movies/tv Do you watch cable TV?

[The Cynical Lone Wolf 615]

With Netflix, youtube and other things on the web becoming more and more popular, it rasies a question: Do you watch cable TV?

Me?

No because of the ads plain and simple,it really kills an enjoyment of a show

[Celtore 2,770]

Quite honestly... No. It always seems to surprise people that I dont watch television, almost as much as the fact that I abstain from drinking. I'm more into community video game live streamers that interact with their audience. It's a lot more fun for me and I don't get bombarded with nearly as many ads.

 

(Oh, and my news feed reader pick up the news for me. Chances are I've already heard of several big stories before they hit the air waves.)

[n00bert 18]

Cable is so 20th century.

 

I detest ads too.

[Shanks 10,816]

Yes, but not nearly as much as I used to. There are mostly just a few shows that I watch on TV, I did get a pleasant surprise a few months back finding out that I get Boomerang though.

[PoisonClaw 8,164]

Yes, but nowhere near as much as I used to. I think in the last month I've watched one, maybe two things on cable tv (besides livestreams of the Hub but I'm not counting those).

[Sig Hoovestrong 838]

Well i don't have much reason watch TV anymore cause thing do want to watch i find on the internet.

[GrimCW 658]

Ignore me as this one is gonna make me rant a bit.. pent up since I normally don't go and talk about it... but...

 

 

I don't not only due to the ads just being obstructive, but also the price and lack of quality content.

To many crappy "reality" shows abound these days, and very little else worth even mentioning...

 

For the things I do want at, or enjoy I can just as easily find them on iTunes a day later, or netflix/Hulu.

And yes I said Hulu.  While hulu has ads, its not an obscene amount of them. Also check the timings on episodes, you'll find that they've increased the time for commercials in recent years, and cut back actual shows...

 

Cable companies say they need the subscription fees to keep ads down, but ad's to keep the subscription fees down.. the cable companies OWN MOST OF THE STATIONS AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES!!!!.... anyone else see the red flag there?

 

While there are exceptions, the only reason the pricing is so high on any of the availible cable/sat companies is due to excessively high pricing for their content to go on their competitors networks.. I.E. see also "greed"

 

For the price of ONE month subscription to a cable/sat company, I can get Netflix/Hulu, and an entire season of whatever I like off iTunes (new episodes a day after they air on TV for iTunes and Hulu.) .... wheres my incentive to go back to cable/sat in this?

 

few to no commercials, I get the shows I like without the fluff and interruptions about "news" and sports I don't want to hear about.. And I can still get the rest on the internet for half the price of the cable/sat.....

 

Its so bad even my parents dumped cable , and they like watching the news and such... Now they just share my Netflix/hulu accounts and call it a day!

Edited January 14, 2014 by GrimCW

[Ampharos 1,009]

I don't. Mostly cuz my dad pays for Hulu+ and Netflix instead of cable (smart decision tbh. Save a lot of money0 but those are all I really need anyway.

[Radiance64 7,053]

Yeah, since like forever. Pretty much everyone watches TV, no?

[Moonlight 7,287]

No, I can find anything I want online, easily. Plus, I play games more than I watch TV. 

[Delernil 952]

I watch a show or two but no.

[Dark Heart 284]

The only reason hive watch TV its for NCIS/Boomerang since netflix doesnt stream it, and i dont whana dish out extra money that im already paying.

 

I dont think people get surprised about not watching tv anymore, ill tho i get some strange faces whenever i told people i dont use a cell phone xD

[Scootalove 10,689]

Yes, but only the shows that actually have effort put into them.

[Krys9 456]

I haven't watched anything that doesn't require streaming for a couple years now because I don't pay for any kind of television. I mostly get everything I need from the internet. xD