Comments on: how to ditch cable http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/ in perpetual beta Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: hello http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-60392 hello Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:46:07 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/#comment-60392 check out miro - does it all in one handy dandy package check out miro – does it all in one handy dandy package

]]> By: Jeff http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-60258 Jeff Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:35:53 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/#comment-60258 True enough, Gene, but that only works until 2009, when the FCC sells off the TV airwave spectrum to Google. The above method works up to (but not including!) the time when a) tvrss.net gets shut down or b) networks start getting serious about policing tv show downloading, and then it's probably time to cool it. ~J True enough, Gene, but that only works until 2009, when the FCC sells off the TV airwave spectrum to Google.

The above method works up to (but not including!) the time when a) tvrss.net gets shut down or b) networks start getting serious about policing tv show downloading, and then it’s probably time to cool it.

~J

]]> By: Gene http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-60257 Gene Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:31:00 +0000 http://ldopa.net/2007/07/28/how-to-ditch-cable/#comment-60257 Here's a perfectly legal way to watch TV without cable: get an antenna. In fact, golly, you can watch high def completely free over the air without paying anyone! Insane! That is, if you want to watch only broadcast networks. I'm rapidly discovering that I get far more enjoyment out of DVDs of TV shows sent to me through Netflix, which I can watch without commercials, burned-in network logos, or promos dancing across the screen during the show. Antenna: $20 from Radio Shack. Netflix: $13 a month for two DVDs out at a time. This seems preferable to $80/month for cable or satellite (with no premium channels)... Here’s a perfectly legal way to watch TV without cable: get an antenna. In fact, golly, you can watch high def completely free over the air without paying anyone! Insane!
That is, if you want to watch only broadcast networks.
I’m rapidly discovering that I get far more enjoyment out of DVDs of TV shows sent to me through Netflix, which I can watch without commercials, burned-in network logos, or promos dancing across the screen during the show.
Antenna: $20 from Radio Shack.
Netflix: $13 a month for two DVDs out at a time.
This seems preferable to $80/month for cable or satellite (with no premium channels)…

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