Posted on 12/25/2012 3:07:32 PM PST by delacoert
OK, so they took a prat fall. It’s still true. The technology is there with plain vanilla ADSL to stream movies as good as what the old 525 line NTSC TV could display, with far better sound. Better quality can be, if not streamed on economy broadband, then downloaded within a reasonable time. They’ll be laughing about the server prat fall in a couple of years while bragging that it came to pass in spades.
There are still some flyover areas that need better bandwidth, I would love to dump traditional cable in favor of on demand, but more reliable broadband service would be needed.
The future of television is self-produced youtube (or other hosted) video clips. Why spend 30-60 minutes watching ONE show? Just invest that time in a MOVIE from the past 80 years of talkies.
And tv shows just go on and on and on for years. Who can afford that much time commitment?
Well, I'll probably still be laughing.
My daughter got her boyfriend a Smart TV for Christmas. We haven’t figured it all out yet, but he loves the NetFlix feature.
While I don’t mind self produced videos, I’d rather watch a well a tv show that has well developed plotline that can take years to resolve itself. I tend to watch them in short segments, as I have time to watch them.
But how can I get my Internet service without cable? Right now stuck with Comcast but would love to cut that off if possible.
We buy internet from our local Cable TV provider over fiber optics and we get 5gb speeds. We do NOT pay for any TV package, because it would add minimum $30/month, and we’re very happy with our internet w/o TV. They do call from time to time to try to sell us the TV package, and we don’t buy. We’re just the weird ones, I suppose.
You can buy the internet without the TV package. Just be an ass about it and they’ll eventually relent.
I’m a big curling fan and up until 2011 the only ways I could see it are:
1. Beg someone in Canada for VHS tapes or DVDs
2. Buy select games from CBC for outrageous prices (I don’t think they even offer that service anymore)
3. Get a “grey market dish” and go through the hassles in setting up an account or endure signal outages.
4. Wait every four years for the Olympics
Now with high a speed cable modem and HDMI cable, I can connect my computer to my TV and watch a plethora of curling content. Many sources such as TSN, TESN, WCFTV and Youtube offer full matches for viewing (available either live on a short time delay). Last week, for the first time, I was able to watch the European curling championships....something that was once only viewable via Eurosport.
With Netflix and HULU many of my DVD collections are no longer needed.
I no longer have a need for a land line phone (I use an Ooma phone), cable TV, dish or even standard over-the-air. There is so much content I only watch “regular” TV for live sporting events or breaking news.
Dropped cable 3 years ago, I have an LCD plugged directly into my computer, watch everything via internet via a channel’s website, I use a wireless mouse and keyboard, no cable bill, Comcast owns MSNBC, I will never watch nor affiliate myself with any subsidiary owned by Comcast Universal NBC! I would rather get my info from North Korean state TV than watch any of Comcast’s socialist propaganda!
I love seeing how the pundits have aged though, but I love the fact I no longer have to hear them yelling over each other.
I know but its still pricey. Like $70 per month for Internet only service. I wonder if I can find a way to cut that down to $30 to $40 per month. Comcast.
A lot depends on whether you have competing services available. Once we got ATT U-Verse availablity, I was able to browbeat Brighthouse Cable pretty effectively on price. I do have to negotiate every 6 months or so.
I bought a ROKU 1000 on Ebay to play with.
Does anyone know how to connect the old roku’s to a computer to play video files?
The man is correct. Cable will be relegated to broadband. Satellite will be consumed
Are you able to use a DVR very easily with that setup? I watch very little live tv so if I can’t record, that would be ineffective for me.
Okey, dokey, so you cut off cable, as many report above, and then order Internet only service. From who[m?}, the cable company or the phone company? For how much, as opposed to cable+Internet?
Internet only comes to about $70 per month from Comcast. Not a great deal. How about tethering a 4G phone to a laptop that has a router for the other laptops in the home?
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.....watch everything via internet via a channel’s website.....
Elucidate please
What about Fox News?
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