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The day of the so-called programmed broadcast with fixed start and stop times for programming will likely be disappearing by 2015, with good reason: by then the vast majority of Americans will get at least 5 megabits/per second download broadband Internet access, and many Americans will get 100 megabits/second download (or even faster!) broadband Internet access using fiber-optic connections.

At those speeds, instead of waiting for a broadcast you will program a home media server machine to automatically download all your favorite programs at 100 mbps or higher broadband speeds maybe twice a day; that way, when you turn on your TV set you will automatically get a list of programs ready to watch anytime you want.

22 posted on 09/14/2006 7:54:06 AM PDT by RayChuang88

As it is, many "new" broadcasts are repeated even within the first week of airing. The shared experience of "everyone" watching the same thing at the same time seems to only hold for sports, award shows, election results, and tragedies anymore.

34 posted on 09/14/2006 8:00:56 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")

Re:when you turn on your TV set you will automatically get a list of programs ready to watch anytime you want.

I do that now with utorrent and the RSS DOWNLOADER. I scan a lot of different feeds, among them is:

http://tvrss.net/feed/combined/

Deadwood, 24(HBO), American Chopper, anything you want.

I haven't watched a commercial in years, and it doesn't cost a dime.

78 posted on 09/14/2006 10:06:40 PM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans. We Vote.)

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