who does not have a TV?

[MCsanandreas]

i am thinking of getting rid of the "idiot box" and wonder if anyone else out there does not have one?
worked out that even with the cheapest Sky deal and the cost of the license its about £420 a year!
would be at least a pound a day(!) better off and find other things to do so encourage me if you will.

 

[legrandefromage]

I could live without it - just watching DVD etc but the Missus wouldnt like it.

 

[Pickle]

Can you imagine it with 2 kids and a toddler......

'Kids, we're getting rid of all TV's in the house'

I bet you'd hear their crys in Scotland!

 

[velomaniac]

If your prepared to do without, why do you need a Sky deal ?

Why not just stick with whats free bar the licence.

My hoose came with a satelite dish so I hooked up freesat. I find plenty to watch and other than licence and freesat box that was that

 

[ajm]

We ditched the TV aerial about two years ago... can watch what we like on DVD or the occasional new programme on iPlayer. I can easily go a week or two without seeing anything at all I'm interested in on the iplayer listing though.

 

[tintin40]

the third in five years no TV. So use the TV channels player. iTV player is rubbish, Channel 5 pretty good, Channel 4 OK. BBC the best. Plus the sporting bodies like FIA GT1 shows the races live. So no real need for a TV.

 

[IDB1]

Wish we could ditch it..

Present issues aside it takes up far too much of our lives and we would, in the immortal words of - ironically - a TV programme go and do something less boring instead

 

[legrandefromage]

Around here - freeview is shite, even line of sight, its awful and the boxes keep going wrong and then theres 'upgrades' that make the boxes obsolete etc etc.

Sky is better but puts money in Murdoch's pocketsies so its the lesser of two evils.

Plus sky movies works out cheaper than a trip to our local Ciniworld (£16 per trip).

So, no. I dont think I could do without it

 

[djoptix]

I don't have one. We have a screen to watch DVDs, but once we move we'll just do everything on the imac.

I would advise anyone considering it to get rid of it. You end up using your brain a lot more. FWIW I also grew up without one - but I can understand that if your kids are already used to CBeebies then it might cause friction...

 

[lewis1641]

we have one but i rarely watch anything. the mrs wears the trousers. not bothered as there's rarely anything worthj watching and we dont have sky so limitted documentaries.