We have "Basic" cable, and I quite agree - I'm seriously thinking of canceling it - but I'm the holdout, not the kids! We also use the internet, and I got "Roku Box" for my birthday. You hook it up to you TV, and as long as you have WiFi in the house (I have teens, so I do!) you can get Netflix instant watch, rent movies from Amazon.com, all the news and sports you could watch, plus they are always adding new stations - like an old movie one - although they only have about 6. You can also get Netflix on the wii or some other game systems.