 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | Dying model A couple years ago, I bought an HD TV. In order to get HD signal from my cable company, I, for some reason, have to also buy SD channels. To get Discovery-type channels, I have to get a crap-ton of other channels I don't like. In the end, I'm paying $150/mo for my service. Now, were I watching TV 24/7/365 and watching all of the 300+ channels I have access to, that might be a bargain. At < 10 channels (and a relatively low number of viewing-hours), that same $150/mo is very much NOT a bargain.
Now, I'm not saying "we need a la carte pricing". All I'm saying is that, since they have different programming broken out into blocks of channels, I shouldn't have to buy one block to get another. They shouldn't be tiers but independent blocks of channels.
It's actually gotten to the point with HSI and cable's pricing that it's becoming cheaper to just get HSI and pay for the individual programs you actually want to watch online.
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