[narses]

Any cable drop outs here? I did, tried Apple TV, a waste of time. Any other alternatives out there?

[PJ-Comix]

So when you dropped your cable, how did you connect to the Internet?

[Maigret]

Roku is pretty great. The only problem we have is at busy bandwidth times our dsl speed drops precipitously.

[Maigret]

Roku is pretty great. The only problem we have is at busy bandwidth times our dsl speed drops precipitously.

[conservativefreak]

Three alternatives you can look into to cut cable (from least to most expensive):
1) XBMC [Cost: Free]
2) Roku [Cost: $50]
3) Boxee [Cost: $99]

1)XBMC
Download XBMC on basically any modern computer/Operating system , then download install the repository installer here, then enable the BlueCop repository, then go to Video Add-ons, and install the "Free Cable" addon.
Here's a tutorial.
Xbmc also has plugins for Youtube, Hulu (for free, you don't need to pay for Hulu Plus), Podcasts (Apple's itunes podcast library). The World news Live Plugin, which you can download here gives you Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC, CNBC, France24, Russia Today, Euronews all as a 24/7 live stream.

There's also a Fox News plugin that you can install, installation instructions are here.

2)Roku
Buy a Roku Box, use Netflix ($7.99/month) Hulu Plus $7, Amazon Prime $75/year to watch your TV programs on demand.

3)Boxee
Buy a Boxee box (which lets you watch over-the-air channels) use Netflix ($7.99/month) Hulu Plus $7 to watch your TV programs on demand.