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Photo: Chris MetcalfI got an email from a friend the other day who was asking for advice on digital TVs and what her options will be after next February, when digital tuners become mandatory. In answering her, I wrote, “We have cable and all of our equipment is analog. I don’t know what we’ll do yet. Most of the time that I used to spend watching TV, I now spend online. I don’t think the TV’s been on in over a week. Maybe we’ll just ditch it.”
Can a high speed Internet connection actually replace traditional media? I think it can, if you choose to consume media differently you did in the old days (up until about five years ago). For example, when I watch a news broadcast on network TV, I get a well prepared, professionally presented summary of the day’s news, complete with pundit commentary. However, I am often aware that the stories they’re reporting on are out of date, from having followed the same stories online. More importantly, I’ve read, watched or listened to many differing opinions on those stories during the course of the day, viewpoints that even a high quality TV program (and goodness knows there are few enough of those) leaves out of their coverage.
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