Depends on what you constitute good. There are a very few HD streams (720p). Most of its close to DVD quality, which is what you're probably used to watching anyways. Not completely true. I can get a 5 meg pipe for $30.00 a month for two years (cable) or go with a 3 meg pipe for 35.00 with DSL.
I realized what you meant later. I was a little surprised by what I thought you meant. My bad - I apologize for the snarky comment. I rarely pay 'regular' rates for anything. I always work the CSR game to get promo rates, or bounce back and forth between Cable and Cable w/ Earthlink. In short, the $ isn't an issue for me in this discussion.
Your TV probably sets to analog first. There should be a button on your TV remote or maybe there is a setting in your menu that will let you toggle back and forth from analog to digital.
I'm getting my old Modchipped XBox out of storage today to try to set up XBMC as an elegant solution, since it has the same features as Boxee (Boxee is just a shell over XBMC anyway).
How long can a commercial-less, ad-less, cost-free TV provider last? While media corporations are devilish, not sure how many of them will make quality programming not getting any money for it. Though may they still adapt better to consumer needs, and not overcharge for basic service...
I don't have a problem with commercials embedded into the online streaming. It's only fair. But these companies know their viewer's habits- they put less than a minute into each break, as opposed to network TV, where it's 16 minutes a flipping hour.
Not exactly. XBMC for XBox doesn't have the libraries necessary to pull streams from Hulu correctly from what I understand. I am running the newest version and while the Hulu plug-in used to work it doesn't anymore (since Hulu was forced to make changes to keep Boxee from working). If you run XBMC or Boxee on a full-blown computer you're in better shape.
That's what I'm starting to gather. I'm still going to give it a whirl. I did read that there was a fix for hulu. What I really want is an elegant solution that will be easy to use, like Boxee on the AppleTv.
Another nice app that adds streaming internet feeds as a UPnP server on your network that your PC or gaming console can connect to. Playon. A lot like Boxee, but you pay for the app. Seems to be a decent development community making home-grown addins.
Well, I threw in the towel on this after I bought my new house. The newest DirecTV deal ($59 for EVERYTHING including NFL Sunday Ticket for 5 months) was too good to pass up. I knew that if anything would get me, it would be sports. What is good about Pay TV is ease of use. I could get most content on my various media PCs, but it was a huge hassle to switch apps, and when a channel changed it's coding, the app developer would have to fix the issue. In the meantime I would have to wait. And Netfix's online selection is crap. Also, the quality varied. We ended up watching mostly OTA HD via antenna. Don't get me wrong. Getting all of your media online is entirely possible if you're willing to put up with inconsistency. It's probably still a good solution for a techy single person who has time and patience (read: no family wanting programing). I'll revisit this in a couple of years. I'll still use my Mac Mini that I bought for this project to stream stuff, too. It just won't be my main source of media. J
