When will cable finally go ALA-CARTE? or even single show order only?
I refuse to buy cable, had it... cut it years ago. Been down to basically broadcast for years now, and honestly don’t miss cable.... Broadcast has gone downhill as well...
I am about ready to just chuck the TV all together and just download shows I want to see or buy DVD’s of series I want to watch.
5 days a week, nothing but “reality” horsecrap in primetime on all 3 channels.
I am not home often, but when I am, there is rarely anything worth watching on....
A former couch potatoe, who has escaped, and will only watch something worth watching... and frankly there is little on cable or broadcast worth it today.
“When will cable finally go ALA-CARTE? or even single show order only?”
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I would love to have that. Actually, I would love to have competition among cable companies. Friend of mine who came originally from Allentown, PA told me they have two cable outfits — if you don’t like one, you switch to the other. Here, if your township or municipality picks a cable system, you are stuck with it (unless you don’t want any cable, in which case you suffer with poor reception from rabbit ears), or you go with a dish (but where I am, dish reception is poor).
Why the “H” should I pay for cable that consists of 99% sports, alleged music channels (e.g., VH1, MTV) and so-called “news?” I mean, if you sports fans want sports channels, fine — you can have them. Maybe I’d like to have more movies such as Turner or Fox —why can’t I have just that? Or why can’t I purchase different packages of genres I like? No, I’m stuck with paying for nonsense, 99% of which I don’t watch.
And why are the good channels such as Sci-Fi only available in digital or premium packages? Anything to get subscribers to cough up more money for better programming. Stinks.