I second Al Jazeera; its along the lines of BBC. That and NY1 filled my news needs when I was in NYC.
As has been mentioned, we use browser for Netflix and any number of other websites streaming content.
I get a couple dozen free TV stations from ComCast (W Hartford, CT and TWC when in NYC before this); YMMV. Subscribe to their broadband, split the cable, plug one end into the bridge and the other into the TV. I don't get Al Jazeera here in Hartford, but did in Astoria, Queens. I do get Ion, two series of PBS (24.1-5 and 57.1-5), amongst others.
We use Netflix every day, as well, for both daughter and adult programming via a browser. MANY documentaries and movies. Amazon gets daughter her Team UmiZoomi, also via browser. Free membership to ESPN's online club gets me ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3, again via browser. Watched ITALY-ENGLAND the other day, but there are also other sports of course.
Of course, its a bit more complicated than just having cable, but its a ton cheaper as well. We've not paid for cable in a couple years and I have all the programming, and more, that we need.
We stream thru a DVD-less Mac Mini, but you can get a small Windows or Linux box to do that. We rip our DVDs (which also works when travelling with our tablet), or with Mac OS you can share DVD player from another computer on the network.
Brave new world; check it out. You can always go back if it doesn't work for you.
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I second Al Jazeera; its along the lines of BBC. That and NY1 filled my news needs when I was in NYC. As has been mentioned, we use browser for Netflix and any number of other websites streaming content. I get a couple dozen free TV stations from ComCast (W Hartford, CT and TWC when in NYC before this); YMMV. Subscribe to their broadband, split the cable, plug one end into the bridge and the other into the TV. I don't get Al Jazeera here in Hartford, but did in Astoria, Queens. I do get Ion, two series of PBS (24.1-5 and 57.1-5), amongst others. We use Netflix every day, as well, for both daughter and adult programming via a browser. MANY documentaries and movies. Amazon gets daughter her Team UmiZoomi, also via browser. Free membership to ESPN's online club gets me ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3, again via browser. Watched ITALY-ENGLAND the other day, but there are also other sports of course. Of course, its a bit more complicated than just having cable, but its a ton cheaper as well. We've not paid for cable in a couple years and I have all the programming, and more, that we need. We stream thru a DVD-less Mac Mini, but you can get a small Windows or Linux box to do that. We rip our DVDs (which also works when travelling with our tablet), or with Mac OS you can share DVD player from another computer on the network. Brave new world; check it out. You can always go back if it doesn't work for you.