What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Interesting) by reziac@pipedot.org on 2015-08-08 12:40 (#GT7Y) So who will really benefit here? hardware manufacturers? content providers?I know all it does for me is make me even less likely to ever break down and buy a new TV (something I never did after the switch to digital... well, no point now!) Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Insightful) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2015-08-08 13:41 (#GTBV) I was thinking the same thing. TV technology seems to be changing fast, and yet what it delivers isn't all that different than it was in the 70s. How many times do they think I'm going to rebuy a device? Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Insightful) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-08-10 16:29 (#GZSY) If you are referring to the content that's on, you have an argument. If you are talking about the picture quality, you may or may not be correct. If you can get a signal, TV is much better than it was in the 70's even before the digital switch over. However, with the switch over, there are some locations like mine in a vast sea of a suburban sprawl in a major tv market that *had* good signal before the switch over and decent picture quality, but lost all channels except one after the switch over. But the analog static, audio pop, v sync and general waviness is gone. Its as good as anything you can get from any internet source ( netflix, hulu, etc). Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-08-11 07:33 (#H1QS) The switch to digital has also multiplied the number of channels available by approximately a factor of 3X. Most major stations now have multiple sub-channel showing films (ThisTV/Movies/GetTV/Grit/Escape) older TV shows (LAFF/AntennaTV/MeTV/Cozi/Retrotv/PBJ/Buzzr/Heroes&Icons/Decades), kids shows (Qubo/PBS Kids) various others (Create/LivWell/IonLife/MHz WorldView/NHK), and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks#Table_of_broadcast_networksOTA TV is now a lot like cable TV was in the early days... Best picture available, big selection of better-ish content, lots of groups trying to break-in and innovate, etc. Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-08-16 18:21 (#HJAF) Yeah it's kind of baffling to me, though of course quite welcome. The economics of finding advertisers, renting broadcast slots, overhead, etc. versus the small number of people still watching via antennas ... I don't quite get their incentive.
Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Insightful) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2015-08-08 13:41 (#GTBV) I was thinking the same thing. TV technology seems to be changing fast, and yet what it delivers isn't all that different than it was in the 70s. How many times do they think I'm going to rebuy a device? Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Insightful) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-08-10 16:29 (#GZSY) If you are referring to the content that's on, you have an argument. If you are talking about the picture quality, you may or may not be correct. If you can get a signal, TV is much better than it was in the 70's even before the digital switch over. However, with the switch over, there are some locations like mine in a vast sea of a suburban sprawl in a major tv market that *had* good signal before the switch over and decent picture quality, but lost all channels except one after the switch over. But the analog static, audio pop, v sync and general waviness is gone. Its as good as anything you can get from any internet source ( netflix, hulu, etc). Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-08-11 07:33 (#H1QS) The switch to digital has also multiplied the number of channels available by approximately a factor of 3X. Most major stations now have multiple sub-channel showing films (ThisTV/Movies/GetTV/Grit/Escape) older TV shows (LAFF/AntennaTV/MeTV/Cozi/Retrotv/PBJ/Buzzr/Heroes&Icons/Decades), kids shows (Qubo/PBS Kids) various others (Create/LivWell/IonLife/MHz WorldView/NHK), and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks#Table_of_broadcast_networksOTA TV is now a lot like cable TV was in the early days... Best picture available, big selection of better-ish content, lots of groups trying to break-in and innovate, etc. Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-08-16 18:21 (#HJAF) Yeah it's kind of baffling to me, though of course quite welcome. The economics of finding advertisers, renting broadcast slots, overhead, etc. versus the small number of people still watching via antennas ... I don't quite get their incentive.
Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 2, Insightful) by billshooterofbul@pipedot.org on 2015-08-10 16:29 (#GZSY) If you are referring to the content that's on, you have an argument. If you are talking about the picture quality, you may or may not be correct. If you can get a signal, TV is much better than it was in the 70's even before the digital switch over. However, with the switch over, there are some locations like mine in a vast sea of a suburban sprawl in a major tv market that *had* good signal before the switch over and decent picture quality, but lost all channels except one after the switch over. But the analog static, audio pop, v sync and general waviness is gone. Its as good as anything you can get from any internet source ( netflix, hulu, etc). Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-08-11 07:33 (#H1QS) The switch to digital has also multiplied the number of channels available by approximately a factor of 3X. Most major stations now have multiple sub-channel showing films (ThisTV/Movies/GetTV/Grit/Escape) older TV shows (LAFF/AntennaTV/MeTV/Cozi/Retrotv/PBJ/Buzzr/Heroes&Icons/Decades), kids shows (Qubo/PBS Kids) various others (Create/LivWell/IonLife/MHz WorldView/NHK), and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks#Table_of_broadcast_networksOTA TV is now a lot like cable TV was in the early days... Best picture available, big selection of better-ish content, lots of groups trying to break-in and innovate, etc. Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-08-16 18:21 (#HJAF) Yeah it's kind of baffling to me, though of course quite welcome. The economics of finding advertisers, renting broadcast slots, overhead, etc. versus the small number of people still watching via antennas ... I don't quite get their incentive.
Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-08-11 07:33 (#H1QS) The switch to digital has also multiplied the number of channels available by approximately a factor of 3X. Most major stations now have multiple sub-channel showing films (ThisTV/Movies/GetTV/Grit/Escape) older TV shows (LAFF/AntennaTV/MeTV/Cozi/Retrotv/PBJ/Buzzr/Heroes&Icons/Decades), kids shows (Qubo/PBS Kids) various others (Create/LivWell/IonLife/MHz WorldView/NHK), and more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_over-the-air_television_networks#Table_of_broadcast_networksOTA TV is now a lot like cable TV was in the early days... Best picture available, big selection of better-ish content, lots of groups trying to break-in and innovate, etc. Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-08-16 18:21 (#HJAF) Yeah it's kind of baffling to me, though of course quite welcome. The economics of finding advertisers, renting broadcast slots, overhead, etc. versus the small number of people still watching via antennas ... I don't quite get their incentive.
Re: What's really driving this? (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-08-16 18:21 (#HJAF) Yeah it's kind of baffling to me, though of course quite welcome. The economics of finding advertisers, renting broadcast slots, overhead, etc. versus the small number of people still watching via antennas ... I don't quite get their incentive.