TV Without Schedules
Oct 4th, 2007 by Dan Blank
With the rise of digital content, the TV schedule is becoming irrelevant.
“As channel choices and technological options have expanded, fewer of us are watching the same shows at the same time on the same day. And it’s increasingly affecting the national conversation.”
“The rules are, everyone gets a three-day window,” says Greg Wilson, 39, project manager for an electric utility in Austin. “There is no moratorium once a person gets two or more programs behind, and anything that occurred last season is open for discussion.”
I don’t own a DVR yet, partly because there aren’t enough shows I enjoy enough to justify such a purchase (I’m in Europe). On the other hand, I’d probably watch a lot more TV if I could record shows during the week and watch them whenever I want.
My wife and I waste quite some time watching junk, just because there’s nothing decent on at the time we want to watch TV, so I’m looking forward to either more on demand TV, or affordable systems which can record tons of shows with easy storage management.