Talkie Zoo: Cable entertainment vs internet entertainment

Do you know how hard it is to live without an actual television in the house? Not hard at all.

I've had people say things to me like "Wow! I wish I could get my family to give up TV!" or "You must have so much more free time without the boob-tube taking up your time!" or "How can you stand it??"

Well, we can't get good TV reception where we live anyway. One channel. That's it. And even that one doesn't come in very well. So, I sold my big screen HDTV last year and haven't even thought about it since. It was pretty much a dust catcher for me anyway. Yes, I have a DVD player and did play movies on it. But, the truth is, I can watch DVDs on my laptop, or I can watch them on Netflix on my laptop. It's personal. It's convenient. It's ok.

I was sharing all this with my sister last week. I told her how I watch entertainment and news at home and what a low price is associated with it. She insisted that even though she pays a hefty monthly bill for her cable service, and it includes her phone and internet, so she had no intention of switching. That's alright. I wasn't trying to get her to make any changes. I was just sharing what I do. Geez. What's the big deal?

I'll continue with what I'm doing, and she'll continue with what she's doing and we'll both be happy, right?