A year ago, I found myself unexpectedly looking for a new place to live,
and wound up in a "less than ideal" location. No cable TV, and I didnt
have a TV set either.

Oddly, I didnt think to buy a TV. Friends offered me their old sets, and
I said 'nah, no thanks...'. A year's gone by with no TV and I'm thinking
I havn't missed anything.

If I want to watch a movie, I usually watch it on the laptop.
Occasionally I'll put it on the digital projector for me & the roomates
to watch.

Anybody else gone cold-turkey? or am I just a nut?

Mike, I couldn't do it. I almost never watch TV, but it's almost always
on for the background noise.

Hey, I'm entitled to ONE vapid addiction....

I'v don it. Didnt care cuz never had one growing up. reading is better.

noo i did the same thing if ya didnt have cable there was no
reception... i got cable that lasted for 2 months of kids plopped in
front of tv fighting for it watching cartoons all day long.. i shut it
off told them to go have some activity in their life.. well 9 yrs later
i still had not a tv that worked but for movies either..

Background, Background, Background!

I have a daughter so, cartoons are always on. I must admit though, I
dig TV as well. Fav shows...24, My name is Earl, Prison Break,
Discovery Channel, History, National Geographic, etc...action, fun &
learnin'!
Went 2 years without it a few years back. Didn't really miss
much.

I went cold turkey a while back. And since then i've had months here
and there both with (due to roommates) and without.

Thing is, though, whether i have tv or not, i'm usually going to do
-something- that lets my mind go numb for a while each day. On the
whole, life is more enjoyable and productive without a tv.

LMAO, I'm with Lex & Fanta background gotto have it lol I watch it when
I go to bed that is about it and a few shows during the week do not have
one were my computer is listen to the music then lol

yeah, I have sleep mode on my tv, couldnt live without it.

Could not let it go I'm too addicted to it, plus my kid would kill me if
I did lol

No cable or dish or TV watching here for the last year or more. We are
not missing any thing. The cartoons are getting sick to the point my kid
was grossed out. I cut the cable connection.
I got a high speed internet connection and an Xbox, "interactive TV"
once in a while when we cant get out.

Nope...... I dont miss that mess a bit.