Five Months Without Cable: A Video on the Net Roundup

As long time readers know, I have been without cable TV for about five months now. Wow, I can’t even believe it has been that long. I thought it had been a couple months at most but, thanks to my blog archive, I know it was mid-August when I dropped cable TV. Apparently I haven’t missed having cable too much which is not surprising considering how busy I am and the fact that we did install the old bunny ears to get the standard local channels but I think a lot of what has made the past five months without cable so great is the proliferation of video on the net.

A month or so after I cancelled cable some major networks got into video on the net in a major way. There are also a lot of independent players that are producing incredible content. Here is an outline of the services/sites I have been using to get my media fix over the last few months.

Major Networks:

(check Eric’s full video review for the full network details)

• ABC
• Fox
• The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim
• Sports
• ESPN
• Other Channels
• The Independents

Conclusion:

I have really enjoyed trying all the new video on the net offerings and learning about new independent content. I urge all of you to start checking out video on the net. It is in the early days still but it is definitely the future.

You can also rent TV shows on DVD from Netflix with all of the money you’d be saving from cable. I actually watched seasons 1 -3 (the whole run) of Arrested Development over the past month or so and I am glad I did (thanks Rick!). It is a great show (actually – it is probably the best TV show I have seen in a long time and definitely the best sitcom I have ever seen) and I may never have had the time/found it if I still had cable to turn to. Make sure to let me know what you like to watch on the net. I am always up for some new stuff!

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