[Elise]

Okay, but I'm still having trouble streaming Netflix. Not sure what the fix is; if I could change that, I might be able to persuade my husband to drop out last cable outlay (we get a basic package to improve our reception, no extra channels).

[Motivated]

HD and standard def TV signals are transmitted on the same cable "channel" that is used for cable modem. So, if you have a cable modem, you get cable TV for free. Where I live, this includes all of the channels on basic cable subscription. The only reason to pay for basic cable TV if you have a cable modem is to get their set-top-box and remote.

However, TV is not dead. Cable and satellite companies just needs to dispense with the bundled pricing scheme - or at least allow pick and choose pricing as an option. I don't pay for cable TV (see above) but would gladly pay $15/month to watch all things Formula 1. But to get that with cable costs about $80/month due to the bundling.

[charliechan]

From 2001 to 2006 I had no TV because of this same philosophy. I ended up in the hospital for a while with cable television and realized there was a lot of good programming I was missing. How do you know you want to purchase a TV season off of iTunes if you don't even know if you like the show? Sometimes you need to see 3 or 4 episodes to decide if it's something for you. Just sayin. I used to think I was all high speed and neat for not having TV. I used to brag about it. But now I think TV has it's place.