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In the UK I have found getting rid of my tv completely pretty easy, originally I went from sky to freeview, which has most of what I wanted for £120 a year (tv

In the UK I have found getting rid of my tv completely pretty easy, originally I went from sky to freeview, which has most of what I wanted for £120 a year (tv license), and then eventually just got rid of the tv+freeview and only watch http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ or http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od http://www.channel4.com/programmes/4od I have found that I ended up watching a lot more varied and interesting stuff when I can search as opposed to just watching whats on.

imajes 17y ago
It still costs you £120 though.
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago
  You only need a UK TV licence to watch live TV online, not replay things that have already been broadcast. iPlayer Doesn't Require A TV Licence... Yet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_...
nfnaaron 17y ago
I have found that I ended up watching a lot more varied and interesting stuff when I can search as opposed to just watching whats on. Wow. The seeds of mainstream TV's destruction right there. I think this is a fundamental part of the newspaper's demise that is missed, by papers and many others. For me and probably many others, it's not that the papers/news online is cheaper or free, it's that there's at once more variety and more depth. It's the reason why I'm commenting on an HN post instead of a Denver Post article. A single paper or corp, or a single station or network, cannot compete with a universe of shiny. When WWI ended, Boeing kept their airplane builders employed for awhile by building furniture (airplanes were made largely of wood back then, so they were highly skilled wood-workers). I wonder how newspaper and TV infrastructure could be re-purposed, for something more permanent than the mere end of a war?

imajes 17y ago

It still costs you £120 though.

ZeroGravitas 17y ago
You only need a UK TV licence to watch live TV online, not replay things that have already been broadcast. iPlayer Doesn't Require A TV Licence... Yet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_...

nfnaaron 17y ago

I have found that I ended up watching a lot more varied and interesting stuff when I can search as opposed to just watching whats on. Wow. The seeds of mainstream TV's destruction right there. I think this is a fundamental part of the newspaper's demise that is missed, by papers and many others. For me and probably many others, it's not that the papers/news online is cheaper or free, it's that there's at once more variety and more depth. It's the reason why I'm commenting on an HN post instead of a Denver Post article. A single paper or corp, or a single station or network, cannot compete with a universe of shiny. When WWI ended, Boeing kept their airplane builders employed for awhile by building furniture (airplanes were made largely of wood back then, so they were highly skilled wood-workers). I wonder how newspaper and TV infrastructure could be re-purposed, for something more permanent than the mere end of a war?