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[/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]so over 3 months ago I took upon myself to tell my partner that we were geting rid of SKY the following month I advised him that we were getting rid of the Tv Digi box I hear you ask why are you not going to watch tv shows ever again well yes and no we still have Netflix and we can still access BBC iPlayer and other online services why do this well theres a number of reasons with out being able to receive a tv signal we dont pay for a tv licence thus saving ourselves 145.50 per year on top of that we no longer pay an additional 20/30 pounds a month to sky to have services we never really watched any way seeing as we had access to things like Netflix any way.[/twocol_one_last]
So what this means so far is we no longer pay 145.50 for a tv licence and nearly 240 pounds per year to sky for tv services.
So what do we do for tv entertainment now well we can still watch as stated earlier BBC iPlayer and Netflix now in order to get round the TV licensing laws, we must make sure that we are not watching any thing that qualifies as live tv for more info on the check out this article on money saving expert.
This doesn’t mean that I cant watch BBC programs again this means that I can only watch BBC and other terrestrial channels via catch up and must make sure there not being played on any other plus one channels.
This brings me to some thing else I believe that tv both terrestrial and cable/satellite based has had its day in favour of internet based services personally I have a Netflix account which gets an awful lot of use theres also good old youtube and many other online services which you can stream your viewing via with the invention of other devices such as Xbox and Playstation and even tivo which contact to a internet connection and allow you to stream programs over the inter net connection what is the need for a conventional tv connection any more the only down side I can see is sports there is as yet to be a sport streaming service like the love films and Netflix of the world but as I dont watch sports this isn’t something that really affects me.
I would say there is no longer a needs for these services and that there are more than enough services available that you can use with out having to pays nearly 400 pounds a year ill more than happily pay my 70 pounds per year rather than close to 400 pounds a year any day thats 330 pounds per year I could do other things with.
what are your thoughts I would love to know has tv had its day or do you firmly believe that its has years of life left in it.
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