HDTV Almanac - The Balkanization of Streaming TV — Community

#1 May 14, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Would you like to watch your favorite TV shows online? Many of them are available with full episodes that you can stream to your computer or television. Isn’t that convenient? Well, maybe.
The problem is that you have to go to different sites to see different shows. Sure, many of them are on Hulu, but many [...]

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#2 May 14, 2010 at 5:53 pm

I find watching TV on line is a "last resort" and I'd have to want to catch up on something really bad. I don't find any of the major networks have anything that is worth the effort.

Is it handy to find them on line? Not very with them spread all over. Is that much different than OTA? Not a great deal.

BUT I have never had any desire to watch shows on the small screen of a hand held device and not a great deal more if I have to sit in one place in front of the computer.

Being able to recall a show on the HD set is fine if I don't have to pay extra as I already pay to see every channel I get now.