joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL | reply to Maxo
Re: TV still sucks.
Couldn't you say the same thing about the Internet - 95% is total crap.
Of course, much like tv, the 5% that you do not feel is crap is why you subscribe. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
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join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
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| said by joebear29  :
Couldn't you say the same thing about the Internet - 95% is total crap.
Of course, much like tv, the 5% that you do not feel is crap is why you subscribe.
Yup. I get cable because of:
•NHL Centre Ice (though, not this year)
•Toonami
•Adult Swim
•Discovery Channel networks
The rest, I pretty much never watch.
-tom
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reub2000
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL
| said by nixen :
said by joebear29 :
Couldn't you say the same thing about the Internet - 95% is total crap.
Of course, much like tv, the 5% that you do not feel is crap is why you subscribe.
Yup. I get cable because of:
•NHL Centre Ice (though, not this year)
•Toonami
•Adult Swim
•Discovery Channel networks
The rest, I pretty much never watch.
-tom
The channels I watch:
-Commedy Central
-Adult Swim
-History Channel |
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Maxo
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join:2002-11-04
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| reply to joebear29
said by joebear29 :
Couldn't you say the same thing about the Internet - 95% is total crap.
Of course, much like tv, the 5% that you do not feel is crap is why you subscribe.
Yes, but the internet is an entirely different medium. I don't feel the two can be compared.
One thing I was thinking that may come good out of this, is since there is limited bandwidth maybe they would have an option do purchase just the channels you wants. So I could order only Fox for Simpsons, and King of the Hill, Cartoon Channel, IFC, SCI-FI, Weather Channel, CNN, and just a few others and not be forced to pay for channels in a bundle I will never watch or ever want to watch. This would increase my chance of buying pay-for-tv programing.
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joebear29
join:2003-07-20
Alabaster, AL
| The comparison is valid for the point I was making - both mediums have large amounts of crap, but enough "quality" so that people generally subscribe.
Of course, everyone's definition of quality is different. If there were no other channels, I would get satellite just for ESPN and HBO, but others consider those channels worthless. |
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Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
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| said by joebear29 :
The comparison is valid for the point I was making - both mediums have large amounts of crap, but enough "quality" so that people generally subscribe.
How about suffice to say we disagree on that point. But as you say there is enough "quality" for enough people to subscribe.
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"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine." - Ray Charleshttp://www.cafepress.com/maxolasersquad |
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Yowzaaah
Ours Go To Eleven
join:2000-12-14
DamnFlat, OH
clubs: | reply to joebear29
Couldn't you say the same thing about the Internet - 95% is total crap. Of course, much like tv, the 5% that you do not feel is crap is why you subscribe. Well.......that and the p0rn. |
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