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I’m Thinking of Ditching Cable TV. Again.

A couple of years ago I was considering dropping cable TV, but I never got around to doing it. I chickened out. Well I’m considering dropping it again.

I’m not sure exactly what alternatives would be. I could get a directional antenna to pick up the local channels (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, PBS) in HD. I have an Xbox 360 with Netflix that also lets me buy/rent TV shows and movies. And I have an AppleTV that is similar to the Xbox in terms of content, but gives me access to the iTunes store for content. I’m not sure I’d need anything else other than an internet connection which would remain with TimeWarnerCable.

This would save me about $750/year. It makes sense to drop cable TV on paper, but I’m finding it so hard to actually drop it!

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