I've heard Suze Orman suggest many times that people in debt cut the expense of cable TV.
I never thought I would ever do that. I am pretty much a homebody so TV is my entertainment. I 'need' it.
But if I think hard enough about it, I spend more time on the internet than I do watching television. When I come home from work, I hop on the computer, first thing. My DVR clogs up with shows I don't get around to watching. And if I look through my playlist, most of my favorite shows air on the basic channels. My Divorce Court, X-factor, Dr. Phil are available on regular channels.
I would miss Sister Wives on TLC and watching Teen Mom on MTV, but I could compromise and have my mom tape these occasional shows for me at her house.
I signed up for the free trial at Netflix. It costs $7.95 a month so if I like I may see if I can watch the things I miss there, or substitute it for TV altogether. It sure would beat $118 a month for cable and that's money I could be putting toward paying my credit cards and such. If I give it up totally for a year, that's over $1200.
My biggest concern is that if I give up my cable, I also give up my DVR and I won't be able to record shows when I'm not home. Can I make that sacrifice?
I think I'll ultimately just reduce my cable package to the basic channels and find alternate ways to watch things I may want to watch on the higher channels.
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