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 Steve MehsGun Control Is Using A Steady HandPremium
join:2005-07-16 | reply to BF69
Re: Will never cut the cord said by BF69:said by IowaCowboy:The OTA signals around here are unusable, especially after the DTV conversion. My mother's cousin in Northampton (MA) tried various antennas (including amplified antennas, both with a converter box and newer digital TV) and could not get reception of the channels she got before the DTV switchover.
I tried picking up broadcast TV at my house and the signals are unusable as well as there is too much interference in the area (Springfield MA, urban area).
We've had this discussion before. The vast majority of people get BETTER reception with OTA now that it's digital. And also unless you're situation is unusual in your area you should get in OTA. I doubt you tired very hard. Put in your info and a height of 30 feet and then post the results and prove me wrong. » www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29 Reception after the digital transition may be better, it may be worse, but what difference does it make if the content is crap?
I watch a lot of TV, and heave yet to see anything on the networks that can rival the quality of the original series on cable and premium cable. CBS and Fox are the only networks I give a damn about and it’s mainly due to sports. CBS for their NFL coverage, Fox for the NFL, Saturday Baseball, NASCAR and I’m trying to get into the UFC. I also watch quite a bit of CBS primetime programming, but wouldn’t be too terribly disappointed if I had to give it all up. Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls and Criminal Minds are the big ones. And on Fox, other than sports, it’s Animation Domination. I watch absolutely nothing on ABC and haven’t in years. Now that Chuck is gone, I will not be watching NBC, even as big as a sports fan as I am, I hate NBCs sports coverage with a passion and will not watch Sunday Night Football or any NHL action, unless my Sabres are playing. I have no desire to watch the crap on PBS, I’m not 12 so the CW does nothing for me, after 6 years, I’m still trying to figure out exactly what My Network TV is, ION would be great, but I’ve already seen every episode of Ghost Whisperer and Criminal Minds and watching TV shows that came out a hundred years ago on Me TV and the whole slew of other channels dedicated to the old and crusty hold no interest to me.
In summary, OTA content is pure dog shit, with a few exceptions, and if all OTA signals ceased this very second, I wouldn’t even notice or care until Saturday at 3:30 when I’d flip over to Fox for the MLB Pregame Show.
No OTA antenna in the world can get me, A&E, History, H2, C&I, Food Network, Cooking Channel, DIY, FX, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNews, ESPN U, Big Ten Network, NHL Network, NFL Network, MLB Network, YES, MSG, CBS Sports Network, Speed, Fox News, Fox Business, Bloomberg, Tru TV, VH1 Classic, Palladia, Syfy, Spike, Science Channel, ID, HBO, Showtime, Starz and a whole host of other channels that air content that I enjoy. | |
| " no OTA antenna in the world can get me, ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPNews, ESPN U, Big Ten Network, NHL Network, NFL Network, MLB Network"
I can totally understand why you feel this way. It looks like you enjoy your sports so you do get some value out of paying the huge carriages that those channels charge. Unfortunately, many people don't care for sports and I don't like subsidizing people like yourself in paying for the most expensive channels like ESPN. And if you get cable/sat, those channels are always included in all but the most worthless bundles which are probably worse then just using OTA antenna. Many people feel the same and are cutting the cord since they don't want to pay for those expensive channels which they don't use. So moving forward, as more cut the cord, you can expect more hikes. You may not cut the cord, but you will pay more over time.. and it will be at a rate greater then the cost of living/inflation.
It may not hit your threshold pain for price. But it will hit others and I see it just hitting a point where the bleed starts hemorrhaging subs. | |
Steve MehsGun Control Is Using A Steady HandPremium
join:2005-07-16 | Anti sports people make me laugh, you make it sound like no one but a select few care about sports, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. I know sports are unpopular here for whatever reason, but you guys are the extreme minority. Baseball is America’s past time, Football is America’s obsession. The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event of the year, the Daytona 500 isn’t far behind. ESPN owns Monday night ratings with Monday Night Football. And here locally, 2 out 3 households are tuned to Buffalo Sabres hockey when they play with 19K people packed in the Arena during home games.
I already pay $288/month for cable from Time Warner and a $97/month to DirecTV. And that doesn’t include the fact that I subscribe to MLB Extra Innings and NHL Center Ice on cable and for the first time ever, I’ll be getting NFL Sunday Ticket on DirecTV. A few bucks more isn’t going to mean much to me as long as I get the content I want, the price is irrelevant.
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1 edit | said by Steve Mehs:Anti sports people make me laugh, you make it sound like no one but a select few care about sports, which couldn’t be farther from the truth. I know sports are unpopular here for whatever reason, but you guys are the extreme minority. Baseball is America’s past time, Football is America’s obsession. The Super Bowl is the biggest TV event of the year, the Daytona 500 isn’t far behind. ESPN owns Monday night ratings with Monday Night Football. And here locally, 2 out 3 households are tuned to Buffalo Sabres hockey when they play with 19K people packed in the Arena during home games.
I already pay $288/month for cable from Time Warner and a $97/month to DirecTV. And that doesn’t include the fact that I subscribe to MLB Extra Innings and NHL Center Ice on cable and for the first time ever, I’ll be getting NFL Sunday Ticket on DirecTV. A few bucks more isn’t going to mean much to me as long as I get the content I want, the price is irrelevant.
I still firmly believe that sports should be bundled separately for the simple reason that they represent a major portion of everyone's total bill. And channels like ESPN are some the the highest carriage channels period. Somewhere between 33 percent and 50 percent of households don't watch sports. Yet somehow, the content providers like Disney can extort carriages from those that don't watch sports through unfair bundling, or carriage extortion.
If you think Sports is so popular you might be surprised just how many would downgrade their service if allowed the option to drop the sports tiers and drop their bill by another 15 to 20 dollars a month. It would be catastrophic and would put some reality on what players salaries are really worth.
I'm not so anti sports as you may think. I still watch the Lakers and Chargers when they are available OTA. I chose to cut the cord because I really feel the value is not there anymore. And if I could get cable and cut out the Disney stations and half my bill I may consider re-subbing. Yes, I do have a beef with Disney and any research into how they force high carriages on the providers will prove my point. | |
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