Why would people pay for Hulu? You don’t pay for network TV stations, so why would they suddenly be willing to pay for things that are already free for them? I just read an article that in spite of the fact that many or most people now have DVRs, the majority of TV is still watched live. I don’t really watch much TV, but I find that often when I do watch things that I record, I am watching them basically live… delayed just enough that I can fast forward through the commercials. I don’t watch anything on Hulu, ever. The only times I have watched TV shows on the internet is when my recorder missed Glee because it was full, and I watched it on Fox’s site. And honestly, given the choice between not watching it and paying to watch it, I would choose not watching it. I’d wait until it came out on DVD and rent it. I have a laptop, and watching things on the laptop screen is just abominable.
I don’t really think TV watching has changed much. When I was a kid, we would set the VCR to record things we wanted to watch but weren’t going to be home to watch when it aired. Different technology, same thing…
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