1 edit | reply to Steve Mehs
Re: WOW "Paying a modest rental fee for an extra piece of hardware that allows you to gain many additional channels, On Demand content, program information, an EPG and everything else is not nickel and diming you. If you buy a new car and it has a navigation system are you ‘nickeled and dimed’ because it is an extra cost?"
Many additional repeat channels and useless crap. I dont need "on demand" either. Program info which is just a continuing advertisment. Why should I pay them for that? It is nickle and diming you, that's why they add these so called "features" that are, generally, as worthless as tits on a boar. A navigation system (ever hear of maps?) is a option that you decide to pay for, not something included in your bill that you cant refuse.
The point is that currently, HD is NOT the norm and it wont be for years yet. You may not care about standard def, but other people do. If you dont like what I say, go somewhere else. No one says you have to respond or try to argue with me, do they? Yours is not the only possible viewpoint, my friend. My viewpoint is not any less valid simply because YOU dont agree with it.
And, as I said: Just because you have the money to spend doesn't mean everyone does. Nor is everyone a freek for HD either. 28 million satellite customers and maybe 20 million digital cable out of 300 million people...Yet, it is estimated that the "average" US household has 2-3 TV sets.
As you can see, analog still rules, with cable ready being the norm. Especially since it is easy to split the signals to multiple TV's. If the digital signals were simply passed on, people could get their own boxes and not have to pay comcast endlessly. That's the thing about renting: It never ends. At some point, regardless of when, it becomes profit, especially if you keep recycling the box with $29.95 "Installation" fees.
None of this alters the fact that cable is a different animal than satellite. People that want satellite know that they need a box. People on analog cable know they dont need a box unless they want HBO, etc. |
