Too much media choice

[Listener]

Do we have too many choices in individual media?

Example 1:  I have an XM with 30 presets.  By the time I finish going through them I've forgotten what I was listening to in the first place.

Example 2:  Even with standard cable, I have about 80 channels.  I watch maybe 15 of them on a regular basis (not including local channels like ABC, CBS, NBC, etc) and still there's too much stuff going on.

Discuss.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

[Bennyhana]

I think that if the overall quality went up, we could allow the quantity to come down.  As it is, I have seventy-some channels, and there's hardly ever anything on.

[cnamon]

I have about 70 cable channels.  I have watched all of them at one point (even the Sci Fi Channel for 5 minutes!)

I don't have sattelite radio (yet).

[Beefy]

Better too many than too few.

[dazie]

With an antenna, I receive one channel on my TV.   
With Netflix, I receive nearly infinite movies and TV shows of my choosing, without commercials.   

[swolt]

With an antenna, I receive one channel on my TV.   
With Netflix, I receive nearly infinite movies and TV shows of my choosing, without commercials.   

now that is smart. Dazie for Vice President! (since I already nominated Gamp for President)

[DownSouth]

With an antenna, I receive one channel on my TV.   
With Netflix, I receive nearly infinite movies and TV shows of my choosing, without commercials.   

I watch sports too much to do that.

[Listener]

With an antenna, I receive one channel on my TV.   
With Netflix, I receive nearly infinite movies and TV shows of my choosing, without commercials.   

I watch sports too much to do that.

Yeah, but with sports, commercials are the time you get up to go to the bathroom (except during the Superbowl... the only good time to hit the can is during the halftime show which invariably sucks).  So they have a purpose.

[ReBurn]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

[ReBurn]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

[ReBurn]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

[ReBurn]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

[pumpkineye]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

we will be paying 114 month, but that includes a phone w/local service and cable internet.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

we will be paying 114 month, but that includes a phone w/local service and cable internet.

Local service????  That's crazy!!!!

[ReBurn]

I'm contemplating adding the unlimited local and long-distance service that Time Warner has.  That's another 40 bucks, but it's less than half of what I'm paying MCI for the same thing.

[Jessie]

I have digital cable and DSL for $60.  I'm going to add a local phone line soon and that'll kick it up to $88.

[pumpkineye]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

we will be paying 114 month, but that includes a phone w/local service and cable internet.

Local service????  That's crazy!!!!

:|  i meant no long distance.... gosh

[ReBurn]

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

You should call and ask them about the speed of light package.

[DownSouth]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

we will be paying 114 month, but that includes a phone w/local service and cable internet.

Local service????  That's crazy!!!!

:|  i meant no long distance.... gosh

Just playing

[pumpkineye]

I have 285 channels.  Redicldocle!

Me, too!

Yay RR.  They still suck.

Yeah, but at least I can watch movie trailers on demand.

Still have to mortgage the house to pay for it.

I already have a mortgage, so I guess it all works out.

Jeeze.  I could be paying for a new car from what I'm paying for cable and internet.

Do you have the speed of light package?  I pay less than a hundred bucks a month.

You assface.  I'm paying about 120.

we will be paying 114 month, but that includes a phone w/local service and cable internet.

Local service????  That's crazy!!!!

:|  i meant no long distance.... gosh

Just paying more money than everyone else in the world ever for cable