TV is kind of becoming obsolete in itself. I can't speak for everyone, but I myself prefer to watch my favorite shows "on demand" (from hulu or just downloading the torrent...whatever). I hardly ever watch actual live TV anymore, unless it's a sports game. But like everyone is saying, if we have the infrastructure in place, Live TV can be broadcast over IP. That's the beauty of TCP\IP, you can do almost anything with it. A TV signal on the other hand, well it can only be used for TV...so I think the choice is clear.
We purchased a Roku box last year and before long we realized that we actually preferred to watch our favorite TV shows, like 8 shows total, instantly through Amazon's instant service with no commercials. We added it up and we could actually sign up for 15 different series season passes and it would still cost less than our current Time Warner Cable bill each month.
We got rid of our cable programming and DVR's and put Ruko boxes in 4 rooms total now. Our children have SD boxes in their rooms with Netflix accounts and like 150 childrens shows to choose from. (we actually like that you can't browse and add stuff from the box) The two Roku HD boxes are in the living room and our bedroom and have more adult movies on netflix and all the Amazon content available. We just use the cable for telephone and internet now and what channels show up on the cable by virtue of being there (local networks mostly). Instead of buying DVD movies at the store we either rent or buy new releases through Amazons service now.
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TV is kind of becoming obsolete in itself.
I can't speak for everyone, but I myself prefer to watch my favorite shows "on demand" (from hulu or just downloading the torrent...whatever). I hardly ever watch actual live TV anymore, unless it's a sports game. But like everyone is saying, if we have the infrastructure in place, Live TV can be broadcast over IP. That's the beauty of TCP\IP, you can do almost anything with it. A TV signal on the other hand, well it can only be used for TV...so I think the choice is clear.
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We purchased a Roku box last year and before long we realized that we actually preferred to watch our favorite TV shows, like 8 shows total, instantly through Amazon's instant service with no commercials. We added it up and we could actually sign up for 15 different series season passes and it would still cost less than our current Time Warner Cable bill each month.
We got rid of our cable programming and DVR's and put Ruko boxes in 4 rooms total now. Our children have SD boxes in their rooms with Netflix accounts and like 150 childrens shows to choose from. (we actually like that you can't browse and add stuff from the box) The two Roku HD boxes are in the living room and our bedroom and have more adult movies on netflix and all the Amazon content available. We just use the cable for telephone and internet now and what channels show up on the cable by virtue of being there (local networks mostly). Instead of buying DVD movies at the store we either rent or buy new releases through Amazons service now.