Comments on: One Show Closer . . . . http://www.meglet.net/2010/01/21/one-show-closer/ it's my website, I'll ramble if I want to Wed, 19 May 2010 15:53:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: meglet http://www.meglet.net/2010/01/21/one-show-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-293 meglet Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:30:10 +0000 http://www.meglet.net/2010/01/21/one-show-closer/#comment-293 Depends on the cable subscription. At an average of $30 per show from iTunes, for all 14 shows that's $420 per year. My cable company's "introductory" rates are as low as $29.99 for 6 months of Digital Cable, then jump to $59.99 for the next 6 months. Which is a total of over $530 per year, without any DVR or other special features that cost extra. So generally, yes, iTunes is actually cheaper, as long as the all-at-once, up-front cost is manageable. On the other hand, for the moment I can get away with a basic cable subscription at $13.95/month and the ability to record with my HTPC, so for now cable is actually not more expensive, but the ability to do that could go away anytime the cable company decides to screw with the unencrypted local channel broadcasts. They're not SUPPOSED to turn those off, but that doesn't mean they won't do it anyway. Oh, plus, there are no ads in the iTunes versions, which is really nice. :) Depends on the cable subscription. At an average of $30 per show from iTunes, for all 14 shows that’s $420 per year. My cable company’s “introductory” rates are as low as $29.99 for 6 months of Digital Cable, then jump to $59.99 for the next 6 months. Which is a total of over $530 per year, without any DVR or other special features that cost extra. So generally, yes, iTunes is actually cheaper, as long as the all-at-once, up-front cost is manageable.

On the other hand, for the moment I can get away with a basic cable subscription at $13.95/month and the ability to record with my HTPC, so for now cable is actually not more expensive, but the ability to do that could go away anytime the cable company decides to screw with the unencrypted local channel broadcasts. They’re not SUPPOSED to turn those off, but that doesn’t mean they won’t do it anyway.

Oh, plus, there are no ads in the iTunes versions, which is really nice. :)

]]> By: Erin http://www.meglet.net/2010/01/21/one-show-closer/comment-page-1/#comment-292 Erin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:02:56 +0000 http://www.meglet.net/2010/01/21/one-show-closer/#comment-292 Would buying season passes/individual shows from the various online sources be cheaper than cable? That blows my mind! Or maybe I just haven't had cable in so long that I have no idea how expensive it is... Would buying season passes/individual shows from the various online sources be cheaper than cable? That blows my mind! Or maybe I just haven’t had cable in so long that I have no idea how expensive it is…

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