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Another thing I'd note is that a VPN at $5/mo gets you access to foreign streaming that is otherwise georestricted.

For example, many of the sports I want to watch are on Eurosport's internet Player in the UK and also streamed by other European broadcasters, but these streams are not available in the US. A $5/mo VPN, a $10/mo subscription to Eurosport Player, and a bunch of other broadcasters bookmarked gets me access to that stuff. I use this for bike racing, European Rally Championships, ski racing, and it is all on-demand as well as live. BBC streams some F1 races. Sky Sports has F1 and other sports (soccer etc), but that subscription is spendy, about $45/mo in USD, and I don't care quite enough about F1 nowadays. My wife watches some BBC series on Netflix where the current season is only available if we use a UK server, with the VPN that is a click away.

The other thing is that it is not necessary to pay for faster Internet service merely to watch streaming video.

Finally, if you plug your computer into one of your TV's HDMI inputs, you'll be able to watch on the big screen.