most video, except live news and sporting events, can be found on the net these days.
pulling it down usually requires broadband and a torrent client.
once you have the video, you need to view it. you can either watch it on your computer... or find a way to get it to your television.
roku and wdtv are two media players that work fairly well at displaying the video to your television.
with this information, a computer, broadband, and a television, you can set yourself up a nice home theatre without having to pay for netflix or cable
” usually requires broadband and a torrent client”
I get all my movies etc off the internet and never needed either.
In fact I tried Netflix and the image was acceptable over my DSL but I can download better quality, HD if I wish.
And ‘everything’ is available... except good live sports feeds.
Looked at the free Amazon Prime trial offerings and there was nothing of interest I hadn’t already seen.
Most link sites and content sites are mighty ‘iffy’ though, there’s only a few good ones.