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I ditched cable in college when I was too busy to watch it and too poor to afford it. That was in 2003 and I never looked back. We have an Apple TV in our living room and a Roku in our bedroom. We subscribe to netflix, huluplus, and amazon prime. We also have an antenna, which I recommend if you love CBS, because they're really stingy with their online content.

With Apple TV there is a MLB, NHL, and NBA channel (they do cost $$). You can "airplay" whatever is on your mac, ipad, or iphone screen to the TV - so if you go to a networks website to watch the shows, you can still watch it on the big screen. You can also send your music, photos, etc., which is really cool. It's also really easy to rent movies or subscribe to specific TV shows.

WIth Roku you can use amazon prime (which is not available on the apple tv) and you can download a bunch of free apps. It's really easy to navigate and rent movies & tv shows through amazon prime, but it doesn't have as much of the cool cross-device stuff that the apple tv does.

You can't lose with either one of them, as long as you subscribe to some kind of video streaming service. I recommend Netflix if you want to watch TV but are fine with reruns, Hulu plus if most of what you want to watch is new episodes that air on mostly on network TV) and Amazon Prime if you're frequent amazon shopper and would like free two day shipping.