In Say Goodbye To Scheduled TV, my friend Randy talks about one probable future for television, the death of scheduled programming.
In The Revolution Will NOT Be Televised: How to Destory Your TV, killing your TV is the goal at hand.
We “killed our TV” and replaced it with an iMac, running Plex and an EyeTV several months ago and don’t think we will ever go back. Being able to watch what we want, and only what we want, on our schedule and being able to pause and return later is life changing.
We cut our TV last May for a three month experiment. When the experiment ended, I asked my kids, 9 and 11, if we should turn cable/satellite service back on. They voted no. The experiment’s premise was simple; list everything household members were purposefully watching, then calculate average hourly prices for the content on cable/satellite vs. iTunes/Netflix/Interwebs—the later was less than half the cost.
Can you find something to eat at a restaurant which only serves à la carte, or is a buffet necessary? Cable/satellite TV has evolved into a buffet with lots of filler—an abundance of green jello and artificial pudding. More does not mean better quality, or in this case, value.
3 months ago