New Entertainment

There is nothing good on TV anymore. Ok well just a handful of shows. But just about everything else is garbage now. Especially right now when most if not all shows are on hiatus or their season ended. I'm kind of tired of TV anyway. I'd actually like to get rid of cable, but the wife won't allow it. I could easily do without it though. With Netflix a click away I can just rent the shows I want to watch on TV. Some of the major networks even put the shows on their website a day or so after the show airs on TV. What I'd like is the progamming I want, when I want it and how I want it. That's where a new form of entertainment, or digital entertainment comes in.

First is podcasts. I love podcasts, this includes video podcasts as well. Free and you can download anytime and take them with you. How cool is that??? The majority of what I listen to is Tech and Video Game shows. I use Itunes to download these and synch them to my Ipod. Just as a side note, you don't have to have Itunes or an Ipod to listen to podcasts. You can listen to them right on your computer or download them with a program like Juice and listen to them on any other MP3 player. The video podcasts I watch I actually use Democracy player to download and then watch them at my leisure.

Another new form that is raising in popularity is Ustream.tv and Stickam.com. Ustream.tv is incredible. Anyone can go on, host a show, people join in and watch and even chat at the same time. It's great. I watch several tech/gaming shows this way. Ok so these aren't on my time but still it's good entertainment and it's engaging because it's not one sided. It's a conversation. Many people getting together and chatting about a subject(s) they are passionate about. Stickam is similar but it's more of a social networking site. It's like myspace but with video and better looking.

I highly recommend people to check these out and try to look for entertainment from other sources other than the boob tube. Sure there's still some great stuff on regular TV but it get's boring after a while. So do a search for what I've mentioned and enjoy alllll of the great FREE entertainment out there. Enjoy....