Backseat TV, as well as most other Digital TV services all fail for the same reasons.
#1 Its too expensive
#2 you're limited to what they LET you watch (what if I wanna see porn?)
I think the most logical evolution of Cable TV should be that you should be allowed to sign in to your account with a screename and password wherever you go to watch content you have paid for. Therefore, if you go to a friends house, you should be able to watch HBO even though your friend is poor and only has basic.
You should also be able to pay for optional tv in the car as part of your monthly home cable bill (for services who have it) this way you feel as if your getting the most out of your subscription.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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Backseat TV, as well as most other Digital TV services all fail for the same reasons.
#1 Its too expensive
#2 you're limited to what they LET you watch (what if I wanna see porn?)
I think the most logical evolution of Cable TV should be that you should be allowed to sign in to your account with a screename and password wherever you go to watch content you have paid for. Therefore, if you go to a friends house, you should be able to watch HBO even though your friend is poor and only has basic.
You should also be able to pay for optional tv in the car as part of your monthly home cable bill (for services who have it) this way you feel as if your getting the most out of your subscription.