I have recently moved into a new home and my new husband and I are spending a lot of time talking about TV. Specifically should we stick with the antenna and have free TV, or should we spend the money and get DIRECTV by DirectSatTV?  My frugal self says “Why pay for TV when you can get it for free?” My indulgent self says, “Over 100 channels and many in HD!”

Thanks to the dtv transition, you can get a fantastic, digital HD picture with just an antenna… if the signal is coming in. When the signal isn’t coming in, you don’t get squat. I really like the idea of free TV, I mean why spend $30 a month or more when you don’t have to? But I really hate it when I am watching my favorite show and the picture cuts out, right at the end. Just last night I was watching the Dancing With The Stars results show, the final results show where I learn who will make it to the finale. There are 5 minutes left in the show, the person being eliminated is about to be revealed, and the signal cuts out. FRUSTRATION! Who will it be? Adecheke or Robert? If it wasn’t for the Internet I still wouldn’t know! (Robert is safe, Adecheke goes home.)

Although I do have some reservations about paying for TV, when I can get it (sort of) for free, I am seriously searching for direct satellite tv offers. If I am going to be watching TV anyway, I might as well be able to choose from over a 100 different channels, rather than being stuck with whatever happens to be coming in.  I would like to know that I could watch a whole show from start to finish, without the signal cutting in and out, plus  I want DVR!

So it is decided.  My frugal self is off in a sulk, but I am signing up today!

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