I Want to Replace Cable TV With The Internet: Suggestions?

[oldkat69]

   I am sick of the ever inflating cable TV charges but there are a few things I still want to watch before I move to the mountain top like Gun Stories, Best Defense, Shooting Gallery, Weather Channel, CNBC Business (I cant believe they are still on as they are not toeing the liberal progressive line), Fox News & Business, a little History & Military Channel CNN (for unbalance) and some baseball and a little NASCAR  I don't care about local programming or movies.
    Any suggestions?
P.S. my wife likes Touch too.

[Hazcat]

I have been thinking the same thing.  I keep hearing 'get netflix' but I'm not sure.  Thing is ya can't get a channel list of what the differnt services offer.

[philw]

no Outdoor channel on netflix

Sky Angel is the only iptv option http://outdoorchannel.com/ChannelFinder.aspx#


GRRRRR wish i could get it on fetch tv in Aust..

[1911 Junkie]

GRRRRR wish i could get it on fetch tv in Aust..

Nah, all the cool stuff you are missing will just make you sad. 

[ccd]

   There are no live channel versions for the requested channels online. This is due to the relatively few outlets( Comcast Universal, Fox, Disney/ABC and Viacom/CBS) that control the majority of cable programming. It is in their best interest to not offer these online, as well as the interests of your cable provider. ESPN is available if your internet provider has signed on to their deal offering it. There are some interesting improvements coming to the ESPN online service. 

   The black boxes available on the market: Roku, Apple Tv, XBox 360 and Google TV are good options as long as you don't mind being a year and a half to two years behind, with some exceptions, using: Netflix, Hulu Plus(owned by three of the above media outlets) or Amazon VOD Prime. You can always buy individual episodes from the current season, but unfortunately Outdoor Channel doesn't sell  them through these outlets  . They(the boxes) do however offer plenty of sports programming for out of market viewers as the NHL, NBA and MLB all stream through the above mentioned boxes IIRC.  These of course cost just a little bit of money  for each league's package.

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[Rastus]

Satellite may be cheaper for you.  Outdoor Channel is a-la-carte for about $2/month.  The salesman may say no, then ask for a supervisor or hang up and call back to get a new salesmen.

Of course, there's always an antenna to capture local TV free.  I have an HDTV antenna in the attic so I can watch local weather alerts when the tornadoes and thunderstorms are passing through.

Dish was cheaper on HD than Direct a couple of years ago.  I don't know about now...time to review pricing.

[Solus]

Keep the suggestions coming.   I too need cheaper access to the stuff I watch.

One thing though.  I need a service where I can get Dancing With the Stars and American Idol.  

[Timothy]

My question relates to how you get a good streaming signal when you don't have cable access.  I have a HS phone line here because it's cheap but the streaming sucks over the Verizon setup.  Our cable setup is as cheap as it comes and does not include internet.

If you don't have cable, how good are the wi-fi satellite things and what are the costs of using that system over cable?

[Hazcat]

Here in Florida satellite is useless.  You will lose the signal every time we have one of our daily rain storms.

[Timothy]

Here in Florida satellite is useless.  You will lose the signal every time we have one of our daily rain storms.

That's what I'm thinking.  If the wi-fi satellite things are as hinky as the cell phone coverage here, it would suck!