Cheap Cable TV Alternative
Streaming movies on Netflix a frugal alternative to cable TV
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Cable,
DVD,
HDTVs,
Home Theatre,
Internet TV,
iPad,
Netflix,
Photo and Video,
Video,
Wii
You do the math: stream movies through any number of devices you probably have at home, courtesy of Netflix, or continue renting and buying. Which is cheaper? See how WalletPop calculates the bottom line.
"My household recently got a free disc from Netflix to instantly watch movies on our Nintendo Wii console, allowing us to stream movies onto our TV instead of waiting for a DVD to arrive in the mail. My wife and I haven't yet been acting like kids in a candy store with the additional movies, but some slow weekend I expect we'll get more than our money's worth from our one-DVD-out-at-a-time membership. We're already streaming enough movies that our cost per movie from Netflix has dropped in half..."
