All we need to kill cable is __________.
Fill in the blanks with us.
$250 a month for what?
A home phone we never use, but want to keep as a backup.
High-speed internet, which we'll never give up.
Zillions of shitty channels.
We can do better.
#1 Magic Jack. $20 a year - at that price we can afford to hate it.
#2 Our first smartphones, providing wifi hotspots. $600 for two. Unlimited everything $110/mo. from MetroPCS.
#3 Our first digital TV. $300 on Craigslist for a great one.
#4 Roku box - $200
#5 Hulu Plus and Netflix - $20/mo.
(We're not gamers.)
Total annual savings: $1,800. $2,600 in year two and beyond.
We're new at this. What are we forgetting? Pick this plan apart.
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We both use our PC as TVs...or TVs as PC monitors...which ever way you want to look at it.
My SO has a 32 inch and I have a 37, which doubles as the bedroom "cuddle under the blankets when its cold in the winter and watch a movie and eat popcorn" rig, complete with Dolby/DTS sound and blu ray.
Same thing, smart phones, both TVs digital, Netflix/hulu, don't really need the roku box though, with both machines on a home network, and being used by default as PC monitors. That they're led lcd, helps power usage wise also. They were a bit more expensive when they were new tech, but now theyre more or less mainstream, and well worth it. That and CFL lights in every socket.
Every little bit counts...it all adds up.
One of these doesn't hurt either:
Getting 44 highway at 85000 miles...though we can't really drive it if we have significant rain...the roads become such that 4 wheel drive is required.
Not to hijack your thread...but like I said, every little bit counts.
