Satellite TV is Dead, Direct TV just lost 267,000 customers

2012Coleman wrote:
After reading one page of this thread, I predicted that I would most likely stop wasting my time reading it before getting through the second page. My prediction turned out to be true.

but you are still here aren't you?

this thread ranks someplace between a festering wound and a car wreck.
bumpy

After reading one page of this thread, I predicted that I would most likely stop wasting my time reading it before getting through the second page. My prediction turned out to be true.

mt1729 wrote:
I guess if you make enough predictions sooner or later one will come true. This isn't one of them.:)

I predict that when popping corn you'll always have a percentage of unpopped kernals in the bottom of the serving bowl.

I guess if you make enough predictions sooner or later one will come true. This isn't one of them.:)

There is no such thing as a digital antenna. However antennas do receive analog signals that have digital content embedded in the analog waveform. Your cell phone and satellite dish are perfect examples of this.

I also believe there will be the eventual demise of satellite television. It just won't be able to compete eventually with 5G. They won't be around to service the few customers in rural areas anymore. Not sure how long that may be. May be 5 years.

comcast made it EZ with integrated links to netflix and prime. we record everything we like to watch for playback later to skip commercials. comcast here just introduced "smart resume" for programming on the major broadcast networks. when fast-forwarding thru those programs the commercial breaks are visually indicated.

"The Smart Resume feature in Comcast Labs allows you to more easily navigate past commercial breaks within DVR recordings. If you fast forward through a commercial break when Smart Resume is enabled, Smart Resume will automatically drop you into playback when the commercial break ends."

pretty nifty but i'm guessing the advertisers aren't thrilled. maybe Comcast is compensating them somehow.

As I stated before, pay TV isn't going away any time soon.

From the article below:

"Despite the rising popularity of streaming, the survey also showed that many households continue to value both streaming and pay TV, with 43% of U.S. consumers having subscriptions to both.

“Streaming versus pay TV is not an either/or proposition,” the report said."

More households subscribe to streaming than traditional TV, according to new report

12th Man Fan wrote:
In most of the RV parks I have stayed in the WI-FI will barely let you send an E-mail let alone stream video.

I have Dish for the RV.

Same here, RV park WiFi sucks, I hot spot a phone for email.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
...I blocked timmac from further PM BS but no one can stop him from posting his rants here..

he pulled the same BS with me so i've PM blocked him as well.

2oldman wrote:
I'd just like to see Verizon spelled correctly.

LMAO! :B