I’ve been seeing more and more about these devices that connect the Internet to your TV [directly]. The network connection [RJ45]  will plug directly in to your TV [newer LED/OLED] and will allow you to surf the web and watch video, listen to music and so on.

It’s becoming obvious very fast [that’s how technology works] that networks like ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX [and so on…] are not going to be so dominate in the future.

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Have you really stopped to look at your cable bill lately?

It’s hard enough when money is tight, but have the cable companies constantly raising their rates faster than inflation is just something that isn’t right.

It’s been reported in study after study after study; NO ONE watches 900 channels of anything. They watch a max of around 25 different channels and with just about every person and their brother offering VOD [video on demand] I’ve yet to understand why if I want to watch a show from the discovery channel I’ve to buy a package with 15 more channel of crap I don’t want.

Honestly, who wants to watch Spanish underwater basket weaving in French as an info-mercial? Not me.

So here’s a few things I found.

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High-definition television absolutely provides a better picture for your viewing pleasure, but throughout the stages of television’s life itself each step has been state-of-the-art at its time.

When television first came out it was black-and-white and then they progressed onto color broadcasts. The invention of being able to record broadcasts from your home was extremely expensive; some of the first VCRs were $800.

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Time Warner Cable is agreeably the worst Internet provider right now. They’re practicing old dial-up and metering services for Internet service. In the locations where TWC is ‘beta testing’ this new method of billing customer’s they have this online metering service that informs the customer how much surfing they have left before they start using their service.

By the way, you’ve to use your bandwidth to check your bandwidth, to see if you’re over your bandwidth limit. It’s like banks charging a NSF fee when they know you don’t have any money.

Now when your installed the tech says you’ll get a automated email to sign up; Don’t. Matter of fact, don’t even use their email.

Apparently, if you don’t sign up for the monitoring service, the boys at Time Warner Cable won’t know to bill you.

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