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Re:Netflix to get its own ‘cable channel’ next week by ctdonath on Friday April 25, 2014 @12:43PM (#7647544)
That's important for the many millions who haven't ventured beyond the "TV model". They don't grasp (and don't want to) anything other than "turn on TV, change to channel X". The "watch what you want when you want" then becomes an extension of the standard model, instead of something fearfully (to them) different.
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Re:Netflix to get its own ‘cable channel’ next week by omh on Friday April 25, 2014 @01:15PM (#7647757)
I'm sure that's part of their thinking.

But note that this is only on TiVos, so many (most?) of the consumers will already be used to the idea of HDD recording and series links. Once I got a TiVo it wasn't long before I got into the habit of hitting "My Shows" rather than channel hopping.

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