Okay, so we kind of do. We have a television, and it does get some channels. Unfortunately (?) we don’t get any VHF channels, even with our extra-large antenna and our signal booster. All we get are the UHF channels.
For the most part, I don’t miss the other channels. Most of the television shows these days are not worth watching. We have a VCR, a DVD player, and a membership at CleanFlicks which allows us to watch as many edited movies as we can stand.
The only time I really miss regular television is during General Conference. For those who are not LDS, General Conference is when we get instructions from our church leadership to the church membership at large. Our family listens to it on the radio, but I would prefer to be able to watch it on television. However, it really isn’t reasonable to pay for cable just to be able to watch it for four days out of the year.
And of course, none of the cable companies want to offer a “Conference special.” They want long term contracts that return their infrastructure expenses.
At some point, our neighborhood will be getting fiber to the home. At that time, I intend to get high speed internet, and VOIP phone service. The one thing that will be extremely tempting, that I do not believe we will be getting, is the video package. I would love to do it, but for four days out of the year, I just can’t justify it. Now, if only I could pay a reduced price for just the PBS channels, that would be a different story. But for now, we’ll have to stick to listening to conference on the radio.
2 comments:
did you get the high speed internet? if you have that, you can watch it online. :)
I do have DSL, but the live online video doesn't show very well. Their servers don't seem to be able to keep up with the demand.
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