Is TV ,cable or satelite worth the cost?
Tiredtraveler
Solo PL
Last weekend was a trial weekend for HBO and Cinemax on Dish. I have basic dish service that has no premium channels. Friday evening I discovered the trial weekend so I surfed the program guide to see if there was anything that I wanted to see. To my surprise even though this was supposed to be a showcase of what was on these 10 or 12 premium channels there was virtually nothing I would take the time to watch.
the vast majority was what I used to consider filler(talking heads, movies I have never heard of and older movies that were bad the first time and worse not that they are out of date.Truly the old saying hold true: "500 channels and not a thing on"
What are the broadcast, cable and satellite services going to do if viewership of pro sports continues to decline. I think that is all keeping them afloat right now. Are TV services worth the cost or is I-TV, Netflicks, Hulu and Amazon better.
the vast majority was what I used to consider filler(talking heads, movies I have never heard of and older movies that were bad the first time and worse not that they are out of date.Truly the old saying hold true: "500 channels and not a thing on"
What are the broadcast, cable and satellite services going to do if viewership of pro sports continues to decline. I think that is all keeping them afloat right now. Are TV services worth the cost or is I-TV, Netflicks, Hulu and Amazon better.
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That being said, cell costs are also too high. But there appears to be increased growth in the reliance on cell networks. I think there are folks who now don't have a traditional home phone - and they also don't maintain cable service.
I have not had cable TV for about 10 years now, and I only had it for a short while then because I was interested in the 2007 election primaries and debates.
I have 4 TVs hooked up all of which require some sort of box, only 1 TV has a DVR, but all boxes are HD. I think my cable company offers 4 internet speeds and I have the 2nd to the fastest which seems to lag a little in the evenings (probably because everyone is at home using theirs). I have my own cable modem and router which probably saves me around $15 a month.
I watch sports as background noise, walking dead and game of thrones. If my wife didn’t live with me I could cut out cable completely although I would miss certain sporting games. With the internet I could survive without cable.
I'm happy. I guess it just depends on what you like to watch.
bottom line is NO.
Most major TV networks now air episodes of their popular shows right on their own sites just a day or two after airing, so you don't don't even need to pay for access to that content anymore - though you still have to sit through commercials.
We cut the chord on home phones years ago - no need with all the cell phones we have in the house.
I agree with the notion that cable and satellite providers are screwed long term, especially when Disney and sports can be streamed live.
I watch the BBC channel and syfy channel both for science fiction and local and national news channels more than all the other channels. I also like the history channel and msnbc channel listening and watching financial news if I'm home during market hours. History channel has a show called ancient aliens which I like listening to, although it's also good to fall asleep too as well. Science channel and discovery channel I also watch. I used to watch the weather channel but now not so much except I do like their sos survival tips series they recently started. Useful info in that series. I never knew in a survival situation, you could start a fire by prying open a digital camera and use an optical lens inside like a magnifying glass to start a fire. I didn't think about that. The series has tips and a real life story of people getting into survival stories, usually someone got lost somewhere in the wilderness but never intended to get lost.
Plus maybe come up with a LinkedIn alternative where you can finger swipe text on the LinkedIn like site so that everyone using an iPad can more easily read text on LinkedIn without trouble even if they aren't 20 something anymore. I can force almost every site except LinkedIn to make text bigger. I might even spend several hours a month using LinkedIn learning videos if I could enlarge them enough to see them on an iPad. I hate watching LinkedIn learning videos on my hard computer chair. Of course the more time I spend online, the less time I spend actually watching these other tv shows. I can easily multitask on my sofa if I don't fall asleep. Apple TV could have LinkedIn like learning on the tv screen and the tv show spit screen so you could learn and be entertained at the same time. That would be a great reason to upgrade my tv. As long as Apple didn't dictate what I could watch.
Have a laptop set up right next to my recliner with an HDMI cable running up to TV for internet. Amazon Prime gives you all the TV and movies you need for $100 a year not to mention the 2 day shipping for purchases.
That way I can also put all the free YouTube music videos and porn from all the free sites up on the TV.....