Warning: You’re Wasting Money on TV and Movies!

Kino Having fun can get expensive very quickly, especially when it comes to movies and television. Have you actually looked at your cable or satellite bill lately? The average person spends about $1,800 a year on entertainment – and that doesn’t even include eating out! So challenge yourself to make better choices and find alternate sources for the same entertainment you’re paying too much for now.

Try these four ideas to pay less for tv and movies!

1. Subscribe to Netflix or BLOCKBUSTER Total Access and get DVDs by mail. Don’t pay movie theater prices when you can watch unlimited movies in your home for less than the cost of two movie tickets per month. Both programs have trial options that let you try their services for a few weeks.

Blockbuster normally offers two options for signing up – a free two week trial, or 50% off your first month. Both include in-store exchanges allowing you to utilize your local Blockbuster location. And as an added bonus if you checkout with PayPal they’ll deposit $25 into your PayPal account.

Netflix also allows you to watch movies on demand on your computer or via a set-top device like the Roku Netflix player or other network enabled DVD players.

2. Watch TV and movies on your computer. Most major television networks are now offering prime-time television shows as well as their backlog of past shows online for free. In fact, there’s less advertising when you watch online than on tv. Another benefit is that you get to choose when and where to watch. Try these sites:

Hulu.com(NBC Universal, Fox, MGM, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and more)
Fox On Demand
CBS
ABC
CNN
YouTube
MSN
Google Video
AOL TV On Demand or AOL Video

3. Rent movies from Red Box at one of over 10,000 locations – like your local grocery store. For just $1 a night you can rent many recent DVDs including new releases. You can reserve them online, pick them up at your local grocery store and drop them off when you’re done. You can get a free rental right now by signing up for their email alerts, and they will send you more free rentals via email.

4. Borrow movies from your local library. Most local libraries have expanding DVD collections. Use your local resources and take advantage of FREE movies. And if you’re not into movies, most libraries I know have TONS of books and magazines for you to read! And those are FREE as well!

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