tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post4445954536905839602..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Fade to BlackDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-53063909811759666722013-05-01T15:48:49.575-05:002013-05-01T15:48:49.575-05:00John, that sort of thing is just going to bring th...John, that sort of thing is just going to bring the post-cable era about that much sooner.<br /><br />Michelle - if I'm going to drop a phone it will be my cell phone, which I regard with unalloyed loathing. Plus I live in a dead zone for radio signals of all kinds (AM/FM/Cell phones/etc). I like having a land line. It works. This is something I have never been able to say about any cell phone I have ever owned, going back to 1993.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-45223664262401593842013-05-01T12:35:44.090-05:002013-05-01T12:35:44.090-05:00Something else to consider re the phone...
We dro...Something else to consider re the phone...<br /><br />We dropped our land line back to toll calling. It's ~$14 a month now. All outgoing calls are made on the cell phone, and almost everyone calls our cell phones, so we don't need caller ID, since we never answer the phone, and have an answering machine... just in case.<br /><br />If both kids don't have their own cells phones, then that won't work, but keep it in mind.Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-58555540186624479862013-05-01T12:33:51.075-05:002013-05-01T12:33:51.075-05:00Nope, there's more 'splaining to do. Chart...Nope, there's more 'splaining to do. Charter recently moved some channels from analog tuning to digital tuning. The digital versions now use a format called "UNencrypted QAM", which can be tuned by more modern televisions in the same way as the ATSC digital over-the-air version that happened in 2009. What to do with the old tube TV? You can buy your own digital converter box. You can rent one from Charter. Or you can use a newer DVD player that has a digital TV tuner built-in. The bad news is, Charter is switching to ENcrypted QAM at some point in the year ahead. This will require using their decoder/tuner. What the Charter rep didn't tell you is that they will be required (per FCC rules) to give you a tuner at no charge for at least the first two years after their switch to encrypted digital.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-37187032732879900302013-05-01T11:52:51.986-05:002013-05-01T11:52:51.986-05:00I need to explore whether dropping the cable from ...I need to explore whether dropping the cable from my bundle will cause my phone and internet to explode, as they all come from the same place.<br /><br />But really, the only thing I will miss if I drop cable (and, like Michelle, I include Dish/etc in that) will be the occasional sporting event and the shows produced by family members that for all my good intentions I rarely see anyway until much later.<br /><br />I like Netflix. <br /><br />If I'm looking at a screen, the odds are it is a computer. And now that my daughters have largely reached the same point, I'm thinking changes will be made. With all due speed. So, maybe October. Sigh.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-25813229962875120742013-05-01T10:38:53.509-05:002013-05-01T10:38:53.509-05:00Oh yeah, Amazon Prime too is how Michael watches t...Oh yeah, Amazon Prime too is how Michael watches things.<br /><br />And by cable, I lump together getting TV channels through a cable, dish or satellite. Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-21659802519123127512013-05-01T10:38:00.061-05:002013-05-01T10:38:00.061-05:00My cable company does not allow me to purchase Int...My cable company does not allow me to purchase Internet without a cable TV bundle. I get the lowest one. <br /><br />ISDN does not come out to my neck of the (literal) woods, so I'm stuck with that monopolistic arrangement.<br /><br />But for the Olympics I got so fed up with NBC's coverage I didn't even use the TV for that, I got a proxy service in the UK and used the BBC. Eric's right, the networks just aren't making relevant stuff, and when you can't even make the <i>Olympics</i> relevant, you are totally screwing the pooch.John the Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467337009577733553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-1877532961218953422013-05-01T10:01:04.085-05:002013-05-01T10:01:04.085-05:00I get my Internet through the cable company... but...I get my Internet through the cable company... but no cable. I can't say whether Kat's missed it since she moved in, but I never have in however many years I've been in the condo now.<br /><br />Ironically, this means TimeWarner Cable is participating in their own obsolescence: we <i>do</i> watch some "television" programs on Hulu (or Crackle on the tablet), and are considering the possibility of getting a Hulu Plus, Netflix and/or Amazon Prime account (all of these have their own respective advantages and icks).<br /><br />Part of the problem is the networks themselves: there are really very few shows I feel like I'm missing <i>at all</i>, and if I'm ever the least bit interested they're all going to eventually show up online or on DVD.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-57658956560274114232013-05-01T08:39:05.031-05:002013-05-01T08:39:05.031-05:00No cable, but I do have Dish, because I want thing...No cable, but I do have Dish, because I want things <em>right now</em>. My daughter has abandoned cable (except for Internet) and does Netflix, Amazon Instant Movies, and buys DVDs for movies/TV shows not otherwise available.vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16955307244053931069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-74518755555340797172013-05-01T07:00:49.474-05:002013-05-01T07:00:49.474-05:00The only time we had cable was when my grandmother...The only time we had cable was when my grandmother lived with me.<br /><br />Michael does all his watching through Hulu and Netflix.<br /><br />The only think I watch every year--the Rose Bowl parade--was live streamed on multiple sites, so I watched it on my computer. Random Michelle Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817444379694818074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-88906687859096067772013-05-01T05:07:47.165-05:002013-05-01T05:07:47.165-05:00We dumped the cable ages ago. News comes through t...We dumped the cable ages ago. News comes through the internet, entertainment through Netflix. As long as you don't mind not seeing new things RIGHT AWAY, it's just fine.Phialahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05604909119508288912noreply@blogger.com