After my post earlier today I thought: what do I need cable for anyway, I mainly watch TV (o.k., sometimes a friend visits and watches the news channels for a while...). So, on the one side I was contemplating to actually give up cable or at least reduce the channels, I actually ended up ordering more
I now have a bunch of HD channels (HBO, Discovery are the ones I care about), some more of the HBO family and various other ones I didn't have before.
My previous deal was: $15 per month for around 80 channels. Mind you, most of those are Chinese language! However, there was/is 6 movie channels as well as Discovery, National Geographic, Animal Planet and Living & Lifestyle (or so).
Now I pay an additional $12 (well, they have a special, so actually only $10 for the first year) for 7 HD channels (incl. HBO, Discovery, NatGeo and History), 1080i widescreen
, as well as SD versions of HBO Signature, HBO Hits, HBO Family, Sci-Fi (meant to be SyFy....?), Universal, Hallmark, two more natGeo and three more Discovery.
Without cable on my bedroom TV I get around 25 channels, including my favourite E4. I could easily get along without cable and just watch shows on DVD.
My colleague was the one who suggested it. Basically: try to watch some stuff on TV and then order less DVDs, concentrating to buy the stuff that I really want/"need". So, I'll have to watch the listings to catch stuff I missed in the cinema and watch it on TV rather than ordering a DVD just to watch it.
