 Anyone Switched Off Cable/Satellite |
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| 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 1 2009, 09:08 AM
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 Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I have not had cable in two years.
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
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May 1 2009, 09:59 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 926 Joined: 2-May 07 Member No.: 1,015 |
Is it because you don't watch TV or you just stream everything from the comp to the TV?
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May 1 2009, 10:11 AM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Quality is a big factor for me, and while streaming video has come leaps and bounds lately (NCAA tourney CBSsports.com HD stream was amazing), it still doesn't even come close to a dedicated cable/satellite/IPTV feed.
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May 1 2009, 10:42 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
Chris & I don't have cable. We don't watch a lot of TV, but we stream almost everything we're interested in from Hulu. Other stuff we torrent.
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May 1 2009, 12:47 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
You guys who watch streams over the internet, what kind of display are you watching it on? Coomputer monitor? Laptop? TV via computer? Or Xbox or some other console on a TV?
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May 1 2009, 12:50 PM
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Do they ignore parts of reality? Group: Moderators Posts: 2,935 Joined: 23-February 06 From: South Overton!!! Member No.: 46 |
I dont watch tv at all
-------------------- A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power. How long have we known this? Faced this? And--how many of us do know it? Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane. Or you are becoming sane, finally. Waking up. I suppose only a few are aware of all this. Isolated persons here and there. But the broad masses... what do they think? All these hundreds of thousands in this city, here. Do they imagine that they live in a sane world? Or do they guess, glimpse, the truth...?
-Philip K. Dick |
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May 1 2009, 02:59 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 926 Joined: 2-May 07 Member No.: 1,015 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 1 2009, 01:47 PM)  You guys who watch streams over the internet, what kind of display are you watching it on? Coomputer monitor? Laptop? TV via computer? Or Xbox or some other console on a TV? Yeah, I'm curious about this too. What would be the best way to do TV via computer? -------------------- |
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May 1 2009, 05:33 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
Throughout school it was free in the dorms or already provided in the apartment. When I moved to a house, I had to pay for it because we had to split the bills, but I hardly ever watch TV. Even right now, I sold my television when I moved in October, and my roommate has 42" HD LCD with DirecTV HD and like all the movie channels, but I may watch maybe 30 minutes a week, and that's a serious maybe.
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May 1 2009, 07:32 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ May 1 2009, 01:47 PM) You guys who watch streams over the internet, what kind of display are you watching it on? Coomputer monitor? Laptop? TV via computer? Or Xbox or some other console on a TV? TV via computer. My laptop has DVI out, TV has DVI in. Easy peasy. Our TV doesn't use the full screen for PC in, but it's a huge TV so it hardly matters. A newer TV would probably support higher resolution and use the full screen. Streaming vid is pretty standard quality, but I can find HD torrents for some shows. This post has been edited by Spectatrix: May 1 2009, 07:33 PM -------------------- |
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May 1 2009, 09:53 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 706 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 20 |
They make a DVI to HDMI adapter.
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May 1 2009, 11:04 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
yeah but you still have to fiddle a bunch with resolutions and refresh rates to get a proper signal. Most of the time you have some overscan.
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May 5 2009, 09:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Just watched a whole episode of Family Guy on hulu.com, really nice site. Very brief commercials, and fairly decent quality. Though I watched it from my computer chair, not the most comfortable. Might have to get out the stuff to build a media PC or something to go next to the TV.
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May 6 2009, 06:45 AM
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 Group: Admin Posts: 3,402 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
I have been trying to get rid of cable for a while but can't seem to do it, mostly because of college football. My wife went to Texas and would probably go crazy if she wasn't able to watch the football games (she's more into Texas football than most people).
With Hulu, I've been playing with Boxee and though it's not well supported, it still works for me. Most of the shows I watch are on network television (House, The Office, the news), with the exception of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and South Park. blaarg, aren't you in Europe? How do you watch Hulu? I tried to watch it while I was in Frankfurt this past weekend and had to use a proxy in the U.S. It messed with the speeds a bit. I know I'll get flamed for this, but the AppleTV seems like a good choice for what I want. I can watch local news, then download a show I want to watch (or use Boxee), or put in on my iPhone for travel, the only downside is that I still would not get college football. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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May 6 2009, 08:13 AM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
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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