Posted on 12/10/2013 4:48:49 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
Has any FReepers completely ditched their cable or satellite provider and went exclusively with streaming services, such as Roku or Wi-Fi Blu-Ray?
I did. I had cable that I was paying upwards to $80 a month. I got rid of it and simply stream Netflix, HuluPlus, or Amazon Prime and saved over half.
Let me know what episode you need and I will provide a direct link.
Not analog but I bought the radio shack $25 antenna (looks like a black square 2”high by 12” long by 12” wide) and was able to get all my local channels in digital quality plus a bunch of junk channels like I listed in my previous post. Got rid of it when I found the comcast split thing.
Yes, yes more than ever.
If you don’t live in the boonies any old cheap antenna will work.
TV’s less than about 5 years old already have a digital tuner.
Site to check out: http://www.tvfool.com/
Some sites are like that, others are BS scams that try and get you to download virus stuff... others though are just like YOUTUBE, simply click and play.
got my new Smart TV in the garage and don’t feel like extending the cable line, but have WIFI. Do you recommend these services listed?
You need to get a set top converter to recieve over the air TV with an analog set. Wal-Mart has them for about $40.
Check your freepmail, these 4 sites site might interest you.
Interested to know if you ever use any of these.
How long have you been using the splitter? (I wonder about the likelihood of the provider finding out- though it shouldn’t be a problem to look out and remove it if I see one of their trucks in my driveway.)
Could be a basic service they don’t advertise when you pay for internet only but...been doing for nearly a year now with no issues. Wire is in my living room and, just like the late 80’s when you would split a signal to have cable on multiple TV thruout the house, I used one of my old splitters to do it.
I used to use movie4k, but dailyflix lets you know what quality the movie is and has as good selection.
Will check out that sports link, I use http://myp2p.cc/index.php?sport=NFL but the quality is usually poor.
I like Korean programs so I spend a lot of time and no money at DramaFever and Viki.
That’s what I do, and I have a broadcast digital HD antenna, plus internet.
I didn’t want to pay for cable (or Sat when I moved).
Yes, definitely Netflix you should get. I would probably go with HuluPlus over Amazon Prime, although Prime is excellent for movies (much better than even Netflix).
In this market (at least where I am ...) they've moved all TV channels up to the digital tier out of reach of a TV being able to scan for and find them.
Thanks for the daily link-will check out.
do you like foreign drama’s?
“Isabel” is from Spain and in it’s second season. It looks like a medieval power mad queen is assuring her seat on the throne. “There is only one queen, and it’s me”
In the second season it says “Every queen needs a king”
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I haven’t seen it yet but it is apparently the #1 show in Spain. You can watch it at dramafever.com just like a lot of shows from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Spanish-speaking countries and others.
if you and they like foreign shows, try dramafever and viki.
DramaFever has a ton of spanish and asian dramas.
Can’t get anything on it but ‘404’s.
May be my hosts manager.
With DSL I pretty much have to download instead of stream.
You are very sweet, but I can’t remember what it was any more!
Our landline just jacked up the price. I’d like to cut that bill but being out in the country with iffy internet, cell phone, etc. I just can’t bring myself to do it.
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