Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
USA
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Re: I am going that direction
I've been thinking of doing something along those lines to save $66 a month on Time Warner Cable. My main problems are:
1. I like watching Mythbusters and there is no (legal) online source for Mythbusters except for Amazon where you need to pay per episode. So my setup would need to support Amazon paid VOD. I haven't found a setup that supports this.
2. I'd need a box for the living room and a box for our bedroom.
3. There seems to be virtually no kids programming online. My kids like watching Disney channel, Noggin, Sesame Street, etc. None of these are available online. (Yes, Netflix can alleviate this, but that's an added pain.)
So ditching cable doesn't seem like it is doable for me just yet, but it's getting there pretty rapidly. |
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odinb
join:2001-11-26
Frisco, TX
| PBS has Sesame street, Curious George, Arthur, Clifford and many more kids shows, and it is available OTA in HD.
Then you also have qubo for lots of other kids shows OTA.
For me the choice was easy, a HTPC running XBMC and MythTV combined with a TV tuner and OTA.
No more outrageous cable bills or box rental fees for me...
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"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." - Benjamin Franklin |
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Zer0
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join:2000-09-03
Zero
clubs: | Not to mention cartoon network »www.cartoonnetwork.com/video/index.html |
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