tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943915079598040271.post2862372431637698422..comments2023-08-17T16:39:20.360+01:00Comments on Farm Fresh Meat: Comcast: You Can Blow MeJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07522772121400618010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943915079598040271.post-21355745568607169872008-12-04T19:25:00.000+00:002008-12-04T19:25:00.000+00:00And I hate watching TV over the internet. The qual...And I hate watching TV over the internet. The quality isn't there yet even when compared to conventional broadcasts. The extreme compression algorithms they use on internet broadcasts look like crap on a big screen.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943915079598040271.post-88542007520176940902008-12-04T19:23:00.000+00:002008-12-04T19:23:00.000+00:00I don't have a choice because I have tenants. If i...I don't have a choice because I have tenants. If it was just myself, I'd probably go to over-the-air HD, but when you divide the cost of such services by 2 or 3 (depending on the house) it's not that much and tenants demand it.Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04089108417465569092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6943915079598040271.post-52420195309193813622008-12-04T19:14:00.000+00:002008-12-04T19:14:00.000+00:00D00d, even $110 per month for TV seems ridiculous ...D00d, even $110 per month for TV seems ridiculous to me. I think you have indeed been frog-in-hot-water-ized. <BR/>That may seem a lot better when you compare it to Comcast, but Jeebus! $110 a month for TV? Not even if they threw in a few free BJs each month.<BR/><BR/>And by "BJs," I mean "pints of <B>B</B>en & <B>J</B>erry's," of course. But no matter how you want to interpret it, A HUNDRED AND TEN FRICKIN' DOLLARS A MONTH FOR TV?!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, how much of what's on TV can you even tolerate? When I've gone back to the US to visit, it has looked to me like TV was mostly crappy "reality shows" and constant reruns of the <I>Law & Order</I> and <I>CSI</I> shows. I guess they must be making new eps of the various shows in those two franchises, but it would be hard for me to tell if a given ep is new or not, since I have seen very, very few.<BR/>When I was watching <I>Heroes</I> (I found the pre-strike half-of-a-second-season annoying and took the strike-induced hiatus as a great moment to quit), I watched a full episode -I think it was the penultimate ep of the first season- on the network's site, and it was an OK experience. There are also sites, not available to folks outside the USA, that somehow offer legitimate access to TV episodes. I find it easy to imagine that even if you have to pay to use such sites (and I suspect you don't), it could very easily come out WAY cheaper than $110 a month. So what I'm sayin' is that internet access and some way of watching whatever shows you need to see (and no, I'm not talking about Torrents; as I stated above, there appear to be non-piracy ways to watch a lot of shows) ought to make cable and satellite TV unnecessary, unless you really, really, really need access to some kind of sports events you can't see via internet. And come to think of it, I watched the 2005 baseball playoffs via internet, and it cost me $14.95 for the whole package. Well worth it to see the White Sox (Obama's team too) end their 88-year wait between World Series championships. And MLB.tv lets you see more regular season games than your cable company will ever offer. I'm guessing it's similar with other sports. <BR/><BR/>Not that $110 a month more will make you rich, or $110 less will bankrupt you, but JHFC! What has happened that has made people think $110 per month for TV is a <B>good</B> price? And for every Jamie that drops Comcast and its $170-ish per month "service" in favor of the $110 per month relative bargain from DirecTV, there must be numerous victims who just quietly let Comcast continue to pick their pockets every month.<BR/><BR/>I'm horrified. If that makes me out of touch, I don't want to be hip.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684714516449238724noreply@blogger.com