New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Cutting Cable and Satellite

post #1 of 4
6/12/09 at 8:44am
Thread Starter 
I've had it with my Direct TV programming. 150 channels and I watch 3.

Is there any way to stream the free Internet programming for PC'S to my main Plasma TV ?

I have seen many new sites pop up such as Hulu, that offer an alternative.

I do have a Dlink Media center DSM320, but can this access the programming ?

Any help to cut my satellite would be welcomed.

I will be getting Roku as a movie source.

Thanks
Reply
post #2 of 4
6/12/09 at 11:21am

Re: Cutting Cable and Satellite

Some of the media plays do have the ability to access different content. Some DVD players can download movies from Netflix. You just have to read the features of each one to find out.

Remember that this is internet content and will be compressed. Blow up a You Tube video to full screen on your PC and see what it looks like. Now imagine that blown up to the size of your plasma. I'm not saying all of the content is like that but some will be.

-Robert
Reply
post #3 of 4
6/12/09 at 11:51am

Re: Cutting Cable and Satellite

I think at this point in time for Hulu it's best to hook up a PC to your TV. The content owners made Hulu stop it from working on Boxee, they seem against ways to make Hulu easy to be seen directly on TV. http://www.edn.com/blog/400000040/post/1120041512.html

If mainly you watch TV series, free OTA HDTV + Netflix TV on DVD rental-by-mail is to me the most economical, as long as you are willing to wait until end of season to start watching the DVD when they come out. The Roku will have some of the Netflix TV sooner than that.

Giving up cable/satellite is hard if you enjoy watching sports though.
Reply
post #4 of 4
6/15/09 at 2:16pm

Re: Cutting Cable and Satellite

Most all the Stations have All the good Episodes of Shows on there Websites,I,ve never had a problem with my PC and a DVI to Hdmi Cord to Monitor or Projector even my Cheap Acer Laptop from Walmart has an HDMI out which also works great!!,Honestly I find myself Streaming from my PS3 Media Server more then ever nowdays....I have Dish Network and also only need Discovery Channel,Playdia,TLC and HGTV and HBO guess the rest are just something to flip through...
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home