Posted on 12/19/2013 7:19:08 PM PST by NoLibZone
Cable is to TV what the dial up is to online access.
We no longer need Cable to see what we want and when we want to.
Streaming TV allows us to dump cable.
Get a Roku or a Smart TV.
Get Netflix for $8.00 and Hulu Plus for $12.
And stations such as METV even stream on local sub channels that you can access for free!
I have both an Apple TV puck and a Roku puck. The Apple TV seems to be a better device, the quality being better. Another thing is that I can watch YouTube on Apple TV, but not the Roku puck. Anyone know if it's possible to use YouTube on Roku?
I stream pictures and movies from a Mac in another room to the Apple TV in the family room. All my movies are stored on an external HD tied to that Mac, after having been downloaded from the Internet (all HD size movies). Downloaded once, then streamed to the Apple TV for play on my HD TV as often as I wish.
My toddler granddaughters love watching "Masha and Bear" cartoons on YouTube, most are in Russian but easily understandable even by one-year-olds; check it out!
You’ll pay Comcast as much for just the Internet access as for Internet plus Cable, where’s the gain?
I had a local cable service for my computer access, and television boxes.
I cancelled our three cable boxes and opted to purchase subscritions to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.
I am spending less than $25.00 per month on these three services. On Hulu I pick up television shows within 24 - 48 hours after they air on the networks. I can also sign on to the internet with my iPhone, iPad Mini, or iPad Air.
I have an LG 54.56” television set. It’s 3d. It converts anything that it airs to 3d on command. I can connect the three devices I just mentioned and stream through the television. And the television converts them to 3d if I want it to.
When everyone else was watching Kerry Underwood in ‘The Sound of Music’ a week so back, I was watching it in 3d. Folks..., NICE!
These threes services don’t provide first run movies. I don’t mind watching some dated ones. They do offer a smidgeon of more recent movies, but I don’t want to mislead anyone. If you’re looking for the cable-like experience, these aren’t quite there. Still, for $25.00 a month, some of us aren’t going to quibble all that much.
It’s nice to have access to some of the old shows we used to watch in the 80s, 90s..., if you catch my drift.
If you need something more recent I’d like to suggest you consider iTunes. I purchase some great movies about three months down the pike from their release. At times I can purchase them for $12.99. Sometimes they’re as much as $19.99, but generally no more than $17.99. Wait a few more months and the prices go down further.
iTunes has specials. You can develop quite a library over time. The beauty of doing it on iTunes is that you don’t have to store the DVDs or Blue-Ray disks in your home.
I’ve been replacing it a little at a time. It’s great to be able to download one of your movies no matter where you are as long as you can connect via WiFi. Take a trip across the nation to your relative’s home, put on one of your movies one evening. Very cool.
As the man said, you have options folks. I can watch movies when I’m out for dinner by myself. I can watch a television show. I can watch my own videos too.
Television, video has never been better.
I was spending about $225.00 for my cable access, computer and cable television / movie access.
I’m now spending $55.00 per month. I’m seeing pretty much the same things, within some limitations.
That’s a fair chunk of change each month.
That’s about what I’m spending now for cable (which I seldom watch) and Internet. I was under the impression from reading these threads that there was a way to save even further by dropping cable. I guess not.
Download all the episodes from here: http://www.primewire.ag/tv-2490619-The-Walking-Dead
Ad blockers, pop up blockers on. Windows up to date. Never a problem.
If you’ve got a fast connection you can stream them.
What the heck is a hockey? I know what a hickey is.
So #2 needs some way to access Internet - cable?
So #2 needs some way to access Internet - cable?
Hockeystreams.com offers beautiful 780p on the roku and every team is streamed. Ballstreams.com for NBA.
I don’t think so. You may find a slower service for less, but I think this with taxes included is about what you’ll pay for fiber optic cable service.
I have Charter, and it screams...
what do I get?...some tv's come with an internal Roku yes?...
what about blue ray?....should we get a blu ray players with internet access already built in?....
I understand that bluray can also play dvds...yes?...
I like the local news, sports, fox news...fox business...food channel...hallmark channel...husband likes outdoor channel...dtr would like "Chiller" if its still available...of course fox tv with "justified""
love to get rid of cable but out of the 200 channels, I'd like about 30 that I really, really want....
Go to Amazon instant video for new episodes of Walking Dead. Only catch is you get them on Monday instead if Sunday.
Are there any real conservatives with moolah?
Can you get HGTV on Roku?
Can’t watch YouTube directly on Roku. There are workaround like Plex though.
ChromeCast is interesting technology and since it includes Youtube you theoretically have access to “conservative” videos and a lot of classic movies.
You are assuming the user has reliable internet access. I’m stuck with satellite internet and a 10 GB per month allocation. I can do 15 GB, but that is another $35 per month.
Very interesting, I will bookmark this.
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