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Paying too much for Cable? I am and I’m sick of it. I made the decision to cut cable and move to a more digital friendly, possibly less expensive way of doing things. There was an upfront cost, but once things settled, I was paying for what I wanted rather than what the cable company thrust upon me.  This is currently written for US users only. If you have an international solution, please let me know and I’ll update the OP Hardware Roku – This small box will cut your cable bill in half with a few channels\services. The deluxe edition of the box is only $100 and can stream Netflix\Hulu and various other channels with subscriptions. AppleTV – Apple’s entry into the streaming TV market. The current model does 1080p and streams TV shows and movies from the iTunes store as well as streaming Netflix. It is currently not jailbroken for streaming other media. Paper Thin Leaf Indoor Antenna - This can be used to receive anything OTA including sports on stations like CBS Sites and Stores to get your content Hulu+ Pros and Cons + Watch tons of TV shows + See shows shortly after air or even simulcast - Advertisements - Occasionally slow to update Netflix Pros and Cons + Large library + No Ads - Shows expire after a period of time ITunes Pros and Cons + Large library + You can own the content so it can be replayed at any time or just a rental - Some titles not available Amazon Pros and Cons + Growing library, much like iTunes + You can own the content so it can be replayed at any time or just a rental - Some titles not available ESPN360 Pros and Cons + Majority of sports will be covered via this site - Your ISP must be partnered with ESPN to register and receive content Apps Fanhattan - You can use this app to determine which service to use to get your desired show If you have more experience with any of these services, or have any others to add, please let me know via PM or in this thread. I'll be updating the OP with as much information as possible. VPN Services Unblock-us.com edit: Added VPN Services for international\blackout. Thanks again for all the updates Irritated Goat fucked around with this message at 14:14 on Jun 27, 2012 |
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smackfu posted:Is there a list somewhere of shows that just aren't available for viewing outside of TV close the air date? For instance, Persons of Interest. And all HBO stuff, but that's expected. I would recommend using Trakt.tv Input your shows and it'll tell you when they air
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Modern Pragmatist posted:This is where VPNs really come in handy. Just spoof your location that way and you can get around any blackout. Can you link a few good ones? I'd like to put these in the OP for international posters
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What are your thoughts on Ultraviolet? My current worry is older movies like Airplane! and such that don't come with codes from the blu-ray. I'm not sure if I'd have to re-buy them which is dumb or they just aren't supported leaving my library fragmented. I enjoy the idea of having everything movie wise on 1 app on my Roku. I'm wary of DRM and bandwidth usage but if it's an easy way to keep everything together, I'm willing to budge a little.
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Kung Fu Jesus posted:Well, that's actually better than having to transfer my hard drive between my pc and WDTV or Roku to add movies. I can just keep everything on my pc and stream it to the Roku. FCKGW posted:Just make sure your PC can handle transcoding and you'll have to leave your computer on all the time. If you've got that covered, Plex is probably the best media server I've ever used. The only hitch is subtitles act a bit weird.  I'm using Tiny size and it's still a bit big for my taste. There's also an option for "music" for some shows. Turn it off. It lags my Roku 3 so bad.
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I have a somewhat odd request. The only thing I can't stream is Monday Night Raw (USA Network). The only sites that do stream it are the nice shady ones and occasionally, you have to change sites during broadcast as the stream will fail. I'm assuming an antenna is overkill. My chromecast won't stay on WiFi properly so I'm looking for a workaround or a better idea of getting this 1 particular show I watch live and nothing else.  Currently using a Roku 3 w\ Plex for everything else.
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Maneki Neko posted:Does USA Live stream show it, or is that just sporadic? It doesn't look like it. Most of the shady streams I see are just off someone's TV.
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Silly Burrito posted:Does it have to be watched live? If not, Hulu Plus has it the next day. The upload to Hulu is actually cut up and doesn't contain the entire broadcast. Gyshall posted:I'm of no help to your problem, Irritated Goat, but I've also been having hella wifi issues with my Chromecast(s). poo poo is annoying. Very. I've had to do the WiFi dance with mine more than I've ever wanted to.
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EugeneJ posted:Use this site to stream RAW: Until I can afford an Amazon Fire stick, Roku doesn't stream directly from websites so yeah...
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Goddimus posted:Hulu Plus has a 90 minute version of raw and you can get a Hulu Plus membership for free from Bing Rewards with some daily searching on Bing Irritated Goat posted:The upload to Hulu is actually cut up and doesn't contain the entire broadcast.
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I need to get some advice because I have a few different options. My mom is looking to cut out Cable because it's costing her a ton ($100\mo). The problem is, she doesn't want to part with her Football or stuff like Discovery, Nat Geo, whatever channel that Gold Rush stuff comes on. I could get her a Roku 2, sign her up for Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, NFL Network. My other alternative is maybe a Slingbox but I've got 0 experience with those to know how she might handle it. Either option is tough because she occasionally forgets how to change inputs so I want to make this as easy as possible for her. Help?
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Don Lapre posted:Unless all she does is watch tv she will forget about a lot of those lovely reality shows she watches on cable. It's really all she does. Ixian posted:SlingTV or Sony Vue have ESPN and may or may not have local channel options for her area. However if she has trouble remembering to change inputs I'm thinking that route, which involves a streaming box and streaming apps - which provide a very different kind of UI from regular grid-style cable/Sat TV - are going to be a problem. Yeah, I may see if she hasn't done that yet. I can easily do it for her since I'm on the account for tech reasons.
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