Customers will be able to pause, rewind and fast-forward most live channels and Video-On-Demand content. For certain channels, the service includes a 3-Day Replay feature that gives customers the ability to watch some shows that have aired in the past three days; no DVR is needed.
I have a feeling the future will bring the ability to watch any show you want at any time (like Netflix or Hulu) making the idea of recording them mootKeith Plucker said:It looks interesting but speaking for myself, without full featured DVR capabilities to go with the "live channels" the service is near useless.
-Keith
Patrick Donahue said:I have a feeling the future will bring the ability to watch any show you want at any time (like Netflix or Hulu) making the idea of recording them moot
I totally agree but realistically it will never happen. Look at cable - you pay a lot to have access for that yet practically all channels still have commercials. You buy a magazine or newspaper and still need to flip past ads. That's just the way the economics of it work. A world without advertising would unfortunately be VERY expensive...Keith Plucker said:It wouldn't necessarily solve the bigger problem of having to watch commercials on content that I would have to pay for. I don't mind paying extra for advertisement free programming but I won't be forced into watching commercials for content that I have to pay to get access to...
If they want me to watch commercials they are going to have to provide the content for free. Probably an unrealistic attitude but no more so then the content providers trying to maintain an outdated business model. IMHO
Speaking of Razer...bjballar41 said:Does anyone know when this will be out and also the Razer forge?
http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/blog/techflash/2015/01/cable-cord-cutting-doesnt-always-mean-cost-cutting.html?page=allYou can cut the cord, but don't necessarily expect to cut your budget too.
Dish (NASDAQ: DISH) announced its groundbreaking Sling service on Monday, joining the cavalcade of streaming-television services with a bang: Access to ESPN without a cable subscription.
But just as cable haters celebrated the closure of a major hole in the cord-cutting concept — live sports — we're also getting a dose of reality: The quickly escalating cost of all these non-cable alternatives. Sure, $20 a month for Sling seems reasonable. But that's almost certainly not the only subscription you're buying. To get the same programming you're getting from cable, you're looking at a hodgepodge of monthly subscriptions that, together, are looking very cable-esque, cost-wise.