Build your own HTPC with hdmi, add a tv tuner+mce remote, dvd or blu-ray player, wireless keyboard and Windows 7. Ditch Cable/Satellite. Add Netflix ($9/mo). This gives you a browser, OTA tv, streaming movies via Netflix or HULU. I spent $400 on mine which was the equivalent of 5 months of Comcast SD. But you get so much more than Comcast could ever provide (unless you require sports). I do have a 12mb FTTN connection, doubt it would work that well w/o at least 7. Netflix would likely downgrade your streaming video quality.
What I will miss is Le Tour. Though I can buy the DVD in a nicely edited 13 hour package for $90 and flip it on Ebay after I tire of it.
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Build your own HTPC with hdmi, add a tv tuner+mce remote, dvd or blu-ray player, wireless keyboard and Windows 7. Ditch Cable/Satellite. Add Netflix ($9/mo). This gives you a browser, OTA tv, streaming movies via Netflix or HULU. I spent $400 on mine which was the equivalent of 5 months of Comcast SD. But you get so much more than Comcast could ever provide (unless you require sports). I do have a 12mb FTTN connection, doubt it would work that well w/o at least 7. Netflix would likely downgrade your streaming video quality. What I will miss is Le Tour. Though I can buy the DVD in a nicely edited 13 hour package for $90 and flip it on Ebay after I tire of it.