XMBC does it work?

[M-technik-3]

I refuse to pay crazy prices for cable so heard about this and thinking of trying it.

[squidmaster]

Has nothing to do with cable.
It's just a media center front-end.

[M-technik-3]

But you can stream tv shows without having to have cable basically correct?

[squidmaster]

Only from available addons. Depends on what is available, unless you subscribe to paid channels like Netflix or hulu or mgo. Mostly all that's available are Chinese shows and anime.

[squidmaster]

It also has youtube. Seems like a lot is available there, but not cable esque.

[AndrewBird]

Something to consider with streaming, if you have a bandwidth cap on your internet, even if the streaming is free, you might end up paying a lot if you exceed your limit. Had that happen after watching a bunch of stuff with Amazon Prime. Went over by 20gb or so and my bill was almost double.

[squidmaster]

Something to consider with streaming, if you have a bandwidth cap on your internet, even if the streaming is free, you might end up paying a lot if you exceed your limit. Had that happen after watching a bunch of stuff with Amazon Prime. Went over by 20gb or so and my bill was almost double.

I forgot all about those horrid bandwidth caps. Luckily, I am unaffected by that craziness. I have over 100GB download and over 200GB upload so far this month alone and I barely use netflix.

[AndrewBird]

Yeah, my cap is 125GB a month combined up and down. What's the point of having a smart TV if I can't even use it?

[TexasTerp]

you can use XBMC to download torrents automatically to your hard drive. Not exactly a "legal" route but it's available.