tl;dr - I went to college, stopped watching "cable/satellite" TV and I haven't missed it one bit. Though I did keep my televison so I can watch good shows/movie

tl;dr - I went to college, stopped watching "cable/satellite" TV and I haven't missed it one bit. Though I did keep my televison so I can watch good shows/movies and play games. Before I left college I was one of those people who watched TV for hours a day, and porbably more than 4-5 hours/day. When I moved into my dorm room I remember being incredibly glad that cable was included in my housing fees because I wouldn't be able to live without it. Basically, what I realized is that the shows and movies I really wanted to watch never came on TV, so I ended up downloading them in HD, sans commercials, and I never missed normal TV one bit. I'm at home for the summer right now, two years after quitting TV, and I'm trying to get my mom and brother to give it up too. Now I just think TV is damn annoying, mostly because of the commercials. Side-note: I will be living with some hardcore sports fans next year and it seems to be near impossible to get decent sports coverage without Satellite or Cable.