I'm waiting for a Boxee Box to cancel my cable subscription. Most things I watch these days are either from Netflix, or iTunes, with a lot of the remainder appearing on Hulu. I realize I'll be losing local news (never watch that anyway) and live events (the Olympics), but I'm willing to do that at this point. And honestly, even more than saving money, it's about convenience. I have a nice stereo hooked up to my computer that I want to listen to music (last.fm, mp3, rhapsody) through. I have tv shows downloaded from itunes or ripped from DVD. It's much more convenient to access that stuff from a centralized place. This is vastly different from Web TV; I don't want to browse the web on my TV. I have a laptop.
I'm with you. I know Comcast had their very basic TV service for something less than $15 at some point. I don't know if they still do. Basic cable for live things (sports mostly) and Boxee for everything else is perfect for me.
I talked to someone at Comcast and somehow basic cable and 8mbps internet ended up at nearly $110 before taxes. I have to believe they have something cheaper but that would require an hour conversation to begin to understand their pricing schemes.
I haven't had cable in over 3 years, and I don't miss it for a moment. Between Boxee and Netflix Streaming via PS3, it's a complete waste of money.
Per the live events issue, that's largely a non-issue for me because it almost never fails that a friend is throwing a party or we're meeting at a bar. Olympics are the exception. For football games, fight night, et al, the atmosphere with a bunch of cheering fans is just so much more enjoyable.
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I'm waiting for a Boxee Box to cancel my cable subscription. Most things I watch these days are either from Netflix, or iTunes, with a lot of the remainder appearing on Hulu. I realize I'll be losing local news (never watch that anyway) and live events (the Olympics), but I'm willing to do that at this point. And honestly, even more than saving money, it's about convenience. I have a nice stereo hooked up to my computer that I want to listen to music (last.fm, mp3, rhapsody) through. I have tv shows downloaded from itunes or ripped from DVD. It's much more convenient to access that stuff from a centralized place. This is vastly different from Web TV; I don't want to browse the web on my TV. I have a laptop.
I'm with you. I know Comcast had their very basic TV service for something less than $15 at some point. I don't know if they still do. Basic cable for live things (sports mostly) and Boxee for everything else is perfect for me.
I talked to someone at Comcast and somehow basic cable and 8mbps internet ended up at nearly $110 before taxes. I have to believe they have something cheaper but that would require an hour conversation to begin to understand their pricing schemes.
I haven't had cable in over 3 years, and I don't miss it for a moment. Between Boxee and Netflix Streaming via PS3, it's a complete waste of money.
Per the live events issue, that's largely a non-issue for me because it almost never fails that a friend is throwing a party or we're meeting at a bar. Olympics are the exception. For football games, fight night, et al, the atmosphere with a bunch of cheering fans is just so much more enjoyable.