We have had a good run, but I don’t just see making a lifetime commitment to you. It is scary and sad to leave someone you have been with for a long time. Fear of being alone, will you really ever find a replacement? But it is a decision that came after another TiVo in the house died.

There are tons of articles covering the legal, and illegal, ways of transitioning from broadcast television to broadband television. Once I found the world of Vuze and Boxee the only thing that concerned me is my four year old son. How to replace hours of cartoon network and Disney shows.

Most of the reason of the switch has to do with convenience. This is the world I live in, I want things to work together, easily and quickly. When I am on the road I want to be able to watch my shows on my iPhone. When I am at home i want to be able to watch my shows on my TV. Honestly Vuze I have found to be the best fit. Not only can I subscribe to the RSS feed of my show so that it is automatically downloaded, but it will convert it and put it on my PS3 or my iPhone. Giving me the mobility I need.

But how to keep my son from loosing his shows? It was actually an easier task than I originally thought it would be. Boxee is a great media platform for the Mac that you can run on the Apple TVs. With it’s interface with Hulu I was set. Thankfully my son is obsessed with classic cartoons such as The Pink Panther, and those are shows that are in abundance on Hulu.

Needles to say the extra $75 a month I save is nice, but don’t think it doesn’t have it’s drawbacks. Such as a lot of live events that you can’t find streamed on the Internet. I don’t watch the news, so that wasn’t a problem normally, but what about in extreme weather.

All and all, so far it has worked out well. Even with wife not being very tech savvy, she is happy with the free HD content found online, most without commercials. It is all about ease of use, and most of that thankfully comes from Vuze.

UPDATE: I just found a piece from The Washington Post over this same thing almost.