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To: Doren who wrote (69062)	9/23/2007 1:37:11 AM
From: HerbVic	Respond to of 213177

What I'd really like is to be able to subscribe to ONLY the channels I regularly watch. That would be ideal. I couldn't agree more! I would much prefer a la carte channel selection. There's too much crap in with the good programming. I think that a lot of the marginal stuff would fall off the vine, if it was the consumer aggregate calling the shots instead of the syndicates. Less selection would be good for advertisers. They would easily know where to advertise. Quality programming would command more advertising revenue, and therefore quality would improve. And, pandering to the lowest common denominator would get kicked to the curb. Plus, I know that paying my cable bill is supporting a lot of crap channels that I really would not give a dime to if given a choice. I'd love to go a la carte.

To: Doren who wrote (69062)	9/23/2007 2:21:31 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

I watch a lot of news particularly at odd hours like Bloomberg at 5AM. me too. i used to rent dvd when i first retired. then found the old movies on various channels.. wow i must have missed a few decades of movies. no need to rent movies or pay for hbo ,cancelled it, now watch selected stations. Oh, dumped cable and got vios, much more reliable, have never been done on pc or tv since switching over. In fact, i have made a call for service since installation a year and half ago. nice to get one vendor out of my life.

To: Doren who wrote (69062)	9/23/2007 8:11:53 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

for somebody who watches a lot of hours of TV, cable or SAT is the best price per hour. for somebody who only watches a few hours of DVDs, i think a place like Netflix is a better deal. the only problem with Netflix is you can't watch live sports, so if that is important you're out of luck. as for news, the news is so much better on the Internet and in paper (magazines, etc.), i don't understand why people watch "news". again, though, if you watch cable Apple TV won't help you at all. it is really a kind of superfluous device. although i don't care personally, i think Apple made a strategic error by not including an input for cable TV.