Do people still have "cable?"

*CyberCubed* · 03-22-2023, 05:34 PM

In the age of online streaming I honestly forget "cable" still exists. I remember in the 90's everyone made a big deal out of getting cable due to all the additional channels.

Now I forget it's a thing.

*IndigoErth* · 03-22-2023, 05:39 PM

Yes, my family still has cable.

*Andrew NDB* · 03-22-2023, 05:45 PM

My wife clung to it a while but we've been cable free for maybe 3 years now. My mother still has it, though, and every time I go over there I get the same "Tell me again about 'Netflix.' Does it have channels? Is it just movies? I don't watch a lot of movies" questions every time.

*CyberCubed* · 03-22-2023, 05:55 PM

Honestly if I didn't play videogames, I would have almost no reason to own a TV anymore at this point. I basically use my TV to play videogames 95% of the time and just watch things on my computer or phone.

*Autbot_Benz* · 03-22-2023, 07:26 PM

I still use Cable.

~~Dpooly84~~ · 03-22-2023, 07:39 PM

Still have cable

*Cowabung-Gal* · 03-22-2023, 07:45 PM

We still have cable at our house. None of us really want to replace it with streaming services. If cable wasn’t so expensive, we wouldn’t even consider switching to steaming.

*TigerClaw* · 03-22-2023, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

In the age of online streaming I honestly forget "cable" still exists. I remember in the 90's everyone made a big deal out of getting cable due to all the additional channels.

Now I forget it's a thing.

Yeah, I still have cable, Been using it since the late 90s.

*MrPliggins* · 03-22-2023, 08:54 PM

No cable here since 2009. Plenty of people still have it though. I wonder if people still pay for AOL.

*newfan* · 03-23-2023, 12:36 AM

Well, Sky TV (Satelite) but same thing really for conent. I still use it enough to keep it but mostly use the movie channels, which have lost a lot of content with streaming sevices coming out. They are currently giving paramount plus free to those who have the movie channels.

*CyberCubed* · 03-23-2023, 05:36 AM

I don't even know what "TV" is anymore these days. I honestly can't remember the last time I actually turned it on to flip through the channels to see what was airing. I don't think I've watched anything live with commercials in more than a decade.

Do people still sit down to watch shows that come on at a certain time? Like if a show airs at 8pm, you guys are all ready to watch it? This feels like ancient history now, like 90's-early 2000's stuff.

*oldmanwinters* · 03-23-2023, 07:32 AM

I use it, but I also don't subscribe to any streaming services. Just feels like it would be gluttonous on my part.

I use the VUDU and MoviesAnywhere services a lot though.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 03-24-2023, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I don't think I've watched anything live with commercials in more than a decade.

Not even sports?

*Coola Yagami* · 03-24-2023, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Original TMNT Cartoon Fan

Not even sports?

....... You think Cybercubed watches sports?

03-22-2023, 05:34 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	Do people still have "cable?" In the age of online streaming I honestly forget "cable" still exists. I remember in the 90's everyone made a big deal out of getting cable due to all the additional channels. Now I forget it's a thing.

03-22-2023, 05:45 PM	#3
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,273	My wife clung to it a while but we've been cable free for maybe 3 years now. My mother still has it, though, and every time I go over there I get the same "Tell me again about 'Netflix.' Does it have channels? Is it just movies? I don't watch a lot of movies" questions every time. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

03-22-2023, 07:26 PM	#5
Autbot_Benz Hellblazer Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ventura California Posts: 8,287	I still use Cable. __________________ I respect what FW cartoon did for the turtles franchise but it is the most overrated and hard to watch of the 3 turtles cartoons.

03-22-2023, 07:45 PM	#7
Cowabung-Gal The Party Dudette Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: U-S-A!! Posts: 2,195	We still have cable at our house. None of us really want to replace it with streaming services. If cable wasn’t so expensive, we wouldn’t even consider switching to steaming. __________________ Totally Interstellar

03-23-2023, 12:36 AM	#10
newfan Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 2,393	Well, Sky TV (Satelite) but same thing really for conent. I still use it enough to keep it but mostly use the movie channels, which have lost a lot of content with streaming sevices coming out. They are currently giving paramount plus free to those who have the movie channels. Last edited by newfan; 03-23-2023 at 12:51 AM.

03-22-2023, 05:39 PM	#2
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 15,242	Yes, my family still has cable.

03-22-2023, 05:55 PM	#4
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	Honestly if I didn't play videogames, I would have almost no reason to own a TV anymore at this point. I basically use my TV to play videogames 95% of the time and just watch things on my computer or phone.

03-22-2023, 07:39 PM	#6
~~Dpooly84~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Arizona Posts: 441	Still have cable

03-22-2023, 08:54 PM	#9
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,006	No cable here since 2009. Plenty of people still have it though. I wonder if people still pay for AOL.

03-23-2023, 05:36 AM	#11
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	I don't even know what "TV" is anymore these days. I honestly can't remember the last time I actually turned it on to flip through the channels to see what was airing. I don't think I've watched anything live with commercials in more than a decade. Do people still sit down to watch shows that come on at a certain time? Like if a show airs at 8pm, you guys are all ready to watch it? This feels like ancient history now, like 90's-early 2000's stuff.

03-23-2023, 07:32 AM	#12
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,939	I use it, but I also don't subscribe to any streaming services. Just feels like it would be gluttonous on my part. I use the VUDU and MoviesAnywhere services a lot though. __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!