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Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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Re: Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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Post by 0x4f3759df »

jamie_ca wrote: post #72
0x4f3759df wrote: post #6

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The cable company here in Minneapolis is Comcast (the number 1 hated company in America year after year), which I can avoid by going through CenturyLink (the phone company). Thus I deprive Comcast of their revenues and don't pay ESPN a nickel. All I watch is Amazon Prime. My Internet is $30 / mo. Comcast Internet & TV is $49 per month for 12 mo (a teaser rate), their real rates seem to be $120 or $150, plus they stea…

If you're just doing it for web/streaming video, it'll be fine. If you do any gaming or videoconferencing, the latency on satellite puts a real damper on the "feel" of the connection.

Musk claims to have improved satellite latency by a factor of 52, from 1300 ms to 25 ms. So maybe the issues will be resolved.

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Post by jseliger »

dingo_bat wrote: post #123
calafrax wrote: post #40

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don't forget that producing all this content costs 10's of billions per year so someone has to pay for it. both the cost of production and the amount produced keeps increasing so prices need to go up to.

I find the costs for producing films and TV shows a bit absurd. I'm sure they can optimise a lot, but they don't because they're used to paying 100 million dollars for a superhero movie. They can easily get 99% of the production value at far lower cost.

I find the costs for producing films and TV shows a bit absurd

I'm sure that if you, dingo_bat, were in charge of a film studio or TV company, you'd no doubt find incredible ways, overlooked by everyone else in the industry, to dramatically cut costs and increase profits.

Re: Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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Post by nitwit005 »

baron816 wrote: post #71

There's a very simple solution for anyone worried about fragmentation: don't buy it. We got into a bad situation with cable because we didn't have a choice. It was either pay $80 per month for everything, or not watch TV at all. We have choices now, and Disney isn't going to be able to force their service on anyone. If people really like their new products and think it's worth the money, then fine. If people hate hav…

You're assuming the companies will rationally respond to the market pressure. They'll probably just go broke instead. Media companies often seem happy to deny the realities of the market when it comes to licensing and distribution.

Re: Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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jpindar wrote: post #146
techsupporter wrote: post #93

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> One would think the NFL would run their own network. Doesn't the NFL have NFL Network, RedZone, and NFL Sunday Ticket? I think Major League Baseball wound up on the better end of the deal because they decided to not try to chase the dollars that the National Football League was racking up. They realized early on that they have (actual) thousands of events so if they go for the margin instead of the lump sum, awesom…

I believe the parent was talking about the NFL selling its content directly to viewers* which they refuse to do despite fans begging them to PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY! *In the US. NFL games are more easily available outside of the US than in.

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Re: Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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Post by scarface74 »

ves wrote: post #150
scarface74 wrote: post #106

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Owner's suite son's room home gym wife's sitting area Family room Guest bedroom

Gotcha. We didn't have TVs in bedrooms in my parents' house, which is what I figure our TV deficit stems from.

And the TV in the gym serves as a glorified set of speakers most of the time using AirPlay listening to podcast while I'm running.

Re: Don’t ruin streaming by turning it into cable

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Post by Dylan16807 »

jamie_ca wrote: post #73
Aron wrote: post #53

Netflix at 10$ is severely underpriced relative to any competition. I've been curious just what their next move is.

Slowly bump prices. It's going up by $1 ($2 for the high tier) in Canada this month, I hear.

Though whether that's an active bump depends on whether the price hikes beat out inflation over the long term.
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