I need some help. I am tired of the crazy amount of money I am paying for cable and am ready to make a switch to stream everything to my tv, but I am unsure of what would fit my needs the most.
Here is what I have:
-50" Sony HDTV (about 4 years old-Slimmer than old school but not LCD thin)
-PS3/Wii
-Toshiba Laptop with i-5 Core Technology.
-3 kids (4 1/2, 2 1/2 and 6 months)
I am looking for the ability to watch:
-Some popular tv shows (HULU Plus sounds about right)
-Kids tv shows (HULU Plus again)
-Movies/kids and adults (Netflix sounds about right)
-Watch local programming maybe via OTA antenna?
***(THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST) HAVE to be able to watch Kentucky Basketball. A lot of games will be on ESPN 3 so that will have to be an option. Also a lot of games are streamed online by a big fan for everyone to see through a website like "Justintv", so if there is the ability of watching it that through a streaming site like that as well then I am good to go
-Potentially the ability to watch MLB games maybe through MLB.tv
I know the ps3 can do HULU and Netflix and maybe it can do MLB as well? What about watching a live stream over the internet? Any other major plans for ps3? What about VUDU and is that worth it? What about Roku? Boxee? Logitech Revue with Google TV? Playon? So many options!!! (not a bad thing)
Anyone have any suggestions as to which is the best route (cost effective too) to go that will be able to satisfy what I am looking to be able to do? I am so lost looking at these different options out there. Would I like to have Pandora on my tv? Sure, but it isn't a necessity by any means. Would like to be able to record (like a DVR) a Kentucky game and watch it later but not sure that is available for streaming content.
Any help would be appreciated!
Here is what I have:
-50" Sony HDTV (about 4 years old-Slimmer than old school but not LCD thin)
-PS3/Wii
-Toshiba Laptop with i-5 Core Technology.
-3 kids (4 1/2, 2 1/2 and 6 months)
I am looking for the ability to watch:
-Some popular tv shows (HULU Plus sounds about right)
-Kids tv shows (HULU Plus again)
-Movies/kids and adults (Netflix sounds about right)
-Watch local programming maybe via OTA antenna?
***(THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST) HAVE to be able to watch Kentucky Basketball. A lot of games will be on ESPN 3 so that will have to be an option. Also a lot of games are streamed online by a big fan for everyone to see through a website like "Justintv", so if there is the ability of watching it that through a streaming site like that as well then I am good to go
-Potentially the ability to watch MLB games maybe through MLB.tv
I know the ps3 can do HULU and Netflix and maybe it can do MLB as well? What about watching a live stream over the internet? Any other major plans for ps3? What about VUDU and is that worth it? What about Roku? Boxee? Logitech Revue with Google TV? Playon? So many options!!! (not a bad thing)
Anyone have any suggestions as to which is the best route (cost effective too) to go that will be able to satisfy what I am looking to be able to do? I am so lost looking at these different options out there. Would I like to have Pandora on my tv? Sure, but it isn't a necessity by any means. Would like to be able to record (like a DVR) a Kentucky game and watch it later but not sure that is available for streaming content.
Any help would be appreciated!
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