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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Palpatine Q on October 14, 2013, 11:43:47 AM
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I have to be honest, the older I get... I look at this DirecTV bill for $165 and I'm like what the fuck am I paying this kind of money for, to watch television.
I am seriously, seriously thinking about getting a good high and antenna, and whatever I really want to watch just download it like everyone else. And fuck paying these prices. I'm of the opinion that with these DVR's and all this shit, people watched too much goddamn TV anyway.
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I have a roku.. it says 700 channels, but most are pay per view.. waste of money.. no live news
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Shut off my cable 2 years ago and haven't looked back since.
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I sold my first and only TV in 2006. You are just constantly bombarded with useless shit. With the internet you can be much more selective, even though it has its own drawbacks.
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All I have is a PC at a desk. And a laptop for watching shows etc.
Lounging back on a couch watching hours of TV makes men soft and weak. We should either be working or sleeping. If you manage to find some time chill with the laptop and watch a show or a sport for 2 hours and eat / relax.
This 6+ hours of tv the idiots watch is a waste of life.
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I sold my TV when Elvis died. Sort of figured there was nothing left to televise.
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stopped paying cable long time ago
you can get and watch pretty much everything online now
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This 6+ hours of tv the idiots watch is a waste of life.
x2
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I sold my TV when Elvis died. Sort of figured there was nothing left to televise.
You had one of those old school clickers with a wire to the tv and only 3 buttons?? :D
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I sold my TV when Elvis died. Sort of figured there was nothing left to televise.
Elvis died?
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All I have is a PC at a desk. And a laptop for watching shows etc.
Lounging back on a couch watching hours of TV makes men soft and weak. We should either be working or sleeping. If you manage to find some time chill with the laptop and watch a show or a sport for 2 hours and eat / relax.
This 6+ hours of tv the idiots watch is a waste of life.
your a fucking homo, how can you sit back and relax watching your sports on a poxy laptop screen....
i work 12hr shifts the majority of the time, so on my gym free nights i vegetate watching sports or films/good series until i start nodding off
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I wish I had the guts to do it, but I don't. The thing is, with a new baby, I hardly watch TV, maybe an hour a day, and it is either HGTV or Military History. My bill is about $200 a month, and that is for cable, two phone lines, and internet. I wish I had a package just for me, but what I have found, is that cable TV is like your favorite artists "Greatest Hits" albums, it has all the songs you like, except for two, that you have to get on two separate TVs. I like BBC channel, military history, and HGTV, but to get them, they are on different packages, so I end up buying a package with a bunch of other crap just to get one channel I actually watch. Capitalist pigs!
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Shut off my cable 2 years ago and haven't looked back since.
This.
A good antenna and you get local HD for free for news and sports...and every premium channels gets ripped and the good shows are available online the next day.
I'm also trying to cut down family members just sitting in front of the TV like vegetables watching reruns of fucking friends for 3 hours..get up and DO something.
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your a fucking homo, how can you sit back and relax watching your sports on a poxy laptop screen....
i work 12hr shifts the majority of the time, so on my gym free nights i vegetate watching sports or films/good series until i start nodding off
HDMI connection for the win.
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Groink trying to play god in this thread. Jesus has T-mobile.
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Groink trying to play god in this thread. Jesus has T-mobile.
Shizzo trying to start a fight and divert attention to himself...as usual.
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HDMI connection for the win.
yes but mr 'temper' claims this will make you weak?
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No tv since 1999 here.
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No tv since 1999 here.
just bible study till lights out?
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Elvis died?
NO,,he was seen at Yosemite park sharing a fried peanut butter and banana sandwhich with big foot.
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just bible study till lights out?
Tons of Internet, books, music... What's the point of TV, 99% is ads or trash and what you select to watch you can barely keep. Computer , if you know what to do with it, is the ultimate media center, you pick what you want, stock it, I have 3 hard drives , 9 dvds and 4 blu rays full of mp3s, ripped movies, pictures, games I like. Important to save it for kids/grandkids too.
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I have the basic package, and the one bundle that has Turner Classic in it. So, I pay 35 clams to watch one channel. :-\
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMBtsKHDBjY
not sure whats true in this. interesting that shows are called 'programs' tho
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there's piratebay for the series I watch.
and the news and "politics" are all bullshit anyways and I watch it on the internet when I feel like it anyways.
Sports I don't watch because it's pretty dumb. only Watch some motorsports and UFC which I can watch on the internet anyways.
so yeah "unplugged"
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just bible study till lights out?
If uberman is a Christian it's a good thing, it means he can infect other theists with his mind viruses and Christianity will move one step closer to extinction.
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there's piratebay for the series I watch.
and the news and "politics" are all bullshit anyways and I watch it on the internet when I feel like it anyways.
Sports I don't watch because it's pretty dumb. only Watch some motorsports and UFC which I can watch on the internet anyways.
so yeah "unplugged"
You can also go to your local public library, rent dvds and blu rays for like 1.50 buck and rip them on your hard drive then burn them at home with free software.... I do that when i cant find a good enough version of a movie online.
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You can also go to your local public library, rent dvds and blu rays for like 1.50 buck and rip them on your hard drive then burn them at home with free software.... I do that when i cant find a good enough version of a movie online.
That's an expensive library...books and movies at our library are so cheap its almost free
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If uberman is a Christian it's a good thing, it means he can infect other theists with his mind viruses and Christianity will move one step closer to extinction.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and what goes in it? Islam. Is that what you really want?
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Who thought this is about being off gear?
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Shut off my cable 2 years ago and haven't looked back since.
Same. Internet ftw.
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Fuck that >:(
...I'll continue to pay my cable bill of $130.00 a month so I can have any channel I want on mute I want while I read a book.
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You can also go to your local public library, rent dvds and blu rays for like 1.50 buck and rip them on your hard drive then burn them at home with free software.... I do that when i cant find a good enough version of a movie online.
I don't really see the point in collecting big movie libraries. Used to do it too but then I found I never watched a movie twice anyways so it's a waste of time and effort. Except some really good feel-good comedies. So I just download the torrent one month after release and watch it in hd or blueray.
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great point sick of $200 cable bill and commercials
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Fuck that >:(
...I'll continue to pay my cable bill of $130.00 a month so I can have any channel I want on mute I want while I read a book.
hahaha
me too.
really I just use on demand to watch tv shows and movies, so I really am being screwed.
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Lakers.
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Pay Xfinity around $265 a month for internet, cable and phone. We have the platinum package, which is overkill.
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Pay Xfinity around $265 a month for internet, cable and phone. We have the platinum package, which is overkill.
265 wtf I just pay $90.
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Pay Xfinity around $265 a month for internet, cable and phone. We have the platinum package, which is overkill.
wtf I pay 125/month for xfinity tv and net.
youre getting ass fucked.
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Having an hd antenna installed later this week on my house, already running a few Rokus and will cut Directv immediately after antenna is installed.
Why? I've already have Grande Communications cable, Time Warner cable, AT&T UVerse cable and Directv satellite cable....tired of the expense. Cable and smartphones (for personal use) are pure luxury items and I don't need it anymore. Some folks are paying 5k a year for cable, internet and smartphones.
That and I'm an alpha maverick.
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Is AT&T U-verse available in Arizona? If so it's the best deal! Internet service all phone service and Digital cable about 500 channels plus most premium HBO Showtime etc! All for about $135 a month!
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Is AT&T U-verse available in Arizona? If so it's the best deal! Internet service all phone service and Digital cable about 500 channels plus most premium HBO Showtime etc! All for about $135 a month!
Uverse internet blows compared to Comcast
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265 wtf I just pay $90.
The platinum.cable package is the bulk of this. Platimun includes all premium chanels. Phone and highspeed internet combined are probably a little over $100. We have two phone lines.
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I have to be honest, the older I get... I look at this DirecTV bill for $165 and I'm like what the fuck am I paying this kind of money for, to watch television.
I am seriously, seriously thinking about getting a good high and antenna, and whatever I really want to watch just download it like everyone else. And fuck paying these prices. I'm of the opinion that with these DVR's and all this shit, people watched too much goddamn TV anyway.
My dad did this. And I don't have cable. When I did, all I watched was ESPN, Nat Geo, Discovery, and History Channel...all of which I can watch online.
And now since I don't have cable---I barely watch anything except football games, and that's it. Everything else is online.
It's useless to me to have cable/DirecTV, because the more channels you have, the less you watch.
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People electing to go back to the dark ages in this thread.
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It's exactly the way he likes it.
lmao
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disconnected over 5 years ago bros, never going back, NEVER!!!
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Getbiggers are high rollers. $175 a month is breaking ya'll. ::)
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You guys can claim victory all you want, but you are still getting raped somehow. Internet access? Rape. Cell phone? Rape.
Mass media will always find a way to unzip them pants.
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I got rid of mine awhile ago. I went from 159 a month to 39 for just internet. I put an extra 100 into my retirement which comes to 42,000 by the time I'm 65 in just principle.
Netflix has every good tv show anyways.
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Next you playas will be acquiring a Tracphone.
Yet I bet most of you have/ had a $400-600 car payment for YEARS on end.
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Next you playas will be acquiring a Tracphone.
Yet I bet most of you have/ had a $400-600 car payment for YEARS on end.
guilty. America fuck yeah ;D
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I just play Verizon and Comcast against each other...I get the intro offer for a year which is tv/internet/phone then when they jack the price I go back to the other one and they don't seem to mind.
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Next you playas will be acquiring a Tracphone.
Yet I bet most of you have/ had a $400-600 car payment for YEARS on end.
fuck car payments. Never again.
I used buy older muscle cars and dump all that money into the drivetrain. Now I have a 4th gen f body that I paid 900 for, and built an LS for. No car payment, lots of fun.
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Obama will take care of us it's ok.
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fuck car payments. Never again.
I used buy older muscle cars and dump all that money into the drivetrain. Now I have a 4th gen f body that I paid 900 for, and built an LS for. No car payment, lots of fun.
Exactly. I have so many friends who dump loads if cash into vehicles and trade in way before its paid for. Such a waste of money. Hell you can buy a cabin in the mtns for the monthly payments they make.
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Who thought this is about being off gear?
Me :D
I have a sweet 48" er in the living room that I watch a movie on maybe once a month. Unplugged 2 years ago and best decision ever. Shoulda done it sooner.
Groink arent you by trade a "cable guy" though ??
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Exactly. I have so many friends who dump loads if cash into vehicles and trade in way before its paid for. Such a waste of money. Hell you can buy a cabin in the mtns for the monthly payments they make.
No car payment for me just rolling in my 64.
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Gave cable up a year ago. Wasn't worth the ridiculous prices Time Warner was charging with their monopoly on the region. (still getting shafted with their internet tho)
I get the regular channels for free in HD through the air.
I use a 32 inch LED TV as a monitor for my computer.
I don't miss cable. I download everything I want to watch... mostly HBO and Showtime shows, and HD movies off of torrents.
I also watch a lot of free mma on the internet. But if there's a card or fighter that I really want to see in HD I'll go to hooters or buffalo wild wings.
I don't really watch any other sports than mma. And the internet has always been the biggest home for MMA.
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Me :D
I have a sweet 48" er in the living room that I watch a movie on maybe once a month. Unplugged 2 years ago and best decision ever. Shoulda done it sooner.
Groink arent you by trade a "cable guy" though ??
He's the top salesman at Best Buy in Oshkosh.
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Me :D
I have a sweet 48" er in the living room that I watch a movie on maybe once a month. Unplugged 2 years ago and best decision ever. Shoulda done it sooner.
Groink arent you by trade a "cable guy" though ??
LOL...getbig meme. the last time I installed a television that didn't belong to me was 8 years ago.
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LOL...getbig meme. the last time I installed a television that didn't belong to me was 8 years ago.
Ahh...
The people want to know then....what does Groink do all day long for his career?
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LOL...getbig meme. the last time I installed a television that didn't belong to me was 8 years ago.
Dont worry things will pick up, champ.
;D
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You guys can claim victory all you want, but you are still getting raped somehow. Internet access? Rape. Cell phone? Rape.
Mass media will always find a way to unzip them pants.
So are you posting from the library and not using a smart/cell phone to do it?
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Ahh...
The people want to know then....what does Groink do all day long for his career?
Breaking Bad.
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I haven't got a TV.
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So are you posting from the library and not using a smart/cell phone to do it?
Dementia must be a bitch.
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You guys can claim victory all you want, but you are still getting raped somehow. Internet access? Rape. Cell phone? Rape.
Mass media will always find a way to unzip them pants.
Rape is when you don't have a choice. These media tools are all choices.
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My dad was so mad when I disconnected the cable. He got used to it tho... kinda. ;D
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I just play Verizon and Comcast against each other...I get the intro offer for a year which is tv/internet/phone then when they jack the price I go back to the other one and they don't seem to mind.
I've thought about this, but it seems like a hassle. Don't you have to pay setup charges?
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My dad was so mad when I disconnected the cable. He got used to it tho... kinda. ;D
You live with your dad?
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You live with your dad?
More like my dad lives with me.
Always makes indirect comments out loud about how "the lakers are playing today but on the other channels"
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Ahh...
The people want to know then....what does Groink do all day long for his career?
the people are going to have to get over it. Groink no longer shares details of his life online.
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More like my dad lives with me.
You cant be Wiggs then. The fathers are never around.
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More like my dad lives with me.
Always makes indirect comments out loud about how "the lakers are playing today but on the other channels"
Tell him they are on strike.
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Next you playas will be acquiring a Tracphone.
Yet I bet most of you have/ had a $400-600 car payment for YEARS on end.
No need to impress people with my car. I keep my cars is good working order. One is a 1998 Mazda Protégé and the other a 2004 Mazda 6 sport wagon. Both run like new. No car payments and auto insurance is cheap too.
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Dementia must be a bitch.
I wouldn't know.
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Tell him they are on strike.
He's learning to use a pc. Right now he's all into youtube. lol
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No need to impress people with my car. I keep my cars is good working order. One is a 1998 Mazda Protégé and the other a 2004 Mazda 6 sport wagon. Both run like new. No car payments and auto insurance is cheap too.
Probably changing the oil every 3,000 miles or 3 months(whichever comes first) like a boss too.
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No need to impress people with my car. I keep my cars is good working order. One is a 1998 Mazda Protégé and the other a 2004 Mazda 6 sport wagon. Both run like new. No car payments and auto insurance is cheap too.
Smart.
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No need to impress people with my car. I keep my cars is good working order. One is a 1998 Mazda Protégé and the other a 2004 Mazda 6 sport wagon. Both run like new. No car payments and auto insurance is cheap too.
Nah you just like to fap with Donny.
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He's learning to use a pc. Right now he's all into youtube. lol
Awesome!
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Nah you just like to fap with Donny.
Well, it's a sure bet you do not "fap" while your on the internet....that's not acceptable public library behavior. Oh that's right, you work at Walmart....pretty much anything goes there and free Internet as well.
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Watching TV is a waste of time but posting on getbig for hours a day isn't ::)
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Watching TV is a waste of time but posting on getbig for hours a day isn't ::)
At least getbig is interactive. You get input and output. With tv it's only output. It's a one way stream into your brain.
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At least getbig is interactive. You get input and output. With tv it's only output. It's a one way stream into your brain.
My television is a smart TV. If I wanted I could use it for internet stuff....but I am frightened to do so because some of you might look so bad in real life it would turn me into a pillar of salt.
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What about, Rabbit tv? does it work? Hundreds of channels for like 10 bucks a month or so...
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What about, Rabbit tv? does it work? Hundreds of channels for like 10 bucks a month or so...
Is that the one Tbombz is the spokesman for?
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My television is a smart TV. If I wanted I could use it for internet stuff....but I am frightened to do so because some of you might look so bad in real life it would turn me into a pillar of salt.
Smart tv is really just a tv with a pc.
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That's an expensive library...books and movies at our library are so cheap its almost free
I honestly don't mind the places that charge a buck. They usually get more than one copy.
Here they are free and you can never get a damn thing. People go in and fill out request forms for all the new stuff, and it takes forever for it to see the shelf.
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Gave cable up a year ago. Wasn't worth the ridiculous prices Time Warner was charging with their monopoly on the region. (still getting shafted with their internet tho)
I get the regular channels for free in HD through the air.
I use a 32 inch LED TV as a monitor for my computer.
I don't miss cable. I download everything I want to watch... mostly HBO and Showtime shows, and HD movies off of torrents.
I also watch a lot of free mma on the internet. But if there's a card or fighter that I really want to see in HD I'll go to hooters or buffalo wild wings.
I don't really watch any other sports than mma. And the internet has always been the biggest home for MMA.
I wish they would air mma at the sportbars here. All they show is gay ass soccer and everyone follows it... :-\
Doesn't help that the fights air 4am because american time.
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Uverse internet blows compared to Comcast
I have had Comcast in the past. I moved it is not available in my area. Have no problems with AT&T.
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No set up charges....all I had to do was take all my verizon boxes to the post office to be returned and it didn't cost me a nickel.
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I have internet now.No BB on TV so fuck TV. 8)
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I have 5 TV's in the house, 3 dvrs, and still everyone is glued to their ideviseofchoice, pure zombie household...
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I'm 100% off the grid 24/7 dawg. No internet, no phone, nothing.
U be calling da bitches over by smoke signal. 8)
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Get on a good private torrent site or spend an hour setting up newsgroups with Couthpotato, Sickbeard and Sabnzb for your dvr's, set it and forget it, there's absolutely zero reason to pay for cable.
There's also plenty of streaming sites around, but I don't like streaming quality when I can download a full 1080p blu-ray in 40 minutes anyway.
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your a fucking homo, how can you sit back and relax watching your sports on a poxy laptop screen....
i work 12hr shifts the majority of the time, so on my gym free nights i vegetate watching sports or films/good series until i start nodding off
Valid point, but it shows just how insignificant it all is to me.
I have a 17" laptop that I put on the coffee table 2 feet from the couch if I want to watch a movie before bed or something.
I mostly watch Youtube and downloaded stuff these days.
If I get bored at night I like to take a nice brisk bike ride on a trail or through a park and enjoy Earth, life, and fresh air. Sitting inside is not how humans were meant to live man...
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Netflix and Crackle ~
Few hundred favorite DVD's ~ and Youtube
That's it
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Shizzo trying to start a fight and divert attention to himself...as usual.
:D spot on, even though both are attention whores :D
Groink sounds very nice and sensitive recently must be the estrogen after dropping everything ;)
I like these good normal threads tho
On topic: no tv but after moving in with gf next month getting a nice Samsung or Panasonic just because I'm still young and never had one and yes I'm thinking just connecting it to PC
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What about having no TV? :)
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I am actually unplugging tomorrow....I am so sick and tired of paying for a bunch of nothingness...will watch TV on line and on my phone from now on
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media server PC connected to a 60 LCD screen. 10TBs of HD movies. No cable TV since 2004. $30/month for 20mb connection. Company gives me $50/month to cover costs for working remotely. :D
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What about having no TV? :)
Need TV for Redbox night...and Superbowl/NBA finals.
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i live in hotels so i HAVE cable... but i don't use it. ps3/roku means netflix/amazon/hulu/youtube, so i can see everything i give a shit about. hell i don't actually watch it much anyway, it just rolls in the background while i work.
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i live in hotels so i HAVE cable... but i don't use it. ps3/roku means netflix/amazon/hulu/youtube, so i can see everything i give a shit about. hell i don't actually watch it much anyway, it just rolls in the background while i work.
live in hotels? How the hell does that work?
only people ive ever known that lived out of hotels were guys dealing coke/meth/heroin/anal sex
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live in hotels? How the hell does that work?
only people ive ever known that lived out of hotels were guys dealing coke/meth/heroin/anal sex
Magoo is legit...got a legit gig...
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live in hotels? How the hell does that work?
only people ive ever known that lived out of hotels were guys dealing coke/meth/heroin/anal sex
independent contract work my friend. get shot all over the place, corporations pay travel and expenses. since you're never in any one city particularly long it means living in a hotel, which is reimbursed. my marriott/chase points are OUTRAGEOUS.
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currently watching the wikileaks movie... pretty good... oh and i am sucking down some jamesons... eh
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currently watching the wikileaks movie... pretty good... oh and i am sucking down some jamesons... eh
5th Estate? Is that even in theaters yet?
Looks like it has Benedict Cumberbatch in it... never heard of him until Start Trek II... Dude can fucking ACT.
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5th Estate? Is that even in theaters yet?
Looks like it has Benedict Cumberbatch in it... never heard of him until Start Trek II... Dude can fucking ACT.
watching: We Steal Secrets the Story of Wikileaks
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I lined 4 tvs up once in the back yard and shot them with my 12 gauge sawed off shotgun.
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I lined 4 tvs up once in the back yard and shot them with my 12 gauges sawed off shotgun.
fun?
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fun?
Yes I felt like I was killing people I hated but not really doing it in real life.
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Yes I felt like I was killing people I hated but not really doing it in real life.
nice hobby for sure
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What about having no TV? :)
I don't own a T.V
But I have a shitload of laptops and desktops ~
I repair them so I basically get them for nothing. People will throw away a perfectly good HP that may only need a little soldering, a video card or whatever. Never an expensive fix. Not even replacing a hard drive.
Helps to know about computers. If you like PC's over Macs it makes a world of difference.
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I don't own a T.V
But I have a shitload of laptops and desktops ~
I repair them so I basically get them for nothing. People will throw away a perfectly good HP that may only need a little soldering, a video card or whatever. Never an expensive fix. Not even replacing a hard drive.
Helps to know about computers. If you like PC's over Macs it makes a world of difference.
laptops have such a fucking high obsolescence rate though... hell, a 1000 buck laptop 2 years ago is barely worth replacing a video card in anymore, as you said people just junk them. I picked up a nice HP from an old coworker and went to replace the video card and resell it, wasnt even worth the price of the card alone. I junked it rather than trying to flip it.
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Smart tv is really just a tv with a pc.
This is true. The future of home entertainment is going to be internet streaming and not cable. Mark my words. Smart TV's are just televisions with Internet capabilities, like you said.
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HGTV
Outed...
'This Old House' and 'The New Yankee Workshop' are the only acceptable heterosexual home improvement shows. 'The Woodwright's Shop' is boarder line queer.
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Outed...
'This Old House' and 'The New Yankee Workshop' are the only acceptable heterosexual home improvement shows. 'The Woodwright's Shop' is boarder line queer.
So everything boils down to what is queer and what is not? For the record, I watch 'This Old House' on a regular basis and there are those on Getbig who take great relish in calling me a fag. I also enjoy, 'Ask This Old House'.
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So everything boils down to what is queer and what is not? For the record, I watch 'This Old House' on a regular basis and there are those on Getbig who take great relish in calling me a fag. I also enjoy, 'Ask This Old House'.
I'm just an immature prick, relax uncle prime.
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So everything boils down to what is queer and what is not? For the record, I watch 'This Old House' on a regular basis and there are those on Getbig who take great relish in calling me a fag. I also enjoy, 'Ask This Old House'.
Ok, Prime test your knowledge. What was that PBS show from the 80s-possible early 90s that featured a ship that was a floating lab for kids? It was like a reality show of sorts and it had an adult captain, yet there were teens who conducted experiments of some type and were the crew.
*Edit, I found it. It was called The Voyage of The Mimi
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laptops have such a fucking high obsolescence rate though... hell, a 1000 buck laptop 2 years ago is barely worth replacing a video card in anymore, as you said people just junk them. I picked up a nice HP from an old coworker and went to replace the video card and resell it, wasnt even worth the price of the card alone. I junked it rather than trying to flip it.
I guess it all depends on how old the thing is. I have replaced many HP video cards for less than $50 bucks with a little added heat sync protection. Usually good to go for another 7 years. I started this in 2000.
Anything older than that could be the suck.
If I can't upgrade, then yeah, trash it is. I'm a huge fan of 7. Not so much of Vista. XP pretty much ain't worth wasting my time even though I love the program. If it's still fixable (broken connection or something stupid like that) I'll keep it.
I'm not really trying to make money flipping these things, I just love having them.
Built my own Desktop strictly for video editing. It's a frickin' powerhouse. Heats up the whole room when clips are rendering. I use Adobe Premier Elements 8 and it sucks A LOT of power! This thing cost me about 4 bills to put together. If I wanted to buy one at Best Buy of equivalent size and power, I woulda paid almost 3 K ~
It all depends. If you have a Desktop PC that is old as hell, I'll still take it just for parts. Other than that most of it will indeed be obsolete. No high speed USB ports, obsolete hard drives, software, the power of a broken Honda...
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laptops have such a fucking high obsolescence rate though... hell, a 1000 buck laptop 2 years ago is barely worth replacing a video card in anymore, as you said people just junk them. I picked up a nice HP from an old coworker and went to replace the video card and resell it, wasnt even worth the price of the card alone. I junked it rather than trying to flip it.
depends on what you do with it. if you're rendering video or playing games then you need a device with quick turnaround. frankly the only reason i replace mine any more is because i just keep breaking the fucking things. for someone whose primary use for a computer is work, communication, and watching movies or listening to music, a laptop from FIVE years ago would still suffice.
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:o
BDB goes in after some wide grip upright rows to hit romboids then goes in raw and leaves a 6am the job is finished.
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I'm just an immature prick, relax uncle prime.
I wasn't taking anything personally, mind you. I was just making an observation about how everything seems divided into two categories on Getbig; those being what's gay and what's not. I actually find it amusing. It also reminds me of when I was in grade school and kids would do this over the dumbest stuff, like what people wore with what, etc.
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I guess it all depends on how old the thing is. I have replaced many HP video cards for less than $50 bucks with a little added heat sync protection. Usually good to go for another 7 years. I started this in 2000.
Anything older than that could be the suck.
If I can't upgrade, then yeah, trash it is. I'm a huge fan of 7. Not so much of Vista. XP pretty much ain't worth wasting my time even though I love the program. If it's still fixable (broken connection or something stupid like that) I'll keep it.
I'm not really trying to make money flipping these things, I just love having them.
Built my own Desktop strictly for video editing. It's a frickin' powerhouse. Heats up the whole room when clips are rendering. I use Adobe Premier Elements 8 and it sucks A LOT of power! This thing cost me about 4 bills to put together. If I wanted to buy one at Best Buy of equivalent size and power, I woulda paid almost 3 K ~
It all depends. If you have a Desktop PC that is old as hell, I'll still take it just for parts. Other than that most of it will indeed be obsolete. No high speed USB ports, obsolete hard drives, software, the power of a broken Honda...
I have a killer homebuilt desktop I use for gaming and various CAD/CAM programs I use for both work and personal shit... laptop pretty much just for tuning computer controlled engines and for my wife to do schoolwork. Picked uo the hp that needsd a video card, it had a decent ati card in it..... it was going to cost 200 for the card and tje fuckin laptop was only worth 150 anymore (was 750+ in 2010) so I said fuck it.
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I wasn't taking anything personally, mind you. I was just making an observation about how everything seems divided into two categories on Getbig; those being what's gay and what's not. I actually find it amusing. It also reminds me of when I was in grade school and kids would do this over the dumbest stuff, like what people wore with what, etc.
humans describe things best in black/white terms
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I wasn't taking anything personally, mind you. I was just making an observation about how everything seems divided into two categories on Getbig; those being what's gay and what's not. I actually find it amusing. It also reminds me of when I was in grade school and kids would do this over the dumbest stuff, like what people wore with what, etc.
It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?
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It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?
lol
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Elvis died?
Yeah...it was all over the TV news
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humans describe things best in black/white terms
Well then I must be a superhuman because I see the world in multiple colors.
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Ok, Prime test your knowledge. What was that PBS show from the 80s-possible early 90s that featured a ship that was a floating lab for kids? It was like a reality show of sorts and it had an adult captain, yet there were teens who conducted experiments of some type and were the crew.
*Edit, I found it. It was called The Voyage of The Mimi
Thanks for finding it. I never heard of the show. I never would have found it for you.
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It's funny to call your buddy a "phaggot" every once in awhile. It's an endearing term used to communicate heterosexual brotherly love. Feel me, phaggot?
There are probably a few generations difference between us. When I was young, homosexual activities were illegal. No one in their right mind wanted to be called a phaggot. Incidentally, I think Getbig editing the spelling f.a.g.g.o.t is stupid. Is there something more PC about the term homo? I doubt it.
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I use tv for background stuff as I work. that's it. I cannot remember the last time I just sat on the couch and watched tv for 30 minutes. Maybe 2-3 times a year when playing with all the nieces & nephews and the NFL is on. NEVER do I just sit and watch TV. I'd go crazy.
I'm a musician and always learning new songs... usually I'll just put on some youtube and loop them to get familiar with changes, harmonies, etc. Today's mix included:
Leads to
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and arrangement/ half-ass leads to
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I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.
The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit.
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There are probably a few generations difference between us. When I was young, homosexual activities were illegal. No one in their right mind wanted to be called a phaggot. Incidentally, I think Getbig editing the spelling f.a.g.g.o.t is stupid. Is there something more PC about the term homo? I doubt it.
I pray that you are not being literal here.
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I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.
The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit.
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I must admit that my evenings are spent watching mostly network television shows with my wife. I will also often watch The Chew with her in the afternoon. She records it everyday that it airs. Needless to say, with winter approaching, television viewing at our house is on the upswing. It could be a senior thing. Watching television is easier than trying to figure some other thing to do with the day. Most of you work. My wife and I are retired. We have more time on our hands then most folks. And if that sounds like an excuse, well it is.
The thing is, I was mistaken about my Comcast bill. It is actually up to $275 a month provided we don't rent any movies. This is disgusting and absurd. Although we can well afford this, it seems somehow wrong. There has to be a cheaper means of entertainment. I am going to look into dish tomorrow. One thing that really irks me is that Comcast rewards new customers with special deals, while us longtime subscribers pay the full bore price. We are their gravy train and I don't like it one bit.
You shouldn't be under a contract with Comcast. Which means you can threaten to leave and then ask for the best deal that a new subscriber would get.
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I pray that you are not being literal here.
I am being literal. There were laws against gay sex in the 1950's and 1960's.
Sodomy laws in the United States, which outlawed a variety of sexual acts, were historically universal. While they often targeted sexual acts between persons of the same sex, many statutes employed definitions broad enough to outlaw certain sexual acts between persons of different sexes as well, sometimes even acts between married persons.
Through the 20th century, the gradual liberalization of American sexual mores led to the elimination of sodomy laws in most states. During this time, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick in 1986. However, in 2003 the Supreme Court reversed the decision with Lawrence v. Texas, invalidating sodomy laws in the remaining 14 states (Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Virginia).
Prior to 1962, sodomy was a felony in every state, punished by a lengthy term of imprisonment and/or hard labor. In that year, the Model Penal Code (MPC) — developed by the American Law Institute to promote uniformity among the states as they modernized their statutes — struck a compromise that removed consensual sodomy from its criminal code while making it a crime to solicit for sodomy. In 1962 Illinois adopted the recommendations of the Model Penal Code and thus became the first state to remove criminal penalties for consensual sodomy from its criminal code, almost a decade before any other state.
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You shouldn't be under a contract with Comcast. Which means you can threaten to leave and then ask for the best deal that a new subscriber would get.
You are right of course. I could threaten to leave and I may. I plan to explore my options first. It is possible dish might be a better solution. Unfortunately, there are no other options besides dish available at this time where I live. Comcast almost has a monopoly which explains why they can charge as much as they do.