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(Give a reason if you are going to downvote me. I've tried this and know first hand that it sucks.) OK. In my experience, this is a poor solution and generally

by migpwr 17y ago

(Give a reason if you are going to downvote me. I've tried this and know first hand that it sucks.) OK. In my experience, this is a poor solution and generally a dumb thing to do. It's hard to use, often breaks, and has pretty horrible program selection. Even with the Netflix membership. The feeling of not paying "the man" for cable is cool but this simply isn't a good solution. There isn't an alternative to cable and you will regret going through the trouble. The only people with no regrets, are the people who don't watch much TV, or are in denial. Seriously, what happens when it keeps breaking? It sucks to have your wife call you at work when it's broken. The remote isn't responding, won't full-screen, stuttering etc. Some of you need to be honest and stop giving everyone the no regrets since leaving cable stuff. This setup sucks. It's just not as bad as regular TV.

nollidge 17y ago
You're probably getting downvoted for reporting your subjective experience as though it applies to everyone. What exactly keeps breaking? I have had a setup like this for over a year now over 802.11g. Hulu can be hiccupy, but usually only if I'm eating up extra bandwith.
- migpwr 17y ago
  We mostly had problems with the remote, but also various pieces of hardware, like the roku. The playback would show up a little dark but I don't think it was directly related to the setup. It was also choppy over the wireless at times. We did a 2 month experiment and decided it wasn't ready. The programming available is horrible though. How many times can you watch Helvetica? I hope you're right about the reason I'm being downvoted and that it's not because of the typical anti-TV mentality that will sometimes accompany these threads. Sorry for doing a bad job of wording that. (and probably this as well) Come on guys! As if hyping yourself up with startup news isn't a waste of time. Most of the threads on here are junk food news now. It's no different than watching something on cable.
pxlpshr 17y ago
I didn't downvote you. I watch "TV" at most 2-4 hours a week (including weekends), but I do watch a fair amount of movies. Contrary to your experience, it doesn't break for me but I do agree it's not really quite ready for prime time. A majority of cable TV is garbage which is why I refuse to pay for their bloat. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to spend more than 12 hours watching the idiot box anyway. I'm not pointing a finger at you but it humors me that I have friends who give me crap for sitting on the computer (learning I might add), while they sit in front of the TV with their microwave dinner watching poorly-written, dumbed-down sitcoms.
- migpwr 17y ago
  I watch about 1-4hrs per day depending on what's showing. Mostly sports but I like NatGeo, History, Travel, Discovery etc. I don't watch any sitcoms but there are a few well written shows like Mad Men, Wire etc. I also enjoy stuff like Top Gear and Ultimate Factories. But it's mostly sports for me.
jsz0 17y ago
It's definitely not for everyone but I don't think it's as grim as you state. I use my HTPC as a computer and forgo the remote control & full-screen-centric interfaces. Anyone who can handle using Hulu, Netflix or iTunes can use it. It's just a computer on a big screen.

by migpwr 17y ago

nollidge 17y ago

You're probably getting downvoted for reporting your subjective experience as though it applies to everyone. What exactly keeps breaking? I have had a setup like this for over a year now over 802.11g. Hulu can be hiccupy, but usually only if I'm eating up extra bandwith.

migpwr 17y ago
We mostly had problems with the remote, but also various pieces of hardware, like the roku. The playback would show up a little dark but I don't think it was directly related to the setup. It was also choppy over the wireless at times. We did a 2 month experiment and decided it wasn't ready. The programming available is horrible though. How many times can you watch Helvetica? I hope you're right about the reason I'm being downvoted and that it's not because of the typical anti-TV mentality that will sometimes accompany these threads. Sorry for doing a bad job of wording that. (and probably this as well) Come on guys! As if hyping yourself up with startup news isn't a waste of time. Most of the threads on here are junk food news now. It's no different than watching something on cable.

pxlpshr 17y ago

I didn't downvote you. I watch "TV" at most 2-4 hours a week (including weekends), but I do watch a fair amount of movies. Contrary to your experience, it doesn't break for me but I do agree it's not really quite ready for prime time. A majority of cable TV is garbage which is why I refuse to pay for their bloat. I don't know why anyone in their right mind would want to spend more than 12 hours watching the idiot box anyway. I'm not pointing a finger at you but it humors me that I have friends who give me crap for sitting on the computer (learning I might add), while they sit in front of the TV with their microwave dinner watching poorly-written, dumbed-down sitcoms.

migpwr 17y ago
I watch about 1-4hrs per day depending on what's showing. Mostly sports but I like NatGeo, History, Travel, Discovery etc. I don't watch any sitcoms but there are a few well written shows like Mad Men, Wire etc. I also enjoy stuff like Top Gear and Ultimate Factories. But it's mostly sports for me.

jsz0 17y ago

It's definitely not for everyone but I don't think it's as grim as you state. I use my HTPC as a computer and forgo the remote control & full-screen-centric interfaces. Anyone who can handle using Hulu, Netflix or iTunes can use it. It's just a computer on a big screen.