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Congratulations on your change. If you have your computer networked into your television set and its close enough to see your t.v., you will really enjoy sharing YouTube videos with the family and showing them pictures you're editing in Photoshop on the big-screen. I completely stopped cable many years ago and have not regretted it since.
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TL;DR: Screw major networks! They need to get with the times.

AppleTV has Youtube, and a bunch of stuff that are free out of the box. but yes there are some of those "Showtime Anywhere" type channels that check to see if I'm a Showtime subscriber through my cable system. I too refuse to prostrate myself before the cable Gods begging for services. Cast them down, cast them all into the fiery hells of the abyss!

Lol, well, I suppose I was being a bit over-zealous in my approach to my OT-rant. I haven't been getting too much sleep lately and I've been letting that alter my attitude to the point where I feel a constant elevated level of agitation lately.

In regards to the off-shoot topic I've created, I'd like to offer a comment: if you look at the cable charge model realistically, you'll realize that when 4k becomes mainstream, there will be a new tier you can purchase to view it, and when that comes out digital tiers will drop in price and standard cable will drop in price and cable companies will bitch and moan how they can't support that much bandwidth so have to lay new cable and will definitely be passing that cost along to their customers, which was their argument for the digital cable/hdtv, although those prices have never dropped. So suddenly, we have a 4k tier at $10 more a month than the previous digital tier, while the digital tier drops $10 a month, and you're thinking to yourself, "what a deal", when in reality you should be saying to yourself, "I think as a paying consumer of this service, I believe the 'standard' for network television should be 4k, not analog." I suppose it's business as usual for some, but I'd rather speak with my wallet and not support the business model. I hate how most countries now have faster internet for cheaper than we do here in America because in those countries, when a new standard comes out, they raise the bar or regulate it. I hate how cable companies can raise your speed up to 160gbps for only $20 per home, but they don't because, it's all about the money, money, money. America's model of letting big corporations do what they want really stifles innovation, such as the impending end of Net Neutrality that we all know is inevitable within the next couple years. By shrugging your shoulders, you are basically saying that you're okay with the model America has adapted. I guess I'm just not okay with that. Here is an example of what I'm referring: article

Comcast, like other pay-TV operators, is set on preserving the television ecosystem in its present form for as long as possible, whereas it is in the interest of consumers to see viable, cheaper alternatives take off.

I just see a bigger problem with no real solution that can only get worse as these mega corporations get bigger and find ways to milk every last cent. I won't pay extra for a form of media that is accepted as the standard across all platforms except cable. When will be the tipping point for you? How about when you're trying to load the Lurker Lounge but it's server didn't pay "x" dollars to Comcast so it loads like a 56k modem? The way the current model of business is headed in this country, it really is inevitable that situations like this will happen and we will all be effected by it!



Backing up a little, in regards to watching shows on network T.V., I was talking specifically about watching shows on networks - such as "Once Upon a Time" on ABC or "The Carbinaro Effect" on TruTV - where when I try and play the video, I'm asked for my "cable pin" to view it. I've seen it pop up on most network stations except for CBS, but like I said, they get money for every commercial they put me through, and believe me, the networks pack in plenty of commercials on their internet streams, so I hardly consider it fair for them to also require me to have a cable subscription.