So who has 'cut the cable'? and what are you using as alternative?
 

i'm seriously thinking of getting rid of SHAW for their cable/HD and going with internet based channels instead.

I have 4 TVs in the house... each either has a WDTV hooked up OR a 'SMART TV' device like a bluray player so they all have internet/wifi access with the necessary apps built in.

i'm thinking... cut shaw, keep internet... subscribe to:

Netflix USA $8
Hulu Plus $8

USA IP via unotelly $5


the only thing is the sporting events which apparently are pretty tricky to get? preferably NHL and NFL if possible.

so have you cut your cable?

Cut it for about a year and a half now.

Netflix and Hulu, free DNS until Tunlr starts charging.

Also CityTV, Global, CTV, Comedy Network etc. all have free episodes of shows.

For hockey either OTA HD for CBC HNIC or find streams online (after the VLC streaming technique got busted).

My buddy in TO has the HD antenna and says you can get 8 channels free over the airwaves in HD?

That plus netflix and downloadables seems pretty tempting
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i haven't had cable for 6+ years now..

you know there's been lots of talk about cutting cable and all but i don't see people really doing it...just do it cold turkey...you don't even need those other stuff...you only think you do...

I rent a place and it didn't have cable for the first year when I moved in.. I didn't even notice until a telus guy came to put a box in... even now I don't remember the last time I watched cable

Netflix and online streaming for myself

Haven't had cable for 3 years. No regrets whatsoever. For one, I like saving money, but even if money was no object, I don't think I'd get it. I find one can waste so much time watching reruns and shit I've already seen. Would be nice for the occasional hockey game or awards show, but honestly I don't mind watching them later.

Better to pick and choose the things I want to watch, download or stream them, and spend time doing other things.

is there any free or cheap streams for kids channel? I have basic TV and just added the kids channel package... I dont watch but kids do and its just the kids channel...

Doesn't Netflix have kids content?

I haven't had cable in over 10 years.

dont think i ever had anything over basic cable
black box in the 90's :lawl: and DirecTV US feed up until the mid 00's :okay:

yes netflix has the kids section
try knowledge kids website. it has videos and interactive games for kids.
tbh you can even youtube many episodes of kids shows such as pingu
i still have cable though. basic HD and the chinese channel.

Netflix has a section dedicated to a tonne of kids shows, Disney XD streams some episodes for free online and I'm sure others do as well. Just search for the websites of the channels your kids watch and see what they stream.

Unotelly w/ Netflix (for movies) + Hulu Plus (for tv shows). Streams for sports.

for those of you running hulu plus, are you using it solely on a computer? i'd like to have it running on ps3 if its possible.

internet. don't even watch tv any more

in on this

I'm thinking of kicking shaw too since my promo runs out soon and it's going to more than double in price. My parent's aren't big fans of computers/laptop streaming so it'd have to be something user friendly

This looks amazing and is the perfect solution, but it's US only :okay:
http://dishworld.com/getroku/?cvosrc...affiliate=roku

I wonder how well HD streaming would work with Uno for a USA IP


Locally in Vancouver if you can see mount seymour from your house, you can get OTA channels in HD with a cheap $20 antenna

What DNS service is everybody using? What is the the best (uptime, speed, supported channels) for the price?

Tunlr is going paid and need to replace it...

Unotelly? UnblockUS? USAccess?

I haven't used it in a week but I'm pretty sure its still working?
I recall they did something to stop it about a month ago but there was already a work around it.

Unfortunately it's been down as of Jan 28th: vlc - hockey

Ah fawk :(

I live away from home for school and don't bother with cable.. Netflix and VPN's are the current method. I just stream sports online and although it's not HD, I'm not too worried about it.

Trying to convince my dad to cut his cable and home phone and just connect to my Netflix account and keep his work cell. He's always complaining that cable has the "same crap on every day" anyway.

Haven't ever had cable since I moved out.. never missed it.
Netflix + OTA HD + streaming videos/torrents gives me more than I need..

I also have an extra OTA HD Antenna i'll give out for cheap if anyone wants to try it out.

Check out MediaHint. Works wonders for Netflix and Hulu in a browser.
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+1 for cut. Currently downloading shows and stream sports events/go to the bar. Works for me

what is OTA HD that everyone is talking about?

do you need additional hardware?

the netflicks content.. is this older stuff or does they have new stuff that is on cable?

You need an HDTV with a built in ATSC tuner, and an antenna to hook up to the Coax/Cable input of your HDTV; even old rabbit ears will often be good enough to pick up one or two channels depending where you are located.