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

[Michael T. Dean]

On 10/31/2013 03:42 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Bert Haskins<bhaskins at chartermi.net>  wrote:
>> On 10/31/2013 01:01 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:
>> Eric, I would agree with you except that without inflecting
>> some real pain back to the cable/phone companies we are just saying that
>> we are happy with the current contracted "death by a 1000 cuts" @
>> xxcuts/day.
> Oh, don't get me wrong, there's plenty to be unhappy about, I'm just
> saying that bundling isn't one of them.
>
> The only real pain being inflicted on the cable/phone companies is
> with "cord cutters",  the generation of younger people who are more
> than happy to torrent anything.  I don't do that, I don't endorse
> that, but it's really the only thing stopping these companies from
> getting (much) worse than they already are.

I think your definition of cord cutter is far too tainted by the media's 
lack of understanding of available options.

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.

Of course, the media would have people believe that the only way to be a 
"cord cutter" is to steal content online.  So it seems you've taken the 
"popular" definition of the phrase.

That said, my brand of cord cutting could have as big an impact on 
cable/satellite companies as the one that involves stealing--except for 
the fact that far too few people in the US, today, realize that OTA ATSC 
is even an option.

Mike