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I have 12mbit DSL from Windstream, and would have to connect these devices through wireless since the Tvs are somewhat away from the router. Any issues with choppiness or picture quality?
I love saving 80/month and right now I am watching the football game in beautiful uncompressed HD.
I'm curious how you watch football games - I have been going to some sites like frontrow or vipticket and the games I have been streaming have been marginal at best - but better than hearing it on the radio.
We did an experiment for a week with no DirectTV, with using just a Roku Box and over the air. Needless to say we dropped DirectTV. Lots of new devices out there supporting the cable cutting world especially if you like to DVR.
I have 12mbit DSL from Windstream, and would have to connect these devices through wireless since the Tvs are somewhat away from the router. Any issues with choppiness or picture quality?
I have a 3rd floor in my house and I use my PS3 to view Netflix and Hulu, and dont have issue using a Belkin router. Now my neighbour with an old Netgear wireless router cant get anything more that 20 ft from it.
So it can greatly depend on the wireless equipment and the building materials in between.
Unfortunately international calls plus a terrible cell signal means I'll continue to have both. I haven't had a single cell provider work consistently in my house, but walk 100ft in any direction and normal service resumes.
Beginning to think I've got a roof made of lead.
Why don't you used SKYPE for international calls?
We've never had a land line since we moved here and ditched DISH 2 months ago.
We increased our internet broadband for an extra $10 (to $45 per month) and now use Hulu, UKiVPN and watch other programmes directly from the channel websites via the computer.
We pay $10 per month for the UKiVPN unlimited viewing and that's it.
We rent DVDs from our local rental-family video at really cheap prices maybe once a week.
If you install a good outdoor antenna and preamp, you can also receive stations from neighboring markets such as Greensboro, Asheville-Greenville-Spartanburg, and Columbia. I watch the Charlotte news stations a good bit down here in Greenville, SC, where with digital TV, they come in perfectly clear in high definition. No snowy picture like the analog days. And you can also consider a Tivo or Channel Master DVR for OTA recording, or build your own HTPC.
I'm curious how you watch football games - I have been going to some sites like frontrow or vipticket and the games I have been streaming have been marginal at best - but better than hearing it on the radio.
Game has to be on local channel through antenna. The quality is better than anything else because it isn't being re-compressed. I don't know if ESPN 3 shows football or not but quality on that through my XBOX is outstanding and in HD.
We've never had a land line since we moved here and ditched DISH 2 months ago.
We increased our internet broadband for an extra $10 (to $45 per month) and now use Hulu, UKiVPN and watch other programmes directly from the channel websites via the computer.
We pay $10 per month for the UKiVPN unlimited viewing and that's it.
We rent DVDs from our local rental-family video at really cheap prices maybe once a week.
FYI, UKiVPN might be easier to use because you don't have to download any software, but Witopia is quite a bit cheaper and you can choose servers all over the world to connect to in order to get their local TV.
BBC of course is wonderful especially if you have an XBOX because you can download most programs in Media Center format and watch them through the XBOX in HD.
Game has to be on local channel through antenna. The quality is better than anything else because it isn't being re-compressed. I don't know if ESPN 3 shows football or not but quality on that through my XBOX is outstanding and in HD.
I assume ROKU has ESPN 3 but I'm not sure.
I've got a Roku. Not sure if there is an ESPN app, but I don't think so. You can get ESPN3 by purchasing PlayOn and using their "channel". The problem is that TWC will not allow you to stream ESPN3 if you do not have at least standard cable (which includes ESPN). They block the ESPN3 signal from the website. The only work-around I know is to know someone's username/password that has a Verizon account and logging on to the website that way. Even doing that, I can't access ESPN3 through my Xbox360 or Roku. I can only access it by connecting an HDMI cable from my computer to my TV.
we don't have any issues with our netgear router which is on 2nd floor and our roku and tivo which are on the first. Once in a while our internet will get a little slower around 9-10pm, but that's usually because we are both online and watch tv too. We just turn off the laptops at that time and no issues.
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