How To Stream Media/Internet on Your TV – For Free! You can find part #1 here.! Last article we went over how to get home phone service for practically free by using Ooma, and this time around we’re tackling the heated Cable/TV part of the telecom trifecta. And just like with our home phone line, I unfortunately screwed myself multiple ways in this department too – one of which out of frugality itself!(See that big honkin’ TV up there? That’s ours. It’s large, paid off, 1.

My newest book, The Inevitable, reached the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. This June (2017) it will be released in paperback. This book is about the deep. Get the latest slate of VH1 Shows! Visit VH1.com to get the latest full episodes, bonus clips, cast interviews, and exclusive videos. VT River Report, May 18th, 2017. Great trip with Frank from Buffalo yesterday! The trip was a Christmas gift from his daughter Liza and he mentioned a few times what. TV Series Gotham season 3 Download at High Speed! Full Show episodes get FREE in.mp4 HD 720p. 10 Best TV Shows and Movies to Stream in November. From the return of "Gilmore Girls' to the 'Citizen Kane' of Vegas stripper movies, here's what you'll be watching.

Except when it’s not and your hacking attempts go to $hit. We still want all three parts in our lives (notice the “want” there and not “need” – except for the internet), we just know there are cheaper ways to go about it if you harness creativity and newfangled technology.

So just like with our cell phones last month, and car insurance and home phone service this month, we set out to tackle the TV portion of this outrageous bill all in the spirit of challenging everything. And why do we still want cable TV? Well, I’ll let my wife answer that part: “Do you know what it’s like to grow up as a kid without cable? You can’t take it away from me now that I have it – I love it! And you can tell your blogging friends that too.”That’s reason #1 : ) Obviously outside of my control, unless I fancy myself a divorce.

Near Lumber City, an unusual example of Georgia’s ecology and geology has been purchased by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR), with assistance from.

Reason #2 is that I too enjoy a handful of the offerings TV and premium channels serve up. I can live without them no doubt about it, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t enjoy my reality shows and HBO/Showtimes to catch some of my favorite series. Shows like Game of Thrones, Homeland, True Detective, The Leftovers, and more recently Ray Donovan. My wife calls him my current man crush, and I wouldn’t totally disagree with her – Liev Schreiber is a bad ass now! Watch Source Code HD 1080P. Like the complete opposite of Cotton Weary from back in the old Scream days, haha. I get the appeal of watching it on your laptop, but after 1. I want do when unwinding.

The second step – call up Verizon and simply ask them to cut channels out and lower our bill (Hah! As if it were that easy). We figured if we could find a way to substitute our shows/movies over time by using the internet instead of Verizon, we’d save a nice stash of cash like many of you are already doing and have the best of both worlds going on. Then, maybe, just maybe, my wife would be singing a new tune with those dollars in her pockets? How to stream internet to your TV, way #1.

Get the latest music news, watch video clips from music shows, events, and exclusive performances from your favorite artists. Discover new music on MTV. Latest Stories. Game of Thrones' Final Season Might Not Air Until 2019 This is a bummer; Cancer-Free Kassie DePaiva Will Be Returning to Days of Our Lives DePaiva.

So off I went. There was Roku, Sungale, Apple TV, Amazon Fire and a ton more which I eventually got inundated with until I noticed that many Blu- ray DVD players now come with built- in wifi? Who knew?! I had never heard of this as we never watch DVDs, but if you can stream the internet on it at the same time while saving that money I was ’bout it ’bout it.

Watch full episodes and exclusive show highlights from your favorite Spike shows.

And since I thought you needed a DVD player to watch Netflix, it killed two birds with one stone. Oops.)So I looked around and landed on the highly rated Sony BDP- S5. D Blu- ray that had built in Wi- Fi for $8. That was mistake #2.

Not because it’s a bad product or anything (the reviews are great!), but because IT DIDN’T WORK WITH OUR TV! I just assumed it would because why wouldn’t it, right? Here’s our TV again in case you mysteriously missed it the first time: It’s large as $hit (6. HDTV surprisingly enough, but it never occurred to me that it had long met it’s prime w/ technology. I of course knew it was ancient, but who looks at the  ports in the back when buying this stuff?

How would I know it didn’t have the much- required HDMI hookup that’s apparently quite important with streaming and internet badassity? I never thought twice, and because so paid a hefty penalty in both time and money w/ this lame hacking attempt of mine. Then there was mistake #3: waiting two months to open it up and try connecting everything. Meaning, I didn’t realize it wasn’t compatible until it was way too late to return it, thereby losing a cool $8. Moving in the opposite direction here! But wait for mistakes #4, #5, #6, and #7 first: I thought I could outwhit myself and find a way to jigger around different cords and contraptions to see if that would save this debacle.

So first bought a coaxial cable to see if that would do the trick (the Blu- ray and my TV both had slots for it) but of course that didn’t work – you need HDMI! Then I picked up an HDMI cord (getting closer) and tried plugging that into the DVD player which also connected the cable box, which then connected to the TV. That’s gotta work right? Nope. I should have stopped there and ate the loss, but unfortunately I went on. Exactly what I needed! So I tried my hand at that dropping another $2.

Mini HDMI to 3. RCA Composite AV Converter – along with the appropriate cables (another $5), and off I went to convert. That didn’t work either. Though, I did muster up some resemblance of a conversion as I could at least then program the DVD player into the TV screen, however it was all pretty blurry and I managed to shrink the viewing size of the TV in half too. Damn. At the end of the day month, I was out another $5. So if anybody needs any.

Similar to gambling when you keep waiting for that next big chance to recoup your losses! This brings us to (the cheapest) way to stream stuff to your TV : )The kind folks at Republic Wireless mentioned they were having a deal going on where all new purchasers of their phones/service would be getting a free Google Chromecast thingamajig, and they asked if I wanted to try one out and then do a giveaway (Unfortunately the offer is now over BUT they say it’ll probably happen again – so watch for it : )). At first I didn’t know what the hell it was, so I Googled it and found this: “Chromecast is a thumb- sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Simply use an Android phone, tablet, i.

Phone. Send me one to test and then I’ll give one away too!”But I quickly notice the “plugs into the HDMI port” part again, ugh! Why can’t I just be like everyone else and splurge on a huge (new) flat screen??

It would solve all my problems!!! It then occurred to me that – crap! I actually HAD a newer TV I picked up while pimping out my blogger lair a few years back! Maybe I could try that?? It’s 1/1. 0th of the size, but hell – I might actually be able to pull something off for once!

I ran upstairs to our master bedroom where it sits all alone waiting for action (we never use it), plugged it in to that sexy HDMI port that I’d never had the pleasure of seeing before, downloaded the app onto my smartphone (Android Moto X) And BAM! Watch Mile High Season 1. I was watching episode after episode of Elmo’s World with my baby boy in no time.

Best feeling EVER. I had the internet in the palm of my hand/TV, baby! It only costs $3. A one- time purchase for forever streaming of internet/tv/media etc on your TV w/out any monthly fees – huzzah! And you can pick it up in all sorts of stores including directly from Google, and of course The Amazon. Where it’s been reviewed over 2. Here’s more about Google Chromecast: Supports Netflix, You.

Tube, HBO GO, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Plex, MLB. TV, ESPN, Crunchyroll, MLS, Crackle, Rdio, Vevo, Flixster and Google Play Movies and Music mobile apps as well as select content through Chrome browser, works with recommended modem. Box includes Chromecast, HDMI extender, USB power cable, and power adapter.

No remote needed. Chromecast works with devices you already own, including Android tablets and smartphones, i. Phones, i. Pads, Chrome for Mac, and Chrome for Windows. Easy setup: Plug into any HDTV and connect to your home Wi. Fi network. Works with Android, i.

OS, Chrome for Mac, and Chrome for Windows. Stream online video, music to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop; Available for Windows computers running Windows 7 or higher. That was my favorite part: Using your cell phone as a remote : )So, where does this leave us within the TV money saving world?