View Full Version : "Cheap" Ways to Watch Television
Terry_Lasater
12-27-2008, 05:11 PM
link (http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/182/cheap-ways-to-watch-tv/)
Isaac_Brody
12-27-2008, 05:24 PM
I am hooked on Netflix watch it now and Hulu. With a good internet connection Netflix watch it now is dvd quality. Forget Blu-ray, on demand is the future.
BobDiaz
12-27-2008, 09:47 PM
They forgot the #1 way, if you don't have a DTV, get a DTV converter.
Cost $40 to $80 (one time only). May require a better antenna cost $30 to $150 (one time only).
Monthly cost = FREE!!!
Bob Diaz
puredrifting
12-27-2008, 10:24 PM
They forgot the #1 way, if you don't have a DTV, get a DTV converter.
Cost $40 to $80 (one time only). May require a better antenna cost $30 to $150 (one time only).
Monthly cost = FREE!!!
Bob Diaz
IF you live in an area that can receive over the air broadcasts.
Bob, you live in LA. If you drive out here to Ventura County, you can receive perhaps one channel very fuzzily. OTA broadcast is joke out here in the hinterlands, analog or digital.
Dan
ugafan
12-27-2008, 11:41 PM
i still get the local digital channels for free over cable, even when i'm not paying for cable. i'm planning on reverting back to that once football season is over.
Doc Bernard
12-28-2008, 10:40 PM
I gotta find a way to see if I'm on Cold Case "Wings" Episode. I tried Mom's IT and it got blocked as a virus site. Errrrrgggghh! I would hate to have to wait for the box set to come out.!
ConspiracyPenguin
12-29-2008, 11:52 AM
I like Hulu. But I also like the TV.
Oh, and where I live, it is nearly impossible to pick up free, over the air channels.
puredrifting
12-29-2008, 02:12 PM
I like Hulu. But I also like the TV.
Oh, and where I live, it is nearly impossible to pick up free, over the air channels.
My in-laws are your neighbors, they have the property in front of the showgrounds there. Yes, you can't get anything up there without cable or satellite.
Dan
BobDiaz
12-29-2008, 02:29 PM
There is some hope for the future for TV coverage. A new mobile TV standard has been selected, where the resolution and data rate are reduced to make the signal to noise ratio more robust. Use of multiple transmitters on the same frequency is allowed to help fill in the gaps caused by mountains and hills.
This should be coming in about 5 to 10 years, but when it comes it should help those in poor reception locations.
Bob Diaz
Nektonic
12-29-2008, 06:12 PM
I am hooked on Netflix watch it now and Hulu. With a good internet connection Netflix watch it now is dvd quality. Forget Blu-ray, on demand is the future.
Speaking of DVD quality, lately I've been watching a lot of up-converted DVD's, and maybe the whole Blu-ray buzz is just beginning to wear off but damn, I'm starting to not notice or even really care about the minor difference between up-converted DVD and Blu-ray.
Sure for new movies and a few old favorites I'll purchase Blu-ray, but it just doesn't seem like the giant leap I perceived it to be.