Ditch your Cable Company

Jokerswild · February 17th, 2008

Here's some free legal alternatives to cable with quite a few shows. i just watch some on Joost and if you can swing a invite to HULU you can get quite a bit more T.V. shows like House, Bones and Prison Break.

Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives | MakeUseOf.com

screwballl · February 17th, 2008

I've used Joost before and it is pretty cool but the "buffering" and the connections sometimes lag, even with a 8MB high speed connection. the others I have not heard of but seem decent enough.
One major problem with these are the content, sure there is a LOT of content but most of it is older or limited stuff, only a limited number of Star Trek episodes, only first season of Babylon 5 (which I saw all episodes) and so on so there may be a lot but it is limited on how many of anything specific.

Jokerswild · February 17th, 2008

Yes content can be better but there is that possibility with networks getting involved with it. Maybe they can make enough from advertising this way to make it a worthwhile venture. When I was watching Joost I didn't have any lag. I don't know if that was related to number of users on it or the location. I also had a large download going at the time.

azianai · February 17th, 2008

many of the major broadcasting companies offer streaming of full eps now too. I know i watched a few eps of House like that along with Law & Order

**Hitman** · February 17th, 2008

I used ABC.com when I didn't have TV, I still prefer cable, I like channel surfing.

WhiteEagle · February 19th, 2008

I prefer channel surfing...but OTH sucks a**!

I can't wait until I get my own place and town and can choose between satellite and cable (I'm leaning towards satellite right now.).

**Hitman** · February 19th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhiteEagle

I can't wait until I get my own place and town

You're going to get your own town? Are you going to name it after yourself, WhiteEagle Town? Will there be a McDonald's there so you can have a job?

Lead Head · February 19th, 2008

I found Joost didn't have that many shows, and I was pretty surprised when I saw it eating 250MB of ram

I still don't get why big networks freak out if their shows are torrented. I could just set up an antenna and watch the shows for free anyways. Is it because the lack of ads?

February 17th, 2008	#1
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,118	Ditch your Cable Company Here's some free legal alternatives to cable with quite a few shows. i just watch some on Joost and if you can swing a invite to HULU you can get quite a bit more T.V. shows like House, Bones and Prison Break. Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives \| MakeUseOf.com

February 17th, 2008	#2
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,279 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Ditch your Cable Company I've used Joost before and it is pretty cool but the "buffering" and the connections sometimes lag, even with a 8MB high speed connection. the others I have not heard of but seem decent enough. One major problem with these are the content, sure there is a LOT of content but most of it is older or limited stuff, only a limited number of Star Trek episodes, only first season of Babylon 5 (which I saw all episodes) and so on so there may be a lot but it is limited on how many of anything specific. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

February 17th, 2008	#3
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,118	Re: Ditch your Cable Company Yes content can be better but there is that possibility with networks getting involved with it. Maybe they can make enough from advertising this way to make it a worthwhile venture. When I was watching Joost I didn't have any lag. I don't know if that was related to number of users on it or the location. I also had a large download going at the time.

February 17th, 2008	#4
azianai Aeria gloris Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NY Posts: 1,498	Re: Ditch your Cable Company many of the major broadcasting companies offer streaming of full eps now too. I know i watched a few eps of House like that along with Law & Order (thanks blake!)

February 17th, 2008	#5
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,404 Blog Entries: 2	Re: Ditch your Cable Company I used ABC.com when I didn't have TV, I still prefer cable, I like channel surfing.

February 19th, 2008	#6
WhiteEagle Call me "BigMac" Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,029	Re: Ditch your Cable Company I prefer channel surfing...but OTH sucks a**! I can't wait until I get my own place and town and can choose between satellite and cable (I'm leaning towards satellite right now.).

February 19th, 2008	#8
Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Re: Ditch your Cable Company I found Joost didn't have that many shows, and I was pretty surprised when I saw it eating 250MB of ram I still don't get why big networks freak out if their shows are torrented. I could just set up an antenna and watch the shows for free anyways. Is it because the lack of ads? Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

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