re: TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It

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I cut the cord about 4 years ago. I don't miss it at all.

I knew it would be hard because I liked to watch a lot of sports before cutting cable. However, I've adapted.

For games that I really care about, I have no problem finding a stream of it online. Sure, the video quality might suck and the image is smaller than it would be watching it on a 50 inch TV, but I still am able to consume the same content. The results of the game are the same whether I watch it in a 10 inch window on my computer monitor versus watching it on an HDTV.

But moreso what happened was that I grew to care less and less about sports, and that has been one of the best things to happen to me in the last 4 years. The reality is that sports are meaningless and whether or not LSU or the Saints win a championship effects my life in an extremely insignificant manner. I have found other hobbies now that get me outdoors and keep me active (hiking, raising chickens, etc.) and I enjoy life a lot more now. I would much rather spend the day on a Saturday tending to my chickens or going on a hike in the hills than to spend it sitting on the couch watching 10 different football games all day. 4 years ago I would have said the opposite.

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Doesn't have to either or. Got up Saturday morning here in ATL, loaded up the dogs and drove to a nose work competition in NC, did what we needed to do and came back by halftime of A&M game and watched on DVR on 60" HDTV. I couldn't watch games on my phone, I mean I can on ESPN Watch, but won't. It's nice to stream content to HD and all, but it's pointless to watch games with crappy resolution/clarity when great TVs are so cheap.