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Comment It's not the tech, it's where you buy it. (Score 1) 415

Innovatek HR-907DVD
9" Headrest Hi-Resolution TFT LCD Monitor

  Headrest Monitor with Built-In DVD Player
  Disc Format: MP3/WMA/DVD/DIVX/MPEG1/2/4 /MP4/JPEG/CD/VCD/CD-R/CD-RW/DVD-R+/DVD-RW
  Built-in USB/SD/MMC Port (File Format: MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG1/2/4 /DIVX etc.)
  Built-in FM Modulator (87.7, 87.9, 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, 88.7, 88.9 & 89.1 Mhz)
  extra RCA output to playback the DVD/USB/SD/MMC Player on other monitors.

$179 / headrest

http://www.mp3playerstore.com/stuff_you_need/special/HR-907.html

Comment Re:bundle fees have to end (Score 4, Interesting) 217

Al la carte, please.

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And this is why your cable bill is so high. You are paying for channels whether you watch them or not.

Regarding a la carte:
You feel you're subsidizing everyone else, but everyone else is subsidizing you too. Everyone asking for a al carte thinks they are going to be the ones that pay less.

Here's how it would play out. A less popular cable station gets only $.20/household. When 19 of 20 households can drop them, they'll need $4/subscriber to make ends meet. Will the remaining N people pay $4? No? Then they'll need to charge even more or chop programming. Death spiral until it's off the air.

This will happen to the more popular stations as well, but the numbers will be different. You'll have vastly fewer channels when it's done (or vastly more info-mercials).

OTOH, the cable companies are getting bundles pushed on them by the content providers.

Maybe the best thing the cable companies could do would be pass through the bundles forced on them. Give us an ABC/ESPN/etc. bundle and see who buys it.

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