Not really. Did you know you can watch most of your network tv shows and some cable shows just by going to http://www.hulu.com/. If you can't watch your show there, it will probably direct you to the site where you can watch it (like the network site the show is affliated with). My personal IT guy (my dear hubby) even hooked up a computer to our tv (actually thru our receiver to the tv). We can still watch our shows on the tv! And just like using the dvr, we dont have to watch commercials (no fast forwarding required). Ok, not everyone has their own IT guy. But it if you have a computer that you want to try this with, I would go to Best Buy and ask a Geek or if you have an IT guy at work that is friendly enough to ask. If you have a camera, take a pic of the back of your computer and they should be able to tell you if your video card has the right outputs for the job and what cable you would need to purchase for this.
Since we are able to view the computer on the tv, we cancelled our cable. With a $100 savings per month we splurged on Netflix. For less than $10 a month, I get streaming movies over my internet connection and 1 movie at a time thru the mail. The streaming movies are older ones (we just watched Mall Cop), but I can get the newer ones in the mail. Net Savings of $90 a month.
You can't see it but the connection the cable is in...is "Optical Out" it goes into our receiver.
I cut our cable out and it sure isn't missed! Well, maybe once in a great while I miss it....but we are fine without it. It saved us $70 a month not having internet and cable at the house. I can hop on while I'm at work and check in.
ReplyDelete