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Save Money: Using Your TV as a Monitor

February 25th, 2010 at 03:43 pm

Here is a money saving tech tip for people currently paying for or wanting a game system or DVR. First how hooking your TV to a computer saves you money (Only legal ways listed. Piracy is a crime):

1) Free, low commercial television is available easily online. Hulu.com, cbs.com, and tnt.com are places I regularly go to watch TV. Many of these offer HDTV as an option.

2) Netflix offers their Instant service for free with all but the lowest subscription. This includes even more TV and thousands of movies.

3) Bluray drives for computers cost half that of a standalone system.

4) Some old video games are offered for free for computers (liberatedgames.org) and programmers are constantly offering free flash games.

5) cheap video games are offered by companies such as Steam (down to $2). These are full games and the download is protected and can be transferred to a new computer.

NEXT TIME: How to Hook your Computer to Your TV

Posted in Saving Money, Frugal Living | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Save Money: Using Your TV as a Monitor”

  1. disneysteve Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 08:50 pm 1267217424
    1267217424

    I love watching shows I missed, old shows and shows that air on channels we don't get online. Just a little while ago, I watched an episode of Twilight Zone from the 60s on tv.com on my iPhone. I watched another episode a couple of nites ago in bed when there was nothing good on TV. Sometimes at work, I'll watch something on my laptop while I eat lunch.

  2. yisave Says:
    March 6th, 2010 at 03:39 pm 1267889962
    1267889962

    Good tips. We have a computer hooked up to our TV in the family room and with Netflix watch the streaming movies. Didn't know that you could put in a Blu-Ray Drive into your computer. I'll have to check on that.

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