dfchelbay
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- Sep 7, 2008
We are again considering cutting cable tv. We are paying $110 a month for BASIC CABLE...NO EXTRAS! We are told it costs this much because we do not have internet or phones with Comcast...just tv. We have no use for the phone & our internet is already paid for by work.
I looked online & have found some network websites play full episodes of shows & Hulu+ has some others...even though some are a year or two behind. My apprehension to cutting cable tv is because I love HGTV & news, especially if there's breaking news/events. Neither of which are on Hulu. HGTV has 1 or 2 shows they play full episodes of & that's about it. I don't watch local news at all, just cable news. Where do you get national news if you don't have cable? Where can I get my HGTV fix? Any tips or tricks you all know of, let me know. I have noticed that breaking news hits on Twitter long before it ever sees the network. So there' that I guess.
Also, I plugged the cable directly into my tv in my office & it tells me I have to contact Comcast to get a cable box. Now every tv has to have a cable box? I just wanted it in another room. It's a newish digital tv...NOT analog, yet still requires a cable box? I just get the looped Comcast commercial when I plug that tv into the jack in the wall. I used to get cable in every room that had a jack/outlet...now ever jack needs a cable box?
What websites do you all use? Is there another HGTVish website to watch that type of programming? Any other info you have would be appreciated. Thanks
I looked online & have found some network websites play full episodes of shows & Hulu+ has some others...even though some are a year or two behind. My apprehension to cutting cable tv is because I love HGTV & news, especially if there's breaking news/events. Neither of which are on Hulu. HGTV has 1 or 2 shows they play full episodes of & that's about it. I don't watch local news at all, just cable news. Where do you get national news if you don't have cable? Where can I get my HGTV fix? Any tips or tricks you all know of, let me know. I have noticed that breaking news hits on Twitter long before it ever sees the network. So there' that I guess.
Also, I plugged the cable directly into my tv in my office & it tells me I have to contact Comcast to get a cable box. Now every tv has to have a cable box? I just wanted it in another room. It's a newish digital tv...NOT analog, yet still requires a cable box? I just get the looped Comcast commercial when I plug that tv into the jack in the wall. I used to get cable in every room that had a jack/outlet...now ever jack needs a cable box?
What websites do you all use? Is there another HGTVish website to watch that type of programming? Any other info you have would be appreciated. Thanks