My kids are growing up in a truly digital online world.  After recently discovering Netflix, I showed my son how it works and he quickly quipped that it’s similar to iTunes. Unbeknownst to me, he’s been purchasing shows off of iTunes for a while now and loading on his iPod for later viewing.  Interestingly, we are finding ourselves watching less and less cable TV now and simply going online for entertainment.
This brings me to a recent discovery on new TV’s; Many new TV’s are now coming with online capability built in such as the items here. I will likely purchase a new set or tv sometime toward the latter part of the year when the sales go hot either black Friday or perhaps after Christmas and this is definitely one of the features I want.  I may replace all my TV’s with this feature to enable online Netflix access throughout the house. Seriously, who wants to pay $100 per month for cable TV when Netflix is $9/month?
Between $0.99 TV shows (commercial free by the way) on iTunes, $9/month on Netflix and free Youtube and other online content, why bother with anything else?  The only thing missing right now is a box (computer) to bind them all together.   I wish the Mac mini were a bit cheaper so I could attach these to all my TVs and stream content throughout the house with my new storage array.
This ultimately doesn’t bode well for advertisers as I’m spending less and less time watching pointless ads and watching commercial free entertainment.  There goes another industry down the toilet through the advancement of modern technology.
well,in the next few months both Apple and Google will be selling a box that connects your internet to your TV.
The box should cost about $99.00.
Bye, Bye, cable!
What is this magic box called? I want one!
Not so fast … I think you may be an early adopter and an outlier! There’s a sizable population in the middle and lower income class for whom cheap cable (basic and may be classic) is still the main source of TV. I don’t think we have seen the death knell for regular cable/satellite TV.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129431229
The number of people subscribing to cable and satellite TV dropped for the first time last quarter, according to the research firm SNL Kagan. It was a small decline, due mostly to the economy. At some point, the tech talkers insist, there will be so many options for entertainment that people won’t want to pay their cable bills anymore, and will be satisfied with all the other options.