By Young Lindsay


Examine your current television usage and if you find that you are paying a lot of money for cable but you are hardly using it, then it is time to make the cut. Not only will this save you a lot of time that would have been spent surfing through countless channels, but you will also minimize your household costs. However, this doesn't mean that you do not get to watch television at all, you can take advantage of free TV.

Make a list of all the shows that you and your family members like to watch and check if they are available online. More and more producers are choosing to stream their shows on their websites or on certain websites that specialize in offering this service. You can choose to buy an episode of the show or the whole season of the show. If the show is not available online, you can choose to wait a little bit longer and it may be available online after some time.

The other choice that you have is to get an indoor aerial and set it up on top of the television. This will help to boot the reception of the signal and result in your channels being clear, for enhanced viewing. If you have poor reception, set up an outdoor aerial too and connect it with the aerial you have indoors you will receive better quality signal.

You can go for Internet television. Check if your computer is set up to enable it to receive live streaming from the Internet. You can then check out websites that allow you to watch programs and movies. This is a good idea, especially if you have teenagers at home. They will have ready access to programs and movies any time they want to watch something on television.

Find out from your friends and colleagues what they are currently watching after they disconnected their cable. This will give you a starting point of the various options that you can explore. You will also be able to know the best devices to use, so as to get the best programming. You don't have to settle for the first option that you go for. You can try out different options and find out which one works best for you.

If you would rather watch programs from your television set rather than from your computer, then find out if your computer can be connected to your television. This will work for more recent televisions models. This will allow for more comfortable viewing, especially if a large number of people will be viewing the show or movie.

When it comes to free online programming, the catch is that you can mainly watch them on your laptop or computer. It will be hard to stream shows on your tablet or other electronic devices. You can buy set boxes and use wi fi to connect to the Internet and stream programs to your computer.

Consider the option of borrowing movies from people you know. You can also register in a local library near you and become a regular customer. Borrowing is a much cheaper option to buying movies. You can also organize with your friends to buy different movies and then swap them after everyone has watched what they currently have.




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