Why is it the more channels i have to watch the less that interest me?

Question

I recently went cable & broadband, I am still frustrated at the lack of viewing. It is all much of a muchness with the exception of a few notable programmes. Are we getting to selective or is the programme choosers becoming formulated?

Racheybaby: How true!

Answer 1

It's simple mathematics. You now have a zillion channels to watch but you don't find anything interesting. Why is that?

As more providers become available, more content needs to be provided. Sounds simple, right? However, to produce quality content you have to spend paper and lots of it. Good programming is simply so prohibitively expensive that most providers cannot offer it and certainly not on a regular basis.

On top of that: to stand out from the rest of the providers, your favourite channel is going to have to find new things all the time to keep people interested and hungry for more. Problem is: so is everyone else.

The conclusion is: it -sounds- nice to have 500 channels, but you have to wonder what they are all going to provide by way of content. We live in an era of 24 hour tv. It is -impossible- and impossibly expensive to produce 12000 new hours of tv -every day-.

That is why you find your programming such a spectacular bunch of crap: there is not possibly enough money in the world to make quality tv, around the clock, everyday, to fill all the channels in the world. The channels are not going to say that of course, they want you to buy the licence and plop down on the couch, but the reality is that they do not have the time, the money or the means to produce all the content that would make you happy.

And here's another thing: suppose they were able to provide awesome programming across the spectrum all day, every day, when would you be watching all that stuff?

This is the law of large numbers: when any system becomes large enough, we simply cannot keep up any longer. There is a finite source of content [because somebody has to produce your content, somebody has to film it, somebody needs to build the equipment, somebody has to build and maintain the framework to deliver the content] and too many channels clamoring to have something to pipe through the wire.

Your best bet: cut down on the expensive licencing, rent a movie on a regular basis and read books. You'll be better educated, better entertained for far less money.

Answer 2

Most of what is being shone lately is stupid reality shows that have nothing to do with reality,the next group of shows is talk shows where they gather a bunch of morons to expose their lives and then make a circus of it,and the last batch is a string of newscasters that tell you only their partisan side view of the news to sway you into their thinking,actually the only good programs on TV are the old shows or the discovery and history channels,even the new cartoons suck.

Answer 3

Two answers:

1) Excessive choice lessons apreciation. Finding a cool old movie at 3 in the morning is fun, constant access lessons the effects of oppertunity.

2) Most of it is krap.

Answer 4

Tv is crap, I prefer to listen to or watch music channels. There are a few programmes worth watching but not a lot, TV licence fee is a rip off. x

Answer 5

i find there is either nothing on at all, or 4 programmes on you want to watch at the same time!

Answer 6

I have the dvr recorder and record them for later, then never get around to watching them LOL. Too much.

Answer 7

I agree. Its the only way to get the channels you want tnough.

Answer 8

too much choice, the more we have the less we want. i think we should have family nights, and ban the television.

Answer 9

bordom = too many items or options for a person to choose from where to start.

Answer 10

too much choice means it's harder to find something worth watching