[dba-Tech] TV (why I hate TV)

Hi Arthur and Rocky

And then we can sit watching our chosen favourites until we die. Nothing will surprise your bored brain. Great fun.

/gustav

>>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 08-09-2007 16:08 >>>
It's coming.  Be patient.  It needed the technology and bandwidth.  Now all
they need is a profitable business model.  What you're talking about is a
strictly a la carte pay-per-view plan.  Do you expect that it will cost more
or less than the channel bundle you now get?

Rocky

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 6:25 AM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] TV (why I hate TV)

I want TV to work like iPod. I want to receive zero channels unless I
specifically request them. I want to receive specific programs, not
channels. I want to request specific series (the Sopranos, for example).
There are a few channels I would like such as BBC news and Al-Jazerra (just
for alternative perspectives). What irks me about the current (in Canada)
formula is that I must subscribe to bundles of channels. This is NOT what I
want. I want much more precision. For example, I love tennis and want to
watch every match in every slam and grand slam. I do not want to watch
hockey or baseball, but I do want to watch soccer.

I guess this problem is due to the horizontality of the the marketing
scheme, but I hate it. I wish all this would quietly go away, and that
instead I could request my own peculiar tastes, and receive nothing more.
The whole concept of channels defeats my purpose. I don't want channels, I
want programs. Law and Order, NYPD Blue, The Shield, tennis, soccer. That's
all I want. Why is the world built against this delivery model?

Perhaps this is solely my own pet peeve, but the existing marketplace has so
angered me that I have stopped subscribing to any TV reception. The only
purpose of my TV now is to play DVDs borrowed from the library.

A final note: If you haven't seen "Bend it Like Beckham", then I strongly
encourage you to rent it or borrow it. You'll laugh and cry and sometimes
both at once.

A.