networks and PBS, from a few different markets (MA, RI, CT). So after the initial cost, we'd cut about $100-140 a month by getting rid of Charter.
 
One of our LED tvs is a small (26") older model, so it's not wifi-ready, but the big-screen is a "smart tv," and has all the bells and whistles, we've just never used them. Anyone else have any experience with this they could share? It seems kind of drastic, but I can't justify paying Charter this much money anymore. When we try to pare back our service, they hit us with other "package" fees and crap to make up for it, and we wind up only saving $10 a month. I'm done!

Oh now.

One hundred and seventy bucks a month is chump change to the twin.

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Atman (26,897 posts)    Fri Dec 27, 2013, 09:44 AM

2. Apple TV is on the list, too.

My son is a tech geek, he's been bugging us to get Apple TV for ages. We already use Airport to send music all over the house, and combined with the smart tv, Apple TV seems to make a lot of sense.

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Atman (26,897 posts)    Fri Dec 27, 2013, 02:02 PM

36. By "smart tv" I was only referring to the wifi, internet, and all that crapola.

Ours doesn't have Netflix or Hulu built in, but it can access our home network, so it can be used as a computer screen, get internet via the Wii or BlueRay player. And it was actually a steal... bought it at BJ's during a promotional launch. $500 off the price they wound up charging for the next six months. Of course, now it's two years old, so it's a "dinosaur." LOL! But still can be found at the same price we paid for it.
 
BTW, the BJ's coupon book we just got has a 32" (bedroom) HD LED tv for just $199. That will be part of our upgrade, for sure! When we bought the old 26" 720p tv five years ago it was about $400.

Question.

Why would the twin need a television in the bedroom?

Isn't the bedroom usually a venue for entertainment much better than the boob tube?

Or perhaps the twin's not as frisky as he was when he was younger?
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2013, 02:39:19 PM »
I really don't know how to say  :rotf: hard enough!

A liberal whining about taxes and fees?!? How does this happen?

I am shocked and confused.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2013, 02:41:49 PM »
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and the fees and taxes are almost as much as the damned service! Well, not really, but there are LOTS of taxes, regulatory fees, access fees, this fee, that fee. Insanity.

And the reason for all those taxes?  (Hey Dummy, fees are the new liberal speak for taxes).

I thought all you idiots loved big government.  How do you think big government gets all it's money to "spread the wealth"?

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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2013, 02:56:04 PM »
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I'm sorry this post isn't about men hating women and the women who hate them, but the only thing I can't stand more than those threads is paying my now $170 cable/internet bill.

Rob just wants everyone to know how much money he has to spend. :loser:
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2013, 02:59:22 PM »
Atman's television is smarter than he is.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2013, 03:10:50 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 27, 2013, 02:33:24 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024235220

Why would the twin need a television in the bedroom?

Isn't the bedroom usually a venue for entertainment much better than the boob tube?

Or perhaps the twin's not as frisky as he was when he was younger?

I would magine the camera serves much the same purpose as a backup camera does on an RV.  

Like most of the other primitives, he's probably too big to see what is going on "down there" without a little bit of help from a closed circuit television set.  

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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2013, 03:14:37 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on December 27, 2013, 02:33:24 PM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024235220

Why would the twin need a television in the bedroom?

Isn't the bedroom usually a venue for entertainment much better than the boob tube?

Or perhaps the twin's not as frisky as he was when he was younger?

Well coach I'll try to answer some of your questions.

I have a problem with ringing in my ears and as long as there is sound in the room then the ringing is moved into the backround.

The video, it's just something to look at until my eyes close for the night.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2013, 04:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on December 27, 2013, 02:59:22 PM
Atman's television is smarter than he is.

True, but that would apply just as well if his TV was a 40-year-old B&W NTSC analog portable with a rotary dial that clicked 13 times per revolution.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2013, 04:15:28 PM »
Rob's unemployable, with no marketable skill, shamelessly living off his wife's labor, but his wife makes a very good income.

This move is most likely another DUmmy lie.

Since Rob does nothing but sit around  the house all day watching TV, it's unlikely he's giving up any of his access.

Nearly all his posting at the DUmp consists of rants about something on PMSNBC.

Even in the evening, when his wife is cleaning up after the dinner she prepared after work, loading the dishwasher, and getting started on the evening's housework, Rob sits there watching Keef's carpetmunching sidekick or some mind-numbing drek like Biggest Loser or Greatest Race.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2013, 05:28:08 PM »
Quote from: EagleKeeper on December 27, 2013, 03:14:37 PM
Well coach I'll try to answer some of your questions.

I have a problem with ringing in my ears and as long as there is sound in the room then the ringing is moved into the backround.

The video, it's just something to look at until my eyes close for the night.


Same here, I have to have a TV or radio on to be able to sleep.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2013, 05:50:00 PM »
I got rid of my cable about 6 months ago.  I noticed I was rarely turning my TV on, and when I was, I wasn't really watching anything but movies or sports, and I was paying something like $100 a month for my TV to sit idle.   

I have Amazon prime and can stream movies and TV shows from my laptop for something like $75 a year.  If I want TV I'll go over and watch it at my GF's house when the playoffs are on.

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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2013, 05:57:28 PM »
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the fees and taxes
Pedro, you're paying for other people less fortunate. You should be happy, happy, happy.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2013, 06:08:38 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2013, 05:28:08 PM
Same here, I have to have a TV or radio on to be able to sleep.

I do too, but because of a work-life on the road. Almost a different town and a different bed every few nights. Always left the TV on, with low volume, to lull me to sleep in a too soft of a bed. Now, it's just a bad habit that I find very hard to break.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2013, 06:18:02 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 27, 2013, 05:28:08 PM
Same here, I have to have a TV or radio on to be able to sleep.

Obviously, that's not a problem for me, for obvious reasons.

However, I suspect Atman watches television rather than indulging in spirited recreation in bed, because he's older now, and can't perform like he used to.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2013, 05:27:15 AM »
Bitching about the cable service, but planning to shell out for yet another TV.  Atman's not too bright. 

Our satellite bill is about $70 a month and includes Encore, IFC, HBO and a couple other movie channels.   Of course, we're still using a 17 year old Sony Trinatron (which will have to be pried from my cold dead hands) and a 22 year old Magnavox.   Added a Roku box to both (add about $20 a month for subscription services) and we can watch pretty much whatever we want for less than $100 a month.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2013, 08:21:32 AM »
Quote from: Skul on December 27, 2013, 05:57:28 PM
Pedro, you're paying for other people less fortunate. You should be happy, happy, happy.
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Unless I am sorely mistaken, Charter is available only in or about St. Louis.
And with that it's on to happy...


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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2013, 09:24:58 AM »
Quote from: obumazombie on December 28, 2013, 08:21:32 AM
Unless I am sorely mistaken, Charter is available only in or about St. Louis.

Sorry, obumazombie, but you are sorely mistaken. Charter is HQ'd in San Looie. Phil Allen, Bill Gates' original pafrtner, who was pushed out of Microsoft, is the CEO. Charter bought all kinds of cable companies in the nineties and the naught years with Allen's billinons. They're nationwide. But it is overpriced and they teeter on the edge of bankruptcy quite often.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2013, 10:24:46 PM »
Quote from: tanstaafl on December 28, 2013, 09:24:58 AM
Sorry, obumazombie, but you are sorely mistaken. Charter is HQ'd in San Looie. Phil Allen, Bill Gates' original pafrtner, who was pushed out of Microsoft, is the CEO. Charter bought all kinds of cable companies in the nineties and the naught years with Allen's billinons. They're nationwide. But it is overpriced and they teeter on the edge of bankruptcy quite often.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2014, 12:58:31 PM »
Mrs. D and I got tired of paying $75 a month for satellite service over 6 years ago. We figured out that of the 200+ channels of chrome-plated crap we were paying for, we were actually only watching maybe 10 of 'em.
Since then, a $8.00 monthly fee for Netflix, $7 for Hulu-plus and $10 for TheBlaze (on top of a $39 innerwebz bill) is all we pay for the privilege of sitting in front of the idiot box, and there's no insanely stupid pMSNBC to have to block.

You know what? It's amazing what can happen when you figure out the people you live with are waaaay more interesting than anything coming out of the boob tube.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2014, 02:16:24 PM »
Quote from: Gern on December 27, 2013, 05:50:00 PM
I got rid of my cable about 6 months ago.  I noticed I was rarely turning my TV on, and when I was, I wasn't really watching anything but movies or sports, and I was paying something like $100 a month for my TV to sit idle.   

I have Amazon prime and can stream movies and TV shows from my laptop for something like $75 a year.  If I want TV I'll go over and watch it at my GF's house when the playoffs are on.



Were it not for the kids, I would have gotten rid of cable long ago.  As it is, Dish/DirecTV aren't really much better.

And yeah, I love how they piss and moan about taxes and fees.  Even their hero Joe "Get a shotgun!" Biden said paying taxes was patriotic.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2014, 02:23:45 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on January 01, 2014, 02:16:24 PM
And yeah, I love how they piss and moan about taxes and fees.  Even their hero Joe "Get a shotgun!" Biden said paying taxes was patriotic.

They think that taxes and regulating fees are only paid for by rich corporations and their CEOs. 


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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #21 on: January 01, 2014, 08:01:19 PM »
Meh. We got rid of our satellite service roughly 5 years ago.

The wife and I now have PCs plugged into large led/lcd monitors, and watch just about anything we want to over the internet with hulu and similar services. There are few things we miss, and we just buy the season on blu ray once its released for things like Game of Thrones.

The way things are going, I picture cable and satellite service remaining in business as they exist now for another 5 to 10 years at most, after which they will change to internet format.

As it is now, there isn't much that can't be watched over the internet legally.

The DUmmies may catch on to that eventually.


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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
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Atman (26,897 posts)    Fri Dec 27, 2013, 09:36 AM

Looking to cut the cord.

I thought he was talking about the welfare umbilical cord. Yo Atman... how about you cut your throat instead? Do us all a favor.  Loser.
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Re: Atman's going to cut the cord
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2014, 11:35:56 AM »
Quote from: CollectivismMustDie on January 01, 2014, 08:01:19 PM
Meh. We got rid of our satellite service roughly 5 years ago.

The wife and I now have PCs plugged into large led/lcd monitors, and watch just about anything we want to over the internet with hulu and similar services. There are few things we miss, and we just buy the season on blu ray once its released for things like Game of Thrones.

The way things are going, I picture cable and satellite service remaining in business as they exist now for another 5 to 10 years at most, after which they will change to internet format.

As it is now, there isn't much that can't be watched over the internet legally.

The DUmmies may catch on to that eventually.


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I would like to do that; but my Braves games are blacked out on MLBTV.com...and the college and NFL games that I love to watch aren't readily available online. If it wasn't for those two things I'd go with Roku or something similar.
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