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Aside from hack7mc, this site is a great directory for plugins:
http://www.thehtpc.net/plugin-index/[quote=”robinhoody”]
[quote=”Meester.Rip”]
Maybe Comcast will wake up and lower their prices if enough people drop the extra services, but most likely they’ll just screw us and raise the internet rate.
[/quote]I can def see cable companies raising internet prices if they continue to loose customers. One way or the other the consumer is getting screwed.
[/quote]I see them adding metered services… those who use more will pay more.
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[quote=”Meester.Rip”]
Maybe Comcast will wake up and lower their prices if enough people drop the extra services, but most likely they’ll just screw us and raise the internet rate.
[/quote]I can def see cable companies raising internet prices if they continue to loose customers. One way or the other the consumer is getting screwed.
[/quote]I see them adding metered services… those who use more will pay more.
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Speaking of sports, my comcast cable connection comes with free ESPN3. Is there a way to get this into VMC (or soon 7MC) without an XBOX?
[/quote]Use [url=http://www.playon.tv/playon/content-providers?loc=pl1]PlayOn Premium[/url] and [url=http://myweb.cableone.net/eluttmann04/projects/vmcPlayIt/default.html]vmcPlayIt[/url].
[quote=”ntwp13″]
Speaking of sports, my comcast cable connection comes with free ESPN3. Is there a way to get this into VMC (or soon 7MC) without an XBOX?
[/quote]Use [url=http://www.playon.tv/playon/content-providers?loc=pl1]PlayOn Premium[/url] and [url=http://myweb.cableone.net/eluttmann04/projects/vmcPlayIt/default.html]vmcPlayIt[/url].
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i thought the sports issue would kill me when i cut the cord (well, i still have basic cable), but thanks to ESPN3 i’ve pretty much been able to manage. Quality is definitely not as good as HD, but it’s still pretty solid.
[/quote]Same here with a subscription to MLB.tv (which gives me more than I could have watched on cable anyway since my team is out of market)
[quote=”shadymg”]
i thought the sports issue would kill me when i cut the cord (well, i still have basic cable), but thanks to ESPN3 i’ve pretty much been able to manage. Quality is definitely not as good as HD, but it’s still pretty solid.
[/quote]Same here with a subscription to MLB.tv (which gives me more than I could have watched on cable anyway since my team is out of market)
I agree with the complaints on quality of internet video. I absolutely hate watching Hulu on my 50″ HDTV, but compared to paying $100 a month for the same priveledge from the cable company I’m willing to suck it up and deal for the very few shows I’d bother watching. Netflix streaming actually is decent so the only gripe there is content/choices.
I cut the cord awhile ago (3 years? I don’t even remember anymore) and haven’t looked back. My biggest loss (besides HGTV) is live sports. This year, I couldn’t stand it anymore and bought a subscription to MLB.tv which has helped fill the gap along with ESPN3, both of which I can access through my xbox 360 using PlayOn. Using PlayOn through an extender is a painful experience that I now avoid. Soon enough the xbox will do ESPN3 natively and I won’t need PlayOn for that anymore. I wish I had a PS3 so I could say the same for MLB.tv.
This article perplexes me as well since it completely avoids OTA. Why on earth those roommates would gather around a laptop is beyond me… at the very least, use some sort of video out to your TV! They wouldn’t even need to venture into tuners and OTA or anything else to do that. To me, this article just proves that people are ignorant of their options when cutting the cord, not that they aren’t willing to do it. I have a friend who doesn’t have cable because she can’t afford it, yet she didn’t have the slightest clue about OTA until I explained it to her. Once there are more informed people I think there may be more willing to take the leap.
I agree with the complaints on quality of internet video. I absolutely hate watching Hulu on my 50″ HDTV, but compared to paying $100 a month for the same priveledge from the cable company I’m willing to suck it up and deal for the very few shows I’d bother watching. Netflix streaming actually is decent so the only gripe there is content/choices.
I cut the cord awhile ago (3 years? I don’t even remember anymore) and haven’t looked back. My biggest loss (besides HGTV) is live sports. This year, I couldn’t stand it anymore and bought a subscription to MLB.tv which has helped fill the gap along with ESPN3, both of which I can access through my xbox 360 using PlayOn. Using PlayOn through an extender is a painful experience that I now avoid. Soon enough the xbox will do ESPN3 natively and I won’t need PlayOn for that anymore. I wish I had a PS3 so I could say the same for MLB.tv.
This article perplexes me as well since it completely avoids OTA. Why on earth those roommates would gather around a laptop is beyond me… at the very least, use some sort of video out to your TV! They wouldn’t even need to venture into tuners and OTA or anything else to do that. To me, this article just proves that people are ignorant of their options when cutting the cord, not that they aren’t willing to do it. I have a friend who doesn’t have cable because she can’t afford it, yet she didn’t have the slightest clue about OTA until I explained it to her. Once there are more informed people I think there may be more willing to take the leap.
August 18, 2010 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Re: Ripping BluRay to extender friendly format – What tool #526I’m keeping an eye on this thread since I’m planning on eventually adding blu-ray to my setup. Right now, I’m using Auto Rip & Compress to rip my regular DVDs for extender usage (using MakeMKV) and it has worked great. I’d hoped it’d be an easy transition for blu-ray, but judging by this thread it sounds like it may not be so simple?
August 18, 2010 at 4:24 pm in reply to: Ripping BluRay to extender friendly format – What tool #27411I’m keeping an eye on this thread since I’m planning on eventually adding blu-ray to my setup. Right now, I’m using Auto Rip & Compress to rip my regular DVDs for extender usage (using MakeMKV) and it has worked great. I’d hoped it’d be an easy transition for blu-ray, but judging by this thread it sounds like it may not be so simple?
August 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm in reply to: Re: CableLabs Approves Tuner Sharing and DRM Free Copy Freely Co #537[quote=”Skirge01″]
My fear is that as this proliferates this will now push the providers to stop flagging anything as copy freely. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
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I hope you are too.August 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm in reply to: CableLabs Approves Tuner Sharing and DRM Free Copy Freely Content #27422[quote=”Skirge01″]
My fear is that as this proliferates this will now push the providers to stop flagging anything as copy freely. I sincerely hope I’m wrong.
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I hope you are too.Meh, ignore the firmware suggestion. It clearly hasn’t helped any. With more use, I’ve noticed that other buttons are responding randomly as well. No combination of updating for firmware changes have fixed it. I’m making a call and considering it D.O.A. now. Guess I’m back to considering the 650. However, now I’ve missed the deal on Amazon.
Meh, ignore the firmware suggestion. It clearly hasn’t helped any. With more use, I’ve noticed that other buttons are responding randomly as well. No combination of updating for firmware changes have fixed it. I’m making a call and considering it D.O.A. now. Guess I’m back to considering the 650. However, now I’ve missed the deal on Amazon.
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