[gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable TV

[Hoffman, Allen]

If you are really intent on audio description use the radio--you'll get a better experience.  If you really want TV with a lot of audio description for now you will not be a happy camper.  If you want easy TV access with the audio description which is there, you need to find the way to pay for cable.  That's what the market is today.  I listen to a lot of TV and just don't get worked up over audio description except once in a long while, not enough to make it even on the bottom of my priority list.  



-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy via gui-talk
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 2:00 PM
To: ken lawrence; Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable TV


The problem with these proprietary boxes is that they cannot receive most 
cable stations and certainly no over-the-air stations.  And except for the 
Apple TV box, they are not accessible.  And while the apple box may itself 
be accessible thanks to built-in Voice Over, most of the streaming video 
does not have described audio, so as far as I'm concerned, it's a big fat 
waste of money.  I'm mostly interested in news and information, and none of 
these boxes lets you stream the dozens of news, educational and 
informational channels available on cable.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ken lawrence via gui-talk" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 1:27 PM
Subject: [gui-talk] would like some help after disconnecting from cable TV


> Hi sending a new message in reply since windows live would send the whole 
> digest on my end.  was wondering on this topic as it relates to newsline 
> TV listings.  what about a Roku box or one of the other set top boxes such 
> as apple TV and a rabbit.  what additional channels do you get with one? 
> for example I like GSN and boomarang on cable although unfortunately 
> comcast doesn’t have boomarang at least not here in NJ.  can you still 
> watch cable channels on a Roku if not what types of channels do you get. 
> and how are they for totally blind users.  been meaning to quiery newsline 
> on that possibility especially since more and more people are cutting the 
> cord and cable rate goes up, up up.  also comcast is believed to be ready 
> to drop 3000000 customers in preparation for the murger with time warner. 
> then there is the customer service issue.  comcast and time warrner rank 
> right at the bottom in that department. why should they care they will 
> soon have a monopoly.  if it was me deciding it I wouldn’t have comcast as 
> a platinum sponsor of a convention of an organization like NFB not the way 
> they treat sighted customers Huh?  I don’t like being used by a 
> corporation to show how compassionate they are to try to shut up sighted 
> critics.  anyway shouldn’t rant like that Huh?  maybe a roku is the way to 
> go or this other one I’ve heard of a rabit.
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