My wife and I gave up TV and snagged one of the internet-only packages that our local ISP was running to try and compete with the expanding selection of other competitors. To my TV I have a DVI -> VGA (My spare card doesn't have HDMI out) for video output and a 3mm -> RCA converter for sound. Our "remove control" consists of a VNC server on the media system (a tower system with fairly low specs I assembled from spare parts) and a VNC program on one of our laptops (which we keep out anyways). It actually serves its purpose without needing to go out and buy hardware for a bluetooth remote or other comparable device.
We watch various shows (many of the networks will stream episodes of their bigger programs [ or new programs they're trying to get off the ground ] on the same night [perhaps with a slight delay from the actual air-time] ) via the airing networks' sites. There are often commercials (almost always the same 2 or 3 products/services) but all in all we spend less time watching commercials than what we did before and the programs are in great quality (a few - I've noticed - which aren't actually broadcast in HD seem to be higher quality on the web, but that may just be perception and bias playing in).
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My wife and I gave up TV and snagged one of the internet-only packages that our local ISP was running to try and compete with the expanding selection of other competitors. To my TV I have a DVI -> VGA (My spare card doesn't have HDMI out) for video output and a 3mm -> RCA converter for sound. Our "remove control" consists of a VNC server on the media system (a tower system with fairly low specs I assembled from spare parts) and a VNC program on one of our laptops (which we keep out anyways). It actually serves its purpose without needing to go out and buy hardware for a bluetooth remote or other comparable device. We watch various shows (many of the networks will stream episodes of their bigger programs [ or new programs they're trying to get off the ground ] on the same night [perhaps with a slight delay from the actual air-time] ) via the airing networks' sites. There are often commercials (almost always the same 2 or 3 products/services) but all in all we spend less time watching commercials than what we did before and the programs are in great quality (a few - I've noticed - which aren't actually broadcast in HD seem to be higher quality on the web, but that may just be perception and bias playing in).