Maximize Your Monthly Budget Part Two (The TV.)
By
R.D. Swartz
Ok let’s see what we can do to save you money on your TV bill, you need to write down answer to these questions. Do you watch TV at your home on cable, satellite dish, over the internet or antenna? IF you have cable TV does your provider offer a bundle of services including internet and a home phone line? How much TV do you and your family truly watch and can you cut your cable TV package to the minimal amount of channels? If you purchase a TV antenna system how many channels can you pick up and how does this compare to the minimal package of channels that your cable and satellite provider offers you? Have you ever explored the amount of TV shows and movies you can see on the internet? Have you ever used a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) or other recording device to record TV to watch later?
We will do a complete comparison in the last article and cover the phone, TV and internet bundles then but for now you need to find out if your local providers have the 3 in 1 bundle option and what the cost are for the different TV channel packages. Most of the time the three in one packages save you a lot of money and some providers even give you a discount on mobile phone service if you also use the same provider for a 3 in 1 bundle package for your home phone, TV and internet services.
There is no worse of a waste of money then to have a hundred and fifty dollar a month cable TV bill with hundreds of channels and sixty or more movie channel and you hardly ever are home to watch any of it. If you mostly watch the major networks on your local channels, can you pick those same channels up on an antenna system or the internet? Write down everything you regularly watch on TV and see how much of it you can watch on the internet, antenna or minimal channel package from your providers.
I like to save money but I also like to get my monies worth and I highly suggest if you have cable or satellite TV you get the DVR option and pay the extra five or so dollars a month and use it constantly. This wonderful device helps you to fully get your monies worth out of your cable or satellite expense. I never watch live TV and only watch the recorded versions so I can fast forward through the parts of the shows I do not like or find boring as well as the advertisements. My time is mine and I want to maximize my enjoyment by cutting down the wasted time. I record shows that come on late at night as well as when I am working and watch them when I can. I watch the nightly news in about 5 minutes as I forward through the advertisements and news stories that do not interest me. In the next article we look at what you can do on the internet and all the TV you can find on it.
