[TriLUG] cut the TV cable

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

I cut my satellite dish.  used to be a big sports fan, etc.  between the 
amount of time I was spending on it (4 hours a night) and the amount of 
commercials I was watching in that time (easily 50% on DirecTV), I'm not 
convinced I lost much.

With the money I saved, I definitely didn't lose much.

We still have the TV, and sometimes watch movies, but more often it's 
books or surfing the 'net.

The longer I'm away from it, the less I miss it, and not having to bother 
with maintaining a media system simplifies my life.

FWIW.

William Sutton

On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, C TC via TriLUG wrote:

> That you acquired through piracy. :)
>
> LOL!
>
> With Kodi, you can choose to install/enable/disable any plugins
> that are ... let's say, "borderline(?)".  You can also enable DVR
> functionality to either a local drive, or NAS.
>
> The small TV Boxes have most options pretty much dialed
> out of the box. Mine has optical & 3.5mm audio out, which
> I had to have (optical) for my receiver. File sharing and
> sync are easy to setup. Having a processor that handles
> streaming large files was a must, and it plays everything
> I've thrown at it ... keeping in mind that I do not have 4K (yet).
>
> I know I'll get blasted for it; but I've borrowed & tested
> the Pipo Window$ box, and it's not bad. Should you want
> to go that route.
>
> As soon as my Direct TV deal is over, I'll move to the
> TV boxes and subscribe to our favorite channels/streaming
> services. I'm a huge MLB fan, and keeping my fingers
> crossed that their streaming service gets better this year.
>
> One suggestion I'd make is to browse the Freaktab.com forum.
> Weird name, great site though. I went through multiple TV dongle
> devices until settling on the box version. This site made the difference.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 9:13 AM, John Broome via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG <
>> trilug at trilug.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Kodi is not for piracy; it is a great Media Center for streaming your
>> media
>> > from your home NAS.
>> >
>>
>>
>> That you acquired through piracy. :)
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