Octothorpe’s Comments

• Aug 12th, 2011 @ 9:23am

  Cutting the cord

  on Will TV Providers Finally Realize That People Really Are Cutting The Cord -- And Not Just Because Of The Economy
  I cut the cord 3 months ago. It has been fantastic. I now get all the shows I watch via Hulu. Sure there are shows I enjoy that I can't get such as anything on Discovery Channel, but I just don't see a minimum of $60+/month value for just one channel. And Yes, I do PAY for my hulu+ account, $7-8 I can justify, $60-80+ NO. I am more than willing to pay for the content I watch, but only for the content I watch. I would be happy to pay a couple bucks a month for the few shows I watch (notice I said SHOWS, not channels). But I don't need to pay for content I don't watch nor desire (aka bundled packages). Give me the content I want, delivered in a convenient manner (streaming like Hulu is quite convenient), at a reasonable price ($2/month per show (not each episode) with commercials or $3 without commercials I can handle), and I am happy to be a PAYING consumer of television content.
  
  Comcast, Dish, DirecTV, and the rest ALL need to realize that:
  
  I don't like DVRs, too restrictive
  I don't want to need a DVR just to watch the few shows that I like at a time that is convenient for me
  I don't want to pay for content that I don't want
  I want convenience
  I really don't mind paying reasonable pricing for good content.