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[sphelps]

OK so I'm curious if anyone else is sick of paying a high cable bill these days because apparently you can download software for a one time fee to have access to 3500 channels. Basically you watch TV through your computer with an internet connection.

The software that seems to be top rated is called "Satellite Direct TV" and costs around $50.

Has anyone tried this method of eliminating the cable company?

[banditpowdercoat]

You allways have "issues" and outages, then need to go on internet, wait fro someone to crack a 'fix' so you can get the TV up again. I'ts alot better than it used to be for Pirating TV, but there's still work involved. I used to do it with Dish Network and Bell, but don't have the time to find cracks etc any more

[sphelps]

Yes I've done the satellite thing as well but this is different. You watch everything through your PC and internet connection, no dish or receiver required. Plus it's 100% legal and other than the occasional lost internet connection you'll never be down.

The question is how well does it work and what kind of internet connection will be required? And is it possible to setup some kind of PVR?

[banditpowdercoat]

Ohh, my internet would never be able to handle that. heck I can't even watch a YouTube vid. I'm really getting ticked off acctually. $45/mo for 100Kb/s speed Tops!

[Delphinus]

I doubt you could totally eliminate your cable company because they might still have the better internet speeds. But yeah, eliminating the tv portion of the bill .. might be nice.

And it's not like you can't watch your actual TV anyhow. Just get a little PC on each TV and some PVR or media software and poof done.

I guess the real question is how legal is it? Is it a grey area, is it totally legit, or is it non-legit in the eyes of the RIAA or whatever?

Any links? I'd love to look into this more myself. It's time consumers started taking more control of things like this. Prices go up and up and up, service gets less and less, and incomes are getting more and more pinched (ie., no raises, or hours cut back due to economy or whatever).

[Reefer Rob]

You have a reef aquarium and you have time for TV?

Originally Posted by sphelps

OK so I'm curious if anyone else is sick of paying a high cable bill these days because apparently you can download software for a one time fee to have access to 3500 channels. Basically you watch TV through your computer with an internet connection.

The software that seems to be top rated is called "Satellite Direct TV" and costs around $50.

Has anyone tried this method of eliminating the cable company?

why don't you surch free to air satellite it is not piriting the signal you get the signal from the originating satilites as do shaw bell MTS Telus and they charge you for the programing. I know a bunch of people in Winnipeg that do this free to air satellite. If you get the right reciever it updates the programing within the hour others not so fast I can't remember which one was the best to get. I'll try and reach one of the guys I know there and fine out I've been wanting to do this also, but other things keep comming up.

Bill

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by bvlester

why don't you surch free to air satellite it is not piriting the signal you get the signal from the originating satilites as do shaw bell MTS Telus and they charge you for the programing. I know a bunch of people in Winnipeg that do this free to air satellite. If you get the right reciever it updates the programing within the hour others not so fast I can't remember which one was the best to get. I'll try and reach one of the guys I know there and fine out I've been wanting to do this also, but other things keep comming up.

Bill

I'm fully aware of the FTA scene but when it comes down to it there's nothing of real interest on the actual FTA satellites, to get the good stuff you gotta hack the non-FTA satellites which is not only impossible at this time but a hassle and simply a temporary fix. Soon enough this won't be possible anymore and it's certainly not worth the investment. Not to mention the equipment required which includes a motor to change satellites and you can't always get a clear shot if you have large trees around.

The future of TV is in the web, well as far as I'm concerned anyway.

[banditpowdercoat]

I don't think the Web will be the future of TV, not for a long time. There are so many still that can barely watch a Youtube vid. Myself included. Our big "High Speed" is about 100Kb/s and I don;t live out in the stix either.

FTA you can get HBO and all the other chanels I know guys in Winnipeg that do. You are right it is a hasel because you have to beable to recieve bothe vertical and hor izontal signals and you need to beable to change satalites. It is not like years ago where you only got the chanels the were not scrambled The new recievers unscramble the signals for you your just have to have the right menue program for the satalite you are tuned to. In the long run TV is internet based MTS has proven it with there VDSL TV. Telus has yet to make there VDSL work properly, I think they are trying to reinvent the wheel on this one. MOTAROLA owns the company that MTS uses for their equipment and whould hapaly sell it to Telus and train people on how to install it. 1 box for a entire home where as Telus they have to run a line to and have a controler box at each TV as does Shaw for the digital TV that is.

Bill