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Originally Posted by jamesteterenko
I want all the channels to be digital. They chew up less space on the PVR.
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Why PVR when other's have already PVR'd for you and you can just download them in the fraction of the time the PVR would take to record in the first place?
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My household has both Shaw Digital and Bell EV, my parents choose Shaw because it is easier for them, they don't complain about shaw, they even have two digital boxes. I have Bell because I like my HD and hockey and shaw is pathetic on both.
TV is turning into what other technologies have been for years, progresive. Put it like this, has anyone tried to use a old 386 computer lately. I don't know of many programs often used in todays world that would work with an old 386. To use todays programs you need to upgrade your computer. Same with TV, yeah those old analog TV work, but to view the programming you might want to think about upgrading, but if you dont want to then face the facts that you might not get to watch everything you want.
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For me, television is not progressive at all. It's not about being progressive, it's about the joys of simplicity and efficiency. And a DOS or Unix command line can be much more efficient and simple than a clumsy gui often times. For me, television is being harmed by the ridiculous quanity over quality and doing the wrong things to try to compete with other technologies like the internet. Cable and satellite companies are like insidious mobile phone companies that eek out profits on slim margins by inundating you with more and more bundles and services and channels that really amount to nothing at all. Do you really need to scroll through 800 channels of music stations? That benefits you how?
I have used Shaw digital and Bell Expressvu at my friends and relatives places and I come away with a bad taste everytime - it's not a negative reaction to the technology behind it, but at how badly it's all implemented. I hate the interface, the hardware, the packages, and everything these companies have assembled.
Personally, if I had my way, I'd have the basic American cable stations, TSN/Sportsnet, Comedy Central, Golf Channel (for my dad), AND THE HOLIDAY FIRE LOG GUY!!!!!!!!