I’ve been a fan of cord cutting for years. Mostly because I’ve been a cord cutter since early 2011. I’ve learned a lot about cord cutting over the years, but much has changed over that time. Cord cutting is becoming more and more mainstream, but some have extreme difficulty with it. Part of the reason is that people don’t approach it properly. The reason for that is that cord cutting can be uncharted territory for many, and that’s never an easy thing.
So, why did I mention this? I saw a good video the other day that offered some tips for those wanting to cut the cord.
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I’ve always maintained that cord cutting should be an olympic sport. Not counting unbiblical cords of course.
I disconnected from Broadcast and cable and satellite in 2012. I maintained an internet access connection but at first streamed very little. In the intervening time I have spent some time in the hospital and extended rehabs and I managed to avoid falling back into the routine of following broadcast schedules,
This is the one benefit of severing the broadcast connection is that my time is my own for the most part. While I do stream live events (baseball mostly) I do not sit watching anything on someone else’s schedule.
I have found that I can cater my reading and browsing to suit my needs and preferences and I am not constantly being pissed off by commentators and their wacko opinions. In many ways, this change in my life has helped me tremendously and I have much more free time and I make plans and keep them. No more vegetating in front of mindless drivel.
Look, Glenda, we’re trying to piss you off with our wacko opinions, but we’ll just never be as consistent about it as the professionals.
The biggest mistake we made was not getting a powerful enough digital antenna.
What we miss the most is watching our MLB team. The mlb streaming service is out of market only.
The biggest surprise was now we have about 30+ antenna channels. A history channel, a sci fi channel, a home improvement channel, lots and lots of “classic TV” channels.
And if I want to watch Korean soap operas dubbed in Vietnamese, I’m covered.
I stopped getting cable 2 years ago, I miss Futurama and Forged in Fire and that’s about it.
I don’t like AZ sports teams so I wouldn’t be able to watch ‘my’ hockey or baseball teams anyway.
I watch a lot of westerns and old tv shows and some of the old game shows..
There’s a Spanish channel that shows action movies that I watch a lot. Stallone, Ahnuld, Daniel Craig and Jackie Chan movies lose absolutely nothing when you can’t understand the dialogue.
I mean, when you don’t know the language the dialogue’s in.