Thursday, January 25, 2007

cancelling cable? maybe, but not yet

it won't be long before you can cancel cable altogether and just get what you want, when you want it. by using itunes, netflix, the soon-to-come joost, iptv, and there are other options in the works. it may be possible to get rid of everything you receive but don't watch on cable and purchase the things you do want to watch ala' carte.

a blogger at zdnet made a recent post about this. and it is something my wife and i were talking about just the other night.

while it is not completely new, the appletv will make it much easier and simpler for the consumer market to do something like this, while preserving the quality of the video for your HD tv. with all these options cable tv, just isn't working as well for me anymore. all i want are the HD channels. that's just not an option. with brighthouse networks, to receive the HD channels, you must order basic cable, the digital package, and pay for the dvr service in addition to receive the HD broadcasts.

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