Poll: Will The Internet Replace Television?
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Am I the only one a little confused at your confusion?Knight Templar post=18.72101.748939 said:
~The come back series AND the film!Rath709 post=18.72101.749025 said:
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who's essentially given up on the idiot box for the "not so idiot box"
I don't think the internet will replace television as much as them merging into one. It's logical that it will happen eventually. I understand what you said about not watching much tv anymore, I'm pretty much the same, but I still watch new shows on my HD tv.
Thing is, in Britain we pay around $270ish a year for a TV licence to support the BBC, too.
So, I don't feel too guilty about downloading BBC stuff to watch it when I want, really, especially as the TV in my house only goes on when a console goes on.
Yes, tho, I'm sure it'll end up one box under a huge HDTV/monitor, giving internet, tv, games, phone services, etc, the lot.
So, I don't feel too guilty about downloading BBC stuff to watch it when I want, really, especially as the TV in my house only goes on when a console goes on.
Yes, tho, I'm sure it'll end up one box under a huge HDTV/monitor, giving internet, tv, games, phone services, etc, the lot.
I voted "Not sure, hard to say", because I like being as vague as possible. I myself spend much less time in front of the tv then I ded a few years ago, since rather than waiting six months for the latest tv show to come to Sweden, I just download it the day after it airs in the US. No commercial breaks, six month earlier, whenever I want to instead of waiting for the fixed timeslot. Convienient and fast. For me and a few of my friends, the statement is certainly true, but most people seem to prefer the tv, I guess because couches are more comfortable than chairs.
Another thought I've had about this is the news. Surely news channels aren't really needed. As in, the news only stations. 15 minutes looped round the hour? I'm pretty sure that can just be a daily video uploaded to a website.
Dave (BBC) pulled a show last minute last night too! Me and the girlfriend were all ready to watch "Is It Bill Bailey?" and they changed it for no good reason and put Little Britain on instead. The bastards!
Never mind though, torrents ahoy. Case and point!
Dave (BBC) pulled a show last minute last night too! Me and the girlfriend were all ready to watch "Is It Bill Bailey?" and they changed it for no good reason and put Little Britain on instead. The bastards!
Never mind though, torrents ahoy. Case and point!
Not gonna happen for a long time. Afterall, video killed the radio star yet everyone still has radios, at least in their cars.
I think tv will linger on, maybe turn more local, but it won't outright die. Well, everything does eventually die...
...even the internet! *Dum dum dum!*
I think tv will linger on, maybe turn more local, but it won't outright die. Well, everything does eventually die...
...even the internet! *Dum dum dum!*
The older generation will keep TV alive for some more years in my opinion because they're a mostly technophobic lot so I voted no.
-Ricky
-Ricky
Well, I study Communication Sciences... and I've been taught that whenever a new medium pops up, old media do not suddenly disappear.
Need an example?
Newspapers. They're STILL the most important news medium in the world, for various reasons (ritualism, mobility, etc.)
Here's another one: TV vs Radio.
Internet may be superior according to many, it will never completely replace any other existing medium. Even if a newer, better invention would come along, it wouldn't replace the interner, it will rather co-exist with all the others.
Doesn't mean the media can change though (for newspapers, the newest trend seems to be the free ones, relying on advertisers sponsoring them).
Need an example?
Newspapers. They're STILL the most important news medium in the world, for various reasons (ritualism, mobility, etc.)
Here's another one: TV vs Radio.
Internet may be superior according to many, it will never completely replace any other existing medium. Even if a newer, better invention would come along, it wouldn't replace the interner, it will rather co-exist with all the others.
Doesn't mean the media can change though (for newspapers, the newest trend seems to be the free ones, relying on advertisers sponsoring them).
I am aware of this. My PC graphics card does infact have a TV-IN on the back of it, not that I ever got the damned sound working properly on it. What I simply meant was that we'll get cheapo tvs in the same way we have dvd/vhs/freeview boxs sat under at the moment. Other then the PC will effectively be the downloading device. (In some ways, a more advanced freeview box)Nathan A. post=18.72101.755247 said:
I guess the real question of the topic is. How long before a TV simpley becomes a Monitor