 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to espaeth
Re: Who wastes $22 million on this stuff? Once upon a time, people never thought that -- in the future -- Americans would prefer to pay a company to watch TV even though it was free over the rabbit ears. |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
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1 edit | said by funchords:Once upon a time, people never thought that -- in the future -- Americans would prefer to pay a company to watch TV even though it was free over the rabbit ears. .. and even after that service was introduced, people continued to watch TV for free over rabbit ears. The advent of cable and satellite TV didn't make local broadcast TV irrelevant; in fact, they need to incorporate local broadcast TV into their service so people will even buy it. Moreover, there are still a lot of people to this day that only get their TV content over rabbit ears, which is why the DTV transition and the coupons are a big deal.
At least with cable and satellite TV people got extra channels for their money. What these researchers are talking about is using a more expensive solution to deliver people the same content they are getting today. The proposal is so ridiculously stupid that I'm amazed it got funding in the first place. |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | $22 million in R&D is huge, I've gotta agree there. |
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