I have the cheapest basic cable and internet service offered by Comcast. ($16 and $27 respectively)
It was the same price as having internet only and I still get the networks in Hi Def and the Discovery Channel (not in Hi Def).
Don't have to mess with any cable boxes, just like the good old days.
I kinda miss DVR and On Demand, but didn't watch TV enough to justify the cost.
The "economy" internet service I have doesn't seem any different from the supposedly faster service I had before.
Also, own my own modem. Not paying $7/mo to rent a crappy one. (I bought my own crappy one)
I picked up a Roku player during the Christmas sales. It's much better than the old Seagate Free-Agent Theatre it replaced.
That being said, I'm still not impressed with the content offered for streaming by the major services.
I did a free trial of the Amazon Prime; pretty much the same tired content as netflix.
Now I'm doing a free month trial of Hulu plus. (the Roku only works with Hulu
plus).
This looked good from a distance, but half the movies/shows I wanted to stream are licensed for "web only" and can't be played on other devices.
I ended up going through ALL their content and came up with around 30 movies that I
might watch if I get bored enough
and a half dozen TV shows, only a few of which I'll actually watch on a regular basis. It looks like there is a lot of content there, but if you weed out the clips and redirects to network websites, there's really not.
I'll be cancelling at the end of the free trial.
I have a TV folder in the bookmarks on my laptop.
ESPN360 is rocking for bowl season.
If I could do without internet service on my cell phone, I could save a bunch more.