Monday April 15, 2013
I am continuously one of those people who are running late on jumping on the bandwagon, especially when it comes to technology. I got Facebook and Twitter later than almost all of my friends, started Instagram late, and most importantly, just opened up my first Netflix account in January.
While I know this isn't a huge admission, now that I have it, it makes me wonder how I ever lived without it before. One particular interest of mine is the newly released season of House of Cards, a series created exclusively by and for Netflix. I started watching it because I recently accepted a job offer that is going to relocate me to Washington, D.C., and I have been infatuated with information about the city ever since. However, now that I have spent some time watching it, it has made me think more about the future of television. Is it really going to exist for that much longer?
Consumers are frustrated with television commercials, and DVR/TiVO took care of that. Since then, Hulu and Hulu Plus have taken us even further from the traditional television watching experience. In fact, I have several peers that are in college and decided to forgo a cable subscription at all and simply use Netflix and Hulu Plus for all of their filmed media needs. This is only further emphasized by the fact that Apple now makes televisions- everything is going online! If Netflix is now creating television shows, then is traditional television going to leave us completely?
This is somewhat of a haunting thought.. what will babysitters do when they can't stick the kids in front of a massive television to pass the time? How will first dates in middle and high schools change when you can't actually do anything except watch TV? Will a laptop screen work the same way? Apparently, only time will tell. But if I had to guess, I doubt I'll be saving my pennies for the giant flat screen in the near future.
It's interesting to see on-demand grow so much and how its being integrated into every game console and being watched on our computers. I havent thought about it taking over tv as much though because Netflix has always had a bad reputation for not putting up new movies and tv shows fast enough or that they only have older movies and shows. But it definitely has still changed our watching experience. We expect things to be at our finger tips. Apple has tried to integrate both with Apple TV but time will tell. Good blog.
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