I torrent most shows/movies. Put them on a USB drive, plug it in to my Roku, and am good with that. I actually have cable but watch more things this way than with the cable I'm paying for.
I've been thinking about doing this for a while and the only thing holding me back was watching my rockets live. But, since I now have a work around to watch the games w/o cable I can actually act on it. VPN+NBA league pass = no houston blackouts
I'm glad this is starting to catch on around here. Works flawlessly for me in combination of having cable (for those ESPN games we have), and I also have a workaround for the NBATV games.
I'm not that great with IT either but as far as I understand it just allows you to access a private network from another location. So, if you are, say, in Houston, you can be on a network in Seattle. Many of us use one for work as well. My plan to get around the ESPN/TNT games was to attempt to purchase the International league pass. What are you doing to see NBATV games?
Next season can I just buy the Canadian version of League Pass, and use a VPN to say I'm in Canada? It's cheaper than the American version. Edit-Canadian version doesn't work with Roku , so never mind.
That's also a very good plan. I believe they don't black out NBATV games either on the international league pass. This is the VPN I use https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ I'm probably gonna buy international league pass next year and say I am in London or something. For those who use Roku to stream on their TV. Do you have a computer with an HDMI port ? I use my laptop and hook up to my TV to watch the games in HD. DIRECTV has a little loophole that I hope they don't close. Their Android app, doesn't recognize black-outs. So when you select to stream NBATV, it won't ever give you an error. The iPAD version doesn't work. I then use an hdmi adapter for my tablet/phone, and watch on TV.
I've been thinking about doing this also, but am hesitant. I've found that one intermediary step to cutting the cord might be a Google TV product such as the Costar. http://store.vizio.com/costar.html It incorporates your current cable or satellite with all the streaming services. So you can do a search and it will look through your cable/satellite tv guide, your DVR recordings, and all the internet streaming sources at once. It seems like a nice way to start to make the step to cutting the cord.
I'm strictly networks OTA, hulu, & netflix in temporary spans (catch up as seasons release, marathon style, then cancel). It's no substitute for dish or similar service with a dvr. I know I'm missing all the premium cable series & lots of sports.
so i bought a roku few days ago...got it today. real easy to setup..works real nice. 1 thing that is just a slight annoyance...before purchasing i knew they had a TWC app. had looked at some videos and such to see how it worked. seemed pretty straight forward and nice. well got the app...signed in with my login stuff and problem is...it doesnt have ESPN, ESPN2 or MLB network, nor does it have any local stations (CBS, ABC, NBC) i know i saw a few videos online that had all of those, and i figured i would as well...i mean the only way to get the TWC app to work is to have TWC account with cable package. went to roku forums..someone mentioned basically they will prob show up in the future...they believed it was because TWC still has to negotiate to get channels on their streaming services. for instance they mentioned in NYC...they got all the local channels (CBS, etc) so they figure it must vary by region. hopefully that is the case. interesting though...i do get ESPN NEWS and NFL network. also some of the major cable channels (comedy central, AMC, spike, discovery, history etc)
Bumping this for more suggestions. With the recent monitoring of torrenting, I've adopted more streaming lately. Would like to know what others are using, whether free or premium. For myself, I've got Amazon Prime and Hulu Plus already. Those offer great HD movies and TV series (added bonus of having subtitles, too). Also been using TV-links, but I would like to find a better option for TV series (and/or movies) that gives HD or more reliability. Free would be nice, but I'm okay with subscription fees if the content is worth it.
