Why I Haven’t Owned a Television Since 2002

Toward the end of 2001, after much contemplation and a wonderful exploratory visit to California, I made a decision to relocate from the eastern seaboard and move cross country to live on the west coast.

When I arrived at my new home out west in early 2002, I made a conscious choice at that point in my life to forgo connecting my TV to broadcast cable. Instead, I only plugged it into a DVD player and used it exclusively to watch rental movies. Later that year I started using my PC to watch movies and gave away the last television I ever owned – for good.

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