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Yep, we got rid of it about 8 months ago. All of the programming we watch is, for the most part, available on the public TV stations (NBC, ABC, etc.), or on Hul
by silverlight 16y ago
Yep, we got rid of it about 8 months ago. All of the programming we watch is, for the most part, available on the public TV stations (NBC, ABC, etc.), or on Hulu. I set up a Windows Media Center PC to DVR our shows on broadcast TV, although we could just as easily rely on Hulu if we were willing to wait a day or two to see the shows. We also have Netflix.
We are also serial Pay Per View watchers, but now that $5/movie is going to either Playstation Network or Xbox Live/Zune, depending on which TV we want to watch it on, for about the same price. We have also been known on occasion to pay for TV series on iTunes (such as Tudors) that aren't available anywhere else.
For sports, we have ESPN3, which is also coming to Xbox Live shortly.
We are a 2 income household making a 6-figure income, so it is most decidedly not that we can't afford it -- it is simply that we got tired of paying for something so worthless.
What would get us to come back? Reasonable, a la carte channel ordering. I would, for example, shell out $2 or $3 per month for Bravo and a half dozen other stations that feature content we actually watched. But we had 300 channels and I didn't watch 297 of them -- why should I pay for them?
Also, I've never understood why everything isn't just available on-demand (like Hulu). If I have access to Bravo, I should be able to see any already-shown episode of Top Chef that I want, without having "recorded" it -- that should just be part of the subscription. Live TV should only be used if you want to watch sports, or the premier of an episode. Makes no sense not to provide this and make your customers happier.