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I'm sure the whole thing will be able to be downloaded a day after it comes out in Europe
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Jul 18, 2016 22:23
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I dunno six bucks a month doesn't seem terrible. If you could pick the 3 or 4 networks that have shows you wanna watch, you'd be paying 20 a month for it, and that's reasonable to me. But odds are I won't be able to get all access in Canada so whatever. Yarr.
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Jul 18, 2016 23:16
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Once you get in the 10 or 20 channels because you aren't the only person in your household- it looks less favorable compared to just getting cable. On the other hand most cable networks are hot garbage and not worth watching, but I could still see it being enough that you'd just buy cable because it's cheaper.
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Jul 18, 2016 23:18
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Germstore posted:I like the concept behind CBS All Access. Cutting out cable companies and allowing consumers to just pay for the channels they want is good. But $6 per month? Nah, man. Nah. But its CBS so anyone with an OTA antenna can just watch most of the stuff for free.
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Jul 18, 2016 23:52
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Jimong5 posted:But its CBS so anyone with an OTA antenna can just watch most of the stuff for free. Hahahah, Again, no. You get one free broadcast episode of trek. You are expected to pay for the rest. CBS thinks that they can go back to the days of WebTV-type concepts of televsion-on-the-internet.
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Jul 18, 2016 23:57
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A la carte cable always seems like a good idea, but in practice it never works. I'd want the regular networks, but I'd be mad if I had to miss a show I like just because the network it's on doesn't have any other good shows. On comedy central I only watch South Park and I like South Park but I wouldn't pay $6 a month just to see it. Same goes with Archer on FX or Star Trek on CBS. I pay around $150 a month for cable, Internet and voip telephone. I think it's worth that just to have something playing in the background when I'm cleaning and the shows I do like on a DVR ready when I am.
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Jul 18, 2016 23:58
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shadow puppet of a posted:Hahahah, Again, no. You get one free broadcast episode of trek. You are expected to pay for the rest. Note I said "most of". Everything else on CBS all access is the same OTA programming that's free, unless they have more "exclusives". So you're paying $6/mo for Star Trek and only Star Trek. The idea of a broadcast channel running a paid streaming service is completely stupid.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:16
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It's not that stupid. I'm pretty close to broadcast towers but I can't get a dependable signal in every room. The price point is wrong in my opinion.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:20
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The only reason to actually pay for CBS's dumb service is if you're a big fan of the many NCSIs, Bing Bing Theory, or modern comedy classic "Two Fat People lol". I look forward to CBS scrapping their plans after three episodes because no one is going to loving pay for this dumb bullshit.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:27
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I'd pay a $1 an episode for unlimited streaming, so $20 something a season
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Jul 19, 2016 00:29
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I think they canceled Two Fat People.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:29
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I've never heard of Two Fat People
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Jul 19, 2016 00:30
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naem posted:I'd pay a $1 an episode for unlimited streaming, so $20 something a season That would be completely reasonable. I wouldn't be surprised to see the networks take on an iTunes structure, honestly.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:31
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Most people are probably going to pay for one month or try to get a free promo month and then cancel immediately after binge watching the series.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:35
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Jimong5 posted:Most people are probably going to pay for one month or try to get a free promo month and then cancel immediately after binge watching the series. They said it in the article it's releasing the in the traditional "one episode a week" format despite being online. So lol.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:38
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Chomp8645 posted:They said it in the article it's releasing the in the traditional "one episode a week" format despite being online. Haha, they really don't understand how this works, do they? CBS really is the network for old people.
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Jul 19, 2016 00:40
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criscodisco posted:Haha, they really don't understand how this works, do they? CBS really is the network for old people. Some bunch of 60 year old executives had to really be sold hard on this "internet" fad they'd only just heard about They probably want to charge extra to fit all those shows down a series of tubes
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Jul 19, 2016 00:51
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"So what are we going to put in the time slot after Star Trek?" "There are no time slots." "There are no time slots?" "No." "Okay, but what are we putting on after Star Trek?"
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Jul 19, 2016 01:04
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The CBS execs are going to try some of the dirtiest money schemes once they realize there are no laws on the internet. I'm looking forward to their attempt at Vince McMahon's 80's closed-circuit TV classic of ending Sunday night's pay per view on a cliffhanger so you can try to sell people on a second surprise pay per view on the following Monday night.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:06
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Maybe we should get this hot young 47 yr old Internet computer wiz on the case  **dial up modem noises**
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Jul 19, 2016 01:16
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This omega particle is some serious stuff
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Jul 19, 2016 02:08
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CBS All Access has commercials? Amazing. Way to lure in the masses of people who have had the Netflix experience soaked into their bones for the last five years.
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Jul 19, 2016 02:14
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Janeway modifies her holographic lover's height by 3cm. In the enlightened future, height still counts.
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naem posted:Maybe we should get this hot young 47 yr old Internet computer wiz on the case My parents are nearing their 60's and watch all the NCIS shows religiously. They hated the goth tech girl character until they heard the actress was an ultra religious conservative who posted some fake Facebook story about how she was harassed by Muslims or something. Now they love her. My parents are CBS's ideal demographic and that's the real reason I have zero hope for this new series.
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Jul 19, 2016 02:37
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CBS had All in the Family and for that I hope they last forever
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Jul 19, 2016 02:43
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The new Star Trek will be one of the most pirated shows ever, if it's trash it'll be mercifully short and if it's good it'll be tragically cancelled too soon unless somebody else somehow picks it up Either way they hired the loving Wrath of Khan guy and the dude who worked on most of the dozen good episodes of Voyager and a bunch of good TNG ones for it so I'm more optimistic than my dumbass 14 year old self should have been just prior to Enterprise's pilot episode But if CBS's one intrusion into the show is a 90s goth chick I'm not going to complain
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Jul 19, 2016 02:50
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I am excited for the new show and I hope it is good in that it is entertaining and will lend itself to lighthearted poo poo posting in gbs.
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Tighclops posted:The new Star Trek will be one of the most pirated shows ever, if it's trash it'll be mercifully short and if it's good it'll be tragically cancelled too soon unless somebody else somehow picks it up Write a check, flip a switch and you are there. The terms have probably been hashed out in advance for full-carriage via Netflix. Its just CBS' pain threshold that is the issue.
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Hector Beerlioz posted:I am excited for the new show and I hope it is good in that it is entertaining and will lend itself to lighthearted poo poo posting in gbs. Didnt they say something about the new series going to be darker than 90's Star Trek or something?
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Jul 19, 2016 02:57
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Didnt they say something about the new series going to be darker than 90's Star Trek or something? Gloom and grim is hot and in
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Jul 19, 2016 03:00
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shadow puppet of a posted:As other nerds have said today, the Netflix deal makes for an easy quick out for CBS to just lump it over there for the US market as well when All Access' failure becomes impossible to hide. They can then let Netflix pay to produce new episodes it if its a global hit for Netflix and CBS can just go back to absorbing whatever tariffs the charge for that permission and maybe simulcast them OTA with commercials as well. Far easier than trying to create a sizable market for a pay service that will never show up. My concern is how much CBS will blame All Access's inevitable failure on the new show and how much they attempt to change and interfere before finally admitting defeat and shuffling it off to Netflix. Fuller may be running things, but he still has to answer to the network.
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naem posted:Maybe we should get this hot young 47 yr old Internet computer wiz on the case Also not hot.
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Michaeldim posted:
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Jul 19, 2016 03:45
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Hector Beerlioz posted:Gloom and grim is hot and in Can't wait for the grimdark fight scene where every single character looks at each other and yells MARTHA???
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Jul 19, 2016 04:06
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Volcott posted:
That scene pissed me off, because they gave him a chipmunk voice. That doesn't even make sense.
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Jul 19, 2016 04:17
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It's not like he has vocal chords that are oscillating.
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That would be like giving holograms a blood type. I mean, I know they're advanced, but not that advanced. It doesn't even make sense.
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