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Aion on 12 April 2010

That's great, nice to know Xbox saves the day.



 

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Hephaestos on 12 April 2010

in france it's 30€ for high speed internet (30M)+Wifi router, unlimited phone to about 50 countries and Cable (about 40 channels... yes it's more for more channels) + digital recorder.

all that thanks to a company that just kept the price tag and boosted it's services to keep in front of the competition... took the competition 5 years to align on the price... but they haven't allined on the service just yet.


though the only channel we really have to live sports is a paid subscription of 35€/month..... there's always pay per view though.



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kitler53 on 12 April 2010

i ditched cable years ago, best decision i ever made.



yo_john117 on 12 April 2010

Why not just get dish?



zuvuyeay on 12 April 2010

i buy a tv lisence,well,because i have to

other than that i won't pay for tv monthly,i'd rather have a good internet connection instead

$130 a month for cable,that sounds like expensive TV



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youarebadatgames on 12 April 2010

I don't know, but when you are laid off buying an xbox is the last thing normal people would have in mind.



NinjaV on 12 April 2010

took him six months to pay off the xbox....wow get a job.I don't care if you lost it go to mcdonalds or something.



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nordlead on 12 April 2010

lol, this is so dumb. I ditched cable a long time ago, but I didn't need a X360 to do it (or even a PC). Also, I'm sure he'll be tempted to buy videogames which will end up costing him the same price as his cable service...

Had he bought a super cheap HTPC he could have replaced even more TV shows rather than having to pay for Netflix which cost him $15/month and XBL for $35/year and not had to pay a dime (other than internet costs).

Not knocking the X360 for being a capable media center (i've never used it, but I've heard it is good) but it isn't exactly fiscally smart if you lost a job as you can go much cheaper. In fact, all he needed was an antenna for $15 if he wanted to watch Law & Order SVU as it's on NBC over the air for free.




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Burning Typhoon on 12 April 2010
bobobologna said:

I've thought about doing this, but unlike him, I don't think I could do without live sports.

EDIT:  Plus, for some reason, I enjoy commercial breaks.  Not for the commercials, but for the minute or 2 break from the TV to go and do something else for a quick second.

If you press the pause button, you get more than 4 minutes....  Tell microsoft and sony you want live sports... I'm sure they'll think about it.. I could do without that myself...  I honestly dont even watch cable very often, and the news can come from the internet.



bobobologna on 12 April 2010
Burning Typhoon said:
bobobologna said:

I've thought about doing this, but unlike him, I don't think I could do without live sports.

EDIT:  Plus, for some reason, I enjoy commercial breaks.  Not for the commercials, but for the minute or 2 break from the TV to go and do something else for a quick second.

If you press the pause button, you get more than 4 minutes....  Tell microsoft and sony you want live sports... I'm sure they'll think about it.. I could do without that myself...  I honestly dont even watch cable very often, and the news can come from the internet.

You are missing my point about commercial breaks.  I don't like them because they give me a chance to run to the bathroom, I like them because they give me regularly scheduled breaks from watching TV.