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$120 for internet and cable? its worth it to have these things at my disposal whenever I want. Saving $50-60 a month is not worth ditching cable.
I like to watch Baseball and MNF/TNF a lot too so there is that stopping me as well.
It's not worth it for me. I'm seriously thinking about ditching cable TV and just using Netflix and Hulu Plus if I want to watch something. I don't give a rat's ass about sports, and sometimes my television isn't turned on for days. I have ONE TV show I want to watch regularly (currently in summer reruns) and I like to watch Investigation Discovery with the true crime shows. That's it.
Oh, sometimes when I remember I put on Shark Tank on Friday night.
Did anyone else get their love letter from Cablevision that, effective 7/31, you need to install their antiquated digital cable boxes on every TV in the house to get anything more than "Broadcast Basic?"
With five TVs in the house, this means adding more three boxes if I want to catch the Yankees in one of the bedrooms. As a come-on, they are giving them to you "for free" for one year then whacking you with the rental charge of $6.90 per month per box after a year.
Not mentioned in the letter is a price increase on the service itself, changing from the old Family Cable plan ($58.95) to what is now the Value Plan. ($64.95.)
No multi-room DVR capability, no Media Manager, a seriously obsolete user interface (the HD DVR still gives you the option to copy to your VCR.) If I could switch to FIOS I would, but it's not available where I am.
Very annoying.
Rhys
I have Comcast and they sent me mail saying the same thing.
I just have basic cable so I don't need the cable boxes. That's how you save money. Just get basic cable or get a big roof antenna.
It sounds like Cablevision is just behind in the times. Verizon Fios also charges $6.99/month for an HD cable box (they just upped the rate from $5.99 a couple months ago). Multi-room DVR is $19.99/month. If you don't have a box on a particular TV you can only get the broadcast channels.
The average cost for a multichannel video service this year is $78.63 a month, a 7.2% increase over 2011, Leichtman Research Group has found. Household income is the "defining characteristic" of subscribers, said Bruce Leichtman, the group's president and principal analyst. Just 6% of people with annual household incomes greater than $75,000 are nonsubscribers, compared with 12% who have incomes between $30,000 and $75,000, and 27% who have incomes of less than $30,000.
The average cost for a multichannel video service this year is $78.63 a month, a 7.2% increase over 2011, Leichtman Research Group has found. Household income is the "defining characteristic" of subscribers, said Bruce Leichtman, the group's president and principal analyst. Just 6% of people with annual household incomes greater than $75,000 are nonsubscribers, compared with 12% who have incomes between $30,000 and $75,000, and 27% who have incomes of less than $30,000.
I am in my 20s and I had a friend growing up who did not have Cable. His parents (Mom in particular) were what i would consider uptight and also religious enough to have the Star of David on the wall in every room in the house.
Everyone liked the guy, but of course he got a lot of friendly ribbing over not having cable, being the only Jewish person in town, etc. Point being its worth $50 a month to be able to sit on the couch at any point in time and have a good chance of finding an enjoyable TV program to watch.
Especially when company comes over. I have had the situation occur when I have asked to watch a sporting event that is on basic cable and been denied. It is a bad situation and I got to imagine embarassing for the resident
I am in my 20s and I had a friend growing up who did not have Cable. His parents (Mom in particular) were what i would consider uptight and also religious enough to have the Star of David on the wall in every room in the house.
Everyone liked the guy, but of course he got a lot of friendly ribbing over not having cable, being the only Jewish person in town, etc. Point being its worth $50 a month to be able to sit on the couch at any point in time and have a good chance of finding an enjoyable TV program to watch.
Especially when company comes over. I have had the situation occur when I have asked to watch a sporting event that is on basic cable and been denied. It is a bad situation and I got to imagine embarassing for the resident
Tis always more noble not to pay for TV in the first place.
I often find it bewildering how many people forget that TV is supposed to be free in the first place, real TV I call it.
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