Reid Kistler
10-28-2010, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://lifehacker.com/5667680/ditching-cable-for-the-web-how-much-can-you-save-buying-renting-or-streaming-tv?utm_source=Lifehacker+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9225e6aeee-UA-142218-1&utm_medium=email' target='_blank'>http://lifehacker.com/5667680/ditch...tm_medium=email</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Ever wonder if, for just your favorite shows, it might be smarter to get an iTunes or Amazon season pass? Pondering which shows you'd have to give up if you canceled cable? We compiled a big chart of answers for you.... The choosing was totally subjective, although we tried to keep an open mind about popular taste. We included online alternatives including Amazon Video on Demand, iTunes, Hulu and its $9.99/month Hulu Plus service, Netflix (in streaming form only), and network sites often accessible through a site like Clicker.com (and its neat apps on platforms like Boxee)."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1288222081.usr19541.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>If you are thinking about dropping your "Cable TV" service - whether delivered via traditional cable, satellite or fiber - Lifehacker has published a useful chart that lists a fair number of popular television series and whether they can be obtained from various alternative delivery services, and at what cost. This is a popular idea right now, especially with the introduction of <a href="http://www.digitalhomethoughts.com/news/show/100919/tv-networks-block-google-tv-from-accessing-their-content.html" target="_blank">Google TV</a> (which is not included in the Lifehacker article) and Sony's Internet TV models. One of the our local newspapers even ran an article this week entitled <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20101026/NEWS09/10260312/1011/Is-this-the-end-of-cable" target="_blank">"Is This the End of Cable?"</a> which provides brief overviews of several "set-top boxes" and the networks they provide access to. Have you tried ditching your cable TV service? And, if so, how well has the experiment worked?</p>