We don't have u-verse in my area otherwise it would be a no brainer. I've been waiting for it for a long time.

I dumped my U-verse TV over a year ago and couldn't be happier! Between Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon for VOD I miss nothing I want to watch. Granted these days there isn't much I really want to watch but The Office stillkeeps my attention and I am starting to really like Parks and Recreation. My bill dropped from $120 per month down to 29.95 per month.

I am using a home theater PC that is running Windows Media Center as well as Boxee and Hulu's desktop app. I really like this setup.

Good luck on your switch!
Michael

ESPN3 mostly. Or ABC/CBS/... if it's broadcast. If it's being shown on something I really can't get I'll go somewhere, usually with other people I know. Beats hanging out alone with the game on.

Have appleTV and have been thinking of moving to Roku to use amazon streaming with prime membership. AppleTV is very limited. Unless you jailbreak, you have to rent everything from apple.

FYI, the Wii is a lousy streaming device. We tested all of our streaming capable devices and the Wii had the worst picture. Others were, xbox360=fair, samsung blueray= good, appleTV=best. The user interface varies between each also. If you do alot of streaming, and want a HD picture, it would be worth picking up an apple TV.

Jailbreaking opens up a lot of options but I find ATV's selection to be quite good actually.

You can purchase most of the TV programs so you actually own the content. Most movies you can only rent, which bites a little, but then again how often do you watch the same movie (and if you do, why not just go buy the DVD for 10 bucks)?

Also, it is important to note that the AppleTV2 is only 720p.

If you choose to jailbreak it, you can stream from Amazon with an AppleTV2.

True, if such things matter to you.

I rented Star Trek in HD last night and it looks spectacular. Honestly I didn't notice the difference between that and the supposedly 1080 HD that I used to get before cutting the cord. Yes, there's probably a difference but it isn't significant enough for me to really care.

I also have an HD output to my PC (and to my laptop) that I can plug into and pipe 1080 MP4s and other stuff I have. Works really nice. ;)

Been a while since I looked at JB capabilities on the ATV2. Google turns up a bunch of info. Before I start digging, which JB did you use? What software are you using to stream Amazon?

Thx.

How much video memory would be required to store all the important tv moments I've missed in the last 40 years? And does anyone have a copy to share?
Jim

To follow up:

I got this to work, but the results are underwhelming.

I JB the aTV and installed XMBC. This allows me to use Playon to stream amazon movies to the aTV from my PC. The problem is in picture quality. HD streams look bad, just like using a Wii for netflix. The user interface for navigating the movie selection is also weak.

A funny sidenote, I can access the Playon streams from my directv box and the picture is better than the aTV. The user interface is worse though.

Still not ready for primetime.....

We get ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS and FOX on our old antenna. Cable is not available in our rural area. Works out fine for us. If I had cable, I would waste even more of my shop project time by watching dicovery and History channels instead of building/restoring stuff.

If I had your shop, I wouldn't need a TV!:D