Giving up cable TV

So it's been about six months since we gave up cable TV, and so far, no one has gone crazy yet. The experiment is so far working! Seriously though, we do spend more time watching DVD's of old episodes, mainly Simpsons and Futurama. The only thing that I've been missing is Discovery, History and the random sports that ESPN2 aired. Otherwise, we watch everything on Hulu, or NBC. I listen to Bears and Blackhawks games online, and I purchased MLB.TV to watch Sox games (and other games as well). The only downside to any of this, is that we had to increase our bandwidth levels through the Lawrence monopoly. Has it been worth it? Yes... Olivia has watched a whole lot less TV, which I think is good for a four-year-old. We spend more time online (I'm an information whore, I read news sites all day), but we also spend more time together as a family.

It's not for everyone though. I couldn't imagine having several kids, and not having TV. And I do miss quite a bit: throwing on Discovery on a Saturday, or waking up early on Sunday's to watch the Samurai movies, and especially the James Bond marathons on TNT. Specifically, we did this for fiscal reasons, saving the $80 per month on digital hi-def TV, but now... I don't know when we will go back. The more and more I read, the more things are going toward online services anyway. Maybe we'll just wait it out.