Thanks guys, I figured everything was hype and sales pitch. I have to do a little research, but I don’t know how much before I’ll just buy one LOL. If anybody has specific brand I will look at that.
I miss having TV available. I always justified it is a nicety that I can easily afford. But I got tired of the concept of having to pay for 120 channels when there was maybe six or eight I ever used. Every time I would call and tell them that it’s just not worth that much, they are extremely cooperative, juggling and shuffling packages to give me a ‘big savings’ every month. But somehow no matter what they did every month they want 80 or 90 bucks. I just don’t want to spend it anymore.
One thing I do have his DirecTV now, which is the mobile app. It’s part of my phone package from AT&T. Has about 20 or 30 channels, including the ones I watched the most: discovery, ESPN, velocity. Best of all it has a channel called Audience that runs my all-time favorite TV show ever, NYPD Blue. Nobody else has rerun that show for years. And I can watch those channels pretty much anywhere I go, which was not the case with dish network’s app. Yes I have to watch it on my phone, but I don’t mind and the package cost $10 per month. To me that’s a good deal.
Note, this is not a rant against cable or satellite TV, they have to make a living too and the market determines what they can charge. For me it’s more about changing the importance of television watching in my life.
