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I don't watch TV but the rest of the family does, and there's no way they'd put up with cord cutting.

I don't watch TV but the rest of the family does, and there's no way they'd put up with cord cutting. Right now we have an overpriced TV package from Comcast but it's convenient because it's one service. My wife knows her channels and when to tune in, and can do it with a single remote control. Done. The alternative is to subscribe to 4 or 5 of these streaming services, and have to explain: "Well, honey for this show you need to use this service and navigate it this way, use this HDMI input on the TV. For that show, you need to use this other service, on the media player (so different remote), and this input. For movies, you need to use Netflix and do it this way.. For cartoons for the kid, you need to use this service..." No way that's going to fly. What I really want is a service where she can just memorize how and when to get to the already few things she wants to watch, be able to get to them by just turning on the TV, and not have to switch inputs, devices, remotes, UIs, etc. Hey, wait, that's called standard Cable TV service!

Posted by ryandrake on Jun 24, 2015, 12:01 AM

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I don't watch TV but the rest of the family does, and there's no way they'd put up with cord cutting.

ryandrakeJun 24, 2015, 12:01 AM

I don't watch TV but the rest of the family does, and there's no way they'd put up with cord cutting. Right now we have an overpriced TV package from Comcast but it's convenient because it's one service. My wife knows her channels and when to tune in, and can do it with a single remote control. Done. The alternative is to subscribe to 4 or 5 of these streaming services, and have to explain: "Well, honey for this show you need to use this service and navigate it this way, use this HDMI input on the TV. For that show, you need to use this other service, on the media player (so different remote), and this input. For movies, you need to use Netflix and do it this way.. For cartoons for the kid, you need to use this service..." No way that's going to fly. What I really want is a service where she can just memorize how and when to get to the already few things she wants to watch, be able to get to them by just turning on the TV, and not have to switch inputs, devices, remotes, UIs, etc. Hey, wait, that's called standard Cable TV service!

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