[Acura604]

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?

[sonick]

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).

[Hondaracer]

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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[JesseBlue]

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...

[snails]

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

[SpartanAir]

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.

[FerrariEnzo]

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...

[!MiKrofT]

Doesn't Netflix have kids content?

I haven't had cable in over 10 years.

[twitchyzero]

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:

[GLOW]

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.

[underscore]

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...

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.

[BlackV62K2]

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

[Gucci Mane]

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.

[eurochevy]

internet. don't even watch tv any more

[BrRsn]

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=roku.generic&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

[sonick]

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?

[radioman]

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).

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.

[sonick]

Unfortunately it's been down as of Jan 28th: vlc - hockey (http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/wiki/vlc)

[radioman]

Ah fawk :(

[yogenfruz]

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.

[freakshow]

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.

[FN-2199]

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?

Check out MediaHint. Works wonders for Netflix and Hulu in a browser.
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[d1gbick]

+1 for cut. Currently downloading shows and stream sports events/go to the bar. Works for me

[FerrariEnzo]

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?

[sonick]

what is OTA HD that everyone is talking about?

do you need additional hardware?

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.

[ime2006]

My house has been without TV Cable for like almost 10 years already.
CUT +1

Streaming is the way to go!!!

[godwin]

The local OTA is on the North Shore mountains, alternatively the US ones are in Seattle.. if you live in places that have good line of sight to either, just point the antenna towards them you are good to go.

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?

[Great68]

I'd cut the cable if I could find a good, 1080 HD, on-demand (so I don't have to wake up at 5am) stream of F1 races.

[JesseBlue]

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...

dude...youtube...no kidding...in my spare time, i just create a playlist of full episodes of cartoons...try looking for donald duck or chip and dale and you'll find dozens of 2+ hours worth of episodes...

also, if you have OTA, then CBC kids in the morning and kbtc-kids in the afternoon...glorious HD...

[JesseBlue]

Unfortunately it's been down as of Jan 28th: vlc - hockey (http://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/wiki/vlc)
there is another way...good quality too...local broadcast only...

[twitchyzero]

there is another way...good quality too...local broadcast only...

do tell ?

[JesseBlue]

Last time i told someone some sort of stream, it was taken down within the week...might be a snitch..
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[luke]

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[CA_FTW]

No Cable for me for years now.

NZB
Sickbeard
Couchpotato

with Plex, and BAM, all the media i need all the time, to all my devices.. what more could i want..

for Hocky if im desperate i use this site:
HOCKEY REALITY (http://www.hockeyreality.com/)

[Acura604]

Roku Streaming Stick (3500CA) : Media Streaming - Future Shop (http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/roku-roku-streaming-stick-3500ca-3500ca/10289158.aspx)

Looks good!

[GLOW]

saw a review of it. seems like it's like google chrome but more robust.

[flipkronikz]

Cut my cable yesterday. Pm with sources please! Will be purchasing hd antenna for OTA soon. I know theres netflix n torrents. What about HD ppv. Cant order through cable anymore...

[xeryusx]

Sorry to bring up this old thread but I'm planning to cut cord in the next few months.

Thinking about getting Roku and was wondering who has experience with it.

Aside from Netflix and torrents, the only thing I'm concerned about is NHL. I've looked registered over at hockeystreams because I found out they support Roku and wanted to get some feedback :)

[underscore]

I'm going to sign up for NHL Centre Ice next season and use that, for the same price of one month of cable I get every game on any device I want.

[willystyle]

Sorry to bring up this old thread but I'm planning to cut cord in the next few months.

Thinking about getting Roku and was wondering who has experience with it.

Aside from Netflix and torrents, the only thing I'm concerned about is NHL. I've looked registered over at hockeystreams because I found out they support Roku and wanted to get some feedback :)
I've heard great things about hockeystreams. In fact, they are supposedly better than Game Center, but resides in a grey zone.

[Vansterdam]

whoa never heard of this hockeystreams before.

gonna try and register and use it with my chromecast :D

[Hondaracer]

NHL Game Center works virtually flawlessly on all my Devices and my built in TV app, so Personally I'd be weary to try somthing else

My main thing in cutting the cable is no more sports highlights. Any way to get sports center etc without cable?

[mos_skeeto]

NHL Game Center works virtually flawlessly on all my Devices and my built in TV app, so Personally I'd be weary to try somthing else

My main thing in cutting the cable is no more sports highlights. Any way to get sports center etc without cable?

I really like the free NHL Gamecenter highlights. They're not like TSN clips where you have someone talking on top of them. They are around 5 minutes of video per game and I get a better idea of the game since there is more video than TSN.

For my cable cutting setup:

Netflix for binge watching, or when I have no idea what I want to watch

VPN + Torrents + WDTV media player for most of my stuff

Newsgroups + WDTV for tv shows released the night of

Netflix costs 8.99 a month. My VPN costs about 3 bucks a month. I buy a chuck of 25GB of newsgroups (I think its 10 bucks) that never expire just in case I need a tv show the night it airs. I find that torrents are slow the first night but speedy after that.

[gars]

If you register Game Center Live through a Russian IP, it's only $75USD, cheaper than hockeystreams. Because Rogers bought the rights to broadcasting as well, they removed all the blackouts in BC, so you'll never run into an issue with it.

What's better about hockeystreams? Never had a chance to try it.

newgroups - if you wait for the sales for newsgroupdirect, I think you can buy a terabyte of data for $40. Lasts me over a year personally.

[Gucci Mane]

netflix and popcorn time are all i need.

[sonick]

Gamecenter has a 1 to 2 minute delay whereas I hear Hockeystreams is virtually live.

The thing I like most about GCL is that I can watch games from the beginning while the live game is going on. The downside is it only works via browser, which is pretty bad (does not go full screen all the way) and is resource intensive.

Watching the GCL stream via Kodi (XBMC) allows full-screen and 60fps video, but it you cannot rewind/watch from beginning while the game is live.

If you register Game Center Live through a Russian IP, it's only $75USD, cheaper than hockeystreams. Because Rogers bought the rights to broadcasting as well, they removed all the blackouts in BC, so you'll never run into an issue with it.

+1 on the Russian IP method, that's what I used this season. Did not realize about the blackouts, that is super convenient as I've been needlessly connecting to my PIA VPN every game.

[gars]

I have to get my wife to turn the ringer off her phone - because I recognize the sounds of the her alerts whenever someone scores a goal... So when we're hemmed in our own zone and the sound goes off, I instantly get depressed.

[Hondaracer]

whats nice about game center live as well as it has a pause function and works like a PVR would when paused, fast forwarded, etc. does the hockey streams have a similar function?

[Jardin]

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 can recommend hidemyass (http://hidemyass.dk) :heckno:

[evlee]

5 years free from cable.......netflix, hulu, shomi, youtube etc........

[Presto]

I can recommend hidemyass (http://hidemyass.dk) :heckno:

They look like a rip-off, especially when you compare it with PrivateInternetAccess (http://www.revscene.net/offers/go.php?id=46) which is half the cost, and has better software/support.

[iamon]

Just looking into this right now, what is the minimum connection speed you would recommend for a potential cord cutter?

[cirrus]

Any one try this?

Buy fully loaded jailbroken amazon fire tv box (http://www.techlife.tv/buy-now.html)

[Tapioca]

^ I've had an Amazon FireTV for over 6 months. I was lucky enough to get a model with rootable firmware, so I've 'jailbroken' it and have XBMC on it. It's not a bad unit, but it took some work to get it set up the way I wanted it to work. The hardware for the price is good, but it takes patience to get it working with Kodi/XBMC. I'm actually thinking about moving onto an HTPC which would better suit my needs. The HP Stream Mini looks awfully tempting.

[Hondaracer]

im also looking for a HTPC, for content as well as id like to play older DOS games and SCUMMVM games on my main TV without lugging my PC around to my living room..

As for the miniumum connection speed, depending on how many devices you have always connected i'd say min would be 20/25

[sonick]

I use this as my mini PC now, works pretty slick. Although you do have to do some thermal mods to it so it does not throttle the CPU when it gets too hot.

Pipo X7 review | TechRadar (http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/pc-mac/pc-mac-desktops/pipo-x7-1282773/review)

Plays netflix SuperHD and Youtube 1080p60 smoothly.