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Re: Getting rid of cable?
Might want to watch this 10 min. episode of HD nation: http://revision3.com/hdnation/bestovertheairtv
Go to www.antennaweb.org and put in your info. Then it'll calculate what channels you can expect.
Go to your local Walmart, Target, etc and buy a couple of powered indoor antennas. Start with the cheapest one. If it gets all the expected channels you're done. Take the rest back.
I went through 3 of them before I found one. Finally settled on a Phillips model.Comment
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I'll try it tomorrow. Just grab a VGA cable from work. Thanks.
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- Sent from my mobile device."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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You'll want an audio cable too, no sense using the big display with your laptop speakers.
Either a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm, or a 3.5mm-to-RCA cable, depending on the input on the TV.Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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Most likely 3.5mm to 3.5mm http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...&condition=newComment
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Of course there's always my personal favorite, the super-awesome VGA+3.5mm combo cable.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...+audio&x=0&y=0
Especially the 25 foot edition, for when you want to run it all the way around the room.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/pr...seq=1&format=2Last edited by snepp; 08-10-2011, 03:03 AM.Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists AssociationComment
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You guys are gonna make me shop now.
Hmm, a 25 foot cable so I can lay in bed and control what's on my television set from my laptop? Niiice."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Apparantly, we are setting a trend here at OS.
Pay TV loses record number of subscribers
The U.S. subscription-TV industry first showed a small net loss of subscribers a year ago. This year, that trickle has turned into a stream. The chief cause appears to be persistently high unemployment and a housing market that has many people living with their parents, reducing the need for a separate cable bill.
But it's also possible that people are canceling cable, or never signing up in the first place, because they're watching cheap Internet video. Such a threat has been hanging over the industry. If that's the case, viewers can expect more restrictions on online video, as TV companies and Hollywood studios try to make sure that they get paid for what they produce.Comment
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That's my fear. If no one's watching television and ratings plummet then they can't sell ads. So, wouldn't they then charge Netflix or Hulu more money to show their stuff?
Or, Hulu will simply never be without advertising. Actually, I'm expecting that Hulu or some form of it will turn into future television for everyone. The death of time slots and instead shows just airing online for people to view whenever they want. No ability to fast forward through commercials.
Anything that kills the cable companies for charging high prices and forcing customers into paying for channels they don't want just to have the other."It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace
"You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob NeyerComment
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Pretty sure today is the day. Gonna get 2 of these which will bring free shipping. Everyone talks of how well this works with streamed media and should do well with the PlayOn program. Cutting cable this month will pretty much pay for those boxes and boost up my cable speed 5x as fast!
Geronimoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
If you put in the promo code: WDCARES you can get 2 shipped for $105.Comment
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LOL I got a WD TV Live last year as well. I have it hooked up to a 2TB hard drive full of music and movies. Much easier than using a laptop or HTPC.Pretty sure today is the day. Gonna get 2 of these which will bring free shipping. Everyone talks of how well this works with streamed media and should do well with the PlayOn program. Cutting cable this month will pretty much pay for those boxes and boost up my cable speed 5x as fast!
Geronimoooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
If you put in the promo code: WDCARES you can get 2 shipped for $105.Comment
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I made the switch a few months ago. I had the premium comcast package which included all of the movie channels. I switched to the prefered package which just takes out HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Encore, and Starz. Then picked up Netflix for $9 a month.
Monthly cable and internet bill went from $200+ down to around $140PSN: buckeye02Comment
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