I just use torrents with my computers which includes a couple of HTPCs. Arrrr!
I just use torrents with my computers which includes a couple of HTPCs. Arrrr!
SkinnyG wrote: I'd like to say I get more done around the house, but I can't seem to shake the internet habit.
I've been without TV at my house since around 2001, but I'm tempted to get cable/sat TV again for this reason. At least when I was watching TV, I could do stuff... dishes during commercials... work on my bikes... fold clotches... whatever... but when on the internet I'm glued to that damn desk and I don't get squat done...
Ashyukun: Check out software called Sickbeard. Its a tool for the shady side of cutting cable, but it works just as you would want it: knows what shows you want and downloads them automatically when they are available. It does however require a PC to be on to run it.
SkinnyG wrote: I have a roof antenna, and the one channel it comes with - that I don't watch at all. I'd like to say I get more done around the house, but I can't seem to shake the internet habit.
This is what we have, 30+ channels. Use the tv for kids movies mostly and have netflix. I grew up without a TV and I'd be perfectly fine without mine now .
SVreX wrote: We've been without TV for a really long time. Like 10 years or more (really not sure- that's how much I miss it). Totally don't need it. Whenever I think about it, I realize I'd have to give up something I have now. My life is good- there is simply nothing I'd want to give up in order to have TV. I do like an occasional football game. But they are a lot more fun with other people. I just call up a friend, or stop by a Sports bar. We have Netflix streaming (not much happening there), and rent videos. Nothing more. If I want something current like the news, I will turn to the radio, or the internet. I am perfectly happy paying ZERO for television. Well, I guess it costs me a six pack every once in a while when I visit a friend's house.
This. Ain't had tv in almost 15 years.
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