Be wary of any television service that has more than 100 channels. Before now I have only ever had access to basic cable. Occasionally I could channel surf from channel 3 to channel 73 and there would be nothing on TV. There was such a limited selection of channels that I could find, at certain times, there was nothing to watch that interested me. That was a good thing.
Now that we have over 400 channels there is always something to mesmerize me. Anything from The Dog Whisperer to Mythbusters to one of the 13 ESPN channels, I can always find something to watch. Which is why I try to avoid turning on the TV, I spent the first day trying to learn all the new channels and managed to drain a good bunch of hours in front of the TV.
Even worse for my health is the DVR, which actually makes you dumber. You’ll find yourself not understanding what people say on purpose in order to rewind live TV. Sure all these new features and channels are awesome, but I think the trade off of having too much to do while watching TV is a big minus. Frankly, all I need is broadcast TV and the SciFi channel.
On the upside my upload speed on the interweb increased tenfold. Most consumers wouldn’t care but since I upload large audio files everyweek I notice.
