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I am currently on a promotional deal with my local cable company, so my TV service is reasonable. The deal ends in a couple of months, and I'm thinking ahead. What's the best & cost effective way to leverage my existing internet connection, without resort to watching TV or movies on my desktop computer monitor? |
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Laptop or desktop with HDMI output to your TV. Done. link |
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What Jan said. BAM! More specifically: get any pc with vga or hdmi out and HD video (ATI radeon HD onboard video is super cheap, HD addon cards at this level are like $10 see e.g. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882 among many others.) Use this site http://showrss.karmorra.info/ or something like it which makes an RSS feed out of your fave shows then use tormon.py (if you can't Google this then this is not a good solution for you) or a drop-in Windows equivalent to auto-download torrents from this RSS feed to your torrent client (utorrent on Windows or transmission on Ubuntu)'s auto-download folder. BAM HD commercial-free TIVOing of all your shows on cable or network, to your media PC which displays to any LCD TV just like it was a monitor. BONUS you only need one of these http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/home-pc-speakers/speaker-system-Z906 which can be had way below the MSRP shown there to get pretty solid surround sound. No receiver, no BS. if you already have something more oxygen free copper level voodoo-y, you can use it no prob. Get one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823176018 to use as your universal remote and you're golden. link |
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Depending on where you live I'd Investigate installing OTA HD antennas for local broadcasts (legal, free, and better quality than cable) and couple that with a devise like ROKU for streaming Internet content like Netflix http://overtheair.saveandreplay.com/ http://www.roku.com/ca link |
