Do people still watch satellite TV these days

[Jimbo]

Watching so called "local" news from 290 miles away from DIRECTV HR34 now... (NM)

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

 

[dfergie]

Is that by choice ?
Is that your LOCAL TV Station ?

Albuquerque has been for most of this century, once we had 2 Roswell and a local, then the local sold to an El Paso station.
One Roswell sold to and came from Lubbock, Tx, then all ended up in the central part of the state.
I loved El Paso and Lubbock news and ads as those are the closest big cities besides Midland Odessa.

 

[John2021]

Umm, errr- Notice how cheap TVs have become? Subsidized. The images displayed can be analyzed to detect what you are watching. This info is then "phoned home" over the Internet. TV manufacturers are paid for this. This can be stopped by blocking certain addresses at the router. I started to do this, but decided what the hell do I care if they see what I watch? Might cut down on feminine hygiene product ads.

I considered getting some real rotgut porn and see what happens. Can't quite figure out how to present this idea to SWMBO…..

i forgot what it's called but microsoft wants to do the same thing by taking screen shots of your pc and storing em on your hard disc. now what in the hell makes me think that they won't upload the data and sell it!!! i bet they will!! that's invasion of privacy in my book when you use sites like banking and passwords how do i know that hackers won't get my info

 

[John2021]

we still buy physical media!!! it's the only way to avoid the price hikes with streaming services and lowers the chances of you losing content that you bought