Just the fact that a smart TV requires less equipment.
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How much longer will cable last?
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Doesn't make it easier to navigate.
The only sets that wouldn't have HDMI are old CRT sets.
I'm pretty sure that some of the earlier LED/LCD HDTV sets don't have HDMI ports, either.
The HDMI standard wasn't created until December 2002. So probably the earliest TVs that use HDMI came to market in 2004 or 2005. My recollection is that HDMI was pretty dominant by 2009 or so.
But very few sets of that sort are still in use today, simply because of age, and compatibility with modern inputs like set-top cable boxes.
But very few sets of that sort are still in use today, simply because of age, and compatibility with modern inputs like set-top cable boxes.
Could ESPN stem the loss of cable subscribers if parent company Disney were to move the NBA Finals and (in even numbered years) the NHL Stanley Cup Finals from ABC to ESPN?
I don't know if the contracts between Disney/ESPN/ABC would permit such a move, and even if they did, whether there would be political backlash (especially with the NBA Finals going to cable) over such a move.
Hard core hockey fans are already viewing their games via Center Ice or another subscription service and those services would undoubtedly carry the Stanley Cup playoff games so I see very little impact there. I have no idea how many 'casual' hockey fans forego the regular season and just watch the playoffs - and there are even services for that which would not require a sub to ESPN.
I believe Center Ice is gone now. I get most NHL games from ESPN+. Much cheaper, too.
And it spies on you too.
BTW so does a smart phone.
Why I don't have one of those.
Same here I don't have a Smart Phone either I don't have a cell phone either since I was never a phone person, to begin with.Why I don't have one of those.
As I've mentioned in other threads, we're currently paying about $130/month for a Comcast subscription that gives us everything we regularly watch, also gives us a complimentary subscription to Peacock Plus, gives us access to Bally Sports to stream their programming via a laptop or smart device and also gives us access to lots of TV shows and movies on demand that we like to watch as our schedule allows. So far, after considering the channels we regularly watch, no other service or offering would give us all those things in 1 package, regardless of cost. When we consider all the individual services we'd need to buy or subscribe to, and what we'd need to go through to access the various programming (our SmartTV, a laptop, possibly other peripherals), so far it's just not been worth it to us. If our cable bill increases that may change our minds. Likewise, as some of the various streamers consider consolidating and we perhaps wouldn't need to $ub$cribe to so many different services, that may also cause us to reconsider.
What are you going to do when land lines are no longer in service? AT&T asked for a cutoff date over a decade ago!
True too Netflix and Amazon Prime app would be compared to HBO, Showtime, Starz were in seen in past decades.
However in some parts of the country where Comcast is the Cable and Internet provider Peacock app is included in the package.
Don't count on that ever happening. It would probably take an Act of Congress to do so.
I know streaming is here to stay. Folk are cord cutting left and right to save money. But you have folk like me....I have DirecTV. I don't own a smart TV. The TV's I purchased in 2008 and 2010 still work perfectly. I don't want to pay extra for streaming when I can watch what I want to watch on DirecTV. Since I am a bundled services customer of AT&T, the discounts I get make up the difference in cost. Plus, now I see that most of the streaming services are as much as regular cable. I don't want to pay for a firestick or google thingy to watch TV. I'll stay with what I know. I have a HBOMax account just because I get discount on my cellular telephone service. I never watch it. I don't want to watch tv on my cellular telephone. Thats why I have a TV. So, there will always be cable/satellite TV as an option. These companies may evolve, but they will still have the service, unless those folks move to a new place and then consumers will have a different choice to make.
TV satellites will be going away in the next decade or so. The last DirecTV satellite was launched a few years ago, and AT&T said at the time that no further maintenance will be done on them.
You will in time. There will be nothing else on the market, if that's not already true.
There are TVs available with the hardware built in. I have a Roku TV that works perfectly, both on OTA and streaming channels.
Let me guess: You love Ancient Modulation radio as well.
No, they won't. The cable and satellite companies are already moving to streaming services. Cable companies that don't offer streaming services will become strictly ISPs, and the satellites will be dead. It won't happen tomorrow, but it will before this decade is out.
Cable and satellites are becoming antique technology, going the way of analog OTA TV. Digital OTA TV will be around for awhile, mainly because of all the diginets that (I think) pay to be placed on the subchannels. Correct me if I'm wrong about that, but I see no other way for broadcasters to be able to make money on OTA. They can't charge the viewers, they no longer get money from the networks, and advertising ain't what it used to be.
Not necessarily. I don't have to hook the tv up to the internet.
See above!!!
Darn Right!!!!Let me guess: You love Ancient Modulation radio as well.
Well since pay TV penetration is about 55-60% nationwide, OTA stations will still be in business.
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