I think it would be cool if you could pick your own channels. For example, your television provider says that you can choose 50 of your own channels, any channels you want. You would have to have one main channel so if there was a weather alert, you could see it. I think it would be nice though because maybe I don't want Animal Planet but instead I choose National Geographic. I think this would be a pretty cool idea and would be very sucessful

well, you can pick what you want from the 50 or so channels from this hypothetical provider, can't you? this leaves you the option to watch whatever you want, from the available choices. if you limit yourself on the channels you can have access to, it defeats the purpose of having the bundled channels for your widest leisurely pleasure, doesn't it? on a given day, your mood might strike you to watch animal planet instead, leaving national geographic for a while. at least, with both of them readily accesible, you can switch channels to whatever your mood dictates.

furthermore, you can always set your remote to remember your favorites -- something akin to having your main channel/s for quick point-and-click access!

or am i getting your point wrong for the idea you posted?

dont we already choose what we want to watch? there are thousands of channels out there and we can choose one? so i dont really get what you are saying.

That would be cool. I would totally pick G4, HBO and other stuff over dumb stuff like Animal Planet. It probably wouldnt work though because it would take a long time for them to give you the channels. Just get Comcast DVR or Tivo.

Luckily, I have Comcast DVR

Some people already have like 500+ channels so it doesn't really matter for them but I only get like 100 and I would be nice if my family could just pay a little more to have different channels. Sure you might want to watch some other channels that you didn't get, but isn't that how it is anyway? Maybe it would be better for some people than others.

actually, i think there are talks of having something like that worked out either on cable or the dish, im not sure though. i was just thinking about that the other day actually. i think i would have to pick, sci-fi, hgtv, discovery, cartoon network, lifetime, the local channels, espn's (all of them), the music channels like mtv and mtv2.. and i think i would want a few movie channels and i'd be set im sure haha..

Heck, all I really care about is the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, maybe National Geographic, a news channel, and maybe G4. For the most part, though, I'd much rather browse the Internet than sit around watching shows on the television.

I dont think its a better idea of limiting yourself to limited channels.
Well Human nature is dynamic and if you limit yourself to limited channels you may regret it later on.
every one in the family has diferent taste so if everyone can watch all the channels they will be happy and more scope of discussion and thereby gaining teh knowledge.
gaining more knowledge and have knowledge about everything is always a virtue.

I wish there was a television provider that provides channels showing only one movie series... example, CSI in one channel, Alias in another, House in another channel,... and so on...

Also, after one episode, the next episode will be shown..... how's that? TV spree..