Cable TV

[SkyKnight03]

I was thinking about this today after speaking with my older sister. She was talking about how streaming has complicated finding the correct place to watch the New Years midnight celebrations. (As before, it was just something like 'turn on channel 5').

Our family didn't jump from cable until 2016, so I still remember cable TV. I do miss the randomness that came from channel flipping.

Streaming services definitely let me filter through what I want to watch, but it drops the odds of me discovering something completely new and out of book.

Does anybody still have cable or memories of it? I do think the era of traditional TV will fall off even more. Many sports are or already have been making the transition to streaming packages. That'll definitely seal it off.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I've never been much of a TV person, but I do miss the days of channel surfing. streaming is nice when I want to binge watch a certain show, but while I do like to be able to watch King of the Hill on Hulu on demand, there was also a certain excitement to knowing that it would come on Adult Swim at 8pm. those days are long gone, and it's a little sad.

and I say it's long gone because, while it does technically still exist (you can still pay for a TV subscription package and watch different channels), they are outrageously overpriced. why would I pay $65/mo for live TV when I pay only $2/mo for Hulu?

I really like Pluto TV, because while it's not quite the same as watching channels like Nick and HGTV and The History Channel, it gives me the same vibe. it's all free, and they have some decent stuff on there (I like the Star Trek channels, as well as the Cheers/Frasier channel, and they have so many others too). but as far as I know, there's not gonna be a channel on there that will host the Thanksgiving Parade, or the latest episodes of a new TV show, which is unfortunate. but I do still pick up on some things I've never watched before on Pluto TV, so I would recommend it if you like channel surfing and discovering new stuff.

 

[VernalLapin]

My parents still have it, though I don’t use it all that much. It’s not quite as exciting as it was as a kid, where the menu was really colorful and I loved looking at all the channel logos on it. But sometimes I’ll find something interesting by channel surfing these days.

They also have streaming services but use cable just as much if not more I think haha.

 

[seliph]

Streaming services suck, personally I'm a big fan of piracy