What does cord cutting mean to you?
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
No the point was to specifically talk about current shows. Shows that are being released today. Not something from last season.
Talking about Blue Bloods allowed the red herring of talking about past seasons, which I was trying to avoid. -
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
I have to assume a ton, otherwise cable TV would have already collapsed because the advertisers wouldn't want to pay for people not watching their ads.
Everyone I know with cable does the same thing... turns it on and casually ignores it. It works because tons of people are addicted to "whatever is on" programming. They can't be bothered to pick, it's just that they want it fed to them. Exactly what I want to avoid. It's a great business model for cable, and exactly why I don't even allow it in the house, even if it is free.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
No the point was to specifically talk about current shows. Shows that are being released today. Not something from last season.
Talking about Blue Bloods allowed the red herring of talking about past seasons, which I was trying to avoid.Why would someone care about a current show? I've never understood this concept. There is plenty to watch, watch something else until that releases. Then you get it and can binge if you want, have no commercials, don't pay an arm and a leg, etc. It's pure win.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
I get the "current show" desire, but that has almost no context in the modern world. There are so many shows to watch, and I know no one that overlaps with me (or much of anyone else) in shows, let alone the same shows at the same time.
The one exception that I know is people who binge big Netflix releases. Like Stranger Things 2 next week, you could do the water cooler thing because people actually wait to watch that all at once.
But even so, who sits around talking about television shows each day. Television isn't that interesting.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
Which is really just marketing from somewhere. They could all wait till it goes on sale and talk about it then. So clearly they aren't using the "talk about it" argument, but it is a cover for something else.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
Which is really just marketing from somewhere. They could all wait till it goes on sale and talk about it then. So clearly they aren't using the "talk about it" argument, but it is a cover for something else.
Yep... which is what a group of my friends have been doing. They all agree to pick up a game during a Steam sale and play it together.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
Which is really just marketing from somewhere. They could all wait till it goes on sale and talk about it then. So clearly they aren't using the "talk about it" argument, but it is a cover for something else.
Yep... which is what a group of my friends have been doing. They all agree to pick up a game during a Steam sale and play it together.
This is how my friends did games like that even in the SNES era!
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
huh - games - well I would say it depends on how you play. If you want to play with others, then you need to buy it when others are playing, if you are single player, then who cares.
Same goes for TV, if you're going to talk about it, you have to watch when others are watching, otherwise - if you're Scott - who cares.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
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We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
Which is really just marketing from somewhere. They could all wait till it goes on sale and talk about it then. So clearly they aren't using the "talk about it" argument, but it is a cover for something else.
Its hard to talk about sports games since they are released yearly. And to be part of the community and have a player good enough to compete online like in NBA 2K you pretty have to buy it when arrives.
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@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
huh - games - well I would say it depends on how you play. If you want to play with others, then you need to buy it when others are playing, if you are single player, then who cares.
Same goes for TV, if you're going to talk about it, you have to watch when others are watching, otherwise - if you're Scott - who cares.
Right, and with DVRs and stuff, even network television isn't "all at the same time". So the idea of watching when other people do, and what they do, all really doesn't exist.
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@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
Which is really just marketing from somewhere. They could all wait till it goes on sale and talk about it then. So clearly they aren't using the "talk about it" argument, but it is a cover for something else.
Its hard to talk about sports games since they are released yearly. And to be part of the community and have a player good enough to compete online like in NBA 2K you pretty have to buy it when arrives.
Which is really part of the marketing... year-to-year those games really don't change that much. They are only released yearly because people buy them instead of getting patches to add the new rosters etc.
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@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@coliver said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dashrender said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@scottalanmiller said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
@dafyre said in What does cord cutting mean to you?:
We simply pay for the services we want that have the shows we like. Primarily Netflix and Hulu right now. No need for anything else, really.
Just Netflix and Amazon here, we dropped Hulu as it was just awful. Found that we didn't miss it at all. Plenty on Netflix and Amazon, really no need for anything else.
So you don't want network television at all then? I wouldn't be surprised if you say correct.
Aboslutely not. I won't allow it in the house. Nothing with commercials or that "just plays whatever is on." I told the cable company that even for $1 I wouldn't hook up cable. I'm not even interested in having it available as a temptation. I've not had the ability to get any kind of network television (because I don't buy or hook up TV tuners) for twenty years. I see it once in a while when visiting people or in a hotel and am so thankful it's not available to me at home.
poor choice of words on my part - I assume you don't want any shows that are from network television. i.e. SEAL TEAM. Seal Team isn't on Amazon or Netflix yet, so your only option is Hulu or OTA.
If they aren't good enough for Netflix or Amazon to want them, why would I want to waste time on them. There are too many things to watch that make it to the first tier, shows that aren't good enough to get there I don't have time to watch. I've literally never heard of SEAL TEAM. Is that like one of those late night budget shows like Silk Stalkings?
LOL - it's a new show this season. Originally I was going to say Blue Bloods, but it's old seasons are on Netflix - so you would come back and just say - I don't care about watching it when it's current season is out, I'll just catch it some future date.
What? So you're self selecting your argument? This obscure show that was recently introduced isn't on a streaming service!
But that one is, Dominica watches it. I don't, but she says that it is good. But, my case in point, network TV seems to be where they test all the crap, if it is good enough they get lucky and Netflix picks it up.
yeah, after the whole season is over. So you're watching it later.
I know I know - the whole water cooler talk about last night's show is lost on you. The reality is that I don't have it much either. But JB and I have chatted about a current show that we both recently watched - but if there was no current show - you just have shows that people watch whenever, there would be little actual talking about it. I know when I was younger, with old school TV, shows got a lot of talking about (and frankly I still hear tons of people talking about those shows on network TV - walking Dead anyone?), but if you only watch stuff that came out last year, then the chances seem low that you would care enough about the show to have discussions about it.
This is the argument I hear about games too. You should buy it new so you can talk about it. I do have several people in my social circle that buy games as soon as the release so they can do that.
huh - games - well I would say it depends on how you play. If you want to play with others, then you need to buy it when others are playing, if you are single player, then who cares.
Same goes for TV, if you're going to talk about it, you have to watch when others are watching, otherwise - if you're Scott - who cares.
Right, and with DVRs and stuff, even network television isn't "all at the same time". So the idea of watching when other people do, and what they do, all really doesn't exist.
I say there's a week of fudge factor there. You get beyond that and yeah, the conversations become pointless.
