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It's the one thing the various "cord cutting" alternatives haven't seriously addressed, at all. The ability to veg out and let the streams wash over you, whether a series of Food shows, or endless cartoons, or crime shows out the wazoo, or ancient 60s sitcoms.

Cord cutting still takes work, from the initial setup on through the day to day (and hour to hour) selection of what the hell am I going to download and what the hell am I going to watch / stream now. Then toss in multiple providers and being responsible for all your own hardware, and the sheen fades a bit.

I had every intention of finally getting the family off the satellite TV teat, but stuff like XBMC and MythTV still takes work, and in the end you're still picking and choosing what to to watch every damn time. TV Channels are for a nation bred to be cows, and we're still cows. We want to relax a bit after working in the pasture all day (bad analogy I know).

Besides, the newest whole-home DVR setups from the satcos like Da Hoppa and Genie make things disarmingly easy by comparison.

Meanwhile I never even got MythTV set up the way I wanted, let alone order the HD Homerun tuner card(s) and all the gear required for each separate TV setup. I want it to be easier to go DIY. It's still not, as far as I know.

Sorry for the slightly off topic rambling...