 Anyone Switched Off Cable/Satellite |
| Anyone Switched Off Cable/Satellite |
 May 1 2009, 07:06 AM
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I was thinking about switching to completely watching television via the internet and not getting cable. I figured there is a flood of stuff on Hulu + projectfreetv + surfthechannel, that the only reason why I would want to keep cable is to watch live sports which I think I could go to a friends house to see since I don't watch them that regularly.
Just wondering if anyone's "made the switch" or done something similar and had any thoughts about it.... --------------------  |
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May 6 2009, 08:13 AM
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How much do you pay per show you download on there? I guess you'd have to find your break even point. My U-verse bill is $120/mo, with the TV portion accounting for something like $80. So how many shows could I get for $80 off of some download service (and how long do you get to keep them, can you make copies/DVDs/etc)? And of course, still don't have sports. And though it's a little more hassle, with cable/sat/whatever you can always record your shows to the computer for use on there or some portable device. I think the first cable/sat/iptv company to make transferring your recorded shows to the computer or a portable device is the one that really wins over a huge market share.
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May 7 2009, 06:17 AM
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QUOTE (impala454 @ May 6 2009, 09:13 AM)  How much do you pay per show you download on there? I guess you'd have to find your break even point. My U-verse bill is $120/mo, with the TV portion accounting for something like $80. So how many shows could I get for $80 off of some download service (and how long do you get to keep them, can you make copies/DVDs/etc)? And of course, still don't have sports. And though it's a little more hassle, with cable/sat/whatever you can always record your shows to the computer for use on there or some portable device. I think the first cable/sat/iptv company to make transferring your recorded shows to the computer or a portable device is the one that really wins over a huge market share. Yeah, i have all the hbos etc. and high internet for that on Uverse -------------------- |
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blaarg Anyone Switched Off Cable/Satellite May 1 2009, 07:06 AM
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Spectatrix QUOTE (impala454 @ May 1 2009, 01:47 PM) ... May 1 2009, 07:32 PM The Fanatic I dont watch tv at all May 1 2009, 12:50 PM dauss Throughout school it was free in the dorms or alre... May 1 2009, 05:33 PM dauss They make a DVI to HDMI adapter. May 1 2009, 09:53 PM impala454 yeah but you still have to fiddle a bunch with res... May 1 2009, 11:04 PM impala454 Just watched a whole episode of Family Guy on hulu... May 5 2009, 09:40 PM Hartmann I have been trying to get rid of cable for a while... May 6 2009, 06:45 AM blaarg QUOTE (Hartmann @ May 6 2009, 06:45 AM) b... May 6 2009, 01:40 PM impala454 You have all the movie channels and the max 18 int... May 7 2009, 07:41 AM woody i got uverse 200, 3 boxes, slowest internet packag... May 7 2009, 09:03 AM |
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