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Watching TV Over the ‘Net
I’ve recently moved. I got broadband internet setup as quickly as possible. However, I turned down various offers of cable programming.
Why? Because 1) I hate commercials, 2) theretoo much junk just on TV, and 3) you can get a lot of good stuff (legally) over the internet.
Here is my current selection of good online programming that I watch regularly:
I’ll add more as I come across and use them. For example, I hear that ABC has a streaming service for episodes of Lost (though I haven’t tried it yet)
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10:10 pm on June 27th, 2006
I don’t know how you feel about “non-official” downloads but bit-torrent is a pretty good way to watch TV. I can subscribe to an rss feed of a show I want and my uTorrent can fetch me fresh episodes with one click.
4:46 am on June 28th, 2006
Ah, the controversial bit-torrent. A friend mentioned that he believes that using bit-torrrent to download television shows is acceptable since its similar to the idea that it was already broadcast over the air and some one could have recorded the episode on a video cassette and given it to you. Bit-torrent just makes the distribution a bit easier. That’s an interesting take on it.
12:40 pm on July 5th, 2006
Good on ya for not getting cable. We don’t have it either and don’t missit.
Unfortunately and unexpectedly, ABC pulled down their free episodes:
http://abc.go.com/fes/index.html
Now all you get to see is a pulsating pause symbol. Lame-o.
Fortunately, Rocky and Bullwinkle is still free, and you can always watch Charlie Rose interviews.
Now that I bought a iPod shuffle I listen to a lot of podcasts as well — NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me is one I listen to every week. Also the Cricket and Seagull podcast by Steven Kapp Perry (son of Janice) is great for LDS listeners. A fun way to keep up your Spanish speaking skills is Notes From Spain, a weekly conversation between a husband (from England) and wife (from Spain).