https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 08:48:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv/page/2#post-1309437 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 08:29:18 +0000 artsyfartsy 1309437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: Hmm. I'm not sure. DH and I share one account so we don't have to buy content twice so we use that account. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv/page/2#post-1308909 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:53:48 +0000 avivoca 1308909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: So can you link multiple iTunes accounts to it? We have two iPhones and two iPads (Apple junkies right here) and eventually I will get a MacBook. We've got a Wii which we can stream stuff through also. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv/page/2#post-1308901 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:51:27 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: We have 2 iPhones and an iPad so the accessibility of it for us is awesome! If I'm watching a YouTube video I can click airplay and it pops right up on the tv. Plus you can mirror your device's display on the tv. Our phones and iPad work as remotes. I can play all of my music directly through the tv, all of our iTunes movies and tv shows, and use iTunes Radio. It also has streaming capabilities with Netflix and Hulu plus. Plus a lot more options like Vevo (continuous music videos for free), and some tv networks. </p> <p>It's awesome!! I know a roku is cheaper but since we are so apple oriented the Apple TV had more uses for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv/page/2#post-1308873 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 20:42:30 +0000 avivoca 1308873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Can you tell me more about AppleTV? What makes it so special? We're toying with the idea of canceling our cable also. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308600 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:24:34 +0000 Mammabare 1308600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a roku and HD antennae. We can get local news with that. And roku has news channels as well. We also have amazon prime and Netflix. Well worth the savings! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308505 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:13:12 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1308505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: yay! You did good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308425 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 16:29:18 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308425@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: It's done! DH just got off the phone with them canceling our service. We won't have TV after midnight tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308387 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:52:22 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1308387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: we recently cut our direct tv premium package with sports down to the bare minimum. Nothing was ever o TV and we used our Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, and Amazon Prime via Roku all the time anyway. We cut our bill in half and feel so much better. Do it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308347 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:17:03 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dojo: Yeah we have netflix (that we share with like 8 other family members lol), dramafever, YouTube, Hulu which I just got, plus all of the extra things the Apple TV came with. Then whatever you can find on the Internet, which is just about anything. </p> <p>If that's not enough to keep us entertained I don't know what is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308346 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:16:56 +0000 Penny Lane 1308346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we've never had cable tv! we don't even have the set up to get the free to air channels. we read news and weather online, and DH finds ways to stream his sports stuff online too</p> <p>honestly, we wouldn't even own a TV set if it wasn't for the xbox </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308336 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:12:01 +0000 dojo 1308336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just did it a couple months ago! I don't even miss it! DH misses being able to watch games but he just goes to his parents to watch for now. We got an antenna thing at Costco but haven't really figured out how to get a good signal yet. We use apple tv to watch Netflix (we share my parent's account) and Hulu then we have a blueray player to watch Amazon Prime. Between all of that we have more than enough for the small amount of time we watch tv. </p> <p>I thought I would miss some of the shows we watched before but really I hardly noticed a difference. The savings is worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308327 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:08:01 +0000 regberadaisy 1308327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: they respond very well to cancellation threats. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308320 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:04:47 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kimberlybee: Yeah when I brought it up to DH he said next month we are getting a $20 a month increase on our bill. Ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308316 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:03:30 +0000 Kimberlybee 1308316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am thinking of canceling our DirecTV service also. We have been their loyal customer since 2001 but have only seen price increase after price increase. The new customers get such better promotions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308310 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 14:57:53 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we are gonna do it! DH seems excited about it. He does love saving money. Haha.</p> <p>The only thing is my one single show that I make an effort to watch live when it airs and I NEVER miss an episode of, Pretty Little Liars is not available on hulu plus on my Apple TV. :(</p> <p>I can watch it on my ipad the day after it airs on the ABC family app or on the computer but DH watches with me and it'll be sucky watching it on the computer or using mirroring on the Apple TV because the video is much smaller. </p> <p>Oh well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308168 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:54:53 +0000 looch 1308168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should probably research! Internet and the land line are not negotiable, but I feel like we use the TV/cable less than 2 hours a month, so I don't really want to keep paying for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308160 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:53:22 +0000 littlecasita1122 1308160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Lol yup I figured we'd tackle the TV addiction first, give it a few months and see how it goes, then move onto slowly limiting Internet time...sigh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308148 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:48:53 +0000 birdofafeather 1308148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: all of our local places off internet a la carte, but i do know that att offers pretty fast cable internet, but you HAVE to have tv to get the cable. so when we had that, we had a different internet connection. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308146 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:48:42 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlecasita1122: Exactly. We play on the ipad/phones/laptop and don't even pay attention to the tv. Our Internet addiction is another problem...lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308145 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:48:04 +0000 Mommy Finger 1308145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would love to cut cable as well but was told that we can't because of sports </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308141 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:47:49 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Easy. We live out in the boonies so we only are able to use 2 different providers. The service bundled with directv (ATT) which we had and was AWFUL. What we have now is the only other service that provided to us, time warner. Luckily they rock!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308138 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:47:17 +0000 birdofafeather 1308138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@butterbean: local channels are free! i'm looking into getting a digital antenna for them.</p> <p>we've been using hulu plus, amazon prime and netflix successfully for 2.5 years (we have a roku to stream these) and i only miss cable for HGTV. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308136 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:46:49 +0000 littlecasita1122 1308136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just brought this up to my husband yesterday and asked what his thoughts were on cancelling our cable. I want to get rid of it to eliminate the temptation of just putting it on during the day when I run out of things to do to entertain my LO. We also use it for background noise in the evenings and it doesn't make sense that we're paying for it, when usually we're just on our laptops the entire evening not even paying attention to the TV. We have Roku and Amazon Prime so I don't think we'll miss much - just trying to figure out what to do for baseball and hockey for my husband. I'd like to be able to put the cable savings each month to a gym membership instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308120 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:41:33 +0000 looch 1308120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to, but my husband informed me that we couldn't get separate services for internet, cable or land line (which we need for our security system).</p> <p>If you have sepearate providers, how did you go about finding them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308114 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:39:03 +0000 regberadaisy 1308114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: a haha what's PTI?<br /> My DH follows golf, hockey, football and occasionally baseball. Thankfully he only mainly watches football and golf now. Otherwise I go crazy bc hockey is like every other night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308113 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:38:59 +0000 butterbean 1308113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: we have Fios right now...i'll tell my DH to look into comcast! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308111 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:37:27 +0000 Modern Daisy 1308111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: That's exactly what DH does when we don't get a sporting event he wants to watch. He will go to a friends house or a bar. But since we were expecting LO to arrive in August I was realistic and anticipated that we wouldn't be leaving the house much this football season and I was right lol :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308109 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:37:04 +0000 septca 1308109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: ha ha. My husband mostly wants ESPN to watch PTI, which he can get on the iPad and is only 30 minutes. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308103 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:35:54 +0000 artsyfartsy 1308103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: It will save us $100+ a month but getting out of the habit of using the tv as background noise all day long is really why I want to do it. We watch it too much and don't do much else together. I don't plan on cutting screen time completely for T but I definitely want to limit it. I don't want our son to be a tv zombie like we are! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cutting-off-cablesatellite-tv#post-1308101 Mon, 30 Dec 2013 13:35:33 +0000 regberadaisy 1308101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septca: we have a home gym. And if he went out for every sporting event I would never ever see him! LOL </p>