https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 06:57:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-731083 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:00:46 +0000 StbHisMrs 731083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also just use free basic TV, neither one of us is home enough to justify having cable or satellite. I'd love to watch TLC though. We have an HD tv but we still have to use an antennae, we don't get all the major stations, maybe 5 channels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-731002 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:14:09 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 731002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can get free basic TV using our TV antenna </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730981 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:05:14 +0000 Mrs.Someone 730981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay around $12 for the local channels, but only because our internet would cost $10 more if we didn't have cable. Otherwise, I think we would have to get a receiver or something for the local channels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730952 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:47:33 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 730952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: The major stations with all the big Prime Time shows are free. ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC... etc but the rest is mostly in spanish or vietnamese here. If you want stations like TLC or Animal Planet or even Nickelodian or Disney you have to pay a cable provider and there are so many with so many price options it is hard to give you a single price. It is all overprices IMHO but I know one day we will cave and pay for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730944 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:44:28 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 730944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We get the free basic channels but if we want the really good stuff, we have to pay for it. We just use the free TV and pay for Hulu and Netflix subscriptions. Cheaper and has the shows we watch anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730922 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:29:43 +0000 IRunForFun 730922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: It depends on what type of cable you get, there are different providers. There are a couple of satellite TV companies, and then there's regular cable transmitted through lines buried under the ground, there are several providers for that as well. Then you can choose if you want basic, digital, premium (you get movie channels and such), etc. As an example, we have digital cable with a DVR (so we can pause, rewind, fast-forward, and record shows) and we pay roughly $70 a month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730908 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:22:03 +0000 Grace 730908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents still get free TV (this is in Canada though). I think it's only 6 channels though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730833 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:50:06 +0000 Mrs squirreld 730833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How much does pay tv cost? Hardly anyone has pay tv here, basically cause its crap, same shows over and over again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730828 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:47:14 +0000 IRunForFun 730828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs squirreld: You still get those same networks if you pay for cable, too! And lots of good shows are on them! I am sure plenty of people don't pay for cable and just get the main networks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730827 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:46:29 +0000 MamaJ 730827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: ah ok. I remember when everything went digital or whatever and I wasnt sure if it was possible after all that happened. Good to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730825 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:45:13 +0000 Mrs squirreld 730825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SO there are free channels but nobody uses them? Are there not any good tv shows on them? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730822 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:43:27 +0000 IRunForFun 730822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaJ: I think you can, the same channels you used to be able to get if you had rabbit ears. Now they have something built into TVs, rather than an antenna, that gets those channels. I think the basic networks are free - CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730820 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:42:10 +0000 MamaJ 730820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pay for all tv. I don't even think you can get local channels for free anymore? I'm not sure though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730814 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:40:32 +0000 autumnlove 730814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea what you can get for free these days... I've been paying for cable/extra channels for years! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-have-to-pay-for-tv#post-730808 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:38:41 +0000 Mrs squirreld 730808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This always confuses me. In Australia we have Free to air TV, which is TV stations that are free. Most people just have this.. I think its like 20 channels or something. Then you can get pay TV like Foxtel.<br /> In the US do you pay for all TV? How does it work? </p>