Comments on: The computer is the TV http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/175/the-computer-is-the-tv Mobile experience, user interface design, software and new ideas. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:15:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Bloom http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/175/the-computer-is-the-tv/comment-page-1#comment-484 Chris Bloom Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:27:15 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=175#comment-484 Er, not Cabel.. "Cable" Er, not Cabel.. “Cable”

]]> By: Chris Bloom http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/175/the-computer-is-the-tv/comment-page-1#comment-483 Chris Bloom Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:25:56 +0000 http://www.raizlabs.com/blog/?p=175#comment-483 I've had similar thinkings for a while: If networks want to battle Tivo and Youtube, they will need to out Tivo and Youtube them. ABC is getting this right by posting episodes for viewing online after the contemporary broadcast slot. Other networks should follow suite - instead of having static programming grids, networks should just have release dates with content being available anytime after that. And speaking of the outrageous expense of Cabel these days, our house has been TV-free for going on two years and I couldn't be happier. We're saving 50-100/month (we do spend $15/mo on a Netflix subscription for movies), plus the money we were spending on Tivo (funny, I miss the Tivo, but not the TV). We have no problem keeping up on current events since we get our news online. We've even started having regular Thursday night dates in front of the laptop to watch Lost on ABC.com. It's sad how many households view TV as a "necessary" expense. It's so much the dinosaur in today's wired world... I’ve had similar thinkings for a while: If networks want to battle Tivo and Youtube, they will need to out Tivo and Youtube them. ABC is getting this right by posting episodes for viewing online after the contemporary broadcast slot. Other networks should follow suite – instead of having static programming grids, networks should just have release dates with content being available anytime after that.

And speaking of the outrageous expense of Cabel these days, our house has been TV-free for going on two years and I couldn’t be happier. We’re saving 50-100/month (we do spend $15/mo on a Netflix subscription for movies), plus the money we were spending on Tivo (funny, I miss the Tivo, but not the TV). We have no problem keeping up on current events since we get our news online. We’ve even started having regular Thursday night dates in front of the laptop to watch Lost on ABC.com. It’s sad how many households view TV as a “necessary” expense. It’s so much the dinosaur in today’s wired world…

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