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Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: mattkime
Date: August 08, 2023 10:17PM
Poll
Do you have cable tv?
Only registered users are allowed to vote for this poll.
76 votes were received.
Yes 23
 
30%
No 50
 
66%
Its complicated 3
 
4%



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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: Tiangou
Date: August 08, 2023 10:18PM
OTA since 2009.



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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: jdc
Date: August 08, 2023 10:33PM
is that the same as youtube live, or hulu live?





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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: steve...
Date: August 08, 2023 10:36PM
Most basic Spectrum. Zero, zilch, nada OTA.




Northern California Coast
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No.
Posted by: RAMd®d
Date: August 08, 2023 10:49PM
I have had cable since about '78.

I may not have a choice but to get it, though it would be basic only.






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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: sekker
Date: August 08, 2023 11:05PM
We ditched over 10 years ago. Was hard without cheap streaming sticks as OTA here sucks.
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: ArtP
Date: August 08, 2023 11:06PM
Diamond Comcast/Xfinity subscriber (means 14 years or some crap like that)

Basically I get the small pointy end of the diamond FIRST when they screw me over with the monthly bill,

Reminds me - I need to call them and see if I can fight and get my bill reduced

They make it impossible to talk to a real person and use the WORST AI ever.
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: rgG
Date: August 08, 2023 11:52PM
I assume that Dish counts as cable?





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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: DP
Date: August 09, 2023 06:33AM
I'm one of those that have had Comcast for years and other than prices rising, which happens anyway, I have no complaints. The internet is reliable and fast-no buffering ever-and I also recently went to Xfinity Mobile which dropped my mobile bill, took $45 a month off my cable bill, and got a $200 gift cart for switching!






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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: Mike Sellers
Date: August 09, 2023 06:50AM
Recently ditched Xfinity and switched to a T-Mobile hotspot. Not sure where that falls so I checked the third option.
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: vicrock
Date: August 09, 2023 08:13AM
No cable available - satellite only
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: dk62
Date: August 09, 2023 08:44AM
No cable, no OTA. If I absolutely need to see something on cable (3-4 times a year), I stream by logging into my ex-wife's cable account (my alimony pays for it anyway).
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: rz
Date: August 09, 2023 10:05AM
I have Directv, so I said no.
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: AllGold
Date: August 09, 2023 08:29PM
Probably should be clarified as to whether "cable TV" means only a terrestrial cable or also includes a satellite dish.
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Re: Do you have cable tv?
Posted by: Ca Bob
Date: August 09, 2023 10:24PM
Have not had a paid cable or satellite account for about 20 years, and even then, only had it for a few years. In the Los Angeles area, the TV finds about 50 or 60 free broadcast channels, of which a dozen or so are useful as entertainment -- maybe 2 dozen. There are another couple of dozen stations which are probably useful entertainment if you understand Chinese or Thai or Spanish. Also lots of advertising channels. I should add that one of the Spanish language channels is good for getting World Cup soccer and Women's World Cup, which really does not require having a commenter.

I should add that the conversion to digital broadcast television has been a big help. It allows for the larger number of channels, and most everything is compatible with wide screen 1040 or at least digital 480. It's all the difference in the world compared to the old style CRT televisions.

I do still have a 9 inch portable of the old style, along with the digital to analog converter I bought at Fry's at the time.



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