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[posted and mailed]
ahrensf@washpost.com wrote in news:1114542518.120842.147330
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
> My unfamiliarity with the protocol of this group has educated me too
> late that it will not print entire e-mails. If there is anyone not
> sufficiently fed-up with me and would like to chat, my e-mail is my
> last name followed by my first initial @washpost.com.
> Thanks again.
Actually, I'm not fed up with you at all. Usually this type of appeal to a
newsgroup comes off as spamish at best, your request actually seems legit.
However, I'm going to have to go with what another poster said. I cannot
comply with what you are asking because 1> I don't fit it and 2> I don't
think anyone else does either. As was noted, once you get TiVo (and learn
how to use it) there IS no set schedule...that's the point. If you were to
put my viewing habits (and I believe this would represent the majority of
TiVo users) next to a broadcast schedule, it would look like this:
WB: Me:
Smallville Wed 7CT Whenever I feel like it.
Fox: Me:
Simpsons Sun ?? Whenever I feel like it.
See the point? I'm not even certain exactly when Fox shows The
Simpsons...I just know it is sometime Sunday evening. I may watch the show
later Sunday evening. I may watch it Monday morning. I may even wait
until Tuesday morning, depending on my schedule that week.
You say that "The crux of this story is that viewers are no longer bound to
broadcast schedules and have used TiVo and other DVRs to create their own
broadcast schedules, unshackling them from the tyranny of the
networks."...and that is exactly it. I am unshackled from the networks, I
have created my OWN network. It has no schedule...it shows what I want,
when I want. THAT is where I am now, and where I expect others to be in a
few years. It will evolve slowly, and will be fought tooth and nail, but
eventually the networks will be removed from the equation entirely. If I
miss a show, it will be downloadable for a reasonable (and that's
reasonable to a real person, not some coke-addled executive or lawyer) fee.
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