Pick Your Own Channels

husker

Oct 8 2006, 04:28 PM

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

serverph

Oct 8 2006, 05:34 PM

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?

the_aggie10

Oct 8 2006, 06:47 PM

QUOTE(husker @ Oct 8 2006, 04:28 PM)

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.

justlikepaper

Oct 8 2006, 07:40 PM

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

husker

Oct 9 2006, 01:02 AM

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.

greenirishgirlie

Oct 9 2006, 01:32 AM

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..

Cerebral Stasis

Oct 10 2006, 03:30 AM

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.

changeyourmind

Oct 27 2006, 08:18 AM

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.

-[Nero]-

Oct 28 2006, 06:48 PM

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..

tractor

Oct 28 2006, 07:18 PM

Ya but then they wouldn't make money. It would be cool if you only bought the channels you wanted. I have 9999 channels but only watch 50 and pay a fortune for um. I think they should have more options but then again... They do that and you only pay for 50 channels there services are going to cost more then the channels so they would be loseing channels. Good for people. Bad for company. But if they could get the finaccial services part over then they might. It would be cool to ONLY get the channels you want. Cause haveing 9999 does anyone even watch 9999 channels? Didn't think so.

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benzkids

Sep 5 2007, 08:05 AM

i already have this with foxtel au. i just rang up and said i'd like this channel, this channel, this channel and this channel and they charge me and extra $1 per month. pretty sweet ay

mabhishekjhawar

Sep 3 2007, 05:32 PM

hey nice, post ,
o i use the sky network ,, and really dont watch half of the channels . i requested those guys to come up with some good packages, out here in india , but they jus reduce some channals and about a Dollar , and offer various packages,

its quite not fair ,. i live in the worlds most democratic country , and i m not able to choose my own channels ,, this is tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sssssssssssssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakd!!!

dre

Aug 7 2007, 03:17 AM

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Heck, all I really care about is the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, maybe National Geographic, a news channel, and maybe G4.

Heh, I though it was just me, but yeah, that's my most watched channels of all time. Most everything else is commercial-filled crap.

rvalkass

Aug 1 2007, 01:24 PM

With television programs being made available on demand now, is there really much need for selecting channels any more? It is certainly a great idea, and I would certainly benefit from it in the UK, where Sky and Virgin are both ripoffs for what you get. Being able to pick just the channels you want would be great, but I fear it has been outdated before it even started.

Perhaps the ability to create your own channel from the archive of all TV programs, or paying for each program you watch, would work better now. The BBC, for example, have started uploading clips to YouTube, and their iPlayer lets you watch any program broadcast in the last 7 days (albeit only on Windows

). Paying perhaps 10p-20p per show (or per hour of programming) that you choose to watch on demand from an archive would work better both for consumers and the TV companies. There would be no risk to the broadcaster of a program not being successful - the production company would be paid on how many times it actually gets watched.

Dooga

Aug 1 2007, 12:51 PM

I think my satellite company has some channels that can be ordered separately, but they're a ripoff... 2.5$ for each channel per month. That's in addition to the 60$ per month TV fee, which basically has repeated crappy Canadian channels. Oh well.

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