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Old 03-24-2014, 08:47 PM
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We've been whittling down our Cable TV bill over the last 5 years a little at a time, dropping services and replacing them with Netflix and TIVO (DVR). We are down to Standard cable (70 channels)... most of which we do not watch.

I am dropping cable TV altogether this summer along with our TIVO contract. I will use Windows 7 with Media Center as a free DVR and Over the Air Transmission (OTA) for the major networks.

BTW Windows Media Center is a great DVR!

Netflix streaming + Netflix DVD + Amazon Instant (The Pay per View for certain movies and TV shows) + OTA/DVR TV

We will try it for a year and see how it goes. We will save a little money, but Comcast will probably just cap internet usage bytes and get those dollars back.
Thanks for the idea of using Windows 7 media center as a DVR. Not technologically savvy, but I'll check it out and if I have questions, perhaps I may PM you?