When I was a kid, it was fun getting up Saturday morning. Heck, I distinctly remember going out and shooting hoops in our driveway when I would wake up. I can not imagine what our neighbors must have thought, and its shocking that I never heard from them about it. For most of my childhood, we literally got only a handful of channels on the television. When not torturing the neighbors with the pounding of the basketball on blacktop, I would pour myself a bowl of cereal, or cook pancakes swimming in butter, plop down in front of our television and watch whatever was shown. There was not much choice then, especially for niches like cartoons, so you took what you got.
I watch my kids grow up today, and they really are the DVR Generation, in that regard. My daughter truly does not understand the concept of live programming. Sorry, Nielsen. They have an expectation of any content, anywhere, on any device. As a parent, it's occasionally frustrating, but as a technologist, it's fascinating. If I think forward and assume the continued reduction of storage costs, the improvement in network throughput, and the improved services and content availability on the Internet, why not? It's almost like that board game, Clue. Dad watches Breaking Bad, on the toilet, with his iPhone 10. Mom watches No Reservations, in the kitchen, on the fridge. Junior watches Fringe, in his room, while texting and listening to Radiohead and surfing the web simultaneously, on his iPad 9S.
Why not? As long as he keeps Polly in there with him in the morning, so I can sleep in.
