Sling TV

01 Apr 2015 • toolsandtoys.net

Describing broadcast TV to a four year old who had never experienced it before was eye opening. A few of Sling TV’s channels offer DVR-like pause and play functions, but there isn’t any way to record a show or time-shift it (at least yet, it may come in the future). Even if the Sling TV product is flawless, it still might not make sense for everyone for the reason that it’s live TV.

The whole concept of live TV, without a DVR, makes very little sense to me in 2015. Right now, my wife and I have episodes of Suits and Downton Abbey piling up through an iTunes pass subscription because we just haven’t had much time to watch the last few weeks. The thought of carving out time for TV shows to watch when they air just doesn’t make sense after nearly nine years of not doing that.

This didn’t make sense to me 10 years ago and still doesn’t make sense to me today. It boggles my mind how many people are slaves to their TV sets - dutifully appearing at an appointed time each week. Mind boggling.