Wow, that model sounds familiar, where I have I seen something like that before? Oh, yeah, back in the day before idiots started paying for TV and still have to watch ads.
Does that irk anyone else besides me? When they first started talking about pay TV the idea was you would never have to watch another commercial. Then when they finally get the ok, commercials were out for a time and then Wham! right back with the commercials. Only certain channels run without them, and some channels now show commercials on screen while the show is running, what a irritant that is.
I agree with your theory, I also think cable and Satellite TV will go the way of the Dodo. People won't be able to afford it, hence back to network TV or to computers, computers will win.
It looks to me like computers and TV will blend into one entity. It’s almost there now.
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Nov23/0,4670,APonTVWatchingLater,00.html
DVR usage making big changes in television viewing
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He worries that the ease of DVRs may get people out of the habit of watching their favorite shows. First, they don’t have to worry about being at the TV at a certain hour because their shows are being recorded. Then they forget to watch the playback. Before you know it, they’ve stopped seeing the shows regularly.
It isn’t simply more houses getting DVRs that is making a difference these days, it’s houses getting their second or third DVRs, the experts said.
CBS’ Poltrack believes that DVR usage will continue to grow until the machines are in about half of the nation’s homes with TVs. He expects the technology to become obsolete soon after that, because more people will have televisions and computers working together to give them even more freedom to program their personal networks.