Comments on: One Less Cable Customer & The Future of TV

By: Morgan Webb

Morgan Webb — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:25:24 +0000

Hi…Thanks for the nice read, keep up the interesting posts about cable tv..what a nice Wednesday .

By: Eric Olson

Eric Olson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:50:48 +0000

I agree on the sentiment about sports. I really don’t see why live sports content can’t flow through the web though. Baseball (among other sports) is already doing it and the quality, while not quite HD, gets better every year.

By: John Blunt

John Blunt — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:14 +0000

I think the only entertainment worth watching (besides the History Channel) would be sporting events. Would you rather watch the super bowl in HD or listen to it on the radio?!?!?

By: Satellite TV on Your PC

Satellite TV on Your PC — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 04:33:00 +0000

I usually go out to the movies anyways or if I absolutely NEED to watch TV I watch it online, I can’t stand seeing all the ads on TeleVision. Theres about 4 mins of ads every 12 mins of content, thats horrible!

By: Comcast

Comcast — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:11:41 +0000

Great article!

By: Tour de France 2007: Where to Get Your Fix Online : Olson’s Observations

Tour de France 2007: Where to Get Your Fix Online : Olson’s Observations — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:36:00 +0000

[...] me this year will be much different than last year since I no longer have cable. That means, unfortunately, I won’t be able to watch the live Tour coverage on Versus and [...]

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:42:12 +0000

http://videos.notontelevision.com/ has a lot of cool tv links including House episodes

By: Joost: I’ve Got Invites : Olson’s Observations

Joost: I’ve Got Invites : Olson’s Observations — Wed, 09 May 2007 17:00:42 +0000

[...] by a weird logo I think and no name), for a while now. I was psyched to start using it mainly since I no longer have cable TV (yes, it’s by choice). I have enjoyed my Joost experience so far and as they get more content [...]

By: How to reduce your monthly cable costs - Amidst a tangled web

How to reduce your monthly cable costs - Amidst a tangled web — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:47:54 +0000

[...] to watch TV. He’s not the only one. John Zeratzsky bid adieu to Comcast last September and Eric Olson (who, I just found, works for FeedBurner) got rid of cable last [...]

By: The Wannabe Venture Capitalist » Five Months Without Cable: A Video on the Net Roundup

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:56:17 +0000

[...] As long time readers know, I have been without cable TV for about five months now. Wow, I can’t even believe it has been that long. I thought it had been a couple months at most but, thanks to my blog archive, I know it was mid-August when I dropped cable TV. Apparently I haven’t missed having cable too much which is not surprising considering how busy I am and the fact that we did install the old bunny ears to get the standard local channels but I think a lot of what has made the past five months without cable so great is the proliferation of video on the net. [...]