Why do we pay for TV channels that spew forth thousands of ads a day and turn our brains into mush? For each one hour show we watch, at least 30 minutes of that is advertizing time. This would never be acceptable on a website, the site would not get any repeat users. So why are we paying to watch so many repeated ads, and not even targeted ads! just general dumb ads for products that we have no interest in.
TV as we know it, is coming to an end. Many people (including myself) are, or have already switched to watching video online. No ads, and its free (we have no option to pay yet in Ireland - as iTunes TV, Hulu, Netflix etc don't work here).
Now for those of you who may be saying "ah but you can't really watch tv on a computer screen", well you don't have to. Just buy a small computer like the mac mini, or dell inspiron zino, or hook your laptop up to your tv using a hdmi cable or similar. Then go to sites like TV3, RTE Player, 4OD, TVshack, and of course theres always Google Video Search, YouTube and Vimeo, and there are more options are becoming available every month, like Google TV.
And for those who see little or no value in tv shows, there is a wealth of educational video available online at Vimeo, Google Video Search, and iTune U (University).
So, would you rather spend hours a day paying to watch repeating brain damaging ads? or learning something new for free?
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