Subscriptions that are worth it

Disney+ Hulu $16mo $192 annual

HBO Max $10mo $120 annual

Netflix Standard $17mo $204 annual

Wyze Cam Plus $3.3mo $15 annual

Youtube Premium $12mo $144 annual

Subscriptions that are sort of worth it

Amazon Prime $15mo $140 annual

Spotify $15mo $175 annual

how to stream tv and movies

To stream tv or video to your home you'll need an internet connection and streaming device such as a smart tv, amazon firestick, or Roku, which is my personal preference. Once you have a streaming device you can download both free and premium (paid subscription) apps.

As an alternative, many folks also setup a home media server either on their gaming device (playstation/xbox) or on a home computer. The media servers job is to play the media files (movies/music/etc) that you have saved to a hard drive on your television.

Handbrake is a free program to rip DVD videos and convert them to various formats.

Example of a media server setup:

Desktop or Laptop - directly (ethernet) connected to your router.

An external hard drive plugged into the Desktop or Laptop

Install Plex on the PC

Save media to the external hard drive

For a good guide on using plex without internet click here.

Utilizing Torrent Files to download includes inherent risks.

For informational purposes only. Visitors are encouraged to do their own research.

This is not an endorsement for utilizing or downloading torrents nor is it an endorsement for visiting torrent sites.

Torrent sites including the ones linked below are notorious for containing malware and popups.

Visit at your own risk.

A torrent is not a link to a download but instead a file that contains links in the form of meta-data to the download.

The difference being that instead of copying data from once source a torrent is the link that sends data from many sources. Before you begin downloading torrents you'll first need to get some software such as Qbit Torrent or uTorrent.

The next step is to visit a torrent search engine website, some popular sites include: Rarbg The Pirate Bay and Yify Search for a torrent + open the magnet link in your app to begin downloading the torrent.

Since torrent sites generally don't attract many advertisers for obvious reasons, expect to see plenty of adult ads when visiting them (adult sites will advertise anywhere there is high traffic).

Also expect plenty of popups which you'll need to close and periodically refresh some torrent search pages to get past. It's also a good idea to set your Max upload speed (the speed you're going to let peers download copies of the pieces of the torrent your downloading "While you're downloading it" to a minimum.

Throttling your max upload speed back to 1kb per second might not help others but it can improve your download speed and can be done directly in the settings of your Torrent Browser.

Each site will display both Seeders and Leechers next to each torrent list showing how many people are sharing the torrent (Seeds) and how many people are downloading it (Peers).

Torrents with a high number of seeds usually download relatively quick while torrents with a high number of peers usually are good quality torrents. Some sites offer only torrent file downloads (download and then open with torrent browser to download) while others have magnet links (link to open torrent directly in torrent browser). After your file is completely downloaded it's a good idea to delete the .torrent file (if you didn't use a magnet link) from your filesystem to ensure others are still able to use it/you as a peer.