This one made me laugh:
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Yep!
That's about it, save one step add 15 lol
Hhmmm.... or you could always have redundant ISPs in your house :P
Or you could use that antenna thing
Or wait for it.
I plan on recording over the air content once the next HDHomerun units come out with native h264 support...
But Showcase doesn't run on over the air :(. Can't watch Lost Girl then :P
Yeah, redundant ISPs works. As long as they have separate connections to your house. If they all work on the same tech and thus use the same wire coming into your house, you could still have this problem.
Imagine a week without any internet connection, though...
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 08:40:58 AM
Yep!
That's about it, save one step add 15 lol
It can still be more convenient than dealing with OTA or Cable. Especially once you automate the downloading and sorting :D flexget ftw. No commercials, no cable company shuffling channels, no channel shuffling time slots. And you can watch what you want when ever and where ever you are.
Quote from: Tom on April 12, 2013, 09:44:17 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 08:40:58 AM
Yep!
That's about it, save one step add 15 lol
It can still be more convenient than dealing with OTA or Cable. Especially once you automate the downloading and sorting :D flexget ftw. No commercials, no cable company shuffling channels, no channel shuffling time slots. And you can watch what you want when ever and where ever you are.
...no paying for entertainment you consume...
I still watch the embeded advertising, not to mention paying shaw for cable for years without using it. And shaw still gets money from me. So meh.
If they'd give me what I want and make it more convenient, I'd happily pay for it. But they won't. It's like they don't want my money.
PVR + cable connection??
Also what torrents are you downloading that have commercials in them (!?)
I know some of the shows I watch have adverts right in the bottom left part of the show, which can't get away from. Showcase ripped shows are filled with them!
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 11:03:13 AM
PVR + cable connection??
Quality sucks. Shaw doesn't have a pvr that commercial skips. did you know that shaw inflates the cost of their internet to cover the cost for people cutting the cord?
As long as they continue to gouge people for service, I don't feel too bad about downloading tv.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 11:03:13 AM
Also what torrents are you downloading that have commercials in them (!?)
Any show that includes embedded advertising. Which is most of them.
You know what, this isn't even worth arguing because watching a show via HD PVR every week is gonna be totally different from downloading a whole season of a show and shotgunning it.
There's a way you can get your hands on that experience, it's called buy the video set.
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 11:28:39 AM
You know what, this isn't even worth arguing because watching a show via HD PVR every week is gonna be totally different from downloading a whole season of a show and shotgunning it.
There's a way you can get your hands on that experience, it's called buy the video set.
Sure. When are you going to buy the entire DVD set of TNG? And then I also have to wait for them to get around to releasing it. Which can take years for some shows if it ever happens.
I'm thinking of getting netflix solely for things like House of Cards and possible new shows. Reasonable price, convenient, and content I want. go figure. I'm not against spending money on things I want, but it has to be what I want, for a decent price. Cable doesn't deliver on that.
I even recently bought music off of iTunes and another site because it was more convenient and inexpensive to do so, and I got exactly what I wanted. Same with books. I buy lots of books. recently just bought the programming lua 2nd edition ebook. why? it was easier and more convenient than torrenting.
Don't get me wrong, I have lots of content that hasn't been released yet or otherwise impossible to actually get downloaded, but generally if I can buy something that I watch over and over, I do.
Like, would I buy TNG? No. Would I download and watch individual episodes? Yes (Netflix is good for stuff like that).
90% of the new stuff I watch is HD and time shifted thanks to my PVR, it's only when I find some crappy B-Movie that you just can't get anywhere, I start downloadin'
I have a big collection of stuff downloaded as well that I also own on disc, mostly because lazy sometimes...
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 11:28:39 AM
You know what, this isn't even worth arguing because watching a show via HD PVR every week is gonna be totally different from downloading a whole season of a show and shotgunning it.
There's a way you can get your hands on that experience, it's called buy the video set.
Netflix...
Quote from: Lazybones on April 12, 2013, 05:09:53 PMNetflix...
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 12, 2013, 12:05:54 PMWould I download and watch individual episodes? Yes (Netflix is good for stuff like that).
THE trouble is is that Canadian Netflix has such a limited library.
In that situation I have no problem finding alternatives.
:)
The Canadian netflix continues to improve. Also they are running their own series now including reviving arrested development soon.
Well, that's good to hear because I've found that we get about 10% of the content that the US gets (or at least it feels like it)
Just got my mom netflix. :) seems to work rather well out here on her wireless. I was surprised.
Netflix has a very strong content delivery network, much of it runs on Amazon.
Yes if you compare Canada vs the US the US looks better but that does not mean it is not improving.
I was more worried about the capabilities of her internet.
Quote from: Tom on April 13, 2013, 12:07:33 PM
I was more worried about the capabilities of her internet.
I don't recall what the minimum bit rate is but I do know that they dynamically scale down to 3G connections very well.
Accept for the new enhanced HD option (requires your ISP to be in their CDN) the normal max bitrate is only about 1.5mbit.
Quote from: Lazybones on April 13, 2013, 03:02:17 PM
Quote from: Tom on April 13, 2013, 12:07:33 PM
I was more worried about the capabilities of her internet.
I don't recall what the minimum bit rate is but I do know that they dynamically scale down to 3G connections very well.
Accept for the new enhanced HD option (requires your ISP to be in their CDN) the normal max bitrate is only about 1.5mbit.
It helps that her TV is only a 32", so its harder to tell, but when it first starts up its quite fuzzy, but clears up after.
That said, her ISP claims her connection is 1.5mbps. But she's seeing more like 3mbps.