I don't even own a TV

http://yle.fi/uutiset/yle_tax_in_force_next_year/6190475


How about this, paying without ever watching TV! HOORAY FOR COMMUNISM AND NEGRO WELLFARE

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>>35261651 (OP)

>>35261661
Fucking jew

>>35261665
Good thing I live in the land of the free and not in communist Europe.

>>35261696
not him, but why should I own a TV? I watch the news, but I can get that online, and there's nothing else worth watching, on either cable or free-to-air channels.

>>35261651 (OP)

vizio? really?

>being on /g/

>not torrenting everything

You don't belong here.

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>>35261747

This, my son, is perhaps one of the greatest television shows ever aired.

>>35261775

>being on /g/

>fucking jewfag

You don't belong here.

I've never had Pay TV.

/Most of the world outside YOUESSAY

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>>35261789
I've seen it, and this is the only aspect of the big bang theory I really care for.

>>35261775
>spend $2000 on computer to post in desktop threads

>spend $0 on entertainment

>>35261824
I do feel sorry for you. It must be terrible living in the 3rd world.

>>35261839

>face is gross

>would lick dat azz

>>35261884
Not really, we just steal your television.

>>35261884
>watching TV
yes, good goy.

>>35261911

no, niggers steal our televisions

The most important thing to me in TV is live sporting events.

>>35261986
This. And they are sometimes difficult to obtain live via the internet

>>35261937
FUCKING JOOOOOS

>Watching broadcast TV
What's that, the 70's again?

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Master race reporting in.

>>35262003
That's what I had assumed, but I've never done the whole internet TV thing.

>>35262056
Give it a shot. The Vizio Co-star is $99, which is less than one cable bill. It's not the best choice, but there will be some big moves in the internet tv industry soon (Intel, Apple, etc).

>>35261651 (OP)
>No hulu

Why bother?

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>>35261876
>pirate entertainment
>not spend anything on entertainment because you've already got that covered
>not up to date with movies, but you've got a library of all good TV or movies from 2011 and before
I think that paid for itself.
>mfw friends go see a movie every week, pay for TV, premium channels, and Hulu+/Netflix

I'm trying to figure out how to pirate my parents' cable through the Internet using a TV tuner card.

Unfortunately the best solution (Orb Caster) is set to shut down at the end of 2013.

>tfw pirate satellite TV

Not even free it's worth it. I only use it for a foreign channel from some weird country that airs nice concerts and free-to-air music channels.

How do you guys watch sports without cable?

>>35262230
>watching sports
go be a pleb somewhere else

>>35262230
By going to the games like a true fan.

>>35262176
>>35262165
>>35262208

Have fun getting ass raped by niggers in jail.

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>>35262230
>sports
Haven't you heard of a newspaper, son? How about a radio?

>>35262230
Sometimes espn will stream stuff live. Or some of the major broadcasters will

>>35262295
Have you not heard of the telegraph, my friend?

>>35262283
As if there have been any movies I would watch at full price.
>$1 movie theater
Months late, prices great

>>35262342
Have fun sucking nigger dicks in the dollar theater

I wish there was a way to set up netflix or the sort to play back different episodes of different shows after one ends instead of just going through an entire series
that's the only reason I enjoy cable television over streaming services

>>35262283
I'll have fun enjoying my entertainment way better than if I had to pay ridiculously high prices of BD's or DVD's or go with VOD's or TV's awful DRM.

>>35262375
>implying anyone still buys physical media

I have a local TV provider where I can choose my channels. History international, discovery channel, HBO, STARS, AE, FOX, Universal, Discovery, Showtime, MTV and probably a few more good channels.

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>>35262365
>mfw I live the reddest county of my state, only half an hour from a large city
The 'ole boys in blue take care of those jive cats, you see?

Why isn't IPTV a big thing yet?
Instead of paying $50 a month for 100+ channels why can't I pay $5 for just 1 or 2 channels? Or why can't I pay for TV by the minute only when I'm watching it?
Fucking service monopolies.

>>35262423
You're an idiot.

>>35262415
You get to choose only the channels you wish to watch? As in no extra channels other than those you choose? What company is this?

>>35262525

It's this Peruvian TV provider.Over here most people only have sub 50 channels and it's actually good channels worth watching as well. Than again it's cable not satellite.

>>35262469
Local politicians. Didn't Florida just outlaw all computers?

Politicians who don't read bills or understand them are dime a dozen. Those that do are stuck with being in the same room as the other idiots. What sucks is when you have a really old idiot, who everyone has to kowtow to because his daddy wasn't an idiot and managed to do something right.

We've got to start with a scientific literate constituency so the don't elect retards.

>>35262525
Now you know how I feel about your previous comment.
>>35262365

>>35262606
Retards elect retards

>>35262635
Yes, that is exactly the point I was making.

>>35262629
My god. You're right. I'll never do it again... thank you for opening my eyes.

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I bought a couple of Roku boxes a while back (Roku 2 HD to be precise) because I hated paying the insane amount for cable.
Just internet only, I'm still watching my favorite movies and TV shows. Only thing I don't like is lack of a YouTube app for these things. :/

>>35262606
>Didn't Florida just outlaw all computers?
WHAT?

>>35262695
I would've gone the Roku route if it had YouTube and a browser. Google TV having access to the [limited] Play Store is pretty handy, as well.

>>35262706
It's a thing since the law they wrote is written so badly, it banned all computers
>Politicians

>>35262744
Source?

>>35262706

Not exactly

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/11/florida_almost_certainly_did_not_accidentally_outlaw_computers.html

>>35262606
Not only scientifically literate, but politically literate as well.

>>35262735
I would have picked up a couple of those MK802 Android Mini-PC things for web browsing and YouTube, but... I'm all put of HDMI ports on my TV's. ;-;

>>35262773
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/08/florida-banned-computers_n_3561701.html
Someone posted it here a few days ago, I think.
>Glad I don't live in Florida

>>35261651 (OP)

With comcast they pretty much penalize you for only having one service instead of the bundle.

After promos are over that is

>>35262799

http://www.amazon.com/Kinivo-301BN-Premium-wireless-adapter/dp/B0049S6ZUS/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1373747916&sr=8-5&keywords=hdmi+splitter

Problem solved.

>>35262853
Oh. Awesome! Thanks anon! :D

At one point Finland banned all mp3 players for breaking copyrights. I dont think anyone listened to that retarded bitch.

>Paying money to have your TV viewing habits monitored
No, thank you.

>>35262798 (You)
Yeah, you've got me there. I guess it'd start with a scientifically literate population, but politically literate would help as well.

>tl;dr People need to be smart, actually smart

>>35262850
Same with Time Warner. I'm almost at the end of my first 12 months. Due to the "new customer" discounts ending, my bill's about to go up $50. Fuck that. I'm out TWC.

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>use xbmc for everything, pay for fuck all

>mfw

>>35262878
Holy shit! Those MK802s are fucking sweet looking. Know much about it?

>>35262975
What do you run XBMC on? PC?

>>35262788
The point I was thinking on making was how did anybody not pick up on this. Everyone seems to be a bit too busy doing a shit job of writing their own bill to read (or at least proofread) other people's bills. They meet, shake hands, talk about their wives, shoot the shit, give each other support on the bill they'd propose, have a drink, call it a day.

>tl;dr Politicians who don't do their jobs really make it hard for the ones actually trying.

Pay by the channel would be a great idea.
I really only need
>ESPN and it's 3 sisters
>NBC
>CBS
>FOX
>ABC
>Speed
>Science
>Discovery
>USA (Just for Burn Notice)
>Any channel that shows House reruns

>>35262979
I know the MK802 IV is supposed to be coming out soon. That's what I'm waiting on now, rather than picking up the MK802 IIIs right now.
I mean
>Android 4.2
>Quad core ARM Cortex A9 CPU
seems worth the wait to me.

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>>35263005
What else would you run it on?

>>35263069
Xbmc was originally for the Xbox consoles, right?

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>>35263038

Paying for channels would probably be more expensive than getting getting 250

>>35263005
Sff PC sitting under my tv

>>35263096
Not if they're reasonable about...wait yeah, you're right.

>>35263090
Yea but it'll pretty much run on a toaster these days, it's ported to loads of things

>>35263038

It would be nice, though I don't think it will ever happen. The Comcasts and TWCs will never change. They're doomed to go the way of Blockbuster.

>>35263150
Yeah, got a point there.

>>35261651 (OP)
To be stay on topic, i get most of my television via international sources. Basic cable is full of garbage and the remaining niche channels are getting there.

Primarily because they don't want to compete with internet sources and rather go after the dumb eyeballs with disposable income.

>>35263090
I didn't know we're still making use of the good 'ole RCA inputs, specifically a certain yellow one.

I can imagine there is a craptastic computer you can Frankenstein into a decent rig for XBMC that would outperform the xbox... first

>>35263038
Oh and Comedy Central.

>>35263121
Do you use a mouse and keyboard from your couch? How does that work out? I've wanted to do this

How the fuck do you even pirate cable?

>>35263228
>http://eztv.it
>http://thepiratebay.sx

>>35263277
>thepiratebay

>>35263198
Yeah, good point.
I mean, I turned my old Wii (Let's face it, everybody has one) into a HTPC, but it was buggy as fuck when it came to video playback and internet streaming (Besides Netflix and Hulu that is, see in as those are officially supported)
Thinking of making it into some kind of FTP server soon...

>>35263277
Well that's not what I had in mind, but okay.

>implying I pay for cable
NAS and HTPC master race.

>>35261755
>tfw you're using a 23 inch Vizo TV as a monitor.
I have several Vizo products in my house and even though they sound like a cheap offbrand they're actually really nice. inb4 shill

>>35263314
What did you have in mind?

You want to physically steal a cable subscription?

Take a splitter next door to your neighbors house and run a cable to your house.

>>35263332
I have a 37-inch Vizio. It's not bad, but it has some noise/flicker occasionally more than I'd like. It does vidya very well though.

>>35263352
Yeah I was thinking of something along those lines.

My neighbors are currently on vacation. Might as well do that.

>>35263408
Get a powered splitter so they don't notice any signal degradation.

>>35263368
I have a little 26" Vizio LCD in my bedroom, and it looks fine. Only 720p but fuck it, from the other side of the room, I can't even tell.

>>35263352
Does that still work?
>mfw neighbors have satellite

>>35263368

The Vizio Co-Star is actually decent. It freezes on occasion and won't do Skype.

>>35261789

agreed

>>35261789
I remember when they made a joke about electrons and I understood it. I'm such a nerd XDDD

>>35263212
Nope a cheap USB remote off eBay my friend

>>35263658
Ah, good idea. I have Google TV, so I cant decide if a htpc is even worth the effort

>>35263701
You can buy a raspberry pi with a case for $50 and use that.

>>35263719
This is true, but aren't there restrictions for certain providers like Netflix? By restrictions, I mean they won't run on the pi?

>>35263610

everyone on /g/ is a nerd XD

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But then how would I cap and transcode TV shows for personal use

>>35264070
Why would you want to do that?

I had cable 4 years ago, before my asshole roommates moved out & stiffed me on the bill. Never again. And I had Netflix forever, but canceled a year & a half ago when I switched to Linux.

Now I just stream everything off primewire (former 1channel) Personally, there's only a handful of shows I follow, but my wife loves that site. Surprisingly, I never hear about any other /g/ents using it.

Of course vid quality isn't great, but really it doesn't matter for something one's only gonna watch once. I'll torrent the odd movie I feel like saving & watching repeatedly.

>>35264264
What's so special about primewire? Is it legal?

>>35264345
Probably not totally legal, but safer than torrents.
It's basically a search engine that links to various file hosting sites with uploads of whatever show/movie you're looking for. They don't actually host anything. You search for a movie or whatnot, and there's a bunch of links to various file hosting sites that have a copy of that movie available to stream. The only downside is most of those sites tend to delete stuff once it's not being accessed anymore, so if you're trying to find episodes of a TV show a few seasons old, there might not be a lot (or any) of links available. But for popular stuff it's pretty good. And honestly, it's the same problem you have finding torrents with no seeders.

The advantage is that unlike torrenting, your IP is only revealed to primewire & the vid hosting site, and ISPs don't block it (not that I know of) Plus, for a show you're only gonna watch once, there's no point in saving & wasting valuable HDD space (though you can just save the vid file from your browser cache if you really want)

I think it's pretty cool, and really convenient. Better than fucking Hulu anyway. Make sure you have adblock though, they have a fuckton of annoying popups.