Comments on: When Bears Attack!

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:14:10 +0000

Probably 90% of the programming we watch is cable (over satellite), and not the trash on network TV. I couldn’t live without Spike, the NHL Channel, Fox Sports Pittsburgh, or Versus. I could easily live without NBC, CBS, ABC, or Fox, especially since none of our local providers are broadcasting more than a few shows in HD.

Unfortunately, dropping the networks isn’t an option.

By: Ian Argent

Ian Argent — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:06:46 +0000

If I dropped the cable TV I have, my broadband bill would go *up* (strange but true – naked broadband from comcast is more expensive than broadband+limited basic). I don’t recall the last time I turned on the TV prior to the ball drop (which I probably could have found streamed).

By: HerrBGone

HerrBGone — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 01:44:37 +0000

By way of broadcasting landmarks, my cable TV went away round about the end of season four of Babylon 5. In all that time I truly haven’t missed it. There are only two shows I really want to watch: The Daytona 500 and the Indy 500. And if I miss Daytona I don’t really get that upset about it. At least as of last year both were on broadcast that I could pull in with my antenna.

Now if I could only break my blogging addiction that has replaced my former TV addiction I might actually have some time to get to the range!

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:38:20 +0000

Mythbusters was good, but turned st00pid when they started “testing” obviously false myths. Having said that, there are two great shows on DC: Deadliest Catch and Dirty Jobs. I am, however, getting ticked that Investigation Discovery still isn’t broadcasting HD.

By: Mark Brumbaugh

Mark Brumbaugh — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:23:03 +0000

Almost four years ago I forgot to pay the cable bill and they shut it off. When I turned on the TV and found nothing but static I called the company the next day and asked if there was a problem with the cable.
They told me there was no problem, I had been shut off for non-payment… more than three weeks before.
I realized then and there I was paying for something I didn’t use anyway, wrote the check for what I owed them and canceled the service.
Haven’t missed it since.
When I visit friends and watch TV with them I am constantly amazed at the complete garbage that is on the air and never regret I no longer have service.

By: RobertC

RobertC — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 05:54:32 +0000

“How it’s Made” and “Dirty Jobs” aren’t that bad either, but overall Discovery’s been going down the tube, along with most of the rest of cable.

I was watching a “documentary” on Discovery today about execution devices that was so full of non-sequiters and misleading information I had to turn it off.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:38:03 +0000

Er, have not regretted it. Grrrrr.

By: Rob K

Rob K — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:36:49 +0000

Do it! I dropped cable over ten years ago and have regretted it for a minute.

By: RAH

RAH — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:34:11 +0000

I like “How its Made” and USA and Spike. I get it in a package with the fios phone and internet. The 4 history channels are good and some SCI FI.
Weather Channel and cable news Fox and Fox business. CNN and BBC had more news on the Georgia/ Russia conflict.

I agree with 200 channels there is rarely anything I watch.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:12:12 +0000

so was the federal mandate to go to digital TV a favor for cable companies or those who would benefit from the old analog TV spectrum, like google?

There are other shows besides MB on there that aren’t all bad, but not many. My TV has been DVD only for the last few years. A buddy (gasp!) doesn’t even have a TV and when that was made know at a recent holiday party was questioned endlessly…surprised he got out of there without full cavity search.