First of all, and right out of the gate, lets start with the simple and straight forward things, you can start with actually no new equipment whatsoever! Yep, you most likely have one or more equipment in your own household that you can use immediately, right now, to swap the cable box.
If you have a personal computer, laptop, tablet or a smartphone, you're set and all set! You can stream your most loved TV shows, movies, or audio on any of these devices, you don't need to invest in any completely new gizmos to start streaming TV.
On the other hand, if what you are trying to do is to view that same TV content or movies on the big TV screen, maybe with family members and pals also watching with you, then you will need to look at one of the following streaming devices:
1. HD Antenna: not a streaming gadget per se, but you can still use as an alternative solution to the cable box, it permits you to get numerous over the air networks (depending on where you are living), free of a bill every month from the cable company!
2. Smart TV: is a TV that enables you to stream online TV content, direct from the web, using apps built into the TV, this is perhaps the ideal strategy if you are in the market for a new TV set anyways.
3. Smart Blu-ray Player: most new Blu-ray players have online video streaming functions, not the most versatile devices for media streaming, nevertheless it's a choice that you may want to explore, if you are shopping for a Blu-ray player anyways.
4. Video Game Console: several of the newer video game consoles can stream online video content. I believe, this option is an over-kill if we're just wanting to watch TV.
5. Media Streaming Device: Media streaming devices are certainly the most common way to stream online TV content, on your personal current TV set, without needing to invest in another TV, or needing to get an pricey video game console if you don't want one!
Media streaming devices are utilized to do one thing and one thing mainly, stream online video content and music to your own TV. Once hooked up and connected, they enable you to make use of many apps or channels, some are paid, many are totally free (Netflix, huluplus, YouTube, etc). The main 4 competitors in the media streaming devices area are: Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Google Chromecast.
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