[mythtv-users] All clear QAMs gone in Portland, OR

[jedi]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:16:15PM -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 10:26 PM, John Morris <jmorris at beau.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-10-29 at 20:20 -0400, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> > Imagine if I could have called them the
> > next day and said stop billing me for those channels you just blocked me
> > from viewing.
> 
> Our numbers are simply not large enough to matter.
> 
> 
> > There are also channels you are currently paying for that you probably
> > HATE the idea of being forced to pay for.  How much would it be worth to
> > know you ain't subsidizing em anymore?
> 
> Why stop there?  There are channels I get where I watch only a tiny
> fraction of the content on that channel.  Why shouldn't I equally HATE
> the idea of buying an entire channel and being forced to subsidize all
> these programs I never watch?  Wouldn't it be better to turn the whole
> of everything into one giant pay-per-view experience?  That's the only
> way I'll only be paying for what I'm actually watching.

    A lot of people are already doing that, probably lots more than would
be annoyed by these DRM flags being suddenly set on ATSC channels.

[deletia]

    There are far cheaper ways to distract a houseguest than with some all
inclusive cable package where you need to subscribe to 500 of them just to
get the 5 you really want.