Well, Let's see....

We finally ditched DISH Network.  Now we're on OTA channels (HD of course) and good old NetFlix!  Why'd we do this?

It just wasn't worth it anymore.  Sure the news channels would come in handy from time to time.  I will miss TCM and the occasional SciFi Channel show.

But honestly apart from those few things, it just wasn't worth the $50/mo. anymore.  Most of the channels no longer have any relevance to what they started off as.  Dish also screwed me when they moved HDNet Movies from the base HD-Pack to a new "tier" that cost twice as much.  No longer worth it.

I mean, look at some of the channels out there, and look at what's actually on them.  Crap like "Ice Road Truckers" on the History Channel, WRESTLING on the SciFi Channel, TLC is now the crappy makeover network, A&E? No longer Arts and Entertainment, Bravo? Used to be somewhat interesting.  Now I can't remember the last time I turned there.  Even AMC went downhill, first adding ads, then dropping letterboxing, now even they've got crappy "original series" on there.

And most of it is all re-runs of the same crappy shows.  I'll use Law and Order as an example.  TNT especially.  I just started calling it the "L&O" channel, because that's about all thats on there during prime-time anymore.  It's on USA, its on other channels.  Get it away from me!

So, much as I hate to admit it, the internet will have to provide me with my dose of BSG, SG-A, and a couple of others....

And now we've got two NetFlix accounts at 3 movies out a piece, and its still cheaper than the satellite.  That's about all we've got time for in a given week anyway, so I think its for the best.

Oh, and check out part II for the other time-eating device we've acquired.