could you live without tv

[patsopinion]

<p>my roommates decided not to pay the bill for 2 months inna row and they shut off our cable today.</p><p>i told them id chip in but they just didnt want to pay it for some reason</p><p>now one of my roommates is running around the house like a mad man desperatley looking for his marbles trying to construct a antenna</p><p>i have the buddies and my internet but i do miss it somewhat</p><p>what do you think, how long could you unplug your cable for?&nbsp;</p>

[PapaBear]

You're in school. I assume you have T1 or the like. Get a TV tuner card for your comp. And no... I couldn't live w/o TV for long. I did it in my younger days, but I couldn't do it now.

[waltermitty]

<p><font size="2">No way...Tv is what I wake up to , do work to, zone out to and fall asleep to.</font></p><p><font size="2">The only exception is R&amp;F and O&amp;A but that's mostly in the car...But even when I listen to the show or past bits on the computer, the TV is on mute in the Backround. (Usually cnn)....</font></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[Mike from Bklyn]

I could do it easy. I would Bit Torrent anything I needed to see. Like the Dog Whisperer.

[ralphbxny]

The only real reason I have TV is for sports and with XM I also have all of those. So I probably could live with out TV for awhile. No radio or music or internet would hurt me more.

[Gaia]

<p>All I read was the thread title and Im answering.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>NO, I could not live without tv.&nbsp; I hate even the thought of it.........GOOD DAY SIR!!!! GOOD DAY!!!!</p>

[patsopinion]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br />You're in school. I assume you have T1 or the like. Get a TV tuner card for your comp. And no... I couldn't live w/o TV for long. I did it in my younger days, but I couldn't do it now.<p>&nbsp;i have a tuner card but the software sucks </p>

[shittyhambrgers]

i barely watch it now... just movie channels and comedy central.

[hedges]

About the same time my cable TV got shut off, I got XM radio (Dec. of last year). I watched a lot of TV, constantly flipping through the channels. I figured, screw it, I can live without it. I will read more books. I will listen to more music.

Truth be told, I still read books, I still listen to music, and I became a big fan of the Virus. But I still miss the TV.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

<p>Yes&nbsp; , Thank you Internet</p><p>Without TV and Internet No</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Suicide within a year</p>

[Mike Teacher]

<p>I go for weeks/months all the time w/o turning the idiot box.</p><p>An Awesome book:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arguments-Elimination-Television-Jerry-Mander/dp/0688082742">Four Arguements for the Elimination of Television.</a></p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>I basically live without TV now.&nbsp; There's NEVER anything worth a shit on TV.&nbsp; When I used to watch it, it was a lot of History Channel and The Food Network.</p><p>Fuck TV.</p>

[cupcakelove]

If I could still watchs DVDs and stuff on the internet, then yeah, I could do it easily.

[DoubleJ]

I went without cable for a year or so while I was in college. I'd like to say that I read more books and was generally more productive without it, but that simply was not the case. I watched just as much tv during that time as I did when I had cable. I watched poor quality network channels with an antenna. Judge Mathis was funny sometimes, I guess.

[Jujubees2]

<font size="2">I think I could.&nbsp; We only have one TV in the house and the kids control that, especially on weekends when they can use the Xbox.&nbsp; I only get it for an hour or so at night before I go to bed.</font>

[giannidesk]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>I (like many others 35 or older)&nbsp;grew up without:</p><p>Cable (we had the basic 6 channels ABC,CBS,NBC,5,9,11)</p><p>VHS (until I was 12 when it went mainstream)</p><p>Cell Phone</p><p>Answering Machine</p><p>and of course INTERNET</p><p>I sometimes think we were better off back then!!!!</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Chip196]

<p>My wife and I keep the TV on in the background and only actively watch a couple programs.&nbsp; I TiVo Pardon The Interuption and Good Eats .... she TiVo's Oprah and Law &amp; Order SVU .... so we could totally survive without it.&nbsp; Between XM, books, and DVD's we could be thoroughly entertained.</p>

[Knowledged_one]

I never thought i could but when i worked nights for a year and a half after the first week i really didnt miss TV that much.&nbsp; it takes time but you get used to it, of course when you dont have it and then get it back it is great

[A.J.]

<p>I only need about 10 channels.</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<strong>Mike Teacher</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I go for weeks/months all the time w/o turning the idiot box.</p><p>An Awesome book:</p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arguments-Elimination-Television-Jerry-Mander/dp/0688082742">Four Arguements for the Elimination of Television.</a></p>I'm the same. Once you've been away for a while you really see how the whole point of TV is to sell you stuff, for the most part. I get much more out of going online than I ever did out of the tube.&nbsp; But I need my Yankees, so I have to own one. &nbsp;<p>&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

I just need Comcast Sports&nbsp;and WGN for all the Cubs games...HBO when <em>The Wire</em> is on...and all the various Discovery/History/news channels...and that's it.

[J.Clints]

For maybe 3 hours. Then Ron and fez would be over and I would go crazy.

[weekapaugjz]

as long as i could still be able to watch sabres games and sunday night baseball in the summer, i think i would be okay for a while.

[Gvac]

The only thing I'd miss is &quot;The Forensic Files&quot; on Court TV and the occasional baseball and hockey game.&nbsp; Otherwise, I'd have no problem living without TV.

[Kevin]

<strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br />The only thing I'd miss is &quot;The Forensic Files&quot; on Court TV and the occasional baseball and hockey game. Otherwise, I'd have no problem living without TV. <p>&nbsp;Except for Sports, Wrestling, Hbo sun night, and some showtime sun night... I do not watch Tv anymore. </p>