On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Kevin M.<[email protected]> wrote: > > If I thought for a minute that the cable industry would offer > customers a cheaper cable plan wherein users opted for the new > technology in exchange for a lower cable bill, I'd consider this a > victory. If, after all, the set-top boxes amount to "10 per cent to 15 > per cent of major cable's capital spending," then the cable companies > should offer the service at 90 to 85 percent of the standard cost to > consumers. But they won't, so the only people winning are the cable > companies, and since they win enough as it is... screw 'em.
The thought that occurred to me is that the recorded shows reside in the cable system so somebody who is fed up with his cable company has to decide to stick with them until all the recorded programs are watched or lose them. An owner od a DVR box doesn't face that situation. Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
