This is the first post in a series of posts that show you the basics of how to cut the cable TV cord. There are two worlds that most households with broadband access enjoy - the world of the home computer network and the world of TV. Today, the two rarely meet.
The illustration on the right shows an illustrative home computer network.
Most broadband access is obtained through either a broadband cable from your cable company or broadband DSL access from your phone company.
Typically, cable or DSL modems are supplied by your cable or telephone company as a part of their service plans.
Your modem is typically connected to a router if you use more than one computer. For the purposes of our discussion, assume you have a wireless router which means your broadband internet access can be received by devices either wirelessly or via an Ethernet cable.
Connected to the router can be a number of computing devices including laptops, PC's, gaming consoles, and even printers.
I will assume for many households, this forms the basis of your home computer network. Today, home computer networks are used for accessing the world wide web, e-mail, social networking, downloading and listening to and watching music and movies.
In my next post, I'll describe the other home world - the world of the TV. After that post, I'll show how to bring the two together.
If you don't have broadband access, there are a number of providers and methods for obtaining access which is a prerequisite for viewing real-time or streaming video on the web.
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