If you had to live without cable or internet, which do you pick? - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

CanadianKrazyMods · 03-19-2009, 07:02 PM

I can live without cable, cause the internet has everything! lol

Blu-Benny · 03-19-2009, 08:26 PM

cable b/c i already survive w/o cable or sat.

icyteddy · 03-19-2009, 11:13 PM

I can live BOTH without cable and internet. I just cancel my comcast cable recently because they were charging me an outrageous price a month for standard cable. Besides I used my internet much more than just browsing the web. I make online payments, shopping, emails...etc. ALL of it is much more useful to me than watching cable.

cartman781 · 03-19-2009, 11:27 PM

**** cable

HiDef-Crazy · 03-19-2009, 11:36 PM

Got to have internet like others have said you can watch your TV shows when you want and talk to all the great people on this site

JJ · 03-20-2009, 12:29 AM

Cable. I don't even have it. I don't watch TV outside of football season!

Kaiju · 03-20-2009, 01:08 AM

cable

SellmeyourDVD · 03-20-2009, 01:30 PM

people lived without both once, it would be easy to do it again.

I think without tv people would be much more intelligent.

Marquoz · 03-20-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

people lived without both once, it would be easy to do it again.

I think without tv people would be much more intelligent.

But then how would I watch Nova and the History Channel??? You mean I would actually have to read science and history books again?

Chordata · 03-20-2009, 01:54 PM

To hell with that. Are science and history books in HD?

p.s. this might be the most worthless thread ever.

jono_0101 · 03-20-2009, 02:47 PM

gotta go with cable since you can pretty much watch anything on the internet now

brettallica · 03-20-2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SellmeyourDVD

I think without tv people would be much more intelligent.

I disagree with that at its root, but perhaps there is a context I'm missing (I apologize if that's the case). I do, however, see laziness/fat kid syndrome being much more prevalent in the past 20 years. I could see one blaming that on television/video games/computers/etc, since every house nowadays seems to have several sets, and that watching TV isn't really a treat or a privilege as it once was; it's become more of a "right" than anything else.

I personally believe intelligence (or lack thereof) is directly attributable to our schooling system. Genes and other factors play a part, but you need to be taught well in order to be smart.

This of course is a different topic for a-whole-nother thread, though. Way to go, buddy!

Teabaggins · 03-20-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brettallica

I personally believe intelligence (or lack thereof) is directly attributable to our schooling system. Genes and other factors play a part, but you need to be taught well in order to be smart.

This of course is a different topic for a-whole-nother thread, though. Way to go, buddy!

Bad schooling is a bit of a cop out. If your local schools suck then maybe the parents should take some extra time and invest it in teaching the kids themselves. Sitting around waiting for the government to "fix" the school system is a disservice to your kid.

Good schools help but parents are ultimately responsible.

Why can't they work with their kid for an hour or so after school? priorities.

If you rent an apartment it's usually the landlord's responsibility to keep up repairs. However, if you have a hole in your roof and water is coming in and you have a landlord that is irresponsible and doesn't respond and keeps putting it off then you fix it yourself asap, you don't sit around on principle and ruin your dwelling.

brettallica · 03-20-2009, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teabaggins

Bad schooling is a bit of a cop out. If your local schools suck then maybe the parents should take some extra time and invest it in teaching the kids themselves. Sitting around waiting for the government to "fix" the school system is a disservice to your kid.

Good schools help but parents are ultimately responsible.

Why can't they work with their kid for an hour or so after school? priorities.

If you rent an apartment it's usually the landlord's responsibility to keep up repairs. However, if you have a hole in your roof and water is coming in and you have a landlord that is irresponsible and doesn't respond and keeps putting it off then you fix it yourself asap, you don't sit around on principle and ruin your dwelling.

I agree completely. You're preaching to the choir, my friend! I was going to go deeper into how I was really feeling about the subject, but didn't want this thread to go there since the original post has nothing to do with that. The only point I wanted to make was that I disagree with the fact that watching TV makes someone less intelligent than someone who doesn't watch one. A quick in-and-out point, although the subject deserves much more than that.

My bad for combating SellmeyourDVD. Maybe I should have left it alone.

Teabaggins · 03-20-2009, 04:10 PM

to answer OP's poll: I would rather live without internet

dk3dknight · 03-20-2009, 03:41 PM

Hmm well I admit I have no cable in my room thus my watching of it is excessivly sparling.

The internet and a PC can resolve most of any wants to watch tv if you know where to go and have no moral compass.

Or you take a hobby like file collector.. the job of a file collector is to find a specific types of files and collect all of them forever.... and adding to the collection of specific types of files like..

Collect all known pdf files..
Collect all known pictures of cats...
Collect all versions of dumped roms.
Collect all tv shows from the 1970's internationally...
Collect all educational films released by the goverment...

etc.

Cheers.

Personally gaming takes almost all my free time, and going outside to think and enjoy the cool breeze.

Lanfear · 03-20-2009, 03:44 PM

I'll have to side with the majority on this one. Besides, you can watch any show you want online.

dvd_mazter · 03-20-2009, 03:45 PM

Cable, because I could watch pretty much all of my t.v shows either online or buy them when they come to Blu / DVD.

Galactus · 03-21-2009, 11:19 PM

This is like judging a hot body weird face contest between kirsten dunst and sara jessica parker!

it can't be done.

Danger Boy · 03-21-2009, 11:23 PM

I can live without cable TV.. it's easy.. just hook up an antenna to your house outdoors. and get free digital TV. yeah it's not all the 1000 cable channels.. but it's still some TV.

internet i can't live without. plus you can watch most anything from cable TV on the internet now anyways.. so it's a win, win with internet. it would have to be high speed internet though.. not dial up or some crap like that.

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03-19-2009, 07:02 PM	#1
CanadianKrazyMods Expert Member Member since:Jul 2008 Location:NB, Canada PSN/XBOX:BennettCKM Home Theater Gallery:5 4K collection:210 Blu-ray collection:458	I can live without cable, cause the internet has everything! lol

03-19-2009, 08:26 PM	#2
Blu-Benny Michael Bay's #1 Fan Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Wisconsin Home Theater Gallery:39 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:108 Trading Score:138	cable b/c i already survive w/o cable or sat.

03-19-2009, 11:13 PM	#3
icyteddy Expert Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:San Francisco Bay Area 4K collection:58 Blu-ray collection:336 DVD collection:144 Trading Score:11	I can live BOTH without cable and internet. I just cancel my comcast cable recently because they were charging me an outrageous price a month for standard cable. Besides I used my internet much more than just browsing the web. I make online payments, shopping, emails...etc. ALL of it is much more useful to me than watching cable.

03-19-2009, 11:27 PM	#4
cartman781 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2007 Location:In a van down by the river Blu-ray collection:2074 DVD collection:257 Digital collection:18 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:99	**** cable

03-19-2009, 11:36 PM	#5
HiDef-Crazy Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indiana Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:156 Trading Score:21	Got to have internet like others have said you can watch your TV shows when you want and talk to all the great people on this site

03-20-2009, 12:29 AM	#6
JJ Blu-ray Count Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Miami, FL Home Theater Gallery:99 4K collection:621 Blu-ray collection:1295 DVD collection:31 Digital collection:5 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:203	Cable. I don't even have it. I don't watch TV outside of football season!

03-20-2009, 01:08 AM	#7
Kaiju Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:449 Blu-ray collection:1234 Trading Score:102	cable

03-20-2009, 01:30 PM	#8
SellmeyourDVD Blu-ray Guru Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:125 Trading Score:11	people lived without both once, it would be easy to do it again. I think without tv people would be much more intelligent.

03-20-2009, 01:54 PM	#10
Chordata Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Home of N'Sync and the Backstreet Boys Blu-ray collection:75 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:1	To hell with that. Are science and history books in HD? p.s. this might be the most worthless thread ever.

03-20-2009, 02:47 PM	#11
jono_0101 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2008 Location:St. Louis Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:7	gotta go with cable since you can pretty much watch anything on the internet now

03-20-2009, 04:10 PM	#15
Teabaggins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2008	to answer OP's poll: I would rather live without internet

03-20-2009, 03:41 PM	#16
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Hmm well I admit I have no cable in my room thus my watching of it is excessivly sparling. The internet and a PC can resolve most of any wants to watch tv if you know where to go and have no moral compass. Or you take a hobby like file collector.. the job of a file collector is to find a specific types of files and collect all of them forever.... and adding to the collection of specific types of files like.. Collect all known pdf files.. Collect all known pictures of cats... Collect all versions of dumped roms. Collect all tv shows from the 1970's internationally... Collect all educational films released by the goverment... etc. Cheers. Personally gaming takes almost all my free time, and going outside to think and enjoy the cool breeze.

03-20-2009, 03:44 PM	#17
Lanfear Active Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Long Island, NY Blu-ray collection:96	I'll have to side with the majority on this one. Besides, you can watch any show you want online.

03-20-2009, 03:45 PM	#18
dvd_mazter Power Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Winnipeg, Manitoba Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:740 Blu-ray reviews: 146	Cable, because I could watch pretty much all of my t.v shows either online or buy them when they come to Blu / DVD.

03-21-2009, 11:19 PM	#19
Galactus Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2008 Location:Pillars of Creation Blu-ray collection:60 Trading Score:31	This is like judging a hot body weird face contest between kirsten dunst and sara jessica parker! it can't be done.

03-21-2009, 11:23 PM	#20
Danger Boy Active Member Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Washington State Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:1	I can live without cable TV.. it's easy.. just hook up an antenna to your house outdoors. and get free digital TV. yeah it's not all the 1000 cable channels.. but it's still some TV. internet i can't live without. plus you can watch most anything from cable TV on the internet now anyways.. so it's a win, win with internet. it would have to be high speed internet though.. not dial up or some crap like that.

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