Since December 2012 our house has been cable free.
We have survived!
We haven't killed each other!
- Cheaper than Cable
- Watch what we want when we want
- Catch up on your favorite series
- Pay for what you want (within reason)
- Less commercials (or none in some cases) than TV
- No HBO! or TNT.
- All series shows are available the day after they air
- Need another device to watch on TV
- Forget about Sunday/Monday night football (unless you have an antennae)
- There is no Science and History channels for my husband.
To save about $100/mo my husband and I decided to cut cable out of our house and use our Wii to watch streaming services like Netflix and Hulu. Here is the low down on costs and what you need to watch streaming TV on your television. Tomorrow I will break down devices that I use and subscription costs.
Bottom line(s):
- I am able to keep the family relatively happy with out cable through internet streaming services.
- Our monthly costs have been reduced by over $100/month
- If cable channels like TNT and HBO do not start offering their programing a la carte soon, then I will get cable again - just so I can see some of my favorite shows (Rizolli & Isles, Major Crimes, Perception, Game of Thrones, and True Blood) but I won't have a problem shutting it back down when those series are not on.
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