That's it !
4 years ago
My television and my video recorder are now to the repairman’s, to be detunerized.
How to throw the television out of the window
It made me
Good different. 
"Freaky. You have so much spare time, and it changes you as a consumer...for the better!"
How I did it: I gave up TV a couple of times in the past, but it crept back into my life. The second last time I moved house I moved in on my own and I didn't own a TV....and I just didn't buy one! It was hard to leave my DVD player and xbox behind, but I can still watch DVDs on my PC if I want to. It's just really nice not to be advertised at all day long. :)
Lessons & tips:
- I try to listen to the radio in the morning to get the news without turning my PC on.
- Audiobooks - fantastic! Now I can paint or cook dinner and listen to a book at the same time. You can even download the classics for free!
- People will still contantly talk to you about what they watched on TV last night. If you listen along anyway, you'll know what is worth buying on DVD later. :)
- I seem to have more spare cash than I used to. I think this is because now I don't even know what it is that I *should* be buying.
- Lots of great educational/documentary type shows are streamed online for free. You don' t have to miss out on stuff that is worthwhile watching.
People doing this:
Ramat Gan
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4 years ago
I don’t really want to throw it out the window, I just don’t want to have this addictive drug within sight. So I decided to desinstall the tuner, to continue to see DVDs, but to stop paying the TV licence fee. I have the phone number of a technician who does that, but I didn’t call him yet…
