Comments on: $30/month iTunes “Cable Killer” Subscription Service On The Way? http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/ Deliciously Geeky... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jessicat http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-407037 Jessicat Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:10:31 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-407037 Okay see the issue is when i download songs from itunes or music videos my internet comes to a stop for any other activity. I think watching tv on it will do the same and other people on the network would be upset at me. Okay see the issue is when i download songs from itunes or music videos my internet comes to a stop for any other activity. I think watching tv on it will do the same and other people on the network would be upset at me.

]]> By: Jessicat http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399539 Jessicat Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:10:31 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399539 Okay see the issue is when i download songs from itunes or music videos my internet comes to a stop for any other activity. I think watching tv on it will do the same and other people on the network would be upset at me. Okay see the issue is when i download songs from itunes or music videos my internet comes to a stop for any other activity. I think watching tv on it will do the same and other people on the network would be upset at me.

]]> By: mcman http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399476 mcman Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:59:38 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399476 I'm a creature of habit. I lose my comfort if I can't sit in front of my giant Plasma TV. In fact, I am so set in my ways that I prefer to watch shows with full commercials even though I don't like commercials. Kinda queer isn't it?<br><br>Anyway, I'd just slap a cable to my TV for this. I'm a creature of habit. I lose my comfort if I can't sit in front of my giant Plasma TV. In fact, I am so set in my ways that I prefer to watch shows with full commercials even though I don't like commercials. Kinda queer isn't it?

Anyway, I'd just slap a cable to my TV for this.

]]> By: Sir No Bull http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399442 Sir No Bull Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:23:54 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399442 Well, how about MS Media Center driven mini Asus attached to your plasma huge TV ... even better. Well, how about MS Media Center driven mini Asus attached to your plasma huge TV … even better.

]]> By: Nikkita Croix http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399432 Nikkita Croix Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:59 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399432 A lot of channels already offer some of their programs online. Even if you had fiber, you would still have to pay a ton of money to get enough bandwidth for more than one computer. Additionally, would you be able to put it on your ipod/iphone or other mobile device, or watch on more that 1 computer?<br><br>I don't think it would kill cable very quickly, if at all. A lot of channels already offer some of their programs online. Even if you had fiber, you would still have to pay a ton of money to get enough bandwidth for more than one computer. Additionally, would you be able to put it on your ipod/iphone or other mobile device, or watch on more that 1 computer?

I don't think it would kill cable very quickly, if at all.

]]> By: chaosoldier http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399414 chaosoldier Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:25 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399414 This is again, an interesting idea. I don't really see it as feasible for streaming live video and audio for just the reasons jackthompson said. But it would be nice to see more options including TV shows on the iTunes rental site. This is again, an interesting idea. I don't really see it as feasible for streaming live video and audio for just the reasons jackthompson said. But it would be nice to see more options including TV shows on the iTunes rental site.

]]> By: chaosoldier http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399413 chaosoldier Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:30 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399413 Have you seen the new iMacs??? Maybe that will change your tune. Have you seen the new iMacs??? Maybe that will change your tune.

]]> By: Phlow http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399412 Phlow Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:55 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399412 my biggest problem is that i like to watch tv on...<br>*GASP*<br>A TV! watching shows/movies on a computer screen is nice, but it's not really practical with more than one or two people my biggest problem is that i like to watch tv on…
*GASP*
A TV! watching shows/movies on a computer screen is nice, but it's not really practical with more than one or two people

]]> By: michaelrayl http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399410 michaelrayl Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:16:21 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399410 I would hope that rather than (or in addition to) a flat fee per month, there would also be an a la carte option for those of us who have a much smaller TV "appetite". I would hope that rather than (or in addition to) a flat fee per month, there would also be an a la carte option for those of us who have a much smaller TV “appetite”.

]]> By: jackthompson http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/11/04/30month-itunes-cable-killer-subscription-service-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-399404 jackthompson Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:20 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/?p=31472#comment-399404 "Would you ditch your cable company?"<br><br>Seems to me that even if a lot of Americans went the iTunes route, they'd still need a relatively fat pipe to download/stream this content, right? So they'd probably still be in bed with their cable company, they just wouldn't be buying TV from them. Fiber doesn't count. Fiber is a pipe dream for most people in the US. “Would you ditch your cable company?”

Seems to me that even if a lot of Americans went the iTunes route, they'd still need a relatively fat pipe to download/stream this content, right? So they'd probably still be in bed with their cable company, they just wouldn't be buying TV from them. Fiber doesn't count. Fiber is a pipe dream for most people in the US.

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