Sounds like the same mentality most of our welfare users and illegals go by.
Yes, obviously completely comparable.
Sounds like the same mentality most of our welfare users and illegals go by.
Give it the old college try. I live in the hood. If I haven't been robbed yet, I think I'll be ok.
Yes, obviously completely comparable.
Give it the old college try. I live in the hood. If I haven't been robbed yet, I think I'll be ok.
This summarizes the greed and idiocy of these companies. How is it a "discount" when you don't get to keep it? Renting and selling aren't the same thing, and the fact they don't understand that says that they don't deserve my money anyway. They don't see the consumer's end, they just see "need get more monies".
You're missing the point. Yes the cable/satellite companies do offer more, but at what cost? And I'm not just talking strictly financial costs. I'm talking about what else you could do with your time rather than spending all day in front of the tv watching cable so you can justify the monthly expense. It's just not worth it to me. With watching Netflix, free OTA TV, playing $1 iphone games, browsing the internet, playing flag football, hanging out with friends/family, and etc. the variety, the cost, and the time needed to spend to justify the cost make a cable/satellite subscription at $100 a month not very attractive. I'm sure many will disagree but I bet many others have never thought of it that way.
Here's something interesting to try. Ask someone spending $40 a month for internet and $100 a month for cable/satellite which one they would give up if they had to. Even though cable/satellite is often over twice as much as internet, you would almost unanimously get people to say they would rather keep their internet access. Even though you basically get the same thing from both which is entertainment, news, and information about the world around you.
That's something to think about.
Most shows you are going to watch exactly once (infact I think I haven't rerun a single epsiode of any TV show I bought of iTunes so far and I bought quite a few)
You would have to watch less than a quarter of an episode per day for this to be more worthwhile than Netflix. Do you watch an average of 7 minutes of TV a day? If you dont then you are overpaying for dramatically less content by using itunes.
I pay $152 a month for my DirecTV service, it includes a DVR and a couple HD receivers.
TWC just upped their cost for internet, $69 a month now for their top tier internet.... which is a whopping 10mb download speed... fracking pathetic. I could pay $59 a month for 5mb dl.
You are forgetting that you pay a premium to see something right away though. I can't rent a movie on Netflix 24 hours after it's released in theaters. I can't watch an episode from a TV series within 24 hours on Netflix either.
If you are looking for cheap CONTENT, I completely agree, Netflix is probably the way to go if you mind waiting awhile and don't want it immediately, and don't want to see any current seasons of TV, and want to limit yourself to a physical disc or streaming format, with no renting and viewing on your iPod Touch in areas where you don't have an internet connection.
I suppose Murdoch sees it as a good way to get it's future newspaper plans onto the iPad etc. You scratch my back I'll scratch yours....
Yup. I agree. Netflix seems like the only place that consistently gets things right. One low fee for everything. Their apps are popping up everywhere - and for free. That seems to be the model so far that's gonna win out. iTunes is much too expensive right now.A DOLLAR an episode? Why would I pay that when I can watch streaming Netflix unlimited for 8.99 a month? Admittedly, they don't have the newest content, and the catalog is somewhat limited for now, but the selection is growing and the iPhone/iPod/iPad app really sweetened the deal. It's time Apple implemented a subscription-based content delivery service that is competitive with Hulu, Netflix, etc. How about movies, music and TV shows streamed to my iOS devices for a monthly fee?![]()
Great, so now I can rent "Red Eye" and other AMAZING Fox News programs.![]()
Sounds good to me - "Red Eye" is too funny - 'just on too late. And Fox news kills all the other so-called news channels - in both content and ratings!
Some people seem to appreciate tyrants and villains. Others, not so much.
WRONG. Fox News is the only skewed radical right "news" station, while the rest cater to a more independent/left leaning demographic.
I pay $152 a month for my DirecTV service, it includes a DVR and a couple HD receivers.
TWC just upped their cost for internet, $69 a month now for their top tier internet.... which is a whopping 10mb download speed... fracking pathetic. I could pay $59 a month for 5mb dl.
Well it looks like this is official now.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/08/31/apple-set-to-announce-99-cent-fox-abc-rentals/
A very, very stupid plan by Apple. If you are going to pay .99 for something you don't own and can only watch once then why not just watch it online?
I didn't mind the 1.99 or 2.99 price tag because I owned the episode.
If they remove the option to purchase I don't see how this benefits anyone.