Dropping the Cable

[CardiffBaseball]

Having moved to Orlando, I am with Brighthouse and apparently Uverse is an option. Brighthouse appears to be Time-Warner.

I’ll go find some decent rabbit ears today I am about 10 miles from most of the network channels (fox, abc, nbc, cbs) as they are all clustered not too far from here.

I did figure out that UFC does allow the Roku to watch over Pay-Per-View. My kids literally only watch MMA and MLB as far as sports, everything else is facebook time. The wife is a harder sell as I don’t know if Top Model and the various cooking reality shows are out there. Still there is more than enough with Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon VOD to keep you occupied.

[ocrenter]

here’s my one time cost to cut the cord:

$60 for HDTV antenna
$200 for ooma
$300 for computer
$200 for media extender
$100 for tuner card (2 tuners)

monthly of $40 for AT&T DSL.

very easy to do. there is plenty of programming on air or on Hulu.

save about $100 per month, return in initial investment in 8 months, this really is a no brainer.

[ocrenter]

here’s my one time cost to cut the cord:

$60 for HDTV antenna
$200 for ooma
$300 for computer
$200 for media extender
$100 for tuner card (2 tuners)

monthly of $40 for AT&T DSL.

very easy to do. there is plenty of programming on air or on Hulu.

save about $100 per month, return in initial investment in 8 months, this really is a no brainer.

[ocrenter]

here’s my one time cost to cut the cord:

$60 for HDTV antenna
$200 for ooma
$300 for computer
$200 for media extender
$100 for tuner card (2 tuners)

monthly of $40 for AT&T DSL.

very easy to do. there is plenty of programming on air or on Hulu.

save about $100 per month, return in initial investment in 8 months, this really is a no brainer.

[ocrenter]

here’s my one time cost to cut the cord:

$60 for HDTV antenna
$200 for ooma
$300 for computer
$200 for media extender
$100 for tuner card (2 tuners)

monthly of $40 for AT&T DSL.

very easy to do. there is plenty of programming on air or on Hulu.

save about $100 per month, return in initial investment in 8 months, this really is a no brainer.

[ocrenter]

here’s my one time cost to cut the cord:

$60 for HDTV antenna
$200 for ooma
$300 for computer
$200 for media extender
$100 for tuner card (2 tuners)

monthly of $40 for AT&T DSL.

very easy to do. there is plenty of programming on air or on Hulu.

save about $100 per month, return in initial investment in 8 months, this really is a no brainer.

[zzz]

You can definitely cut the cable dependence. We already had a PS3, so we do Netflix streaming via the device, plus its a blu ray player as well, so we watch Netflix DVDs on it as well. We have Time Warner Cable at $60/month for their fastest internet.

We bought a $15 antenna from Target and it works great receiving HD channels.

For sports, you can get some stuff on ESPN3.com which they offer to residential customers using certain high speed internet providers. I also hear you get some sports shows via Veetle.com, its hit or miss whether you can get the event you want.

Finally, we picked up a $45 DVI to HDMI converter to stream anything on the Mac to the TV. This also works great for any shows available online.

Its been about 6 months since we cut cable and rarely miss it

[zzz]

You can definitely cut the cable dependence. We already had a PS3, so we do Netflix streaming via the device, plus its a blu ray player as well, so we watch Netflix DVDs on it as well. We have Time Warner Cable at $60/month for their fastest internet.

We bought a $15 antenna from Target and it works great receiving HD channels.

For sports, you can get some stuff on ESPN3.com which they offer to residential customers using certain high speed internet providers. I also hear you get some sports shows via Veetle.com, its hit or miss whether you can get the event you want.

Finally, we picked up a $45 DVI to HDMI converter to stream anything on the Mac to the TV. This also works great for any shows available online.

Its been about 6 months since we cut cable and rarely miss it

[zzz]

You can definitely cut the cable dependence. We already had a PS3, so we do Netflix streaming via the device, plus its a blu ray player as well, so we watch Netflix DVDs on it as well. We have Time Warner Cable at $60/month for their fastest internet.

We bought a $15 antenna from Target and it works great receiving HD channels.

For sports, you can get some stuff on ESPN3.com which they offer to residential customers using certain high speed internet providers. I also hear you get some sports shows via Veetle.com, its hit or miss whether you can get the event you want.

Finally, we picked up a $45 DVI to HDMI converter to stream anything on the Mac to the TV. This also works great for any shows available online.

Its been about 6 months since we cut cable and rarely miss it

[zzz]

You can definitely cut the cable dependence. We already had a PS3, so we do Netflix streaming via the device, plus its a blu ray player as well, so we watch Netflix DVDs on it as well. We have Time Warner Cable at $60/month for their fastest internet.

We bought a $15 antenna from Target and it works great receiving HD channels.

For sports, you can get some stuff on ESPN3.com which they offer to residential customers using certain high speed internet providers. I also hear you get some sports shows via Veetle.com, its hit or miss whether you can get the event you want.

Finally, we picked up a $45 DVI to HDMI converter to stream anything on the Mac to the TV. This also works great for any shows available online.

Its been about 6 months since we cut cable and rarely miss it

[zzz]

You can definitely cut the cable dependence. We already had a PS3, so we do Netflix streaming via the device, plus its a blu ray player as well, so we watch Netflix DVDs on it as well. We have Time Warner Cable at $60/month for their fastest internet.

We bought a $15 antenna from Target and it works great receiving HD channels.

For sports, you can get some stuff on ESPN3.com which they offer to residential customers using certain high speed internet providers. I also hear you get some sports shows via Veetle.com, its hit or miss whether you can get the event you want.

Finally, we picked up a $45 DVI to HDMI converter to stream anything on the Mac to the TV. This also works great for any shows available online.

Its been about 6 months since we cut cable and rarely miss it

[CardiffBaseball]

My issue really revolves around the fact that I still pay for MLB.tv, UFC fights and Netflix. Then I find between those three and regular network programming we pretty much get what we need. Sounds like if I get regular Cable into the house that ESPN3 will an option. Since the kids have small HD monitors, I can get the other one a Roku, and perhaps one for the main TV and spare. Still a bit of an upfront investment.

OTOH I think ATT Uverse has streaming to iPhone/Android devices? I guess slingbox would do that as well. Certainly even cable will get more interesting as they integrate to your smart phones but man you end up paying through the nose.

[CardiffBaseball]

My issue really revolves around the fact that I still pay for MLB.tv, UFC fights and Netflix. Then I find between those three and regular network programming we pretty much get what we need. Sounds like if I get regular Cable into the house that ESPN3 will an option. Since the kids have small HD monitors, I can get the other one a Roku, and perhaps one for the main TV and spare. Still a bit of an upfront investment.

OTOH I think ATT Uverse has streaming to iPhone/Android devices? I guess slingbox would do that as well. Certainly even cable will get more interesting as they integrate to your smart phones but man you end up paying through the nose.

[CardiffBaseball]

My issue really revolves around the fact that I still pay for MLB.tv, UFC fights and Netflix. Then I find between those three and regular network programming we pretty much get what we need. Sounds like if I get regular Cable into the house that ESPN3 will an option. Since the kids have small HD monitors, I can get the other one a Roku, and perhaps one for the main TV and spare. Still a bit of an upfront investment.

OTOH I think ATT Uverse has streaming to iPhone/Android devices? I guess slingbox would do that as well. Certainly even cable will get more interesting as they integrate to your smart phones but man you end up paying through the nose.

[CardiffBaseball]

My issue really revolves around the fact that I still pay for MLB.tv, UFC fights and Netflix. Then I find between those three and regular network programming we pretty much get what we need. Sounds like if I get regular Cable into the house that ESPN3 will an option. Since the kids have small HD monitors, I can get the other one a Roku, and perhaps one for the main TV and spare. Still a bit of an upfront investment.

OTOH I think ATT Uverse has streaming to iPhone/Android devices? I guess slingbox would do that as well. Certainly even cable will get more interesting as they integrate to your smart phones but man you end up paying through the nose.

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