Ask Slashdot: Are You Streaming-Only For Home Entertainment?

hinesbrad writes "I'm getting really tired of paying ridiculous fees to my cable company just to have a DVR and high speed internet access. A neighbor of mine bought a cheapo Dell computer with an HDMI output. Apparently he streams all of his news live from respective websites, and also watches many of the shows on NBC and Comedy central using this method. He's effectively turned his PC into a DVR and gotten rid of his cable subscription fee. I wonder, how many people have completely gotten rid of their cable/satellite subscription and have now instead moved to a Hulu/Netflix/Content producer website streaming solution instead?" If you've done this, what does your approach include? If you'd like to, what are the bottlenecks?

Re:No Cable TV.

[Hal_Porter]

Don't be ridiculous. The outside hasn't been able to support human life for generations.

Re:Trifect of Entertainment!

[larry bagina]

between vag, beer, and the toilet, all my household entertainment needs are taken care of.

Re:Nether kinda

[thedarb]

My girlfriend lives in Canada, so I set her up with a Tomato-USB based router, got her a cheap OpenVPN service from the United States, and now her entire NAT is all sharing a US based IP. Works like a charm. Hulu, Netflix, Comedy Central, Pandora, etc etc all work great for all the devices in the apartment, even the iPhone and Android. I highly recommend this setup... Plus, the router has USB, so it serves as a cheap NAS and wireless print server, too.

Re:Nether kinda

[smitty97]

Then seed, dammit!