05-03-2010, 07:00 AM
As someone who canceled Cable television over two years ago for various reasons, I see the need to chime in here;
REASONS:
1) You pay for the service, sometimes *LOTS* of money a month so;
a) You should be able to see what you want, when you want. I have never in my life heard of such a crappy service as television where you shell out hard-earned cash to sit in front of the TV when the networks dictate you too. I understand that commercials help all the companies involved generate some revenue and that does not bother me.
b) You should not have to jump through multiple hurdles to see a show that aired last year. In argument "a)", some may argue that most digital cable boxes today allow you to record your favorite shows, but I contend that most of my favorite shows have already been broadcast a few years back, and the only way to see them is to purchase the show, or wait for a rerun.
2) Every video card I've purchased within the last several years has HD-video output to your television set.
3) Every major network will air their shows immediately after displaying them on network television, free of charge. A few major distribution companies (not the network giants themselves) will show all of their old shows on their own website.
a) I still have to read the news sites to catch the current news because no news sites display a full broadcast, which is a bummer.
b) Not all shows are displayed equally; on most networks, shows will display in 780 or 1080, however anywhere else on the net, your lucky to get good quality Analog. I'm hoping when the internet speeds in the US get faster, this will improve. If your a huge graphics nut, then this might urk you.
4) If I can watch whatever I want... whenever I want... over the internet... and have my computer right next to my T.V. outputting directly to my television, then why the hell would I pay for a crappy cable subscription that shows limited shows and show-times, tells me when I can and can't watch what I'm paying to watch, and costs lots of money annually? Why anyone sane enough to set up their computer to the television would pay for cable television is beyond me.
5) After having no cable for over two years, I realized how much utter crap I was watching on T.V. between shows or just tele surfing. I had established watching habits, and shows I thought I liked, I realized that once I had the freedom to see whatever I wanted when I wanted, that I never really wanted to see these shows at all - they just filled the gap of time when I had nothing to do but wanted to watch something on T.V. Now, I watch shows I really want too. It's so liberating, that I honesty can't see myself ever going back to cable.
a) True story, my kids go over other peoples houses, such as my mothers, or a friends house, and the persons house they are over inevitably turns on the T.V., because it is so ingrained in the American lifestyle I suppose. My kids get impatient immediately because its mostly lousy shows on network T.V., and they already know what they want to watch and simply don't have the patience to waste their time with the crap on T.V. So they end up doing something else, like using their imagination.
REASONS:
1) You pay for the service, sometimes *LOTS* of money a month so;
a) You should be able to see what you want, when you want. I have never in my life heard of such a crappy service as television where you shell out hard-earned cash to sit in front of the TV when the networks dictate you too. I understand that commercials help all the companies involved generate some revenue and that does not bother me.
b) You should not have to jump through multiple hurdles to see a show that aired last year. In argument "a)", some may argue that most digital cable boxes today allow you to record your favorite shows, but I contend that most of my favorite shows have already been broadcast a few years back, and the only way to see them is to purchase the show, or wait for a rerun.
2) Every video card I've purchased within the last several years has HD-video output to your television set.
3) Every major network will air their shows immediately after displaying them on network television, free of charge. A few major distribution companies (not the network giants themselves) will show all of their old shows on their own website.
a) I still have to read the news sites to catch the current news because no news sites display a full broadcast, which is a bummer.
b) Not all shows are displayed equally; on most networks, shows will display in 780 or 1080, however anywhere else on the net, your lucky to get good quality Analog. I'm hoping when the internet speeds in the US get faster, this will improve. If your a huge graphics nut, then this might urk you.
4) If I can watch whatever I want... whenever I want... over the internet... and have my computer right next to my T.V. outputting directly to my television, then why the hell would I pay for a crappy cable subscription that shows limited shows and show-times, tells me when I can and can't watch what I'm paying to watch, and costs lots of money annually? Why anyone sane enough to set up their computer to the television would pay for cable television is beyond me.
5) After having no cable for over two years, I realized how much utter crap I was watching on T.V. between shows or just tele surfing. I had established watching habits, and shows I thought I liked, I realized that once I had the freedom to see whatever I wanted when I wanted, that I never really wanted to see these shows at all - they just filled the gap of time when I had nothing to do but wanted to watch something on T.V. Now, I watch shows I really want too. It's so liberating, that I honesty can't see myself ever going back to cable.
a) True story, my kids go over other peoples houses, such as my mothers, or a friends house, and the persons house they are over inevitably turns on the T.V., because it is so ingrained in the American lifestyle I suppose. My kids get impatient immediately because its mostly lousy shows on network T.V., and they already know what they want to watch and simply don't have the patience to waste their time with the crap on T.V. So they end up doing something else, like using their imagination.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin