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ABC - "Despite signing a content deal with Hulu, ABC's website still offers the highest quality way to watch current ABC shows and new previews of the upcoming Fall season." Per mashable.com.
CBS - As the lone network out of the Hulu party, CBS.com offers up clips and full episodes of current shows and classic hits, like my perennial favorites, the original incarnations of "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Melrose Place." Per mashable.com.
FOX - Fox is a Hulu partner, so most of its content is also available over there, but the fourth network has an improved player that offers better quality on its own site. You also get links to official show website and scheduling information. Per mashable.com.
NBC - NBC offers current and classic hits on its website. Windows users can also enjoy some shows in higher quality and with offline access using the NBC Direct player. Sorry Mac users, we're stuck with streaming quality for now. Per mashable.com.
The CW - The CW just keeps trying to be the "little netlet that could" (and some say never should have been) as it enters its third primetime season. Almost every show on the network is also available online.
http://www.hulu.com/ - of course! Most popular shows, including LOST, HOUSE, Royal Pains, Burn Notice, etc. Disadvantange: shows disappears eventually.
http://www.sling.com/show/list "... offers popular channels like FX, CBS, NBC, FOX, and SciFi. The variety of shows Sling offers is impressive, with full length episodes identified by a TV image next to the show title. Were you a fan of the 1980s hit show, The A-Team Well, on Sling you find 61 full-length episodes. Similar to Hulu, Sling also offers an impressive list of popular movies for free. I fired off one of my favorite movies, Behind Enemy Lines, and within less than a minute the Sling player launched the movie in amazing detail and virtually no skipping, even in full-screen mode." by MakeUseOf team.
http://www.channelsurfing.net/ NFL Football, MLB Baseball, NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, World Soccer, all live, bypass league blackouts, free, and perfect quality.
pisistratus said:Question: is there a need to keep (paying for) the TV cable, if so many shows and movies are available online?
See the QS for a list of website offering free access to shows and movies.
yeah i usually go online to CBS or NBC to watch shows the night before such as NCIS & CSI: Miami. However, you do need cable / high speed internet to watch this without buffering. Who doesn't have that these days right?
Great thread topic. I would like to read more about ways to bypass the cost of cable, dish, direct TV. I am thinking a plasma or lcd with computer in the living room but what size computer processor. Looks like channel surfing would be more difficult? Bump for more thoughts on this topic.
Watching Internet TV on a laptop or desktop display is one thing, but I find it hard to believe that it will come close to matching the quality of DirecTV HD on a large screen LCD.
This topic is right on time. At the end of my current billing cycle I'm getting rid of my cable and just keeping the broadband service. I was about to begin searching for online sources to replace it with. I don't watch a lot of TV.
rtrdealin said:At the end of my current billing cycle I'm getting rid of my cable and just keeping the broadband service. I was about to begin searching for online sources to replace it with. I don't watch a lot of TV.If you have Comcast HSI / TV and cancel TV, your HSI bill may increase (+$15 in my area).
Message edited by: NoMoneyInMyWallet on 2009-08-17 09:19:39 CDT
A better question is which of the above mentioned sites are legal. A few wrong clicks and you could have your internet cancelled and thousands of dollars in fines.
pisistratus said:Question: is there a need to keep (paying for) the TV cable, if so many shows and movies are available online?
See the QS for a list of websites offering free access to shows and movies. I am interested in this; and I clicked on each link just to brief look. It appears that only hulu let you pop out the screen and resize it to any size I want. With tvweb360.com, it can be only be the tiny window OR full screen (low resolution). All the others seems to be only in the small windows.
Can the windows for these other services be adjusted -- I mean the TV/Movie part of it? If yes, can you provide some instructions of how to use them?
jolma said:A better question is which of the above mentioned sites are legal. A few wrong clicks and you could have your internet cancelled and thousands of dollars in fines. Please explain further how this could happen?
"A better question is which of the above mentioned sites are legal..."
I can tell you that the broadcasters webpages (of course!), Hulu (a joint venture of GE's NBC-Universal and NewsCorp's Fox TV) and TV.com (owned by CBS) are 100% legit. Some other sources, like AOL TV (from Time Warner, co-owner of CW and owner of HBO, TBS...) have arrangements to show Hulu and/or TV.com videos on their pages, as well as the ones from the company they own...
Message edited by: billetera on 2009-08-17 09:49:12 CDT
I would love to get rid of cable ($54 a month for the cheapest service). I only watch a couple of shows, which I'd be satisfied with watching online. However, the hubby and son like to watch sports, so we're pretty much tied to cable because of that.
sherry7 said:I would love to get rid of cable ($54 a month for the cheapest service). I only watch a couple of shows, which I'd be satisfied with watching online. However, the hubby and son like to watch sports, so we're pretty much tied to cable because of that.
Have them check out espn360.com - assuming your broadband provider subscribes. Not an HD signal, but there is a wide selection and variety of sports from around the world.
shank said:sherry7 said:I would love to get rid of cable ($54 a month for the cheapest service). I only watch a couple of shows, which I'd be satisfied with watching online. However, the hubby and son like to watch sports, so we're pretty much tied to cable because of that.
Have them check out espn360.com - assuming your broadband provider subscribes. Not an HD signal, but there is a wide selection and variety of sports from around the world.
Thanks...I will check into that. As long as they can watch the Steelers, Pitt, and Penn State they're good to go!
shank said:Watching Internet TV on a laptop or desktop display is one thing, but I find it hard to believe that it will come close to matching the quality of DirecTV HD on a large screen LCD.
Actually, over the air broadcast from an antenna gives a better picture than satellite or cable due to the compression they use. Also, most of the networks are currently broadcasting in 720p (I believe CBS broadcast in 1080i), and there is much content on the internet in 720p. Finally, you are not restricted to a laptop of desktop display. I have a HTPC hooked up to my 50" plasma and it gives as great a picture as I get from my Dish Network STB.
rsuaver said:If your cable company sends clear QAM signals, just get the barebones basic cable ($15)...In my area, we haven't seen basic cable for $15.00 since the early 1980's. And even then after they added the fee's and tax's it was $20.00 or more.
Message edited by: hermosatrout5 on 2009-08-18 15:00:23 CDT
kuron said:shank said:Watching Internet TV on a laptop or desktop display is one thing, but I find it hard to believe that it will come close to matching the quality of DirecTV HD on a large screen LCD.
Actually, over the air broadcast from an antenna gives a better picture than satellite or cable due to the compression they use. Also, most of the networks are currently broadcasting in 720p (I believe CBS broadcast in 1080i), and there is much content on the internet in 720p. Finally, you are not restricted to a laptop of desktop display. I have a HTPC hooked up to my 50" plasma and it gives as great a picture as I get from my Dish Network STB.
Are you saying that the Internet-based TV programming (Hulu, Sling, etc) is available in 720p? This is not (yet) the case for most sports, such as espn360.com.
This also assumes that the HTPC has HD video and audio output; not a big investment (a few hundred $), which will be recouped quickly by eliminating satellite or cable service, but still requires some work and knowledge.
I believe that it will take something like Pandora (software or web site eliminating the need to search through multiple web sites for specific programming), before such a practice becomes mainstream - and force current providers to reduce their prices.
kuron said:shank said:Watching Internet TV on a laptop or desktop display is one thing, but I find it hard to believe that it will come close to matching the quality of DirecTV HD on a large screen LCD.
Actually, over the air broadcast from an antenna gives a better picture than satellite or cable due to the compression they use. Also, most of the networks are currently broadcasting in 720p (I believe CBS broadcast in 1080i), and there is much content on the internet in 720p. Finally, you are not restricted to a laptop of desktop display. I have a HTPC hooked up to my 50" plasma and it gives as great a picture as I get from my Dish Network STB. What is an HTPC? How is it different from a regular PC?
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