Posted on 06/15/2011 1:05:37 PM PDT by abb
ping
Getting rid of dish this week. Going with internet, radio, netflix and video games for the kid.
TV is just throwing money down the toilet.
Well, if you have a life, and you have to go to work everyday, and you want to spend time with the family and friends, and attend church, and social events, etc., you realize there is only so much time in the day that you can devote to watching TV shows or movies.
There is only so much time you can spend watching something, no matter how you access the movies or TV shows. There are only 24 hours in a day, and something’s got to give. I can understand if you are heavily into something like Netflix that you would cancel out HBO or Showtime, or other cable/satellite services.
Good move. Our kids only see what we want, when we want - and here’s the biggie - with NO COMMERCIALS.
Netflix isn't that great. Their on-line delivery is nice, but the content they have to deliver is pretty poor, at least for my demographic.
It's kind of like a combination of 'lifetime' and 'Starz' (well, a lot of it actually is Starz). Lot of bummer "movies" you wouldn't want to watch. Their on-line "classics" are second-rate. Once in a while they put up a worthwhile movie or two. Maybe once a month.
Probably about the same frequency that HBO puts up something worth watching.
Of course, it's a lot cheaper than cable.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/kicking_back_at_newsweek_CNN4lvDGdZUdSy5g9drp5I
Kicking back at Newsweek
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=152396
McGraw-Hill Puts Broadcast Biz Up For Sale
http://www.deadline.com/2011/06/warner-bros-lays-off-50-in-home-entertainment-consumer-products/
Warner Bros Lays Off 50 In Home Entertainment & Consumer Products
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=152457
FCC Chair: Broadband Critical To Economy
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=152435&nid=127873
Survey: Sure, We’ll Ditch Cable...Make an Offer!
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/469751-The_Cable_Show_2011_Genachowski_Broadband_Adoption_Just_Not_Good_Enough_.php
The Cable Show 2011: Genachowski: Broadband Adoption ‘Just Not Good Enough’
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=152429
Heavy Streaming Video Viewers Watch Less TV, Nielsen Says
http://www.gazette.com/articles/journal-119806-denver-sales.html
Sales talks break down between owners of The Gazette and Denver Post
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303848104576385490118144756.html
Regional Newspapers’ Merger Talks Break Down
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303848104576385983340864592.html
Cable-TV Executives Say Industry Rolls With Digital Age
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304906004576372573349258348.html
Daily Deals Rescue Local-Ad Market
Netflix may fray the cord, but I can’t see it getting snipped for that reason alone. Traditional cable companies carry a lot of live stuff that Netflix never will have (unless it, too, becomes another traditional cable company).
Now, I hardly watch TV at all, even free off the air, and have no cable service. I get my internet from my phone company. But enough people apparently like their bread and circuses well enough, and the circus part will never be duplicated in full by Netflix in its present conception.
Ping. See the two articles about Genachowski’s speech today. He’s not used the term “universal service” yet, but he’s hitting all around it.
In a net neutral world, they would not be able to do so, any more than the phone company can charge you more to call Domino's rather than Papa John's, or the water company can charge you more per gallon for filling your pool than for washing your car.
I cancelled most of my cable tv and went to Netflix. I’m trying to dump phone as well, because it makes me furious that my bill doesn’t go down when I want FEWER services. If I can find a substitute for internet, I’m dumping Comcast completely.
My daughter and I miss the Food Network, though. :)
Decisions, decisions.
That bit in there about ISP’s and bandwith caps explains EXACTLY the sort of Net Neutrality one can argue in favor of.
Exactly.
I love Roku. I can choose what I want to watch from Netflix.
TV programming and cable is awful.
I dumped Brighthouse and ATT (for my landline) because I was paying about $180 for the phone, cable and internet.
Comcast bundled and I got the same service for $110. Now they say that was a just a promotional service and now my bill is up to...you guessed it, $180. COMCAST will be cancelled at my home this week or next and I might drip the cable altogether.
I joined Netflix when it first opened, and shut off my cable a few months later.
Haven’t missed it at all.
When netflix gets the NFL, MLB and the NHL...I’ll think about “cutting the cable”...
All that matters is that they get their hands on your money.
After that, good luck getting hold of a federal customer service rep.
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