I'm not a big TV person. I have rabbit ears on my television now, and they only pick up one channel. Even though I live near the TV station, the picture comes in double, which makes me even less of a TV person, because watching it for too long gives me a headache.
For the most part, I don't miss having cable. Sure, I there a few channels I sometimes wish for - The Weather Channel was always nice to have, and CNN, and I kind of miss all those Family Guy re-runs. But I don't miss any of those nearly as much as I would miss my $40 a month were I to purchase a cable subscription. I've thought about getting that $9 a month subscription; then I would get the three networks, FOX, and PBS - all good - but I would also be paying for the local access or "MCC" channel (does anybody ever watch that?), the Home Shopping Network, the TV Guide Channel (which I'm sure the cable company includes to show its "cheap" customers what they're missing) and so forth. I'd be paying for 11 channels, and watching 5. And I'd only watch those 5 every once in a while anyway.
Seems like a rip-off to me.
What I would like to see is a cable company that lets you choose your own channels. Most people get 100+ channels on their TVs, but probably don't watch more than 30. I know when I had cable I never watched the Golf Channel or the Outdoor Life Network. And I can guarantee my grandmother, who has a full cable package, never watches Cartoon Network, E!, or Comedy Central. Why not let me pick 20 or 30 channels that I'm actually going to watch, and pay according to the number of channels that I have? Then I could at least feel like I'm paying for something that I want, rather than wasting a bunch of money on something that is a big waste of time in the first place.
Jennifer Jacob
Staff Writer
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