IAmTheEvilestThere Is Nothing Like A Restart
join:2001-01-03
Milpitas, CA | Let Cable suffer... Well first of all, I have no idea why anyone subscribes to cable in the first place. I recently went to a friend's home and the quality of cable TV is horrible. If you look at their rates, the quality simply doesn't match up.
When I subscribed to DirecTV, I had to pay for the equipment and would happily do so again and again. It is one of the decisions that I have not regretted. In addition, my rates have only gone up $2 in the six years I have had the service. And they added more content to more than justify the increase. I think that my rate is actually lower than most cable subscribers and I get more programming.
Down with cable, in with satellite TV. Personally, I see no reason why the cable companies can't offer the same type of service. Since they have a wire, it is much easier for them to add programming when compared to satellite TV. Not to mention, the rates cable subscribers are paying should buy quite a bit more stuff.
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The two biggest things: the universe & human stupidity --Albert Einstein |
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stridr69
join:2003-05-19
San Luis Obispo, CA | Hehehehe..
My take is this: Having the "dish" is a good thing, only because it's still a immature market. Think about it, the majority of people have cable, because they cannot/willnot get the "dish". This is why there are such great deals out there now if one decides to get the "dish".
Once the "dish" market matures(over 30-40% saturation rate), then those monthly bills will go up faster than a Minuteman missile launched from Vanderburg A.F.B. With cable going more and more into digital broadcasting(I.E. HDTV), as well as offering local home channels, AND community channels(which you can't get on a "dish"), then pricing will end up being more on par with cable.
But that aside, the "dish" is STILL the best offering for digital/Dolby Surround television.
From one that mourns the loss of his 12' C/Ku band dish-like the old days when NFL football was "in the clear"....sigh... |
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gpancner
join:2001-09-27
Nine Mile Falls, WA | reply to IAmTheEvilest
The last two words of your Einstein quote represent the amount of knowledge most people have of bandwidth and operational costs (see your last paragraph). |
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