Streaming that I do goes through my computors which are hooked to my HDTV. Just go to hulu.com and find an old show and start watching it. You can also watch it on comcast xfinity. There are allot of sites with streaming video. The only thing I hate is the bad ones have allot of buffering so I don't use them sites. You can also put a tv tuner card in your pc and watch them that way.
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Streaming that I do goes through my computors which are hooked to my HDTV. Just go to hulu.com and find an old show and start watching it. You can also watch it on comcast xfinity. There are allot of sites with streaming video. The only thing I hate is the bad ones have allot of buffering so I don't use them sites. You can also put a tv tuner card in your pc and watch them that way.
Or you can use an internet capable blue ray player or XBox. We have a Sony blue ray player that has an ethernet port
I hear ya on the China stuff.
I love my trackball. It is a Kensington "expert mouse". Unfortunately Kensington has quit updating drivers for it (on a Mac). So I've lost some functionality.
Hey Poppa D, a lot of the new tvs and blue-ray players have networking/streaming capability built-in. If you don't have a blue-ray player that would be the way to go. The last (second) one I bought was an LG branded one. Costs me less than $60 at BestBuy (I haggled a little on an opened boxed special). If someone were reading this thread shopping for a TV, I'd suggest they give the new LG TV's a hard look. I have a Vizio plasma and an LG. The LG is stunning and everyone who sees it just says "WOW". When my boss watch something on it, the next week he bought one.
A Netflix or "Hulu Plus" will change the way you watch TV. I worry about both though. Your internet provider (in my case, Comcast) is in competition with them on TV stuff. I fear when they feel threatened they will start throttling down the speed on these movie/TV providers. Certainly hasn't happened yet though.
Since I'm in a rambling mode...
I just thought about a film I recently watched on Netflix. It's called "Restrepo". It's not a Hollywood film. It's a documentary made by Nat Geo, with an odd name no one has heard of. One hell of a film. No matter your political persuasion or whatever, every American citizen should watch this (it's won all kinds of awards). I think I'll check out now and watch it again...
I love my trackball. It is a Kensington "expert mouse". Unfortunately Kensington has quit updating drivers for it (on a Mac). So I've lost some functionality.
Hey Poppa D, a lot of the new tvs and blue-ray players have networking/streaming capability built-in. If you don't have a blue-ray player that would be the way to go. The last (second) one I bought was an LG branded one. Costs me less than $60 at BestBuy (I haggled a little on an opened boxed special). If someone were reading this thread shopping for a TV, I'd suggest they give the new LG TV's a hard look. I have a Vizio plasma and an LG. The LG is stunning and everyone who sees it just says "WOW". When my boss watch something on it, the next week he bought one.
A Netflix or "Hulu Plus" will change the way you watch TV. I worry about both though. Your internet provider (in my case, Comcast) is in competition with them on TV stuff. I fear when they feel threatened they will start throttling down the speed on these movie/TV providers. Certainly hasn't happened yet though.
Since I'm in a rambling mode...
I just thought about a film I recently watched on Netflix. It's called "Restrepo". It's not a Hollywood film. It's a documentary made by Nat Geo, with an odd name no one has heard of. One hell of a film. No matter your political persuasion or whatever, every American citizen should watch this (it's won all kinds of awards). I think I'll check out now and watch it again...
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We bought our Panasonic 52" plasma about 3 years ago and it's not internet capable, but we knew when we were looking for blue ray players we wanted to be able to stream so that lead us to the Sony. At the time it was one of the only ones that had an ethernet port.
I found a site called Welcome to Tweak TV - TweakTV that had great info on getting the best picture out of your HDTV depending on your brand and we've been really happy with the plasma we bought.
I found a site called Welcome to Tweak TV - TweakTV that had great info on getting the best picture out of your HDTV depending on your brand and we've been really happy with the plasma we bought.
My hdtv is internet friendly but I don't watch that much TV anymore. Everything I do is computer based. I get all the movies I could possibly watch but if your into tv there's new tech out every day all most. The only TV I do is the science channel, Western channel or Nat Geo. I have 109 John Wayne Movies and another 200 and some other movies plus I'm downloading new ones all the time.
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The Roku is about the least expensive way Roku Streaming Player | Watch Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, and MLB.TV on Roku Player Great unit and good marks last time I checked from cnet.
The other option if you don't already have one, is a blue ray player. Most stream Ntflix, Vudu (my fav), Amazon, Pandora and Flickr/pacasa.
The other option if you don't already have one, is a blue ray player. Most stream Ntflix, Vudu (my fav), Amazon, Pandora and Flickr/pacasa.
That's exactly why I stopped using wireless mice and keyboards. The reaction times for gaming are inconsistent, and to be competitive you need consistency. Wireless is good for the casual user though. I currently use a Logitech G5 mouse (they don't make them anymore but you can still get them) and a simple Logitech backlit keyboard. I love the keyboard because the keys feel just like the keys on a quality laptop. Very little pressure is required to activate the keys. The mouse is great as well. Between the "on the fly" dpi switch and software, I can fine tune the mouse speed to perfection. I've been using both for a few years.
I'm with you. I don't watch much TV either. Most of my viewing is done online. Basically anything I want to watch can be found online, which is nice because I'm not fond of schedules. That and my memory sucks, due to a combination of age and medications. lol
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Bovinia, Here is the one I use for working on computers. Just plug it in and it self loads. IOGEAR Online Store - Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter
The things you can learn on an ecig site. Ok is everyone still holding stocks or are we dumping them?
I don't watch a lot of scheduled TV either. When I cuddle up on the couch with my fur boy the channel goes to Nat Geo or I stream something from Netflix. On Sunday evenings I usually entertain myself with Cops and the show that comes on after where arrestees are going through the booking process. Stupid people amuse the hell out of me and those 2 shows crack me up.
Besides, how can you not want to cuddle at the end of the day with this face?!
Besides, how can you not want to cuddle at the end of the day with this face?!
I can relate... 3 Xbox's, 1 nintendo DS (for the daughter) 1 nintendo 3ds (for the son) 2 PSP's (for the parents), 1 very old PS, 4 laptops and 3 Desktops!
Mod, do you find a use for the PS3 with the Xbox's in the house? The PS I have is the original one, but when Xbox came out it just collected dust! We used to have 4 xbox's but the husband sent mine to his bother after his brothers broke so they could keep playing Halo or COD, don't remember which game it was at the time!
So no walking around and shooting for you 5? That kind of eliminates all of the most popular shooter games out today.
Personally I do not like any of the new first person shooter games. The old school games were cool, but the new games like Halo, COD, Gears and the rest give me a headache and make me feel kind of sick. I think it may be the 360 degree views that you did not have in the good old days of Mario and Donkey Kong! When hubby starts playing COD, I usually go find something else to do. (I do like the lego games and some of the market arcade games though!)
This is the game I like. It's an old windows 98 game and I still play it all the time. I got a little PC with XP just for that game. It's only got 6 levels but I can blow up everything and run over guys and mash them. It's my frustration reliever.
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lol Not really, I love my 360. My gf uses the PS3 to stream Hulu because the menu's are easier for her to use. We mainly got it because it was on sale (plus it's an extra Blu Ray player) and there are few games for it that we like. Other than that it collects dust. The 360 and Xbox Live is just a better platform overall when it comes to multiplayer IMO. We also have a Wii that collects dust. lol I don't like the motion controllers much. It's nice once in while to play the classic Nintendo games though.
Xbox rules when it comes to on-line gaming. Until Sony can match that (and stay on-line without being hacked) I am not interested. I got my daughter a Wii a few years ago for Christmas, thought it would be nice to have a different console in the house (I too wanted to play the classic nintendo games) she kept it for a year and traded it in for a used Xbox. It seems some of the boys she likes (she is just hitting that age) were into COD, and she wanted to play with them. So now there is an Xbox is every room!
Sony does surprass everyone when it comes to handhelds though! That is until microsoft gets around to making one that will sync with your Xbox and have the same great multi player functions!
Gaming has come a long way since I got my first Atari and played pong and Donkey Kong!
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Nothing like blowing things up to relieve a little fustration. For me it is Zuma on the Xbox! Or cuddling with my puppies.
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