The Demise Of Cable TV

Each and every month we routinely send in our cable or satellite TV payments. It's important that we do that or we would lose our primary our news, education and entertainment.

But things are changing. The internet is assuming the role of cable company or satellite company in large measure. And the way things are going it won't be long before internet broadcast TV reaches its critical mass and everyone from your techno geek to your grandmother will be watching TV via the internet.

But for now there are choices to be made. There are completely free ways to watch TV on the web. You can do that through several well knowns web sites. In case you don't know about them, they are hulu and veoh among others.

Give them a try. You will see what internet TV is really all about, because you will find a sharp, clear picture and no problems in reception.

Hint. If you do have a reception problem, in that the picture pauses while the streaming data "catches up" with the playing of the program, then you need to upgrade your equipment.

The first place to look is your internet connection itself. If you're on dial up, it's probably not going to work. Even if you're on DSL and the picture pauses, then your connection is too slow. An up to date high speed connection is what you're looking for. Take a speed test. You should be above 1.5 Mbps for satisfactory reception.

Next, check your router. If it's a "G" level or lower, it's probably too slow. Upgrade to an "N" level. It's only a few bucks more. Then you're on your way to good reception.