Today I canceled out TV service.  Since we bought our house, we have Internet from Charter, Bellsouth, and now CDE.  Through CDE we have a 10Mbps connection.  Super fast, super reliable.  We have had TV from Charter, DirectTV, and CDE.  The CDE service had the potential to be fantastic, but they failed miserably.

Kayce and I have decided to try something alittle radical.  We have canceled our TV service, and are going to rely totally on DVDs and the internet for video entertainment.  I don’t know if you are aware at the amount of video available online.  I wasn’t until this past year.  With the speed of our CDE fiber optic connection and a computer hooked into our LCD TV, we can watch most all of our favorite show free on the various network’s website.  For example, we love HOUSE, we can watch full episodes virtually commercial free on FOX’s website.  With the speed of our internet connection the quality (while not HD) is as good or better than cable. 

For all those times when we just want to watch a movie, or the kids want to watch something… We have subscribed to Netflix Unlimited Plan for $9 a month.  We can get 1 DVD at a time, as many times as we want, or we can watch unlimited movies and TV instantly on Netflix.com.  This will save us about $50 a month, and we will be watching what we want, when we want, without having to channel surf, and sit through commercials. 

We’ll, keep you up to date and let you know how it works out.  Its an interesting little experiment, I hope it works out.  Right now, I’m laying on the couch with a wireless keyboard typing this on my TV.  Its amazing what you can do now, and I hope that everyone starts to embrace how TV, Computers, and the internet have sort of merged into one.  If nothing else, it saves money.  I suspect we will also get more done in a day, than if we were just casually watching TV as much as we do.  Wish us luck!