How to watch T.V without cable

About a year ago we moved into this new house (duplex.) We were hit hard as far as gas,electric and bills were concerned. After much struggling and owing Comcast over 500 bucks we decided to cut cable and phone and only keep our high speed internet. We now use 3 programs to keep us constantly covered as far as television goes.

 1. Netflix:
        We love Netflix. I have several sites that monitor potential releases of popular movies and shows, kids shows, documentaries etc so we can watch them as they come out. Our queue is over 250 items long, and we keep adding every time something new comes out. It is very good for kids, lots of educational shows, shows we watched as kids too. They`ve began to add some Disney movies too lately. To be honest we don`t miss the commercials. We also surprisingly don`t miss the dvd portion of Netflix either.

2. Hulu Plus: 
      We started with the free trial of Hulu Plus maybe 3-4 months after we cut cable, just to see how it was different. While the layout and movement is a big annoying, there is a bigger variety of Anime`s on Hulu, as well as current television shows and episodes. The movie section is lacking, though. We don`t mind that so much. We ended up keeping Hulu on and I manage it accordingly, making sure we don`t have the same shows on both.

3. Amazon Instant:
    Tony got a bit obsessed with Amazon this year, and we have ordered some stuff from it for way cheaper than we would have gotten it at the store. He signed up for Prime, which gave us a year of free Amazon Instant, and so far we like it. It is good for movies mainly, but does have some shows that we haven`t found on either Netflix or Hulu Plus such as Dr.Who and Stripperella.

While we do hope other channels come out with affordable apps/programs such as these soon, we haven`t even invested in an antenna because we just don`t miss live television at all. Try it for yourself, we are saving over 100$ a month including the fact that we upped our internet speeds to 50mbps and pay 8$ a month for Netflix and HuluPlus. It really does add up. Also we anticipate that it will save more when Drake gets older because we don`t have commercials trying to sell him stuff :)

We enjoy these programs on our Smart tv and Roku box, as well as the xbox and the netgear box. the whole house is connected with our very worth it Netgear wireless router.

     
 

Anime

I am a great fan of Anime, but I am picky when it comes to watching it. I enjoy the drawing styles and feminization of male characters. I also enjoy strong characters and shows that actually move me. Like most children`s cartoons I have a hard time getting into, even those that have plot. There are a few that have caught my attention such as One Piece and The Amazing World Of Gumball, that last one mainly because of the stuff in it that children wouldn`t understand that crack me up. Also Billy and Mandy from cartoon network.

a few of my all time favorites, meaning I have finished them and actually wished there were more, include:

Wolfs Rain

Trigun 

Fruits Basket

Chobits

Elfen Lied

Witch blade

Full metal Alchemis

Hell Girl

Samurai Champloo

Burst Angel

Queens Blade

Angelic Layer

Cowboy Bebop

Soul Eater

Speed Grapher
Black Butler

Will update the list as I finish each series. The links to purchase them from amazon are on my store widget at the bottom of the page :)