After nearly 54 years.........

by dmfalk

I am now officially free from cable TV!

In November, 1970, while I was at a babysitter (I was, after all, only 5 at the time), I got exposed to several TV shows I fell in love with:

Star Trek
Lost In Space
Batman
The Monkees
The Flintstones
The Jetsons
Twilight Zone

In January, 1971, we did get cable.....

In more recent years, I have, of course, bought all these shows, and many, many more that I've watched, on disc (especially Blu-ray), and as I rely more on internet TV than cable TV (even for local news), and with my mother now in hospice care (and she was the more TV-addicted of us two), it was time to finally sever the cable TV, so I have. I no longer need it, I have most of what I want...... :) It is now gone.....

So, excuse me whilst I ride out this major storm hitting here, right now.....

d.m.f.

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Ainoko

1 day, 13 hrs ago

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Been going on 10 years since I gave up cable TV after I got my first smart TV, haven't missed cable TV since

dmfalk

1 day, 13 hrs ago

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@ Ainoko

I long told my mother, I can get what I want, TV-wise, through internet TV and DVDs/Blu-rays, that once she's gone, I'll get rid of it. So I did. ;)

d.m.f.

LupineAssassin

1 day, 12 hrs ago

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I hardly watch TV anymore, if at all. The election results were disenfranchising enough. TV as a whole has gone too corporate, a mindless melange of "fuck you, pay me" mentality.

dmfalk

1 day, 12 hrs ago

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@ LupineAssassin

And the utter lack of creativity, especially in the last couple decades.... I mean, there are occasional good shows, but they're few and far between..... (And the movies aren't much better...)

d.m.f.

CyberCornEntropic

1 day, 11 hrs ago

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I never had it. It always cost too much. I quit TV twenty years ago when I came to Oregon, and it turned out the reception is horrible around here.

dmfalk

1 day, 6 hrs ago

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@ CyberCornEntropic

You're 15-20 miles away from the nearest TV station (Albany), so I'm not surprised... :O Here, until 1987, we only had 3 TV stations, so cable became something essential.... Now, internet TV gets me more interesting stuff.... The only thing I haven't gotten set up are sources for regional sports..... (Still a few months before baseball returns, so.....)

d.m.f.