Comments on: Wanted: à la carte HDTV http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/ Same old blog, brand new place Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:17:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: » http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-137746 » Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:03:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-137746 [...] other area is highlighted by well read blogger and Linux Journal senior editor Doc Searls complaints about his options as a TV subscriber to Verizon’s FIOS service in Boston MA. Like many of us, Doc [...] [...] other area is highlighted by well read blogger and Linux Journal senior editor Doc Searls complaints about his options as a TV subscriber to Verizon’s FIOS service in Boston MA. Like many of us, Doc [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls Weblog · Going old turkey http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-137425 Doc Searls Weblog · Going old turkey Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:40:17 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-137425 [...] Kept the Internet, of course: $64.99 for 20Mb symmetrical service. No complaints there. But what I want from Verizon is á la carte — or something close — and they don’t offer [...] [...] Kept the Internet, of course: $64.99 for 20Mb symmetrical service. No complaints there. But what I want from Verizon is á la carte — or something close — and they don’t offer [...]

]]> By: Throwing out the baby with the bath water- why ala cart is destructive « Blissful Ignorance http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-137334 Throwing out the baby with the bath water- why ala cart is destructive « Blissful Ignorance Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:51:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-137334 [...] a consumer, I totally relate to the frustration that Doc Searls articulates in his post last Friday. Pay tv, whether it arrives on a wire, via a cableco or a telco, or through the air via [...] [...] a consumer, I totally relate to the frustration that Doc Searls articulates in his post last Friday. Pay tv, whether it arrives on a wire, via a cableco or a telco, or through the air via [...]

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-136276 Doc Searls Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:12:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-136276 Well, I think I'll be joining you, Nicolas. I finally got Verizon on the phone and the Extreme HD/Essentials ratio is All/Nothing. Hell with it. They've got a great pipe to the house, and they fill it with sludge. Finding the good stuff among the bad is a needle/haystack problem. As my wife put it, "There's something wrong when TV costs $80 a month. Watch for a new post on the matter tomorrow. Well, I think I’ll be joining you, Nicolas. I finally got Verizon on the phone and the Extreme HD/Essentials ratio is All/Nothing. Hell with it. They’ve got a great pipe to the house, and they fill it with sludge. Finding the good stuff among the bad is a needle/haystack problem. As my wife put it, “There’s something wrong when TV costs $80 a month. Watch for a new post on the matter tomorrow.

]]> By: sam bennett http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-136014 sam bennett Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:10:14 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-136014 Doc- This is what I've been screaming for years. I want to subscribe and unsubscribe as easily as I do through my feed reader. There's so much cruft in my cable package - not only is it silly to have to pay for it, it makes finding what I want harder. I get through it with Favorites on the box, but it costs me extra clicks each time I change the channel. (Guide > Favorites > Surf) There are channels I only want at certain times of year, as well, such as our local Chicago White Sox affiliate. I'm happy to pay for what I watch and even happier to pay for the removal of stuff I don't. Doc-

This is what I’ve been screaming for years. I want to subscribe and unsubscribe as easily as I do through my feed reader. There’s so much cruft in my cable package – not only is it silly to have to pay for it, it makes finding what I want harder. I get through it with Favorites on the box, but it costs me extra clicks each time I change the channel. (Guide > Favorites > Surf)

There are channels I only want at certain times of year, as well, such as our local Chicago White Sox affiliate. I’m happy to pay for what I watch and even happier to pay for the removal of stuff I don’t.

]]> By: Nicolas Ward http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2009/02/27/wanted-a-la-carte-hdtv/comment-page-1/#comment-135998 Nicolas Ward Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:47:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/?p=1307#comment-135998 I'm very happy with my OTA HD, although I leave WBPX WMFP and WYDN disabled on my EyeTV tuner. I fill in the holes a la carte by grabbing HD episodes on iTunes, or accepting a non-HD stream on Hulu and other network-specific streaming. I'm also patient and willing to wait for the DVD (which is also conducive to weekend entertainment binges!). I suppose I'm mostly an outlier in that most of my entertainment is of the interactive World of Warcraft variety, but I'm quite happy picking up a handful of shows I care about from other sources. One oddity is that my overall package is cheaper for internet + cable (which I don't watch) than it is for the internet by itself. I would definitely be happy if I could never seen another Blackberry preroll ad while streaming though, as I've seen every one dozens of times and the music is stuck in my head :oD. I’m very happy with my OTA HD, although I leave WBPX WMFP and WYDN disabled on my EyeTV tuner. I fill in the holes a la carte by grabbing HD episodes on iTunes, or accepting a non-HD stream on Hulu and other network-specific streaming. I’m also patient and willing to wait for the DVD (which is also conducive to weekend entertainment binges!).

I suppose I’m mostly an outlier in that most of my entertainment is of the interactive World of Warcraft variety, but I’m quite happy picking up a handful of shows I care about from other sources.

One oddity is that my overall package is cheaper for internet + cable (which I don’t watch) than it is for the internet by itself.

I would definitely be happy if I could never seen another Blackberry preroll ad while streaming though, as I’ve seen every one dozens of times and the music is stuck in my head :o D.

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