Comments on: Craptastic

By: T-Rave

T-Rave — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:13:42 +0000

Yeah it’s tough when it comes to this kinda stuff. I got rid of Satellite a year ago and have managed to be satisfied without the 60+ bill. I hit Hulu for most my stuff. I know Netflix has a few series that they have kept up on for streaming. CBS, however, is one that is really not embracing it like they should. One episode up at a time? Give me a break. I did resort to torrents on a few shows, and guess what network they are from? CBS, How I met Your Mother.
I would say fill your geek needs with a PC PVR but if you aren’t getting good signal then that doesn’t help all that much. Comcast, eh, I wouldn’t.
You should try seeing what you can get from streaming and then see if you can’t torrent the rest, if you are comfortable with that. Then buy a small box to play them to the tv.
Maybe try the Roku XR box and do Amazon VOD. May get a little pricey if you can’t get other streaming sources. The XR has a mysterious USB on it that may allow a usb drive with videos to be played with it
Now I am getting depressed thinking of all this. You’re right, we are almost in 2010 and the technology is there, give it to us simply!

By: John

John — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:03:33 +0000

We have been held hostage by Time Warner for a while. Queentuffy would like to switch to AT&T Uverse. I’m hesitant as usual. I miss SureWest.

By: logtar

logtar — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:32:20 +0000

I know D, if I really want to set up a dish I would. But where the condo is positioned there is really no good place to place the dish. I had a dish in an apartment complex before and put it on a cement filled bucket of my own construction. Besides it being a pain in the winter if it moved it worked fairly well. I guess I am just spoiled from having choices and now having to be tied up to either getting comcast or not being able to watch shows live.

By: Barb

Barb — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:03:43 +0000

*sigh* Yeah, we’re stuck with Craptastic ourselves. Fortunately, our Internet is really fast and we have WiFi. We got the DVR and only have 1 TV.

However, pretty much all the Blockbusters around us have closed and On Demand sucks as far as selections go. We had trouble with CBS ’til we finally got cable, but from time to time it’s wonky but doesn’t freeze like before. The one good thing on On Demand is that most of our shows are on CBS and they offer them for free with just a few commercials for other CBS shows.

We live in an apartment building and although some of our neighbors have put up dishes for Direct TV or Dish Network or whatever, we have no plans to stay here long enough to be worth it.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:58:35 +0000

Is The Big Bang Theory on Hulu? I would rather go to bars or watch on my computer than get Comcast.

By: The D

The D — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:23:15 +0000

Heroes is on NBC.

Federal Law prohibits owners from banning you from putting up satellite dishes. It’s 100% legal for you to put up a satellite dish, as long as you are NOT damaging the property. They can’t tell you not too. You can find a copy of the law at Directv.com or I’ll get you a copy tonight.

I’ll tell you how I did it when I lived in St. Louis.

This kind of stuff is a huge pet peeve of mine. I check this kind of stuff out before I ask how the price.