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Why This Blog?

February 8, 2010 Site Announcements 2 Comments

My husband Mark started this blog to share our experience with ditching the cable and dish TV company’s in favour of free or almost free TV.  I have to say I was pretty doubtful at first about what this would be like.  I should first explain that I am not a tech nerd.  I am an educated mom, so I have a few clues but I am just not interested in all the techno stuff.  I ‘glaze over’ pretty quickly!  All I want is to push a few buttons and a DVD plays or I access some online TV content that is easy to find and reliable! … Continue Reading

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Cut the Cable TV on its Way

December 2, 2009 Site Announcements No Comments

Tired of spending more than $100 a month on TV channels you never watch? It is time to Cut the Cable and Ditch the Dish. Cut the Cable TV is dedicated to showing you how find great content including TV shows to watch on your computer or TV. From AppleTV through Hulu to Roku and from a the smallest laptop to biggest of big screen TV we’ll show you what you need, how to set it up and what it will cost you. We’ll also tell you what it is like to live with an Internet only TV solution day to day. We’ve already done it and we plan to show you how to Cut the Cable!!


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Apple TV

29 Jun 2010

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The Apple TV is a great way to get media content from the internet to your wide screen TV. Here is the low down on how it works!

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Netflix and the Roku Box Part 3

17 Jun 2010

Netflix started out as a home delivery DVD service but these days we use it mostly for Internet streaming. For as little as $8.99 a month you can access a catalogue of movies and TV shows and stream them to your PC. The Roku box is a very convenient way to take that same content and stream it to your TV.

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Turn Your PC into a TV with Boxee

14 Jun 2010

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Its all very well watching videos on the web from your PC but what you really want is something that transforms your computer into a TV like experience right?. Enter the free Boxee software that does just this for you on your Windows, Mac or Linux PC. Boxee is a powerful but easy to use solution for aggregating all the content you might want to see and delivering it to you with a TV like …

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Netflix and the Roku Box Part 2

9 Jun 2010

Netflix started out as home delivery DVD service but these days we use it mostly for Internet streaming. For as little as $8.99 a month you can access a catalogue of movies and TV shows and stream them to your PC. The Roku box is a very convenient way to take that same content and stream it to your TV.

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Launching Hulu Desktop from Front Row

1 Jun 2010

If you use a Mac, you’ll likely know about Front Row, the included Media Center interface built into Apple’s OS X software. It is a very elegant and easy way to access your media content on your computer. That’s nice, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could access Hulu’s free television over the internet from that very same pretty interface? With a free Front Row plugin you can. Read on to find out how.

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Netflix and the Roku Box Part 1

19 May 2010

Netflix started out as home delivery DVD service but these days we use it mostly for the free Internet streaming. For as little as $8.99 a month you can access a catalogue of x movies and TV shows and stream them to your PC. The Roku box is a very convenient way to take that same content and stream it to your TV.

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Hulu is Even Better with Hulu Desktop

18 May 2010

About 3 million Americans visit Hulu.com every day to watch their favorite TV episodes for free over the internet with just a browser. As convenient as this is, Hulu has made available a free application for Windows, Mac and Linux that brings all the content from the website packaged up in a gorgeous dedicated application that turns your computer into a mediacenter.

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