Posted on 06/30/2014 10:28:18 AM PDT by ShadowAce
In fact, we find ourselves watching more stuff on Roku.
Not a single show mentioned in the article was one I’ve seen or want to see.
In fact, I don't even have a TV server--pay or off-air antenna. I use Roku exclusively.
We bought a Roku in January. Best thing we ever did. We don’t watch much live tv anymore except for a few news shows on Fox News Channel.
If your business model doesn’t fit conditions change your model.
We don't have time to watch anything live.
Thanks, DVR.
“...because if the current generation believes in one principle above anything else, it’s that no one should ever have to pay for anything and all forms of entertainment should be funded by good will and charity.”
This attitude drives me nuts! People seem to think that TV shows are paid for through Twitter hashtags and DVD sales. Or that if everyone just becomes Hulu or Netflix, then it will all magically be fine.
Any form of advertisement is looked on like you are being assaulted. Those ads help pay the millions it costs to make these programs. If you dont have cash, then everything will have the look of a BBC teleplay from the 70s.
I watch anything of interest on-line exclusively....haven’t had TV in years. Have a nice size monitor and gives me all the visual I want.
Also have ad block and other blocks....works for me!
I find myself watching reruns of my favorite shows like Castle, The Office, Big Bang Theory, and Mr. Ed.
Blaming the viewers? Who wrote this, liberals?
How about shows that have less than 30 minutes of content in a hour?
How about shows that display popup advertising during the show including the continuous display of the name of the show and network name, a very annoying distraction?
How about showing 2 shows, repeats for 3 weeks, then back to maybe 1 show before repeats again?
How about showing 7 episodes then waiting 6 months before showing more, stringing users along to the point they simply lose interest in the show during those six months when it is off the air?
As a businessman I agree with the principle that one has to make money to stay in business.
However, I don’t sell crap. I respond to my client’s needs and wants with improved products. And I don’t insult, belittle and urinate all over those I expect to buy my goods.
See what I’m getting at?
Also, I don’t have a real problem with watching a commercial, except that they are all unwatchable and uninformative. Crappy production, horrible fast clip editing, often in very bad taste, and generally insulting to a moron’s intelligence. They offer me no reason to investigate the products advertised. Have you ever watched a commercial and afterward were somewhat in doubt what it was they were selling? Remember the live commercials on the George Burns Show? I never felt compelled to turn off the TV or leave the room when they were on.
Can I use Roku to access the internet?
I suppose I would have to buy a TV to help these poor poor networks. I haven’t owned one in 15 years.
I visted Germany as a teen, and one thing I remembered (besides boobs on broadcast TV), was that the commercials played in a block at the end/beginning of shows. Granted, this was almost 30 years ago, but they didn't interrupt the shows with commercials.
Why trash Sharknado. All you have to watch is the last 20 minutes. It’s Stupid on an epic scale. Tara Reid with the hedge trimmers is a masterpiece.
I use Plex Media Server.
Halt and Catch Fire is actually an interesting show about the beginning of the pc revolution. The main character is a very flawed man; but, with a great idea and a big enough ego to pursue it. Hubby and I are enjoying watching this program.
"The Turn" is not the name of that show. Turn is the name of that show and it is a great show about the founding of this country and the spy network that was set up to help Washington.
Networks and cable companies are going to have to start getting innovative about how to make money on their products, because this train has left the station and the old days are not coming back. I was just speaking to my youngest daughter about this. She is in Japan teaching English and she searches the web for "free tv" and is able to watch most of the shows she wants to watch. I think entities like HBO and such would make a lot more money if they would simply, after a certain period of time, allow people to buy individual episodes for a reasonable price, per ep instead of insisting you buy the service in it's entirety. I think they might actually end up making more money that way; but, they simply cannot let go of the old formula -- even though it is thoroughly outdated.
One thing people should have learned from the A&E fiasco is that people can and will reward advertisers of quality family-oriented programming.
Gayfests and programming that doesn’t meet societal norms has advertisers that are punished. Simple.
I don’t understand what roku does or why I need it. Could someone explain, please?
I have a smart tv (which we’ve yet to figure out) so can already watch Netflix on the tv and if I miss a show as it airs then I can usually watch it on the computer after a couple of days or some channels re-air shows a dozen times over the next week.
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