It’s a bit different from when we selected between the 3 channels with a pair of pliers and if you missed a show you might catch the rerun in a few months.
My younger brother anticipated home video way back in the 60s. He would talk about an imagined situation where you could watch whatever you wanted whenever you wanted. In the 90s, I foresaw a time when music could be sent directly to your computer without physical media.-——————————The difference between inventors and us is that we didn’t do a darn thing about our ideas. Others with the same ideas did.
then, you notice a lot of shows you were a fan on broadcast tv be canceled. low ratings they say. heroes reborn(canceled). mike and molly(canceled). castle(on the bubble). the good wife(on the bubble). csi:cyber(not likey to be renewed). sleepy hollow(on the bubble)
Exactly. Ideas are cheap. Development is costly. But every big step forward started with someone, somewhere, following a ‘what if…’-———One generation can gloat about the technology available to them that previous generations did not enjoy- but chances are pretty good that those advances did not come out of thin air- and that people of previous generations first conceived them, and built all the foundations that made them possible. -———————————-The lesson- arrogance is foolish. We should appreciate what we have without feeling the need to boast,
It is funny but once I have the whole series available on the PVR or DVD I seem to just lose interest in it and often find myself watching films on TV that I have already on DVD, well when I saw watch – half watch while I browse web/do stuff on computer – so I don’t see myself paying on demand as /i/ doubt I use it
Different ways work for different people. I guess I’ve been spoiled by my brother’s long ago vision- the ability to watch what I want when I want. When I was still living in driving distance from him, we’d get together on the weekend and binge watch his DVD collections of different shows. We did enjoy the ability to go on to another episode. Recently, my wife and I have been doing the same with Doc Martin.
Lomax9er7 over 8 years ago
It’s a bit different from when we selected between the 3 channels with a pair of pliers and if you missed a show you might catch the rerun in a few months.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 8 years ago
My younger brother anticipated home video way back in the 60s. He would talk about an imagined situation where you could watch whatever you wanted whenever you wanted. In the 90s, I foresaw a time when music could be sent directly to your computer without physical media.-——————————The difference between inventors and us is that we didn’t do a darn thing about our ideas. Others with the same ideas did.
vwdualnomand over 8 years ago
then, you notice a lot of shows you were a fan on broadcast tv be canceled. low ratings they say. heroes reborn(canceled). mike and molly(canceled). castle(on the bubble). the good wife(on the bubble). csi:cyber(not likey to be renewed). sleepy hollow(on the bubble)
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 8 years ago
Exactly. Ideas are cheap. Development is costly. But every big step forward started with someone, somewhere, following a ‘what if…’-———One generation can gloat about the technology available to them that previous generations did not enjoy- but chances are pretty good that those advances did not come out of thin air- and that people of previous generations first conceived them, and built all the foundations that made them possible. -———————————-The lesson- arrogance is foolish. We should appreciate what we have without feeling the need to boast,
John M over 8 years ago
It is funny but once I have the whole series available on the PVR or DVD I seem to just lose interest in it and often find myself watching films on TV that I have already on DVD, well when I saw watch – half watch while I browse web/do stuff on computer – so I don’t see myself paying on demand as /i/ doubt I use it
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 8 years ago
Different ways work for different people. I guess I’ve been spoiled by my brother’s long ago vision- the ability to watch what I want when I want. When I was still living in driving distance from him, we’d get together on the weekend and binge watch his DVD collections of different shows. We did enjoy the ability to go on to another episode. Recently, my wife and I have been doing the same with Doc Martin.
Maizing over 8 years ago
Yeah, this is one reason why I don’t watch regular TV anymore. I would much rather watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it.