[MacDV] Re: January 1, 2009 Doomsday Plan

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jul 18, 2005, at 9:46 PM, ShirleyK wrote:

> And then there are those like me who have cable -- not for TV but  
> for internet and phone. I can't figure out when people who work  
> have time to watch TV and make movies and process photos and read  
> email lists like this :-)

I've got a TV screen in the bottom corner of my computer screen.

Before that I'd use the laptop in the TV room.

> I do agree that many people who barely make it from paycheck to  
> paycheck will consider TV a necessity and will do whatever  
> necessary to get their daily fix.

I was in the hollers of Appalachia 10 years ago (this is a very  
rural, very poor area of the USA), and people who were living in  
houses with no indoor plumbing had those huge satellite dishes.

When we asked about it to some folks who worked and lived there, they  
said "It's all they have."

Which is to say that I would not expect that the "underclass" will  
stop watching TV.


I used to think there was nothing worth watching on TV either until  
we got TiVo.  I haven't seen a commercial for a couple years (and  
although TiVo is going to try to target ads, there's still a 30- 
second skip button.  It's one thing to flash a message before your  
eyes while you fast-forward... but skipping entirely is quite different.



On Jul 19, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Brian Olesky wrote:

On Jul 19, 2005, at 4:29 AM, Paul Moortgat wrote:
> >BBC work without commercials.
 >
> How does the BBC work without commercials? Somebody has to foot the  
> bill. Taxpayers?

You have to pay an annual fee per TV in your house.  When my sister  
lived there she said it was the first bill they received when they  
moved in.


The idea that people are going to just stop watching TV is great.  If  
that's your decision, great, but thinking that it's going to be a  
huge trend is rather laughable.

TjL