The Death of Television Draws Ever Nearer

RawAlex · 06-29-2009

Interestingly, I don't get what everyone is so excited about. Hard drives are cheap as chips. Heck, BellTV (sat company) up here activated the USB port on my regular HD receiver,I plugged in a hard drive, and boom, DVR.

I think all the surpreme court did was put this one on hold - let the technology play a bit, and wait until the broadcasters come back with a much more solid list of complaints to work from.

Oh yeah, as for TV, yes, it is dying pretty quick these days, prime time is the latest victim. NBC has dumped 10PM for Leno, Fox never did 10 PM, and CBS is looking to replace 10PM with a sort of super national news / interview thing, maybe as soon as January.

The real victims? 10PM drama shows, the things that have turned into the staples of all the cable channels that run repeats (tnt, spike, etc). They are going to find themselves up the creek with very little new programming soon.

gonzo · 06-29-2009

My point was how we all used to do it... isnt good enough anymore.

06-29-2009	#1
RawAlex Members $100 for every ImLive sign-up Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,036	Re: The Death of Television Draws Ever Nearer Interestingly, I don't get what everyone is so excited about. Hard drives are cheap as chips. Heck, BellTV (sat company) up here activated the USB port on my regular HD receiver,I plugged in a hard drive, and boom, DVR. I think all the surpreme court did was put this one on hold - let the technology play a bit, and wait until the broadcasters come back with a much more solid list of complaints to work from. Oh yeah, as for TV, yes, it is dying pretty quick these days, prime time is the latest victim. NBC has dumped 10PM for Leno, Fox never did 10 PM, and CBS is looking to replace 10PM with a sort of super national news / interview thing, maybe as soon as January. The real victims? 10PM drama shows, the things that have turned into the staples of all the cable channels that run repeats (tnt, spike, etc). They are going to find themselves up the creek with very little new programming soon. __________________ Let's go to the edge of disaster Push the pedal and go a little faster Let's slam into a wall at ramming speed Let's go to the edge of a mountain Jump off and lets start countin' Hit the ground and tell me if it bleeds

06-29-2009	#2
gonzo Fat Fucking Nobody Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta,Ga. Posts: 17,795 Blog Entries: 11	Re: The Death of Television Draws Ever Nearer My point was how we all used to do it... isnt good enough anymore. __________________ We are putting the bastards of this world on notice; greed and corruption will always be met with "a voice made of ink and rage." "Never try and be like anyone else" - Hunter S. Thompson "The truth is the truth no matter how you try and package a lie" - Shellee Hale

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