roamer wrote:
"Let's see how their liberal programming survives in an ala carte environment."
I believe google is making some kind of move in that direction. A select group of channels served up over an ordinary internet connection.
This must give the cable companies the willies.
But they've brought it upon themselves.
I'd like to see "a menu" of, say, three or four hundred possible channel choices.
Pick any 50 for a fixed fee.
Pay only for the ones you want.
Send it in over an ordinary internet connection, perhaps with some kind of dedicated controller box to connect to the tv (instead of running through a computer).
@Fishrrman I run it through a computer, and I can watch absolutely everything from this years movies (90 days late, on average) to this weeks episodes, for free, and with no commercials. It's ALL out there.
Not that I DO anymore... I find the content to be appalling, now that I am unplugged and unprogrammed. I mostly watch youtube. Bushcraft, mountains, mud pits, guys fixing cars, blacksmiths, homesteaders, gun nuts.
Real people doing real sh*t. They ain't pretty, they talk funny, and they don't wear clothes that would cost me a years wages... Hell, I have only seen one of them get out of a limousine, and that was a one time thing.
I wouldn't go back to TV if they gave it away for free (which is what they will inevitably do). The glory days are over. They are going to have to learn to live with advertising dollars alone.