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

[jedi]

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 08:33:10PM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Michael T. Dean
> <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> .....
> > I consider myself a cord cutter--in 2006, I dropped satellite (which I had
> > for 2 years, before which I had cable), and am now using only OTA ATSC plus
> > buying DVD/BluRay versions of or streaming with Amazon Instant/Netflix those
> > cable-only shows I want to watch.  Doing so saves me a fortune compared to
> > the cost of cable, plus I get the no-DRM benefit of OTA.  And all of this
> > without torrenting/stealing any TV.
> 
> And yet, in a previous post, you said you are (likely) to again
> subscribe to a MSO to get ESPN.   There are those in the
> industry that would say the lesson to learn is content is king,
> and to take the long view, and they will all come back into the
> fold :-)
> 
> Yes, that was a cheap shot.  Sorry.  But it illustrates a
> point.
> 
> In the end, the (self selected) people on this list are a very
> small minority compared to the number of the sheeple
> subscribing to Cable/Satellite who take what they are told

    Actually, it's probably the sheeple that are the biggest risk here. 
A customer that's not terribly discriminating is probably far more
likely to be satisfied with "whatever happens to be on" with another 
cheaper alternative.

    A lot of the crowd that never took to PVRs could probably be adequately 
served just by an antenna if they traded the dish in for a similar sized antenna.