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What's the longest time you've gone without TV at home?
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Back in '08 there was a storm that blew down like half the trees in the city. I was without power for four days.
Have never had cable aside from baseball postseason when Tigers are in it. Won't be needing that for awhile.
Many years we had only vcr but no tv reception. a friend with a huge dish lent us ds9 and VOY , 6 eps per homemade vhs. When we moved we got three over the air stations, but kept tv in a bedroom for news and Packers games once the trees exfoliated. It makes for a quiet, music- and reading-centric living room. We now have a roku for my wife's tv in her bedroom. That's how we watch the Astros lately and DS9.
Man, the normal tv (cable) channels we get via roku: the commercials are horrible and noisy and always messing with my brain. So glad they haven't been a part of my adult life, and that our kids missed out except up at Gramma and Grampa's house.
Many years we had only vcr but no tv reception. a friend with a huge dish lent us ds9 and VOY , 6 eps per homemade vhs. When we moved we got three over the air stations, but kept tv in a bedroom for news and Packers games once the trees exfoliated. It makes for a quiet, music- and reading-centric living room. We now have a roku for my wife's tv in her bedroom. That's how we watch the Astros lately and DS9.
Man, the normal tv (cable) channels we get via roku: the commercials are horrible and noisy and always messing with my brain. So glad they haven't been a part of my adult life, and that our kids missed out except up at Gramma and Grampa's house.
I got rid of cable years ago. Can't say I miss it much. 
The only slight annoyance is at times like this, during the baseball playoffs. The World Series is going on right now, but I can't watch the games live, since the streaming service I subscribe to (MLB.TV) blacks them out. So if I want to watch the games, I have to wait until like 2 hours after the games are over.
Fortunately I can still listen to the radio feeds. Those are never blacked out.
The only slight annoyance is at times like this, during the baseball playoffs. The World Series is going on right now, but I can't watch the games live, since the streaming service I subscribe to (MLB.TV) blacks them out. So if I want to watch the games, I have to wait until like 2 hours after the games are over.
Fortunately I can still listen to the radio feeds. Those are never blacked out.
My ex-wife and I canceled cable back in January 2016 and I've never looked back, even after we split up. I get by with broadcast and Hulu nowadays.
You're in fucking Omaha, there's no way you can't pick up KPTM with an antenna. Shit, I'm in Madison, Wisconsin, and my rabbit ears pick up signals from Janesville and Milwaukee (40-something and 80-something miles away, respectively).
I got rid of cable years ago. Can't say I miss it much.
The only slight annoyance is at times like this, during the baseball playoffs. The World Series is going on right now, but I can't watch the games live, since the streaming service I subscribe to (MLB.TV) blacks them out. So if I want to watch the games, I have to wait until like 2 hours after the games are over.
Fortunately I can still listen to the radio feeds. Those are never blacked out.
You're in fucking Omaha, there's no way you can't pick up KPTM with an antenna. Shit, I'm in Madison, Wisconsin, and my rabbit ears pick up signals from Janesville and Milwaukee (40-something and 80-something miles away, respectively).
^ I tried an antenna once. Never did get it to work right. Whichever channel I tried to tune in, the reception would always cut out after a few minutes.
I think the problem is that my TV is in the basement. Unless I wanted to put an antenna on the outside of the house (which is not an option), it's just never going to work for me. And as I said, the radio feeds are more than enough, at least until I can get the BluRays.
I admit it WOULD be nice to watch the series live, but why go to all that work just to listen to Joe Buck?
I think the problem is that my TV is in the basement. Unless I wanted to put an antenna on the outside of the house (which is not an option), it's just never going to work for me. And as I said, the radio feeds are more than enough, at least until I can get the BluRays.
I admit it WOULD be nice to watch the series live, but why go to all that work just to listen to Joe Buck?
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Ha ha!! John Schiambi on Espn radio has a nice voice. I once wrote a blues song about Joe Buck, but have to wait till I retire from teaching to perform it. The chorus has a certain bad word in it (twice) hat rhymes with Buck and I need to keep my day job with its pesky morals clause!
I think you can pay a new fee to mlb on the app to get the postseason; then the roku app will play it on tv.
I think you can pay a new fee to mlb on the app to get the postseason; then the roku app will play it on tv.
2004 was the last time I paid for tv cable,.. but the internet connection was started in 1992 dial up,.. phone modem had computer dialup in the 80’s. About 1983 to college and bbs phone services,.. yeah I was bummed I couldn’t afford the end of the Star Trek enterprise series in 2004.. but that’s when I started using double monitors on on computer,..with tv outs from the computer as well,,now I don’t have the tv still,. Gotten rid of that commercial stuff,.
My rant
Paying cable to watch commercials that pay cable for us to watch them,.. right,.. ???go figure?
My rant
Paying cable to watch commercials that pay cable for us to watch them,.. right,.. ???go figure?
I sold mine in 2004. Haven't had one since. The way technology is going, it's looking increasingly like I'll never own one again. Unless I can find an old "stupid" TV and have somebody fix it up.
My sister and her family are being affected by these damn wildfires in CA. They live in San Rafael and have been without power for three days. 
You don't have to use the smart functions of current TVs, do you?
I never do. Honestly I don't even know if my TV has stuff like that. Any so-called "smart" functions I leave to my AppleTV.
Not anymore.
They used to have something called Postseason.TV which would let you watch playoff games (that would normally be blacked out) but from alternate camera angles. They haven't had that for a few years now.
You don't have to use the smart functions of current TVs, do you?
I never do. Honestly I don't even know if my TV has stuff like that. Any so-called "smart" functions I leave to my AppleTV.
Not anymore.
They used to have something called Postseason.TV which would let you watch playoff games (that would normally be blacked out) but from alternate camera angles. They haven't had that for a few years now.
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I don't think I've ever not lived with at least one TV in the home. However, I haven't had cable for several years now. I get plenty of entertainment through the free antenna channels and Netflix. I think I would miss television very much if I had to give it up.
We got internet in about 1999, and I haven't gone without it since, except for maybe 2-3 days in the transition from moving from one place to another.
We got internet in about 1999, and I haven't gone without it since, except for maybe 2-3 days in the transition from moving from one place to another.
Back in the late '90s my TV broke and I didn't replace it for the better part of a year, I can't remember how long exactly. I read War and Peace, all of Sherlock Holmes, all of Conrad, most of Dostoevsky and Mark Twain, and a lot of other stuff. It was pretty great, I learned a lot in that time. When the person who is now my wife started to be at my apartment a lot I decided to cough up the money for a new TV.
The only “Smart” function I use is using voice control to change to a channel whose number I don’t know.
But even then it can be dumb, because HBO sends it to HBO West.
I’ve never not have a TV. TV stuff is just what I do in my downtime. Not working? No social events? No house work? Not time to work out? I’m watching TV or playing video games. Not sure how I’d spend my downtime without it, at least in cases where I’m too tired to work on hobbies or something.
Everything else I would want to do in my downtime (Guitar, writing, learning languages, etc) are things that require mental energy, so still not much alternative for when I don’t have that.
But even then it can be dumb, because HBO sends it to HBO West.
I’ve never not have a TV. TV stuff is just what I do in my downtime. Not working? No social events? No house work? Not time to work out? I’m watching TV or playing video games. Not sure how I’d spend my downtime without it, at least in cases where I’m too tired to work on hobbies or something.
Everything else I would want to do in my downtime (Guitar, writing, learning languages, etc) are things that require mental energy, so still not much alternative for when I don’t have that.
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