I’ll make the prediction that within the next decade...half the nation settles in for Netflix and an antenna on the roof for their four or five local stations. I admit, the idea of having cable and 500 channels was appealing twenty years ago, but it’s just all garbage TV.
“I admit, the idea of having cable and 500 channels was appealing twenty years ago, but it’s just all garbage TV.”
We’re close too. I am tired of $100 per month DirecTV bills, and now that AT&T owns them, I am even less inclined to keep the service. We probably watch less than twenty channels in a given month, so the “500 channel” mantra is simply BS. You have 100 foreign language channels for which we have absolutely no interest. Then there are the multiple infomercial channels, ditto. And then there are the Kardashians, Sex sent me to the ER, and all that tripe. If they don’t come to offer a menu rather than packages soon, we’re gone! I am looking for $20 per month max.
I remember when there were only 57 channels with nothing on.
the surface high definition channels get better each year what they offer.
Amazon fire tv is pretty good. You can get apps to watch a lot of good free things, better than what is on regular tv lots of times. Sometimes with a lot less commercial interruption. Sometimes none.
“I’ll make the prediction that within the next decade...half the nation settles in for Netflix and an antenna on the roof for their four or five local stations.”
I have posted before about the constant increase in outside tv antennas in our area. The new antennae owners seem to break down into two groups.
1. The liberals, who dislike tv except for the non profit and local tv news or good feelings shows so they really only need a simple outside tv antenna if they are in range.
2. Conservatives like us using Netflix, Amazon Prime or something similar and the local stations for the few programs they watch.
One of these days Comcast will price us out of the TV market, and we will look for alternatives.
#9 You are missing the Kardashians : )