Seems most TVs and cables have the "V" chip now, which allows you to lock out stations. I'd inquire about it.
Since 2000, the feds have required all TVs that are 13+ inches to have a V-Chip installed.
Problem solved (and has been for nearly for 6 years).
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That would be just terrible. If we were allowed to pick which channels found their way into our homes, the propaganda folks would lose their arena for scamming us Americans...
Yes you do.
It's so freakin' simple. Use your remote control and watch what you want to watch, and don't watch what you don't want to watch. I get Lifetime on my cable package. Do I watch it? No. Don't care about it at all. I don't spend time worrying about, "Oh, but it's ON THERE! I HAVE IT! What do I DO?"
Grow up.
The wife and I have 3 children - 6, 4 and 23mos. We don't have cable/satellite. What we do is a) limit their amount of TV time to an hour or so a day and b) watch broadcast or DVDs from the library/rent.
Ala carte? Buy boxed sets of programs on DVD. If you don't want to keep them after viewing, put them on ebay. Many old series are available and even modern shows appear on disc within a year or two.
Cable networks like getting you to pay for channels you "boycott". They still get a share of your cable bill even if you aren't watching.
It is feasible but the industry doesn't like it. How can they fund their political niche programming? How can they get the masses (or their children) to click across the networks they "won't" pay for?
I don't have a TV, but I hear with cable systems you can lock out any channel you don't watch your kids watching.
Everything will available as Video On Demand. The networks will still be there but they will not have the impact that they do know. The Internet will become Videonet. I'm not sure this is a good thing but it is inevitable. Only the cable companies and the cost of fiber optic to your front door stands in the way. Verizon is doing it now. Others will follow. It's like the Borg - resistance is futile.
I know exactly what you mean. There are some things out there that block certain channels. the v-chip is one of em. I also recently heard about a new program from tivo called kidzone. obviously it is more focused on kids, but i think it probably does the same general thing. you should check it out. Sounds like it might be good.
We will have à la carte cable access eventually. But it will cost more that the current tiered system being offered now.
Cable companies will drag their feet just long enough to get the structure in place then they'll play ball.
Hey there. I have had this problem in the past, so i know where you are coming from. I have had a tivo for a while now and just got a new program from them called kidzone. It is wonderful. It not only allows us to block unwanted programming, but it also recommends additional family oriented programming. You should definantly check it out. Anybody having this concern would benefit greatly from this new program.