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We dumped DirecTV last spring and haven't looked back. The $80/month ended up costing us $2-$3/hour watched and we still had to sit through commercials or fast

We dumped DirecTV last spring and haven't looked back. The $80/month ended up costing us $2-$3/hour watched and we still had to sit through commercials or fast forward. We watch most of our tv through Hulu and buy the rest through iTunes. The big networks I have to get through iTunes are Discovery (Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs) and A&E (Mad Men). Our setup is a Mac Mini with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse + DLP projector. I've enjoyed having the full computer because it's easy to watch videos on websites. Don't have time to watch that 20 minute Vimeo or TED video you read about on a blog? Drag the link to a Dropbox folder and watch it that night.

PStamatiou 17y ago
I did the same and ditched DirecTV last February and saved the same 80-90/month.I honestly haven't had the time with my startup and blog to even turn on the TV for more than an hour a week, and am somewhat considering selling it .. 50" plasma. That being said my setup also consists of a Vudu box that lets me rent movies whenever I want (actually have used this a ton) and a Roku netflix streaming box but I ended up canceling netflix to save money. If I have the time to watch anything, it is likely on my PC that shares the same desk as my development Mac. Over the years I have documented my various home theater setups.. starting with my 100-inch college projector diy setup: http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-100-inch-uber-theater-on-a-budget http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-100-inch-uber-theater-on-a-b... http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-download-with-newsgroups http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-download-with-newsgroups http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-1 http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-1 http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-2-htpc http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-2-htpc http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-3-blu-ray-and-surround-sound http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-3-blu-ray-and-surroun... http://paulstamatiou.com/review-boxee-media-center-or-going-hd-part-4 http://paulstamatiou.com/review-boxee-media-center-or-going-... http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-build-microsoft-windows-7-intel-core-i7-pc http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-build-microsoft-windows-7-in... (this is not an attempt at link baiting, I genuinely believe several people in this thread will enjoy what I've got to say)
e40 17y ago
You should try Plex. It's fantastic for all of the above (except stuff through iTunes and Discovery).

PStamatiou 17y ago

I did the same and ditched DirecTV last February and saved the same 80-90/month.I honestly haven't had the time with my startup and blog to even turn on the TV for more than an hour a week, and am somewhat considering selling it .. 50" plasma. That being said my setup also consists of a Vudu box that lets me rent movies whenever I want (actually have used this a ton) and a Roku netflix streaming box but I ended up canceling netflix to save money. If I have the time to watch anything, it is likely on my PC that shares the same desk as my development Mac. Over the years I have documented my various home theater setups.. starting with my 100-inch college projector diy setup: http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-100-inch-uber-theater-on-a-budget http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-100-inch-uber-theater-on-a-b... http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-download-with-newsgroups http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-download-with-newsgroups http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-1 http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-1 http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-2-htpc http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-2-htpc http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-3-blu-ray-and-surround-sound http://paulstamatiou.com/going-hd-part-3-blu-ray-and-surroun... http://paulstamatiou.com/review-boxee-media-center-or-going-hd-part-4 http://paulstamatiou.com/review-boxee-media-center-or-going-... http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-build-microsoft-windows-7-intel-core-i7-pc http://paulstamatiou.com/how-to-build-microsoft-windows-7-in... (this is not an attempt at link baiting, I genuinely believe several people in this thread will enjoy what I've got to say)

e40 17y ago

You should try Plex. It's fantastic for all of the above (except stuff through iTunes and Discovery).